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The Fonz wrote:In other news Siena 4 Lazio 0


Siena

Let's just sign Calaio lol

ErPupone wrote:

The Fonz wrote:

ErPupone wrote:So I'm guessing it's going to be Bojan in for Osvaldo. If not, then Lamela alongside Totti with Pjanic in support, and Viviani, Greco or Gago in midfield.

Bojan for Osvaldo I reckon.I think LE prefers Pjanic in midfield.

Yes, but Pjanic did put in some good assists during those couple of games where he played as a trequartista. That being said, we might even see Caprari get some time up front.

Another option is switching Totti back to his "old/not so old" role as lone-striker, with Lamela and Pjanic at his shoulders. It would be interesting to see, but it would take quite a bit of time to get used to imo. Say, something like this..

Stekelenburg

Rosi Juan Heinze Taddei

Gago De Rossi Simplicio

Pjanic Lamela

Totti

I think Lamela would be comfortable with this, maybe a little more difficult for Pjanic.

Good formation and lineup...

Only potential problem with playing Pjanic behind Totti along with Lamela is that LE favors wing play...Lamela can adjust to that easy enough, but Pjanic doesn't have the same pace on the ball and is far more of a centralized player. We'd look a bit lopsided up front with him keeping to the center of the final third with Lamela still trying to spread play. Best I can see is having them both tuck in towards the middle and allow our full-backs the freedom of the flanks to push foward at will.

Stekelenburg; Taddei, Juan, Heinze, Jose Angel, Simplicio, De Rossi, Pjanic, Lamela, Totti, Bojan

Great to see fab getting the start again..

DAJE Roma

i just woke my lazy ass up, did i miss much?

XI was just as i predicted. i should've posted it here in the prediction thread lol

schnix wrote:i just woke my lazy ass up, did i miss much?

XI was just as i predicted. i should've posted it here in the prediction thread lol

Go into the chat box

BarrileteCosmico wrote:

The Fonz wrote:In other news Siena 4 Lazio 0


Siena

I remember back in 09-10 one of my romanista friends in facebook had this profile pic on for the second to last matchday, when inter were about to play siena and the title would be decided:


(St. Catherine of Siena)

siena's the second team i root for. they're like a sister team of roma

how the hell that wasnt a pen?

We dominated them, 70 % of the ball.

2 penalties = 2 goals for Totti

Pleased

Scusate il ritardo... LEGENDARY!!!!

How did Bojan play? i missed the game..

Totti GOAT!

Khaledbarca wrote:How did Bojan play? i missed the game..

Quite well actually. He was dangerous on a number of occasions, especially when De Rossi served him direct route. His pace was a problem for Cesar and Andreolli, he earned one penalty (though he really should have earned 3, but Russo the referee is incompetent). The only negative thing today was that he tended to always go for that extra step which proved costly on a couple of occasions. But aside from that, he played a good game.

Lamela is turning out much better than my expectations! what a beasttt at 19

arigle wrote:Lamela is turning out much better than my expectations! what a beasttt at 19

Lamela will probably be worth 25mil+ in 3 years time.

yeah.. but hopefully we wont sell because he'll be too frickin good. pjanic too

These are incredibly late, however finally have the time on my hands to upload my matchday photos. If only Totti had scored once more, I could have been present as he set a record. I was also looking forward to seeing Osvaldo play, however the beast himself went on a tour of the stadium before the match, absolutely love him.

Approaching the Stadio Olimpico.


Enrique and Osvaldo doing Facebook ads for Roma.




Osvaldo, looking more like Johnny Depp than ever.


Osvaldo climbing up to greet the fans.


My favourite photo, the crowd whilst singing Grazie Roma.




Totti and Lamela.






The crowd calmly walking across the highway with little to no regard for the traffic on their way home.

Wow awesome shots, Dosto.

I'm incredibly jealous.

Same here Neal lol


Some brilliant snaps Dosto.

I'm starting to think you're a closet Roma fan.

As far as my sympathies go, it's Milan followed by Napoli followed by Roma.

Very nice shots, looks like you had some good seats too.

They were brilliant seats in the end, I was very happy. Last time I visited the Olimpico I was in the Curva Nord, however in a six goal game against Catania, five were at the other end, so I was determined to go in the centre to get a better view this time.

I heard that the Olimpico is a bollocks to get to from the City, is that true Dosto ?

Kind of, I walk it and it probably takes me 45 minutes but I walk faster than some people jog.

The public transport options don't go straight to the stadium from where I am, however there is a tram which goes straight up from the Piazza del Popolo to the Flaminio Stadium and from there you can cut across to the Tiber and follow it to the bridge across to the stadium which is only about five minutes. The Tiber curves a lot however so if you're following the river from a deeper source you'll waste a lot of time cutting in and out.

The subway in Rome is underdeveloped because they keeping hitting archaeological ruins when they go to dig and that halts each project, so getting to that tram terminus isn't always as simple as it seems given the Piazza's fairly central position, so depending on where you are I can imagine it could be a nightmare.

Cheers for the info man.

Just another question,how much would a taxi cost from the City centre to the Olimpico ? roughly if you have any idea

Hmm, good question, based on the distance I'd estimate 20-30 euros depending on traffic? I've never taken a taxi in that direction, so I'm not sure if any of the roads have to be avoided or what sort of route they'd take, however that would be my expectation. Depending on where you were, the only guage I could really give you is that from around the Parthenon to the main station is Roma Termini, so if you were in the city with a map you could compare the distance to that trip, which is around 8-10 euros.