Articles tagged with "zamparini"
Daily Calcio News and Notes - 11/4/08
By Francesco | November 4th, 2008Here's what I found interesting after reading various calcio news sites today: -First, we have another managerial change in Serie A. Chievo haven't won since the ...
And the first manager sacked is...
By Francesco | September 4th, 2008Who had their bets on Stefano Colantuono? The Roman manager has been sacked only after one game by Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini. Colantuono was sacked ...
Calcio Debate: Who should be eligible to play for the Azzurri?
By alessio | June 12th, 2008Camoranesi already plays for Italia. Amauri is looking to do the same. Who deserves to play for Team Italy? Is is based on blood, geography, or ...
Previews: Sampdoria-Juventus and words on Tiago and Amauri
By alessio | May 16th, 2008Well, Juventini and anti-Juventini, (is there anything else?) it's come down to the last day of the season, sadly enough. Now starts the boring summer ...
Palermo v. Juventus: Colantuono's Last Chance, Really This Time... I Swear
By roberto | April 3rd, 2008Tifosi Rosaneri don't tell me, let me guess. Colantuono's got some secret plan to beat us come Sunday. I mean, that's the reason why Zamparini ...
The Circus Has Come To Town And Its Name Is Palermo
By chris | March 24th, 2008Palermo only made its ascent back to Serie A recently after 31 years in the calcio dungeons, and they have made damn quick work of ...
Disorganised Mercato Thoughts before Madrid
By Marco | March 1st, 2008* game ''review'' is here Here’s a Pot-Pourri, a Melting pot, a ramassis of Mercato stuff : Let's get right in to this ! So it seems like ...
The Best Relationships Football Has To Offer
By chris | February 14th, 2008Football is a global sport, one which cultivates relationships of all shapes, colors and sizes. Off the field fans come together by having a similar ...
Cellino samples Spinelli, Crying Coaches and Coco
By Marco | January 29th, 2008*Livorno - Juve review here One of my favourite Soccer Subjects is crazy owners/presidents, Serie A is a a fertile ground for the eccentric President. ...
Zampa is Bringing Crazy Back
By Martha | January 29th, 2008For those of you who don't follow Serie A, he's a brief introduction to Palermo President Maurizio Zamaparini: He's mad as a hatter. Usually it's ...
Martedi Mercato Moves and Antonio Gramsci
By Marco | January 22nd, 2008Aldo Spinelli has said that he voluntarily didn't try to sign Lucarelli. Livorno's president said he was too expensive, that his ...
10 Things We Learned In Serie A This Weekend
By chris | January 22nd, 2008The whispers of Calciopoli are returning. Only they're not just whispers anymore. It's getting a little hard to ignore that every single week, Internazionale FC is ...
Controversy-Free(ish) News Roundup
By Martha | January 21st, 2008•Cagliari sporting director Nicola Salerno is reasonably confident his team will stay up. (Feel better, Jeremy?) To help with that effort, Cagliari have added Portuguese ...
Amauri Has Learned a Lot From His Agent
By Martha | December 31st, 2007Amauri's agent Mariano Grimaldi is, from all available evidence, an unrepentant sleazebag. In order to keep his client's name in the press, he has no ...
Juventus 5 Palermo 0 - Recap: A Black and White Affair
By roberto | November 27th, 2007By now you've read the articles, heard the news, and seen the highlights. Juventus simply dismantled Palermo. So much so in fact, that Palermo's Head ...
Calcio's Own Steinbrenner and Martin
By Martha | November 26th, 2007Depending on how old you are, you may or many not remember the New York Yankees of the 70s and 80s, when Reggie Jackson was ...
Marry Me, Zampa. Seriously. Marry Me.
By Martha | November 26th, 2007God damn. Just when you start to turn your back on Maurizio Zamparini for his periodic semi-racist rants, he turns around and does something so ...
Zampa is Back: Down with Juve! Down with the French!
By Martha | November 23rd, 2007Serie A's resident crazy person, Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini, is at it again, this time aiming the barrels of his madness at twin targets: Juventus ...
New Bid for Amelia?
By kevin | August 21st, 2007Palermo appears to be back in line for Azzurri goalie Marco Amelia. It is now apparent that Livorno is ...
Barzagli in Battle With the Man
By Martha | June 16th, 2007Remember the sudden change of direction for Andrea Barzagli earlier this week? He seemed destined for Fiorentina, only to turn around and start trudging towards ...
Dig Out the Black Bunting: Corini is Leaving Palermo
By Martha | June 8th, 2007From the moment the season ended, Crazyass Maurizio Zamparini has been talking smack about The Great Eugenio Corini, sternly telling the press that if the ...
Palermo v Siena: Finally!
By Martha | May 20th, 2007So, it turns out all Zamparini had to do to get his team to play again was to fire Guidolini and then rehire him three ...
Saturday Morning News, Or: While I Was Out
By Martha | May 19th, 2007Just so you know, I had three flights canceled in less than two days. Clearly I have done something to deeply offended the Aviation Gods. •In ...
Ah, So Guidolin Has a Sense of Humor! That Explains So Much.
By Martha | May 15th, 2007In what must have been an awesome press conference at Palermo's Secret!Training Camp in Rome today (The video is here, for those of you who ...
Oh Dear God, Or: Someone Undid Zamparini's Straitjacket
By Martha | May 14th, 2007You know how Palermo's Maurizio Zamparini spent what seemed like months mulling over the inevitable departure of Francesco Guidolin before finally firing him a few ...
Zampa: Paying the Price for Telling it Like it Is
By Martha | April 27th, 2007Remember back in February, when our friend Maurizio Zamparini turned the power of his crazy on the referee designator in advance of his team's match ...
Guidolin Not Exactly Missed in Palermo
By Martha | April 26th, 2007Apart from my one and only Luis Figo, there are only a handful of others on my list of favorite footballers: Dejan Stankovic. Rino Gattuso. ...
Trouble Brewing in Palermo (Again)
By Martha | April 23rd, 2007In the wake of yesterday's demoralizing loss the Parma, Palermo were supposed to have the day off, presumably to think about what they'd done and ...
All is Well in Palermo. No, Really!
By Martha | April 9th, 2007What do you know! After savoring his Easter egg and taking some time to breathe yesterday, Palermo supremo Maurizio Zamparini has realized sacking Francesco Guidolin ...
... Or Maybe Not
By Martha | April 8th, 2007In the second-most predictable event of the weekend (behind only last night's sacking), Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini announced this morning that he's not entirely sure ...
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