Clearly given the fact that they can win in Genoa and then in Naples this will not be an easy game. However, if we can maintain the performances that we have given so far this season then I see no reason why 3 points can't be taken from this one.

Theo is right, Chievo is a fucking pointless club 

What do they have? 765 spectators on average 

They were quite cool almost ten years ago, but when the excitement of that golden team was over, they got about as interesting a club as Tottenham Hotspur, and that says a lot...

Somehow they hang on, year after year after year, despite everyone PRAYING that Curva Nord's brothers Hellas would replace them - immediately. Yet they are always dangerous on the pitch, and due to their lack of support at home, they're as dangerous away from it as ever. Ask Napoli's defence for a start!

But this is a match we HAVE to win, nothing else is acceptable. If we're going to Europe, dropping points at home to a team whose kits looks like a kid's been vomiting on it, would be a d-i-s-a-s-t-e-r.

What we have though is Hernanes  He looks to be starting to take Serie A into is stride now, hence his brilliant performance against Milan! He'll get us out of the trouble the Chievo disease will cause us, with a brilliant assist to Zárate  who will score the winner five minutes from time. I love 1-0 victories, and this is the time to start rackin' em' up!

Bentegodi has not been an easy ground for us. But I think Chievo is ripe for a fall if we can head in with the right attitude - humble but determined.

I agree that this is exactly the kind of game that we would lose in the past ie. a game that we should certainly win. this time I dont think its just my blind optimism for Lazio making me think that they will win. they are looking really good and should be more than capable of walking away with the 3 points. Its not so mis-matched that I think they will sit back, which is good for Lazio.

Stop this Stendardo shit. Did you not notice that Biava was faultless against Milan? Faultless I tell you. I do not rate LLSN after their Baronio comments but I do agree when they said it was Biava's best ever performance in the shirt. You do not take out people who are playing well, it's retarded. You take out people who perhaps make rudimentary mistakes. Watch the Ibra goal again and look who was at fault. Dias. Everyone knows my feelings of Dias and this is not a witch-hunt against him, because ultimately I am only totally against Diakite and Foggia for Lazio, everyone else I will give if not the time of day, then the patience they deserve.

I'm surprised that from 1 performance your sold. I was never a stendardo fan but I have to he looked better than both dias and biava last year .. biava was absolutely horrible last year. But i'm always willing to give people a new chance. Mauri is another player who's recently looking good .. who i absolutely hated in the past as well.

with all this talk about removing dias, I think it would be wiser to put Radu back in the central position, and see what cavanda can do back on the left, no need to play him out of his understudy position. let alone try and squeeze him into our most contentious position(side midfield)

Lich-Biava-Radu-Cavanda

as for the mid Ledesma, hernanes, and Muari of course. as for the 4th(hopfully only 4 mid) Brocchi if hes good and fit, if not, Bresciano even though he didnt put any shots on net last outing. really I would be happy with almost anyone of our midfielders in that place, just so long as we play 2 up front.

_____-Ledesma-Muari
         Hernanes

forward: Floccari no question, and I say zarate and Rocchi or Kozak in at the 65' which on depends on how the game is going. ie Kozak if it seems we need the air and Rocchi if were pushing and just need that something special.

Floccari-Zarate