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The small number of championships won by Roma I believe can be attributed at least in part to factors external to sports.

Yeah, okay, but we need to be a little objective, Dog. Inter has drawn their first game in the league for the last two seasons, if I'm not mistaken, and we all know how that turned out. Plus, Ronaldinho might as well be Bugs Bunny, but Baptista played three times last season at Real (and there's a reason he played three times), he's tactically undisciplined (that's common knowledge, I believe it's why he's considered "versatile" as a player), and his performance in the Super Cup was somewhere between embarrassing and farcical. I genuinely hope he can do something good, of course, but to me, he honestly looked like a sack of potatoes. Obviously, if he starts taking long shots from outside the box (which theoretically he should be able to do) and begins to run like a human being and improves his agility, things could look up. But apart from that, Inter is on paper the most complete and strongest team, and it’s evident. If you want, I can tell you "la Roma nun se discute, se ama," but I don't think that helps with a realistic analysis of the situation. Years go by, Roma never wins: I’m starting to get tired of deluding myself as a fan, especially with this management that had the chance to put the team in much wealthier hands. Instead, we're supposed to fight with the ghost of Italpetroli for a long time to come. If there's one thing (but only one) we should learn as Lazio fans, it might be to adopt a slightly more cynical and disillusioned spirit. A spirit, by the way, that a part of the Romanista fanbase might be starting to develop. Luckily...

Ahah the goalkeepers of Milan, nice joke :-P Anyway, it’s clear: Carletto is going to Roma next year and Spalletti to Milan, that’s why he said no to Chelsea this year.

Not even in terms of behavior, apparently.. anyway, if Menez performs as he should, Roma will find themselves with a potential 25/30 million euros in hand.

Aside from Kaka, the others have never said much to me (Ronf Pirlo included: a great foot for free kicks and some assists, but really too slowcore for my taste).. but there’s no fight not just for Milan, but also for Roma, Fiorentina, and Juve. I believe Juve will fall this year and it will hurt them a lot.

Milan with Sheva, Senderos, grandpa Zambrotta, and great-grandpa Maldini? The variable is Dinho, I believe, if he comes back in decent shape he could fight for second place. But I don't think there's any battle for the title.

Lung of Michele Nooooo! Why these glimpses from Rometta... I would have preferred the Trent burino (Drenthe) but since he’s not coming, I guess we'll remain like this: without a vice Taddei, with a Totti who can barely stand, with the bouncer Baptista and the pubalgia jewel Menez. Will Riise learn that in Italy full-backs should also defend? But when I look at Juve's midfield and defense, I suddenly become optimistic. The same goes for Fiorentina: a mishmash of half-players picked up here and there mistaken for great champions (except the promising Jovetic). Inter will win again, such a drag.

Larrok is from Rome :-) Sarugia doesn’t understand a thing, he’s the worst Scaruffi in football X-D And then they are obviously anti-Romanista.. they talk with more pleasure even about Fiorentina than about Roma, and then there’s Padovan from TuttoSport (pardon, TuttoTorinoRomaMerda) who shoots the worst lines.

No, more than anything I just need the first half of the Supercoppa to start suspecting that Baptista is a pile of potatoes. I see Quaresma as a bit overrated; in the end, he hasn't really shown much, except for that free kick that goes just wide and that they replay 750 times a day on 7 Gold.

In Rome, Menez, the others are just rubbish :-)