Articles tagged with "palermo"
Thoughts on the State of Calcio
By Martha | February 4th, 2007While the dust from Friday's tragedy has in no way settled, the various options before football and the government are slowly taking shape, as are ...
Torino Suddenly Wake Up, Realize It's Transfer Time
By Martha | January 31st, 2007In the last few hours of the January transfer window, Torino have suddenly pulled off more big(-ish) deals that pretty much every other club in ...
Meanwhile, In Transfers That Didn't Happen
By Martha | January 31st, 2007Deep breath (fingers crossed this is the last transfer post for a long, long time): •Despite the fact that Ronaldo is fully, officially a Milan player, ...
Yes, the Transfer Window Really is Closing. (Whatever Will We Talk About?)
By Martha | January 31st, 2007Here's a brief roundup of the latest signings, as well as a few rumor-y bits (one of which is an outright lie -- see if ...
Chaos in Palermo, Or: Someone, Hold Me -- I'm So Confused!
By Martha | January 30th, 2007Ok, so yesterday the person possibly on the verge of leaving Palermo was Andrea Caracciolo, who apparently couldn't handle a)not being good enough, and b)being ...
Pouting Report: Inzaghi Plays Nice, Caracciolo Cries Like a Little Girl
By Martha | January 29th, 2007It's a little late to make the announcement, but, hey, Palermo fans? You should know you're not allowed to boo Andrea Caracciolo, no matter how ...
Week 21, Or: A Headbutt and Another Win for Inter
By Martha | January 29th, 2007Until now, Inter have been winning by overpowering opponents with their superior ability, so there was always a chance of a slip-up. Now that we ...
Palermo v Lazio: Sigh
By Martha | January 27th, 2007Alright, it's becoming increasingly clear that the technical, confident Palermo we saw during the first months of the season was some sort of aberration. The ...
Reggina v Palermo: Life Without Amauri Blows
By Martha | January 20th, 2007Last week's win against Udinese got us all thinking that maybe, just maybe, Palermo would be able to stay near the top of the league ...
Lazio, Palermo Presidents Going Gloriously Mad
By Martha | January 19th, 2007Imagine how much more fun the Premiership would be if Roman Abromovich ranted against the government rather than smiling inscrutably in his luxury box. Or ...
Week 19, Or: Is There Such Thing as a One-Horse Race?
By Martha | January 15th, 2007Because if there is, I fear we're heading rapidly in that direction. Inter really look nearly unbeatable right now, and with Roma drawing, Inter's lead ...
Friday News Roundup: It's Almost Time for Football!
By Martha | January 12th, 2007•In case you missed it, Inter haven't lost a Serie A game in a really, really long time. In fact, if they beat Torino tomorrow, ...
While You Were Sleeping: Developments in Milan
By Martha | January 8th, 2007•Figo is an Arab: After what seemed like months of speculation, highlighted by total silence on the player's part and a Figo-free unveiling in Dubai, ...
Things Suddenly Look Much Darker in Palermo
By Martha | January 4th, 2007A moment of silence, please, for Palermo's barely breathing title aspirations: The scan of Amauri's knee today returned the worst possible results, and he'll be ...
D-Day for Palermo
By Martha | January 3rd, 2007January 4 is marked with a big, red "X" on calendars all over Palermo right now: Amauri, the team's best striker (not to mention its ...
They Don't Mess Around in Sicily
By Martha | January 1st, 2007I know this happened a few days ago, but that doesn't make it any less post-worthy: Rino Foschi, Palermo's sporting director, was a sent a ...
The Most Boring Transfer Rumors Ever
By Martha | December 29th, 2006Don't get me wrong -- you know I'm all about transfer rumors. Today's collection, though, is bland enough to put even the most devoted Serie ...
As if Things Weren't Hard Enough for Palermo Already
By Martha | December 27th, 2006According to La Gazetta dello Sport, Palermo's monumentally in-form striker Amauri damaged knee ligaments in his clash over the weekend with Siena keeper Alex Manninger, ...
Week 18, Or: While I Was Out
By Martha | December 26th, 2006As I was settling into the good cable-less Midwestern bosom of my family for the holidays, the first half of the Serie A season was ...
Week 17, Or: God and Palermo Keep Ascoli Miserable. (Sorry, Ascoli.)
By Martha | December 21st, 2006Whew. Thanks in large part (obviously) to my intervention on their behalf with the Lord, Palermo thumped poor, winless Ascoli 4-0 yesterday. (In case you're ...
In the Name of All That is Holy, Don't Let Ascoli Get Their First Win Today
By Martha | December 20th, 2006Dear God: You know I have bags of sympathy for Ascoli, right? Any team that hasn't managed a win in 16 weeks automatically has my ...
A Matrix-Heavy News Roundup
By Martha | December 19th, 2006•There's a pretty great piece in The Guardian's Sportsblog today about Materazzi, and how beloved he is by Italian fans despite his sometimes idiotic behavior. ...
Palermo Boss: What Have You Done for Me Lately?
By Martha | December 18th, 2006Christ, talk about a hard gig: After his team's dismantling by Roma, Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini decided that not only is he bummed out about ...
Week 16, Or: And the League Recedes in Inter's Rear View Mirror
By Martha | December 18th, 2006Another round of settling in for Serie A, with Inter continuing to roll (thanks in part to a goal by the ever-modest Matrix, who described ...
Roma v Palermo: Doh!
By Martha | December 17th, 2006Well, that was a thrashing. It was a fun game to watch, though, because until the third goal, Palermo were standing tall and fighting like ...
Palermo Go Out of Europe, Dammit.
By Martha | December 14th, 2006Despite the fact that it's for the best if they want to keep feeding that Scudetto dream, it's still sad that Palermo's European run is ...
Everything Looks Awfully Good in Palermo Today
By Martha | December 11th, 2006It's amazing what a convincing win can do for a team, huh? Just a few days ago, everyone who loves Palmero (including yours truly) was ...
Week 15, Or: It's Rosetti's Fault Yet Again
By Martha | December 11th, 2006Hmm, Roberto Rosetti. Where have we heard that name before? Oh yeah, he was the referee Palermo chairman Maurizio Zamparini accused of corruption after his ...
Palermo v Livorno: Crisis? What Crisis?
By Martha | December 9th, 2006That noise you heard earlier this afternoon, friends, was a collective sigh of relief escaping the lungs of Palermo fans. After a couple of bad ...
More on That Unmentionable Match in Parma
By Martha | December 4th, 2006I don't know about you, but sleeping on it didn't help me -- I'm still incredibly depressed by the memory of Palermo's performance yesterday, and ...
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