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In Naples, they're very big on decorating their nativity scenes ("presepe" in italian) with famous figures. So you will see Maradona, Higuain, Benitez etc. among the more classical donkey, Joseph and Mary, and the angel and shepherd etc. They added De Laurentiis this year: 
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Based on squad strength Napoli should be the #3 club, what is going wrong down there? I've only seen them vs Roma where they looked awesome.
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Dec 15, 2014 00:08
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canepazzo posted:In Naples, they're very big on decorating their nativity scenes ("presepe" in italian) with famous figures. So you will see Maradona, Higuain, Benitez etc. among the more classical donkey, Joseph and Mary, and the angel and shepherd etc. Needs the lion mask.
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Dec 15, 2014 01:02
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muddream posted:Based on squad strength Napoli should be the #3 club, what is going wrong down there? I've only seen them vs Roma where they looked awesome. Inconsistent defending/goalkeeping, they lost Insigne the week after the Roma match, Hamsik/Inler have been poo poo compared to the past, and playing in the Europa League probably doesn't help their league form. Also they're managed by a fat waiter. And they're garbagemen who live in garbageland.
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Dec 15, 2014 01:08
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trem_two posted:Inconsistent defending/goalkeeping, they lost Insigne the week after the Roma match, Hamsik/Inler have been poo poo compared to the past, and playing in the Europa League probably doesn't help their league form. Yes, YES All of that is basically correct. Their defense, like Milan's, is suspect and they leak goals. I read today that they have the most goals conceded from headers in the league, and their defenders aren't exactly tiny. Rafael really can't organize that defense too well and they're constantly switching between a back 3 and back 5. The front 4 of Higuain, Callejon, Mertens and De Guzman had me scared today but Higuain really only had one good chance and was marked pretty well by Rami and Mexes (who I will admit was excellent today). Also David Lopez is a myth and I think he sucks.
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Dec 15, 2014 01:57
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canepazzo posted:In Naples, they're very big on decorating their nativity scenes ("presepe" in italian) with famous figures. So you will see Maradona, Higuain, Benitez etc. among the more classical donkey, Joseph and Mary, and the angel and shepherd etc. I thought De Laurentis was the donkey  I've missed a lot of awesome matches apparently, and I'm sad that the time difference with the fact that wifi is scarce here (free wifi is illegal in Japan) made it so. I still believe in Gomez, I know he can come back to his übermensch form sooner or later, it's just heartbreaking to see because I have literally watched him longer than any other player since getting into football. Also, shame on you Neto. That's a mistake you should never make.
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Dec 15, 2014 03:04
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Just posting here to predict that we are gonna get Real Madrid on tomorrow's draw  Soulex posted:free wifi is illegal in Japan WTF why?
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Dec 15, 2014 03:46
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Drogadon posted:Just posting here to predict that we are gonna get Real Madrid on tomorrow's draw You'll get Barcelona because Milan isn't there to draw them like every other year.
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Dec 15, 2014 04:35
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Immobile got his wish. I look forward to watching Chiellini clatter him.
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Dec 15, 2014 14:01
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Inter - Celtic Fiorentina - Spurs Napoli - Trabzonspor Torino - Athletic Bilbao Roma - Feyernoord Torino is pretty dead, Fiorentina - Spurs could be good. The others should advance but you never know.
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Dec 15, 2014 14:47
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muddream posted:Based on squad strength Napoli should be the #3 club, what is going wrong down there? I've only seen them vs Roma where they looked awesome. It's hard to see a team with that talent and ability fall flat on their face against a mediocre Milan side. I have no idea what's going on, it's like a tale of two Napolis. One week they are world beaters and the next they can't string 3 passes together.
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Dec 15, 2014 16:10
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Drogadon posted:Just posting here to predict that we are gonna get Real Madrid on tomorrow's draw I don't expect sanity from a country where tentacle rape is a legitimate form of entertainment. Also Milan won, nice. Now do the same against an Italian team, Inzaghi!
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Dec 15, 2014 17:52
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More lifesize cardboard cutouts to come in Genova??? http://www.football-italia.net/60067/ferrero-banned-thohir-comments http://www.corrieredellosport.it/ca...filippino%C2%BB
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Dec 15, 2014 19:08
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Vexin posted:More lifesize cardboard cutouts to come in Genova??? drat, three months is a long time for this. I look forward to the way he makes his presence known when he's not in the stadium.
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Dec 15, 2014 19:14
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Rami's out until next year at the earliest, added to the list of De Sciglio, Abate and Alex. FFS.
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Dec 15, 2014 19:31
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I'm watching Torino-Empoli just to have something on the TV while I work and: these people are really bad at football
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Dec 15, 2014 19:47
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Food Court Druid posted:I'm watching Torino-Empoli just to have something on the TV while I work and: these people are really bad at football Yes, you picked a poo poo match.
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Dec 15, 2014 19:48
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I wonder if Ferrero's punishment would've been less severe if he wasn't such a, uh, colorful personality.
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Dec 15, 2014 20:35
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I was in Torino for my job today and I was surprised by how little anyone cared about today's match.
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Dec 15, 2014 21:24
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Cippalippus posted:I was in Torino for my job today and I was surprised by how little anyone cared about today's match. I don't think I've ever met a real life actual Torino fan tbh. If you're from there you support Juve unless your grandfather beat you in to submission and forced you to wear maroon.
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Dec 15, 2014 21:30
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Someone put a bounty out for Kovacic's head it seems
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Dec 15, 2014 21:43
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Gigi Galli posted:I don't think I've ever met a real life actual Torino fan tbh. If you're from there you support Juve unless your grandfather beat you in to submission and forced you to wear maroon. Nah, usually Torino has more support in the city itself. It's completely dwarfed by Juve anywhere else though.
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Dec 15, 2014 22:19
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Cippalippus posted:I don't expect sanity from a country where tentacle rape is a legitimate form of entertainment. I don't know if that's an Anti-South post or anti-foreigner post. I was talking to a friend of a relative who said that if the majority of the team playing is foreign he will root against them. I asked what about if they both have majority foreign players? He said the one with more Italians. Then before I could finish the third question about same number he said, "whichever team gets the result that would help Milan." A.bsolute C.unts Milan. 
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Dec 15, 2014 22:35
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Cippalippus posted:Nah, usually Torino has more support in the city itself. It's completely dwarfed by Juve anywhere else though. I think this is true for older people but since the people who's parents moved to Turin to get jobs had kids and raised them there the kids are all Juve fans. Actually they're probably all Napoli and Palermo fans 
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Dec 15, 2014 22:47
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Gigi Galli posted:I don't think I've ever met a real life actual Torino fan tbh. If you're from there you support Juve unless your grandfather beat you in to submission and forced you to wear maroon. One of my grandfathers tried to get me at an impressionable young age by forcing a Palermo jersey on me and taking me to a game, but this being the mid-90's, the team supported by the rest of my family being in Serie A made it an easy choice.
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Dec 15, 2014 23:40
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I have met one (1) Torino fan in the flesh; I estimate that he was in his late 40s. I struck up a conversation with him in a cab and ended up on the receiving end of a solid 10 minute rant about the Italy NT (this was back in the summer) and losing Cerci and Immobile. Nothing he actually said was too crazy (though I didn't understand all the local idiom), but the air he gave off made it one of the most unsettling personal interactions I have ever had with a stranger in my life (and I've been the victim of assault).
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Dec 15, 2014 23:42
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I met a bunch of Torino fans a while ago when HJK were playing them at home. Lovely guys, talked for a while about all of their weird rivalries and friendships and about how we don't really care about weed in Finland nearly as much as they did.
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Dec 15, 2014 23:48
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Tonight was the Gala del Calcio award ceremony for 2014. Conte was named coach of the year, and this is the 2014 Best IX: Buffon; Darmian, Barzagli, Benatia, Asamoah; Pogba, Pirlo, Vidal; Immobile, Higuain, Tevez
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trem_two posted:Tonight was the Gala del Calcio award ceremony for 2014. Conte was named coach of the year, and this is the 2014 Best IX: Nice, drat nice even.
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Funkysauce posted:I don't know if that's an Anti-South post or anti-foreigner post. I was talking to a friend of a relative who said that if the majority of the team playing is foreign he will root against them. I asked what about if they both have majority foreign players? He said the one with more Italians. Then before I could finish the third question about same number he said, "whichever team gets the result that would help Milan." It was just Anti-Napoli, actually Mild reference to an actual fact: Atalanta supporters took passports with them in the 80s when going to Naples to show their convinction that Naples was not, in fact, an italian city. The thing passed when Atalanta shifted towards Lega Nord/Separatist support, but nowadays I'd say that Atalanta's Curva Nord is mostly about smoking weed and causing troubles. edit: trem_two posted:Tonight was the Gala del Calcio award ceremony for 2014. Conte was named coach of the year, and this is the 2014 Best IX: Cippalippus fucked around with this message at 13:18 on Dec 16, 2014 |
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Dec 16, 2014 13:11
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Garcia got a 2 match ban for assaulting a steward in the Marassi tunnel  Holebas also got a 1 match ban for giving the finger to the Genoa fans. I actually would like these gestures to get a way heavier penalty, even 4-5 matches bans; these players are supposed to be examples and p.o.s. like him fomenting violence should get figuratively kicked in the teeth. E: Allegri also banned 1 match for yelling "DAI DAI DAI" too vehemently at the ref. canepazzo fucked around with this message at 13:47 on Dec 16, 2014 |
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Dec 16, 2014 13:39
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canepazzo posted:Allegri also banned 1 match for yelling "DAI DAI DAI" too vehemently at the ref. We've reached peak Allegri here, everyone.
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canepazzo posted:Garcia got a 2 match ban for assaulting a steward in the Marassi tunnel Nothing for Perrotti who tried to break Holebas's leg? Also didn't Ibra or Balotelli get a long ban for gesturing to the ref? I feel like it should be worse when it's to the crowd like you do.
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Dec 16, 2014 14:37
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Gigi Galli posted:Nothing for Perrotti who tried to break Holebas's leg? Perotti got a three match ban, yep.
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canepazzo posted:Perotti got a three match ban, yep.
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Dec 16, 2014 14:58
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He's actually banned for four matches total, the three for the kick has been added to the yellow card accumulation suspension. That's a big hit for Genoa, he's been pretty important for them.
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Dec 16, 2014 15:48
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Ferrero tweeted this in response to his 3 month ban:
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Dec 16, 2014 20:59
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This should be the TRP probation avatar. Things I've learned in Japan: Harajuku girls do NOT like having their photos taken and will chase you down threatening bodily harm with their plastic wands thing, as two of my coworkers found out. Kits aren't super expensive. Bought a samurai blue and an "Antlers" team kit (out of FC Tokyo) for about what I would pay in the states. Do buy a size up cause they are loving small. They can loving drink. I went toe for toe with a guy and he was unfazed. I've been fired and tempered in Europe with its traditions and can do fairly well, this guy was scary. Porn is censored. Like blurred out via cops style. A lot of stuff in Japan is mad expensive but the food is super cheap at restaurants. Japan doesn't bend the rules. They are strict about that poo poo. They apparently have Internet speeds up to 1G/s. Some of their sweets and snacks are loving weird. Like squid jerky. Eating/smoking while walking = bad idea. DONT TALK ON YOUR PHONE IN PUBLIC TRANSIT. Nothing crazy interesting but I will say that sushi is pretty much the same here as it is over there. Nigiri at least. Fun times. Soulex fucked around with this message at 21:14 on Dec 16, 2014 |
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Gigi Galli posted:Ferrero tweeted this in response to his 3 month ban: Said it before, I'll say it again: Er Viperetta is the best thing to happen to Serie A this year, and proves that film execs (Vittorio Cecchi Gori excluded, but then again he was too busy snorting coke to know what he was doing) make the best chairmen.
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Soulex posted:This should be the TRP probation avatar lol, it should
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