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  • fra paolo |  November 21st, 2009 at 2:51 pm

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    Smileys don’t work here :(

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  • Mike R |  November 21st, 2009 at 3:19 pm

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    Frey- 4
    Pasqual- 4.5
    Dainelli- 4.5
    Natali- 5
    Comotto- 4 (De Silvestri- 5.5)
    Zanetti- 5
    Donadel-5
    Vargas- 6.5
    Marchionni- 6
    Santana- 5.5 (Castillo- 4)
    Gilardino- 7

    Prandelli- 5

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  • Brett |  November 21st, 2009 at 3:37 pm

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    fra paolo,

    i noticed after writing that i just described most strikers in the world haha

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  • Tomas |  November 21st, 2009 at 5:35 pm

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    We struggle to defend the counter normally, but without Gambo, we were exposed. Do they have no speed, stamina, positioning, which? Our back 4 kept getting caught out, again and again. Make an adjustment, for chrissakes.

    Our biggest concern is getting healthy, not the result of this game. With all of our personnel out, I would have been happy with a draw, but I’m not suprised at the loss. Does it suck? Sure, but c’mon, we’re at mile 9 of the marathon. Back off the ledge, folks. Come back inside, have a pint of the bitter, and let’s start stressing about Tuesday. :-)

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  • slakas |  November 22nd, 2009 at 8:17 am

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    no d in milan either

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  • Mike B |  November 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 am

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    Genoa lose

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  • Mike R |  November 22nd, 2009 at 9:04 am

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    We’re lucky once again…today could have been alot worse

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  • Brett |  November 22nd, 2009 at 1:27 pm

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    Udinese’s extra kit that they are wearing today against Juvemerda is our exact jersey with a black triangle under the arms. Thanks Lotto.

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  • alex w |  November 22nd, 2009 at 4:45 pm

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    well… if we win the CL, we get automatic qualification next year haha. anywho, i honestly expected europa zone with no gambit and no mutu/jj. to answer Tomas, dainelli-natali has no speed. they’re great in the air and they have decent positioning.

    and this is a great article:
    http://www.football-italia.net/blogs/sc88.html

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  • Tomas |  November 22nd, 2009 at 5:51 pm

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    If I’m a central defender with no speed, I’m not gonna venture too far forward, like our lead-foots do. Know your limitations.

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  • alex w |  November 22nd, 2009 at 6:27 pm

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    we play the offside trap. it comes down to poor personnel for the system. its also why i wasn’t too thrilled about us chasing luisao. from what i’ve seen of the selecao, lucio cleans up the mess that luisao’s slowness leaves behind much like gamberini does with dainelli.

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  • slakas |  November 23rd, 2009 at 7:37 am

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    Like their opponents, Lyon had something of a calamity at the weekend. Playing on Saturday evening against Grenoble, a side who had previously won only one point from a possible 36, OL were held to a 1-1 draw. To make matters worse, they led 1-0 when Laurent Courtois of GF38 was dismissed.

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  • irfan |  November 23rd, 2009 at 8:50 am

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    if lisandro worried me in the first leg, then a CB pairing of dainelli and natali tomorrow will make me worry even more. not to mention bastos. pjanic, gouvou etc.
    Maybe we should have held onto da costa (i think we never gave him a decent chance), he’s playing for the westham first team and scored at the weekend.

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  • Nolan |  November 23rd, 2009 at 9:15 am

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    I can’t say I have much confidence with that back line and without Jo Jo…oh well, let’s see what we are made of.

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  • Tito |  November 23rd, 2009 at 9:24 am

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    What are the scenarios for qualification? Cheating Frog bastards are in, clearly, but how many points do we need? Assuming that the Scousers beat Debrecen, where does that leave us?

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  • slakas |  November 23rd, 2009 at 11:31 am

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    we’re five pts up. 2 pts puts us in

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  • slakas |  November 23rd, 2009 at 11:33 am

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    beat lyon we’re in.

    tie or lose and, assuming liverpool beat debrecen, then we need one pt from anfield.

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  • Mike R |  November 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 pm

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    JoJo is in the group…Prandelli confirmed he will play but not a full 90 minutes

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  • Brett |  November 23rd, 2009 at 4:02 pm

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    I thought that if we tie Lyon we can go to Liverpool (assuming they beat Debrecen) and lose by one goal maximum and still advance because we would be level on points but have the higher aggregate score against them?

    Heres the tiebreaking criteria:

    1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
    2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
    3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
    4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
    5. higher number of goals scored;
    6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

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  • Tim |  November 24th, 2009 at 7:22 am

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    Sorry for the delay – I’ll have something up later this morning. Trying to catch up from my trip and my computer at home doesn’t work – sorta cuts into by blogging time. Very nervous about the game today.

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  • Catalogue |  November 24th, 2009 at 7:43 am

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    Yes, I think we are mathematically allowed to draw (but please do win) Lyon and lose to the Scousers in England, provided that;

    i) we don’t lose by a three-goal margin, or,
    ii) we don’t lose by a two-goal margin *and* not scoring. A 1-3 lose would still send us to the knockout stage.

    But let’s keep this as simple as possible and beat Lyon. They had a bad week too.

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  • Brett |  November 24th, 2009 at 9:20 am

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    Yes i would just like the win as well! ha. I like the feeling of “win and you’re in.” Hopefully the boys are feeling hungry because they are so close that it will push them even further and harder for the win.

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  • Fadayn |  November 24th, 2009 at 9:41 am

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    buckets of best wishes to Fiorentina tonight, Ale Viola

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  • Siddharth K |  November 24th, 2009 at 10:00 am

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    I doubt Hedgehog will play to be honest, and am pretty sure he will not start. Dont bring Jo-Jo on unless absolutely necessary would be my suggestion to Prandelli or Belgium or Delight or whatever the internet translators think his name is.

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  • BigDawg4Milan |  November 24th, 2009 at 10:03 am

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    I really confident & hope that you guys can pull off the win. It’s realy important that all Italian team qualify for the knockout rounds, not to mention the possibility of elminating an English (Liverpool) from the mix would be huge!

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