Rennes 2-ASM 1 and other assorted bad news

Rennes 2 (Sow 43, Briand 53) AS Monaco 1 (Cufre 72 pen) Many of the fans are saying that Monaco's recent purple patch was just an aberration ...

Il Danielista 4.0

GRANDE ROMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Sorry I've been gone so long but Il Danielista is back with a bang! I was both looking forwards to and dreading this game. Whereas ...

Photo of the Day: Manager on Top

This hasn't been a great year for AS Roma manager Luciano Spalletti. His club is a perennial Champions League club, but they're having an ...

Roma pilgrimage

The original idea for this post was that I would go to Rome and find out what De Rossi means to Rome. I was all set, ...

Gallery: Chelsea 1, AS Roma 0

The Loveliness of Philippe Mexes

Philippe Mexes. He is French by nationality, but he's played for AS Roma for so long that the Italians consider him one of their own. Unfortunately he ...

Its Italy & De Rossi talks Roma

I have to say I never watched the recent Italy game vs. Bulgaria. My internet hasn’t been working so I didn’t get to see it, ...

Matteo Ferrari, AKA Wet Footballers v2

Meet Matteo Ferrari. He's beautiful. And he's wet. He also plays for Genoa and has somehow managed to charm Aida Yespica, AKA Italy's Foremost Footballer Dater, into ...

Il Danielista 2

When i heard Daniele wasn't fully fit and given Brighi's recent fine form (Reggina and Atalanta games), I didn't think it was a great idea ...

Il Danielista 1

Genova 3 Roma 1 Horrible, horrible, horrible game. I don't know what's wrong with the team. A lack of Totti? Time to gel? Was Mancini secretly motivating the players at ...

Il Danielista

Hope you like the title it took me a surprising amount of time to come up with (I also considered DDR weekly, Il Corriere del ...

Rapid Bucureşti UEFA Cup battle

I am going to be very straight and up-front about the Wolfsburg - Rapid Bucureşti UEFA Cup match later today. Wolfburg is facing what I consider ...

Lecce 2-0 Chievo Verona

First I would like to apologize for my absence. I have been between Caccamo and Orsogna and am finally settled in. Just in time to ...

International break and... swimming

So one week of calcio and now an international break. Great. On the plus side this means the title holders can get some practice in and Daniele ...

Napoli, Napoli, Napoli

Just a quick post to talk about Daniele's performance. Well as usual he played very well. And as usual the magic forcefield that surrounds the oppositions ...

Penalties, penalties... and maybe more penalties?

Hello, I’m Jake, and yes, I am a Roma and De Rossi supporter or fan, whichever you like. But surely you don’t care that much ...

Congratulations giallorossi!

It seems my superstitions were well-founded. According to the club's official website, Jérémy Ménez is off to AS Roma for around 14 million euros. As ...

The Draw

The UEFA Champion's League Trophy. The UEFA Champion's League group stage draw took place today at 12:00 EST. Lyon are in Group H, and drew: ...

You knew it was coming...

With Totti and Aquilani both represented it was about time the third pillar of Rome got his own blog. Starting now myself and Jake will ...

The man, the myth, the Ménez

Well, I had been holding off writing about our biggest star because I thought he might leave and I had the superstitious fear that me ...

Marca Is Reliable / Thank God For Shoes

Marca's daily verbal hard-on for Ronaldo is a 'report' that Manchester United will demand Sergio Ramos, Robinho, and Mahammadou Diarra, plus $50 million from Madrid ...

Video of the Day: Roma are Coppa Winners

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuH6Q7Y81mg[/youtube]It was a day for cup finals. The Scottish Cup, the Coppa Italia, and the Coupe de France were just a few of those ...

Inter win Scudetto 2008

Last week, we had "D-Day", the last day of the Premier League season, when everything came right down to the wire. Today was the ...

The First Annual Readers Champions League XI - REVEALED!

All week, we've literally recieved tens of votes, as we opened up the question to you, who has been this season's best players in the ...

The Final Choice. Who will Manage YOUR CL XI

So all week, you've been voting for the players you want to make up your CL XI. There have been some fun, interesting and insightful ...

Jornada 28 Preview: Why AS Roma and Its Fans Need to Go Away

I usually start each preview off with some witty banter but this week I have to discuss AS Roma and its huge fan base which ...

Champions League Preview, MatchDay 10, Part Deux

So how do I feel about yesterday's results? Let's quote the immortal words of Ian, who before yesterday's death of the Turks, said: ...

Rudi Völler's Career in Goals

...lasts 9 minutes and 54 seconds and spans two rock songs and such illustrious clubs as 1860 Munich, Werder Bremen, AS Roma, Olympique Marseille and ...

If you listen closely, you can hear the emo girls cry

Here are your Tuesday Earthquakes odds & ends to get you through the day. * Last night, I had a fit of inspiration and wrote up ...

Champions League Liveblog: Real Madrid v AS Roma

Hala Madrid! Hola Madridistas, tonight is the night! We play Roma in the second leg of this knockout round at the Bernabeu, and ...