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Welcome to the Quagliarella Show, Thanks for Tuning in.
By: Christopher |
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An ESPN Gamecast portrayal of Quags’ near half field volley. My heart almost stopped.
We needed this game as a good confidence booster for the season is just beginning. And sure enough, as we all expected, Quagliarella made his debut at the San Paolo in style. Interestingly Donadoni viewed todays game [...]
Category: Team News
And so it happened…
By: Christopher | 77 Comments
We lost.
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Quick Thoughts:
This game was about as back and forth as my stream. Every key match up pretty much failed miserably… Almost worse than failed, as for some unknown mystery Donadoni tried to be a smart ass and not start Cigarini in favor of his preseason adoration for Bogliacino, who botched every long pass [...]
Category: Team NewsAnd so it begins…
By: Christopher | 50 Comments
Well, after a fantasy summer mercato, reality has set in starting to set in before the Derby Delle Due Sicilie. It is amazing to think of all of our hopes from summer materialize (hopefully) beginning tomorrow. Unfortunately, we have to start off playing a team with equal European intentions and similar quality. [...]
Category: Team NewsDeLa’s Theatre of Dreams: How Will the Script End?
By: Neil | 22 Comments
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis is first and foremost a businessman. His line of work is movies; he’s made millions, possibly billions, producing and distributing movies. In 2004 he decided to buy a Napoli club that was bankrupt and essentially non-existent. His goal was to not only keep a football club in [...]
Category: Team News2 for 1 and Some Extra Fun
By: Christopher | 24 Comments
2 for 1
I almost shat my pants on reports that Mudingayi may be coming from Bologna, a team that most likely will not be playing in Serie A after this season. Part of me wonders how much of their desperate relegation struggle last term was compounded by Mudingayi’s concession of 108 free kicks, 11 [...]
Category: Team NewsNapoli vs. Salernitana 3-0
By: Neil | 38 Comments
Napoli began their Coppa Italia run with a comfortable 3-0 victory at home to neighbours Salernitana. The Serie B side came out strong and almost took the lead through a free kick that crashed against both posts, but the gap in quality and class was evident and Napoli could have won by a bigger [...]
Category: Team NewsBittersweet..
By: Christopher | 66 Comments
Hmm. Well. A post about the 3-5-2 was in the works, in attempt to, by the end of it, subdue my fears of the free fall of the latter half of last season by persuading myself that it was the best formation The Don could choose. But then this game happened and [...]
Category: Team NewsNapoli Wins Bobby Moore Cup
By: Neil | 26 Comments
OK, I’m back on the drugs and ready to start blogging again. I’ve had a nice vacation, and with the season starting next week — Coppa Italia match against Salernitana at the San Paolo –I’m back to deliver the same kind of writing that cost The Offside so many longtime readers in my first [...]
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