Bologna-Siena, Bologna-Roma Recap
By: Giovanni |
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Another week, a few more opportunities to grab some much-needed points from two struggling teams. Siena, sitting at the very bottom of the table, eventually coughed theirs up while playing clean football and making things somewhat interesting. Roma, sitting just a few points above the drop, refused to give anything in a must-win comebacker at the Stadio Olimpico. Where do we stand now? Read the rest of this entry »
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Rotten Cabbage
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The reality is; Sampdoria are currently a hot skillet, the journalists will continue to paint heavy comparisons to the scudetto winning flag pole of 1991, the current team’s habits of group dinners are reminiscent of the unity shown by the mythic Samp, and strangely enough on the 9th day of play in 1990 Sampdoria won by the scoreline of 4-1, away to Diego Maradona’s Napoli thanks to Vialli and Mancini who scored a pair each. In truth: we were defeated at the whistle.
Bologna are in dire straits; the firing of Papadopulo for Colomba is like trading in your Ford for a Chevy, what we need right now is a Ferrari or at least a reliable Nissan. Why we didn’t seek the Conte or Mazzarri before they were taken off the job market? The Menarini’s have once again proved not to be the rock of solidity needed to reel the anchor of a tormented club.
We are a rotten cabbage. Sick from the inside out. To peel away the bad leaves will only reveal more and the center of it you will find has the worst rot. The Menarini’s sordid dinner date with Luciano Moggi last season; I fail to believe that this had no impact on our campaign for salvation. However I am never one to judge because I am a realist.
It’s quick to throw stones but nobody’s bed is clean. Where there exists the practice of politics, from the Vatican to your office: there lies corruption. The loudest voices come from those who do not benefit from it, yet we did this past season and I have a feeling that as long as the Menarini’s are in charge we will benefit yet again despite the stronger levels of the clubs in the relegation zone. This realist says complaint and cast stones don’t make change so if you’re on the triumphant end, continue to triumph.
That being said, salvation or truth if you have ambition for this sort of thing lies in the blucerchiati. The eyes of the great Vialli are upon us.
Bologna-Sampdoria Preview
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After last week’s disappointing loss to Napoli, struggling Bologna take on in-form Sampdoria this Saturday at noon EST, hoping to somehow nab some much-needed points and move up from the bottom of the table. With a new coach and a new formation, can they take something away from this match? Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Bologna Team NewsIntroduction and Napoli-Bologna Preview
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It’s been a relatively uneventful two weeks away from Serie A. Luckily, we’re gearing up for this weekend’s return to action after a tough loss to Genoa during the celebration of Bologna FC’s 100th anniversary. It was a match that Bologna fans desperately wanted to win, considering the hype and excitement surrounding the game, but the 3-1 loss may provide a bit of perspective. We might already be getting to that point in the season where fans have to take a step back and think realistically about their goals for the year. Can this team climb up the Serie A ranks and contend? Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Bologna Team NewsThe time has arrived.
By: Ben | 5 Comments
I apologize for the lack of posts as of recent, but as always at moments my job can take me away for extended periods of time.
Tomorrow starts the campionato and tomorrow Bologna face a fierce Fiorentina in a derby that has poisoned the blood of its fans for decades.
Since last I posted, the gas-man Taci pulled out of negotiations to gain 80 percent ownership of Bologna and Zalayeta has arrived as reinforcement ahead of the season. All will be told in 90 minutes tomorrow afternoon.
This post is brief but I will return tomorrow evening with a full game re-cap. Thank you for your patience.
Category: Bologna Team NewsTAKEOVER STALLS…
By: Ben | 3 Comments
Today Bologna FC announced that the takeover of 80 percent shares by Albanian petrol mogul Rezart Taci has stalled. Two versions of the reason for the halt are circulating.
1: Taci believes that the valuation 22 million for 80 percent share of the team is over priced; his valuation being 15 million.
2: There are technical details between the banks; creating difficulties in the transferring of funds.
They state that all will be worked out by week’s end. We shall see…
Category: Bologna Team NewsIL RE(zart) DI BOLOGNA! BUDGET: 60 MILLION EURO.
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I may have been a bit hasty in calling for Rezart Taci to be banished from Bologna: uh huh huh uh (nervous laugh). Well let’s just say there are those changing opinions of the man, those calling him Il RE(zart), and those of us rescinding our initial storms and crawling back into our holes of skepticism: awaiting the true verdict on the man.
Rezart claimed that the budget for this years Bologna FC will be 60 million euro. Yes the man stamped the number to firmly stake claim to his new Bologna and gain faith in the fans and the city. However it must be understood that 24 million of this 60 million is in fact the same money being used to acquire 80 percent ownership of the club. Another 7 million is being paid to Fiorentina for the services of Pablo Daniel Osvaldo. Remaining is 29 million euro to spend in the transfer market; a great sum of money indeed, yet not a resounding 60 million euro as it was made to seem.
There has been news that Bologna have been inquiring with Napoli concerning the sale of their Argentinian outcast, Ezequil Lavezzi for the sum of 18 million euro and even the name of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has been thrown into the mix. However it is more likely players of a discount talent will be arriving in the form of Rolando Bianchi or Davide Succi.
In a more positive light 29 million euro is 29 million more than Roma have to spend, so let’s be thankful and pray for a Lavezzi rather than a Succi. Huntelaar rather than Bianchi. Seventh place finish rather than seventeenth. Forza Bologna.
Category: Bologna Team NewsPOLL: Who’s megolomania has done the most damage to their club?
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Category: Bologna Team NewsFUORI TACI!!
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MAKE GOOD YOUR WORD!!! SPEND SPEND SPEND!!! BUY BUY BUY!!! OR OUT YOU GO!!!
Category: Bologna Team NewsMercato: Rafael Santos
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This is more of a fart than a movement in the market; however it is news for us desperate tifosi of Bologna and therefore I report.
Bologna and Atlético Paranaense of Brasil have come to an accord over the loan of the 24 year old center back. Santos will arrive in Bologna next week on loan for 320,000 euro with the option to buy for 2.5 million euro.
Who is Rafael Santos? Well he’s Brazilian and apparently 24 years old and a defender. Let’s try and understand that a person’s nationality doesn’t effectively make a football player out of them. The verdict is out until the season commences yet you can be sure that the loan of an unknown center back from Atlético Paranaense (whom finished 13th, 12th and 13th in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A the last three seasons) falls far short of decisive.
Rezart Taci is a name, a grinning photograph, an invisible partner washing money in the shadows. The man has 22 days to impress. Don’t hold your breath.
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