Summer Recap

By: Kamran | July 11th, 2009

Summer Recap

Ladies and gentlemen, the definition of epic fail:

“From Totti too. That’s my opinion. Shoo! He is ruining you! He is ruining you! Just like Real Madrid need to do with Raul, Roma need to get rid of Totti. Is that clear?” — Nicola Irti

Obviously the guy watches some different brand of Calcio than the one which actually gets played. I do not consider Totti to be untouchable, and I criticize him as much for lackluster performances as I do for, let’s say, Julio Baptista. Nevertheless, anyone who follows Roma over more than a grand total of 5 games knows about the Totti effect — which, for an earlier post, I also got statistically documented:

The Totti Effect

Then, the class response:

“Perhaps only the history of [Alfredo] Di Stefano at Real Madrid can be compared to yours in Rome.” — Rosella

And then, if hiring a retard as your lawyer wasn’t dumb enough, the dumber response:

“Totti is more important than Roma itself, whoever doubts him does not understand a lot about Roma.” — Fioranelli

Notice the difference between the two reactions? The former is keeping its feet on ground and compares Totti to a loyal legend. The latter is perfect example of a sugar-coated turd; no player is more important than the club, period. Totti shouldn’t have been even a part of discussion regarding the Roma takeover. The fact that the he was dragged into this by the Fioranelli front plays a greater role in alienating them from the fanbase than the nature of their comments.

Next up, Lippi responds — pseudo-confessing that Azzurri are in dire need of a seasoned treq. Regardless of the fact that a certain Cassano rushed to training earlier than everyone to accentuate his professionalism, stone-faced Marcello won’t budge on that front. As for Francesco, prolonged discussions are futile. It’s really as simple as this: Sans-injuries/In-form, even at 33 Totti can be a huge boost for the La Nazionale and otherwise he isn’t going to South Africa anyway. If injuries continue to hit him like they did the last two seasons, rest assured that he will not be hacking his call-up chances to make a fool out of himself a la Bobo Vieri. On the other hand, if it’s twenty plus nets in the next season in thirty plus games, then it would be pretty realistic to consider him as a super-sub for the title defense.

Worse luck, almost as an ominous fore-bearing for the issue, Riise’s tackle has already resulted in a minor-injury in the pre-season training. At this rate, Capitano will be lucky if he manages to play double-digit games in the upcoming season. Sadly, Graham Chapman’s quote finds itself applicable here in a much ironic sense: