

Roma
The 2007/8 Champions League. In Numbers.
By: Rob |This season’s Champions League is quickly drawing to a close. Just two teams remain, Chelsea and Manchester United. So while the CL Offisde team prepares its teams of the tournament, and before we hand over to you to pick your team of the tournament (all will be revealed in due course) here’s a blitz through […]
Is an Abramovich-type buy out the only way to cope?
By: Rob |As the Roma buyout saga continues with lots of ‘I’d like to’ ‘you’ve done nothing’ ‘what’s going on?’ type newstories, Born-in-England-Italian-Roma Midfielder Simeone Perrotta has hinted that he would quite like his club to get bought out by someone with lots of backing - not only that but that its the only way to be […]
A look at what could be a fascinating summer of transfers
By: Rob |After Sir Alex Ferguson announced today that he intends to ‘Stock up’ on players over the summer, it struck me this summer could be a real classic one for big transfers. And in my excitement I decided to bring you this insight into the possible moves this summer.
Quarters review : Last couple in Tango
By: Adam |My apologies for being late to publish this article. But when your monitor doesn’t work you are left with keyboard and CPU which are still insufficient for any review. We had seen how teams fared on Tuesday’s matches. Lets see how teams performed on Wednesday.
MANCHESTER UTD. vs ROMA - 1-0
This was supposedly be the revenge […]
Inside Old Trafford
By: Rob |Its quite strange walking into somewhere you have always been excited about, watching two teams you have affection for battle it out in the best (for all its flaws, it obviously is) club competetion in the world. Thats what walking into Old Trafford is like for someone like me.
Man Utd Can Double
By: Sam |… but Chelsea can too.
Manchester United beat AS Roma 1-0 (3-0 on aggregate) and will play Barcalona later this month in the semifinals. Chris at Roma | Offside has a very entertaining liveblog, full of expletives and funny nick-names of Man Utd players. I was too depressed and stopped taking notes at halftime. I want […]
Rio’s Ankle Unclear
By: Sam |Conditions will be ideal for AS Roma on Wedneday evening if Sir Alex encourages Rio Ferdinand to play in their Champions League 2nd-leg at Old Trafford on a 70-percent ankle. Not only would Rio not be himself but his partnership with whomever substitutes for Nemanja Vidić — his usual better-half — will de-stabilize the Manchester […]
Predictions: Its all about the numbers
By: Adam |We are on the doorsteps for the semis but we don’t know who all will be knocking the door. So we have cleared the confusions by predicting the guests in advance so that there are no surprises (ofcourse its CL and surprises are bound to be there). All the bloggers of the CL blog have […]
The Ultimate QF Second Leg Preview
By: Rob |So its nearly upon us. The excitement as 4 more teams dreams of reaching Moscow are cut short and they go home to ponder Rome next season. 4 teams will advance to be one step closer to be being crowned kings of Europe. Will there be any upsets? Maybe. Will there be tears? Guarenteed.
Kevin, Don’t Do It!
By: Sam |Kevin over at Barca Offside wants a piano dropped on his head because of the frustrating result at nil against Getafe.
It’s okay, Kevin. As I was saying about Man Utd v ‘Boro, the dead air between the two legs of the Champions League quarter-finals tends to produce moribund league results.
Here, our theory is borne […]






