July 2010
19 posts
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Twitter - Killing Football Viewing or Enhancing...
Something struck me the other night as I tweeted my way through a football game between somebodyorother and whatstheirname. I wrestled to keep on top of posting my random feelings about the match and the responses to them. A chilling thought dawned on me at that moment.
Was I tweeting during the match or was I watching the match during my tweeting?
It’s a chicken and egg Twitter dilemma. I...
“I am sure we will pick up our first three points of our journey on the opening...”
– A confident Sinisa Mihajlovic
Il Tifosi: Beyond the Pitch Podcast →
Adam joined Phil & Anthony of ”Beyond the Pitch” to give all its fans…
Don’t miss this Bianconero insight…
Juve's Diego: Forgive Him or Forget Him?
From Football Italia
There are only a handful of crimes which are unforgivable. Their number may vary according to your morals, but they are likely to be few in total. And, for everyone but the most unrepentant Ultra, having a bad season for Juventus is unlikely to be among them. This is the conundrum facing the Bianconeri as they mull over the future of Brazilian ace Diego. Can they put last...
Learning curves
From Football Italia
Every pre-season is always packed with clubs getting used to new Coaches, players and tactics. Between friendly matches and training sessions there is an awful lot to be taken on board. This year, perhaps more than any other, the whole of Serie A seems to be on a crash course just to be ready for when the real hostilities begin. The most urgent and radical overhaul is taking...
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We'll be back...
Those latest crazy FIFA world rankings are out and, not surprisingly, Italy have slipped out of the top 10 after a miserable Mondiali. It was only to be expected.
The Azzurri now find themselves rated worse than England, Chile and even Egypt. Make what you will of that situation.
It’s hard to argue with the slip in the standings. Having qualified with a degree of comfort Marcello...
“ACF Fiorentina has reached an agreement with Glasgow Celtic to sign the player...”
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ACF Fiorentina
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Global warnings
From Football Italia
As the dust slowly settled from the World Cup Final, Italian football followers slipped back into League mode. The Azzurri had long since quit the scene but it remained important to study international football’s biggest event. What repercussions and implications might it have had for Serie A and the Italian national team? It would be easy enough to send out a gloomy message...
The best part of Spain v Holland →
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worldcupreport:
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Anyone watching the Spain-Germany match witnessed what seemed to be your average hooligan invading the pitch like a proper idiot in the first few minutes of the first half. However, this hooligan, Italian Mario Ferri, is actually cult hero in his homeland. We all saw him get…
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Firenze Sogna: Dreaming of GiuRo
It’s only newspaper talk, of course, and to be taken with a bigger pinch of salt than the cooking water for your spaghetti. But in the quiet weeks before domestic league football returns it helps to fuel supporters’ dreams. Could Giuseppe Rossi really end up at Fiorentina?
The Italo-American was one of the summer’s big talking points when he missed the cut in Marcello...
Il Tifosi: Sebastian Giovinco: What's The Problem? →
More column inches have been devoted to Sebastian Giovinco not playing for Juventus than in review his performances for Turin’s Old Lady. A succession of coaches have arrived at the club during formica atomica’s fledgling career - all have left without seemingly giving him any serious…
The trials and tribulations of the Atomic Ant…
A Football Report: Luis Suarez: Hero or Villain? →
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One the eve of The Netherlands’ semi-final against Uruguay, one man in particular will be notorious by his absence. Luis Suarez’s dramatic volleyball-style clearance off the line in the last minute of extra time of Uruguay’s quarter-final match against Ghana has divided the opinions of…
Stunned by the outcry…
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The Fabulous Mr Sneijder
From Football Italia
It is the nature of football writers to curse players or teams on the eve of some potentially momentous achievement. No sooner has an article been published than events conspire to destroy their dream. But, regardless of what happens in the next few days, Wesley Sneijder’s season deserves some comment. First he helped Inter to a domestic double, although that is not such an...
