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Pink Guys Come to Firenze
By: Tim |Happy Friday afternoon to everyone. I’m coming to you live from my brother’s house up in Hamilton, Ontario where I’m spending the weekend. Had a nice early flight this morning to Buffalo, stopped at a freezing cold and wet Niagra Falls on the way and now I’m being stared at by his 3 [...]
Thoughts on My Precious and the Champions League Draw
By: Ted |Yesterday in beautiful Florence Mighty Fiorentina drew for the third time in three matches this season vs. their tenacious Portuguese opponents, Sporting Lisbon. The 1-1 draw means the Viola advance to the Champions League group stages, based on the away-goal rule.
Sporting 2nd Leg Preview / De Silvestri / Viola Birthday
By: Tim |Good morning everyone. We’ve got a few things to cover, but we’ll start off with a shout out to Mike R for reminding us that today, August 26, is ACF Fiorentina’s 83rd birthday!. So Sporting is obviously in trouble.
I Am Disheartened
By: Ted |Well, a little, anyway.
Viola Kick off Serie A Campaign at Bologna
By: Tim |By now, we’ve got less than 24 hours until the return of the Viola! The 2009-2010 campaign kicks off with a match against Bologna and Viola old-boy Osvaldo. I’m planning a longer post regarding a full season preview, but I’m not going to be able to get that up until after the Bologna match. [...]
Champions League Play-In – Away Leg Preview
By: Tim |All right, I’d offer a similar mea culpa to Ted’s, but my excuse of a busy job and lots of travel over the last 6 weeks pales in comparison to his job and family life. I’m just an engaged dude who’s travel-writer fiancé is currently playing with bears on Kodiak island in Alaska [...]
I’ve Crawled out of More Coffins than Bela Lugosi
By: Ted |In other words, I’m not dead yet.
Viola signs C. Zanetti
By: Dumitru |How Corvino managed to pull this one is beyond me. We got him for €2 million, and the guy is taking a pay-cut to fit in our salary cap, almost half of what he earned at Juve! Unbelievable!
Viola draws Sporting CP
By: Dumitru |For me, this was the best possible scenario.
Bad news
By: Dumitru |We got trashed by PSG; Mutu ordered to pay more than 17 mill. euro to Chelsea; Eboue deal has collapsed.






