With the squad he has and the squads around him, over a 38 game season.. nah, I just can't see us, Juve or anyone else for that matter taking the title. Inter have been poor this season, in my opinion, yet they still beat us twice and are top of the league.

That's what I'm saying, the problem is not Mou, the problem is that we can't match them. Had we had an equally strong squad and still got beaten by inert I'd say yeah Mou can do it better, we won't win until he goes. But now? He is not our problem. Inter would have won last season's title with Mancini and they would not be doing worse than they do this season with Mancini either.

That's like saying: Frances economy is never going to match Chinas....their leaders are too brillant.

That's nothing like that at all.

@dst, yes the squad is the problem, more so than Jose, but when he's the one signing half the players..

You mean guys like Quaresma, Mancini and Thiago Motta?

I like Motta's personally.

Lucio, Eto'o, Sneijder, Millito and Pandev are hardly flops either.

So there were two games today.

Catania steamrolled Bari 4-0 (the chickens are sad).

Fiorentina drew 1-1 with Lazio.

Moratti's millions signed them, not Mourinho.

Lets hope get over these results and will beat Bayern cos' they deserve it.

I disagree.

60th minute. Juve 0-1 Palermo

Miccoli with a GREAT goal.

Cannavaro scores and celebrates like hell, only for his goal to be ruled out for offside seconds later

yea that was good decision by th ref as the assistant didnt call it off

Are you sure?

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Javier Pastore looks very interesting. I can see where the Kaka comparisons come from. he's got a similar style.

Juve 0-2 Palermo.

Budan scores 20 seconds after coming on

yea and even the commentator was saying that

FT. 0-2

Juve were/are pathetic. enough said.

FT gobbi 0-2 Palermo. Deserved win for the Men in Pink.

The gobbi look AWFUL.

And the drughi set match programs on fire again, in the stands.

Di Carlo banned for 'blasphemy'
Tuesday 2 March, 2010

Chievo Coach Mimmo Di Carlo is the first victim of the new rules on ‘bestemmie’ – an offence to God considered worse than swearing.

The tactician has been handed a one-match touchline ban after he was caught using the banned phrase during Sunday’s 2-1 win over Cagliari.

The new rule was only introduced in the last couple of weeks and aims at stamping out the use of bad language in the sport.

When caught on camera, these comments are thought to represent a bad example for children watching and could offend adults.

Bestemmie are considered to be worse than simple swearing and regards blasphemous statements.

Lega Pro side Potenza have seen their Coach, Ezio Capuano, given a two-match ban for “repeated blasphemous phrases in protests against the referee.”


WTF???

(where's it from, locke?)

Yeah, bestemmie (or really bad swearing) is now a bannable thing. Has been for players for a while - if you say vaffa to the ref you're out for 2 games. This is the first time a coach has been sanctioned for this specific thing.

It's from football-italia.com... what does 'Bestiemme' really mean though?

This fish's best translation would be 'blasphemy'.

C'mon now, at least a hint?

well, 'blasphemy' in the cultural context would connote - to this fish at least - something seriously nasty. In US culture, blasphemy isn't really laden with the nasty hints it has in other cultures. I suspect that in Italy, it's a term that's got lots of negativity around it because of that country's history.

What it boils down to in real terms? I looked and haven't been able to find a translation of what Mimmo De Carlo said but I'd imagine it's swear words of a rather more serious nature than the standard 'vaffa'.

FT. Inter 0-0 Genoa

**** YEAH, WE GOT AWAY WITH OUR ROMA DRAW! TITLE RACE IS BACK ON BABY!

^^ What zeddie said.

Phew!!!

Really thought we blew it...

+1

Eat that, Donkeys.

FT Bari 1-0 Chievo

We sort of got let off the hook I suppose, which is better than them getting further away, but life would have been much easier if we'd made the ground up to 2 points.

Who's to say they would not have gotten the win had we beaten Roma? Maybe they would be more determined in that case.

Considering we were playing Roma away and they were playing Genoa at home staying 4 points close to them means this was a good weekend for us in my view.

I agree.

There goes your one sensible post of the month. You shouldn't have dropped it so early. Could have waited till Old Trafford to say something uber-smart...

But i agree with dst, we definately came out with the better end of that stick.

What annoys me is we didn't scrape a draw, which is what would give dst's point gravity. We missed a shot because Roma were really not very good and there for the taking.

If we'd had a bad game and made no chances and been lucky to come out with a draw, then I agree - this was a good weekend.

Problem was we had them where we wanted them yet didn't make a dent in them.

And that's a seriously bad missed opportunity.

Catania 3 Inter 1
What a goal by Martinez at the end.....


A chance to cut the lead to 1 on Sunday

Oh MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FORZA CATANIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you catania, god bless you guys!!!!


Now lets pray inter beat chelsea !!

Forza Catania!

I might actually have to say something nice about Sinisa Mihailovic after this.

And their Argie contingent! they must have the most Argies among all European teams? I can't recall any other team having 11 Argies...

OOOOhhhhhhhhh I'm in love with Catania right now <3
If we win we are just 1 point behind Inter.

wats the bet we're gonna lose against cheivo? *rolleyes*

No way man! I don't care how but we MUST win this game.

OH AFRICA!!!!!

*folds sandwich board and places it and bell back in the cupboard*

What a sensational result - the exact morale booster we needed after Wednesday.

Anything less than a win (and I don't care how it happens) on Sunday is absolutely unforgiveable.

@ Blue

Ha?!


I disagreed with you last week about this cause we were the team who had played first. but I 100% agree this time. we MUST win and only that, or it'll be a total disappointment.

Im happy that Inter lost, but we all know that we are unlikely to get all three points. We usually drop points in these kind of situations. We lack consistency and that is what has killed us, and will kill us

WTF!?!?!? I only saw this now. I had no idea there was a game yesterday!!!

we HAVE TO win!

Hear that folks? WE HAVE TO WIN!

I thought I had to say that since no one else cared to...