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By: Martha

Martha — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:42:42 +0000

Is November 10 some sort of April Fools’-type day in Italy, or something? I mean, why bother even writing it if even I know it’s absurd?

By: chris

chris — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:33:55 +0000

It’s never going to happen. He’d never play and that’s like injecting one’s self with the team chemistry version of AIDS. I’m sure the person who found that the funniest was Spalletti.

By: Martha

Martha — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:11:02 +0000

Chris, I laughed out loud. Is that some sort of joke that Google translate isn’t detecting, or something? He seems pretty much the opposite of Roma’s style, not to mention that he’d never play. I suppose if he’d rather live in Rome …

By: chris

chris — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:28:27 +0000

Make sure you check the cover of tomorrow’s il romanista before you post anything.

By: tmc

tmc — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:55:52 +0000

Martha – I think Fiorentina should probably loan out Lupoli. I can see where he’d be salty about it though, because he was in a similar situation at Arsenal where there was a log jam of players in front of him (he spent last year at Derby County).

He did sign a 5 year contract I think, so Fiorentina are committed to him in that sense. The knock on Lupoli is that he’s not particularly physically imposing. He’s only 5′8” and he’s still pretty scrawny. I think some continued training and some game minutes would probably be best for him. And it doesn’t look like he’s going to get them in the first team at Fiorentina this season.

Overall he has a record of being an effective scorer pretty much everywhere he’s been, so I’d think that it is a matter of time and experience before he can produce in Serie A.

And Jo is legit. He was incredible in the U-20 WC for Brazil this summer and he’d be near the top of my list if I needed a striker. He’s probably not outrageously expensive at this point and he can produce.

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:35:39 +0000

Linda, Jo is the one who’s impressed me (though I guess with two goals in two games against Inter he can’t help but do that) — he’s much stronger than he looks and quite technical. Plus, only 20! He’s bound to be heading to one of the big European leagues very soon.

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:34:37 +0000

There’s been a lot of talk on the fan sites lately about Lupoli feeling like he’s getting the short end of the stick, and trying to get out on loan in January. Is there any reason the club wouldn’t do that, if it’ll get him first-team experience?

By: tmc

tmc — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:22:46 +0000

No – I just saw the highlights on 101greatgoals.com.

And with Daniele Cacia coming in January from Piacenza, Fiorentina are really going to have quite a bit of depth in young Italian strikers corps. Pazzini (23) and Osvaldo (21) we have seen. Cacia (24) is a top prospect getting back to fitness after an injury. Plus Samuel Di Carmine (19) showed well and continues to bag goals in the primavera team. And then there is Arturo Lupoli (20).

It will be interesting to see how all of these players develop. I guess selling Reginaldo makes a little bit more sense now (though I wasn’t in favor of it at the time).

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:56:04 +0000

I have to say, I really like what I saw of Daniel Carvalho.

And fingers crossed Zambro doesn’t break down again – people seem to go for his ankle all the time now.

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:39:48 +0000

No worries. I’ll distract Moratti with something shiny so Nasri can sneak away.

And tmc, I love Osvaldo in the Mutu role, but often see him described as a “main” or central striker; I didn’t see the game last night, so I can’t say how he looked further forward/more central.

And how about Bobo’s lethal left foot, huh? Out of the air AND from a bad angle this time! (I can only find videos of each goal, did you find full highlights somewhere?)