That banter when Garcia gets sacked and Mou takes over Roma.

Mourinho has to agree to a paycut by more than 60% if he is to join Roma

Lets be real here.It's more than impossible.

I don't think Mou is that concerned about money at this point. With that ego of his, and the fact that Roma is paired with Madrid for the CL he may be tempted.

Bale and Marcelo out

Since Rudi is gone I dont think Roma will be embarassed like they were against Barca. But its still hard to see them coming out with much. I guess it will depend on how Zidane sets them up, I guess this will be his first big game?

There's always the chance we'll still get embarrassed.

Spalletti was the coach when we were demolished 7-1 by United, the first of those heavy losses.

Marcelo, Bale and possibly Modric and Carvajal are out. You'll be having both flanks unmarked and you won't have any resistance, be it defending or pressing, from both Ronaldo and Benzema. The question is not whether you'll score or not, the question is how many goals we'll concede.

I'd be content with a draw, but I honestly feel like we'll lose this one.

McLewis wrote:There's always the chance we'll still get embarrassed.

Spalletti was the coach when we were demolished 7-1 by United, the first of those heavy losses.

But Spalletti is also the coach that has knocked out Madrid before...

He did lose to United back then, but he also has Roma playing they aren't zombies anymore. Huge improvement in attitude and tactics. Roma still needs a lot of time to fix that backline, but with a full squad they can put on an exciting match. Perotti, El Shaarawy, Salah, Florenzi, Nainggolan and Pjanic (if he figures out his new role) can be great to watch.

halamadrid2 wrote:I remember Perotti at Sevilla. Always used to play good against us. Pjanic's long shots are like penalties and the speed of SES/Salah vs Danilo lord help us

^embarrassing post

We'll beat them comfortably

Don't even care about this tie honestly. Not because we won't win it, but because qualifying for next year matters more and we're in real danger of that not happening. If we somehow get through, great for morale I suppose. If we don't, that's cool too since not having Europe honestly works better for us so that we can concentrate on taking 3rd away from Inter/Fio, who are ripe for the taking.

It's a matter of priorities. This one isn't the top one.

As long as we don't embarrass ourselves again, I'm good with any result.

Fio is in choke mode, Inter is so and so and Milan is Milan. You'll get that 3rd spot no problem, even if you're playing bad, you're the best out of a bad bunch.

Yeah those games I'm not worried about. It's the Udineses, Palermos, Empolis, Genoas, and Atalantas that worry me. We win some of those, but lose some of those too, especially when we play to their level like we did in the last half-hour against Samp.

Fortunately, we tend to rise to the occasion against sides like Madrid (at least 1 leg anyway).

The Demon of Carthage wrote:Marcelo, Bale and possibly Modric and Carvajal are out. You'll be having both flanks unmarked and you won't have any resistance, be it defending or pressing, from both Ronaldo and Benzema. The question is not whether you'll score or not, the question is how many goals we'll concede.

I'd be content with a draw, but I honestly feel like we'll lose this one.

what do you gain from this? seriously are you that desperate? no one on the team walks as much as cr, and benz runs a lot i don't see the need to lie about.

Cristiano Ronaldo: 'no #ASRoma players I'd swap shirts with, but they can have mine'.

dat Totti insult

ronaldo must be aware that ibarbo is out on loan

Ok so maybe he was taken a tad out of context. The full quote:

“There’s no-one for Roma I want to swap shirts with. They’re all good players. But if someone asks me, I’d have no problem giving them mine.”

Just means he's not particularly close to any one player from our team. It's a bit of a loaded question honestly. I don't have an issue with his answer on second reading.

Prefer ES' version of the article tbh

Ronaldo won't even know who Vanqueer or Florenzi are when they try to swap shirts

Still waiting for Ronaldo and Messi to swap shirts.

Will be an epic moment. Would go down as one of the most famous football pics when both are retired.

Roma XI: Szczesny; Florenzi, Manolas, Rüdiger, Digne; Pjanic, Vainqueur; Salah, Nainggolan, El Sharaawy; Perotti

Not sure about ES as lone striker, doesn't have the skillset to operate in that role. He can finish thats for sure, positioning might be awkward though as he always likes to cut in and take a pot shot. At the very least, he will track back like a hound dog.

who the f is vainquer

would love an upset but expecting roma to get smashed

ES benched by coentrao at Monaco but starting CL games against Madrid