they had a small match today with one team comprised of

Andrè Dias, Siviglia e Radu at the back with:
Lichtsteiner e Kolarov  on the wings
Brocchi e Hitzlsperger in between our favorite: Baronio
with Floccari and Rocchi up front.

The 2nd team was comprised of

Biava, Stendardo e Diakitè with Mauri and Dabo as make-shift wingers.  (technically Mauri was orignally a winger if its believable that he had a position before he came to us.)
with Matuzalem and Ledesma together in the midfield and Zarate and Foggia upfront.

Missing:  Cruz, Menghi, Del Nero

I agree with most of you guys that zarate hasn't performe yet this year compare to last year, but now with the arrival of the new coach and a new game plan and tactic maybe we will see the zarate we were proud of last year. It will be a mistake for me if he is left out of the team at this period. But if he continues like he did so far then sid him on the bench 

LAZIO WILL PREVAIL   !!! somehow i know this

 

The depth of their forward line is excellent. Bojinov is always dangerous, Paloschi of course. But Biabiany, the pace of him. You called it a week ago about him being a 'young Henry', and the comparison looks appropriate to me. Gave Lucio hell in that second half.

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You said in the other thread you weren't impressed by Parma. What standards you have 

Any points, home or away to Inter you can gain is not to be sniffed at and, actually, should be considered an achievement. I'm sick of Inter. They have a winning mentality or at least a 'consistent points getting mentality' that Juve and AC Milan of old had.

To be honest I see Parma as favourites for the weekend - and understandably so. Just because we have a new manager doesn't really change my thoughts that a point will be more then acceptable - same with the next two games away to Palermo and at home to Viola. Have to be realistic here - Reja can only do so much, it's still the same players and THEY need to raise their game. But at least Edy will give his all, unlike his follically challenged predecessor.

After losing to Catania I had no expectations whatsoever even for a lucky draw. Now I am little more confident but I also see Parma as favourites for the weekend. Clearly, hoping for a win just because we have a new coach is not going to make it happen. I do not think we can even imagine the state of mind and mental condition of the squad. Even if Balla's departure should have been a tremendous relief and provide a glimmer of hope after the red zone alert and riot at Formello, Reja, as well know, has a gigantic task ahead of him. He only has a few days to put his system into effect and get acquainted with the players and the strengths and weaknesses of the squad. What I hope is that his presence will still have an impact and we be fit to fight a for a point and make it a good fight.

3-5-2 is what I expected from Reja. It will be interesting to see how he will shuffle the lineup in these couple of days. If I should hazard a guess, Mauri and Dabo will find their rightful places on the bench come Sunday instead of manning the flanks in midfield. It looks like the rest of the mid positions will be dealt out between Firmani, Brocchi, Ledesma, Roberto "I have become the new metronome" Baronio, Matuzalem and Hitzlsperger but I swear if Roberto "I am not going to tell you twice" Baronio finds a place in the starting 11... there really must be a sound tactical reason for it.