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It seems that our salvation partly relies on the failure of other teams as we have to pray just as hard that atalanta, siena and livorno continue doing crap that we can muster a rare win. Reja has admitted that relegation is possible and being just 3 points above the drop zone its pretty obvious. We haven't found our form all season and i doubt we ever will .. the proof is there that we have a group of players that just aren't the calibre to bring this team up the table. If one particular romanista realized this in the winter at least they could've reacted and turned things around but it seems that lotito based the rest of the season on hope rather than logic.

We couldn't beat the most weakest viola fielded all year despite having our own setbacks and we HOPE that this team can one day win at least 2 in a row but in any case credibility has gone out the window a long time ago as the once great roman side keeps reaching new lows.

Sampdoria haven't had the best of luck recently either and they seemed to have stumbled themselves but still ahead of us with a comfortable 14 points and a chance to make europe making them much more credible that Lazio. Hopefully Reja can find a new formula which doesn't include Mauri, Dias, Biava and Siviglia and the rest of the pathetic pieces of shit that shouldn't even be wearing the shirt PERIOD.

Reja has still done better than Ballamerda with 1 win, 1 loss, 1 tie .. but needs to keep the wins coming to keep this team alive because one pointers are not enough to get by anymore either.

Hopefully we can see 4 defenders at the back because Sampdoria has strikers who can score unlike ours with Pazzini at the top of the scorers table in 3rd with 12 goals. However they have conceded as much as they have scored with an equal 32.

Our record however is pretty shameful with 21 goals scored and 28 conceded. However our record still remains a less than 20% chance of winning .. hopefully lotito's plan of miracles happens this weekend.

FORZA LAZIO!  flag00 flag00 i-beer

We hardly win at the Marassi, and won't do this time either.


I'll be back on this thread on Saturday for the lineup debate. Toodle-pip.

The reality is that this game depends more on who shows up on our end rather than theirs and for how long. Samp are far from unbeatable but  they are good at home. Hopefully , with Radu back we can pick up some points.

7 5 0 for Doria at home  ieek Well there is always a first time right  i-surp To put the joke aside: very very tough visit. I say a draw is not a bad result.
My opinion exactly.

I dread Sampdoria away. Especially now. Seven wins, five draws, 0 defeats and some dam good displays in their from them as well. Thats a 58% winning percentage, and to make matters worse they've only conceded 7 goals at home, which is the best record in the division.

Last time we won here, September 12th 2004. Doesnt exactly look good does it.

 

it's hard to be confident for this one considering their record at home i-cry

i will keep my fingers crossed!

FORZA LAZIO! flag00

I don't know what to expect.  But honestly, I don't wanna see us score early on if it means that we will play defense for the rest of the game.  Fiorentina was one of the worst games ive ever watched and I never wanna see that shit ever again.

Some good news, Reja will only be diffidato and not suspended. Samp will be without Zeigler.

Yes but Cassano is back and he definatley adds an edge to the team as he's capable of both creating chances and scoring. This was one player that we should have pushed for when we had the chance, then we wouldn't have to see Mauri week after week ruining chances.

Lotito isn't smart enough to pick up a player like cassano.  He isn't smart at all actually.  Lots of people on this forum are calling for zarate to get sold even if its for 20m but if it does happens what will lotito do with that cash.  I can see him buying 10 useless players out of there prime for 2m each.  Fucking has beens.  I can see him buying philippo inzaghi, roberto carlos and christian vieri.  Hell, I could even see lotito signing deigo maradona and zidane on a 2 yr contract. Hes just such a fucking retard that i can't stop thinking about ways to kill him.

We have been very disappointed... of late by our team.

   no further comments necessary at this point.

Lotito must to work harder  ievil ievil iscarf1 iconfused

Any news for the possible formation??

Ledesma picked a minor injury against Viola but it did not get worse after all. I am relieved. Better him than Roberto "I bet somebody has been missing me" Baronio. Radu has finally been training normally with the squad this week. Kolarov being absent he has been playing LB in the training and to be honest I would not mind trying Biava and Stendardo as CBs and Kolarov in LM position. 4-4-2. No trequartista, no Mauri. Worth a shot at least.

Odds are not good but we can't win if we don;t try to win, we have proved time after time that holding onto a 1-0 win or holding onto a draw just doesn't work.  Attack for 90 minutes!!

I want to Foggia, any news regarding his recovery?

Foggia is still getting treatment for his knee.

Ledesma seems okay as does Radu and Reja has spoken to Zarate and encouraged him to seek out his mates more often. Samp is also without Accardi.

It seems zarate and reja had a meeting on tuesday and zarate made a pact with reja that he would pass more and only dribble when its open.  Hope it works and i hope reja made a pact with himself to stop playing pussy soccer and to play the same way the entire game. 

Probable formation:

Lichtsteiner Stendardo Radu Kolarov

Brocchi Ledesma Matu
            Mauri

Floccari         Zarate(Rocchi)


Defense  iscarf1
Mauri?  sad_face

MAURI! F**K OFF!! ievil ievil

Reja must see a different side of him that what we see on the pitch. I really hope he isn't playing on the day

If Reja see's something in Mauri off the pitch, so what. You can't pick up any points in training sessions. Mauri blows, its a simple as that. He may get into good positions on occasions but his finishing has been absolute shite and its cost us major points throughout this season. Im so sick and tired of watching players like this flush our season down the toilet. I have only Lazio, nothing else and want nothing else and this bullshit is killing me. The sooner this season is over the better, we can at least try and believe we can start a fresh even if we all know Lotito will fuck up the summer mercato once again.

Hahahahahhhhaha  ilol

 i-beer you made my day kiddo  i-beer

Lol I really don't see this pact changing anything.  Anyway apparently rocchi and zarate are gonna start and floccari wont.  Floccari has been our best player, reja has no reason to bench him.  Im gonna lose my frigen mind if i see floccari on the bench and rocchi starting.

Floccari will start! Reja has to choose between Zarate and Rocchi. But I think he let Zarate start.

i would prefer zarate in but in mauri's position,but that ain't gonna happen so between rocchi and zarate i vote zarate

Floccari did not participate in yesterday's midweek friendly as a precaution. In case of injury Reja obviously has to bench him. As for Zarate, when the squad had two days off after the Viola game Maurito spent them at Formello training on his own. He is determined to impress Reja and, surely, if he is in good form and puts in effort like that he should be a starter. I would prefer him as a trequartista too but...

The lineups are just getting better and better, just get rid of Mauri and put Matu as trequartista and Hitz on Matus place or maybe try with Zarate as trequartista and Rocchi and Floccari on top, then I won't complain about the lineup!

Rocchi and Zarate won't work together we already know that but if Floccari is injured Reja don't have too much choice. Maybe that is why Reja talked to Zarate, in order to calm things between those two.

Its do or die situation we facing, no time for proving points.

I would prefer ANYONE in mauri's position at this point. With the chances he's had its almost like it would require effort not to score. I said the same thing a few days ago to someone that we should get Zarate in mauri's position. While lotito blames the refs for points .. which i find hard to prove .. i blame mauri for potential points where if it were anyone with skill we could have easily won games had those amazing chances been capitalized on. I can't believe we even renewed his contract .. he should be banished from ever playing again.

At least point I would rather have mauri in then frigen hitzlsperger.  He is an absolute disgrace right now.

Seriously?! Okay Hitzelsperger didn't play that well last match, but it was mainly easy passes that didn't go where he wanted and I think thats just because he hasn't played that much. We just have to let him adjust to serie a, or it will be like for Eliseu, great player but only because he didn't play well the first match he didn't get any playing time.

 ieek

Did you see mauri play? Mauri is our worst regular player.
I'd give Hitzlsperger a chance.

Zarate for example was usually bad this season, nevertheless u want him to start every match.

I don't get it sad_face

Alright I'm not going to get into another debate about zarate cause I'm frigen tired of it.  But at this point in time hitzlsperger and mauri are equally horrible.  Personally I wouldn't start both of them but if it would have to be one I would say mauri right now.  I know hes shit and has horrible finishing but he has his moments where has scored and hitzlsperger cannot even complete a pass.

Reja tried another formation:

             Muslera

Diakite Stendardo Siviglia Radu

Brocchi  Ledesma  Kolarov
             Matu

      Floccari  Zarate

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ switch diakite for lichsteiner and siviglia with diakite or biava and weve got a winning lineup

Sampdoria-Lazio
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
      

These two sides were the Coppa Italia Finalists last season, but Lazio find themselves on the edge of the relegation zone while Sampdoria push for Europe.

The Biancocelesti have had a tough time this term and the arrival of new boss Edy Reja hasn't so far made much difference. His debut earned a 2-0 win away to Parma, but that was followed by defeat at Palermo and a draw with Fiorentina after leading for almost the entire match. That game was played to a virtually empty stadium due to fans boycotting the club in protest at President Claudio Lotito's management, so Lazio may well be grateful they're playing away from home this weekend.

Tension is fairly high at Marassi as well following a controversial 1-0 loss at Parma. The referee had at first awarded a penalty, then changed his mind without consulting with his linesman, a decision that infuriated Samp. "Someone doesn't want us near the Champions League places," blasted President Riccardo Garrone. "I am stunned and think everyone is amazed by what has happened. It's not the first time we have been penalised by strange decisions."

Nonetheless, that was their first defeat in six rounds and Gigi Del Neri's side had the chance to defeat Inter at San Siro, but failed to push hard enough against the nine men. Giampaolo Pazzini and Nicola Pozzi picked up bans in that game, but now return to bolster a front line that has been without Antonio Cassano for almost two months. Luca Castellazzi and the suspended Reto Ziegler are unavailable, so Daniele Mannini steps in.

Lazio's injury list remains packed with Ousmane Dabo, Andre Dias, Mourad Meghni, Pasquale Foggia, Tomas Manfredini and Albano Bizzarri. Stefan Radu has recovered and goalkeeper Nando Muslera returns from his one-match ban against Fiorentina.

Reja caused controversy by dropping Mauro Zarate to the bench, but the Argentine was in fine fettle during a midweek friendly test and should start with Sergio Floccari. Stefano Mauri risks giving up his spot in the starting XI after missing some sitters in recent weeks, moving Francelino Matuzalem into the trequartista role.

You might not want to bet on a draw, as this fixture has ended in a stalemate just once since a spectacular 3-3 on April 21 1996. It also finished goalless on only one occasion since 1976.

Keep an eye on: Mauro Zarate (Lazio) – If anyone can get Lazio out of the doldrums and excite the fans again, it's the Argentine hitman. Snubbed by new Coach Reja and publicly criticised for hogging the ball, his skills are needed now even if he isn't the best at tracking back.

Last season: Sampdoria 3-1 Lazio

Form Guide: Sampdoria (W W W D L) Lazio (D L W L D)
Sampdoria (probable): Storari; Zauri, Gastaldello, Lucchini, Accardi; Semioli, Palombo, Poli, Mannini; Pazzini, Pozzi

Lazio (probable): Muslera; Lichtsteiner, Stendardo, Radu, Kolarov; Brocchi, Ledesma, Matuzalem; Mauri; Zarate, Floccari

Ref: Brighi

At least good news for us that Cassano won't be included into the game as he's still recovering from a hernia and isn't yet included in the formation along with Castelazzi and Ziegler .. so hopefully that can help us out a bit. Interesting stats from the article about how we haven't tied a game with Samp since 1996 but sadly they're favored at home.  We need a win and nothing less... so their home streak needs to end NOW. Samp's seen some consistency in the last 5 games with 3 wins .. whereas we've won 3 games all season.

Mauri must be left out .. any retard should be able to figure that out at this point.

Wins are musts but to be realistic we couldn't beat a B team Fiorentina at home let alone a Samp team higher in the standings at home that have been winning without Cassano anyway.  A Draw is an Absolute Must and a Realistic Target.  Mauri on the field is like playing with 10 shorthanded, Reja must see that by now

Victory and Mauri don't go together. Simple as that.

btw we are gathering for this one too, only now the number has reached 25 Laziali f05.

Still, I am angry due to Fio game. I could able to watch that fter goal and what I saw was, if we press front and play offensive we always have chance to win. I saw that while we were playing in that way, Fio could do nothing for goal. But we didnt do this whole match. Espacially in the second half, I was sure that we would concead, it was very clear. One goal lead was nothing...

If we were better position, I would have said that if you cant win, dont lose. But its out of question for us now. Cassano is good news. We must play in offensive way, of course we should care deffense much at the same time. Pressing front is important. Away or home game means nothing anymore, each of them is must win game.

Forza Lazio flag00

Incredible! Reja is opring for a 4-3-3 with Zarate on Left, Rocchi on Right and Floccari in the middle. Without the ball, we should move into a 4-5-1. As a result, Mauri and Matu will not start. Kolarov and Brocchi will circle Ledesma in the centre of the midfield and in the back Diakitè, Stendardo, Siviglia, Radu. I can't say I don't like it.

I can say I don't like it.


I await official confirmation.

Lineups like this either work (offensive shock and awe) or fail miserably, our lack of goals with 3 strikers was present before and I doubt our defence with siviglia and diakite will hold up.  I would rather start the game with a stabile formation and then if we need to throw on another striker.   

4-3-3 with Diakite and Sevigla. Damn we love to lose points. Mah!

The last game we saw Diakite start, which was against Juventus if i recall correctly, he started on the wing and he turned out to be a pleasant surprise. Dribbling through players and advancing the ball up field properly. Certainly, Diakite deserves another chance as he played very well against Juventus. I was actually getting mad at Reja that he wasn't playing. When someone has a great game versus a big team, you do not bench him. You ride the hot player and increase his value. I bet Juventus kept an eye on Diakite but never played since. I am one Lazio fan to be happy to see Diakite's name in the lineup and I may be alone with this one.   

It's fine to have an opinion. But I don't mince with mine. Flower flower flower Diakite was great pansy pansy pansy he is a man beast icing icing icing he dekes down the right.

That's fine. But Diakite sucks.

From all this I don't like one thing. It is called Siviglia. I also think Diakite should get another chance, And I always liked the idea of three upfront in this Lazio squad. It's fine Edy is trying different lazio startups. He should find the winning formula soon. Unlike some other coaches (no name) who like to play the same lineup every single match, till we reach a record  iconfused

My problem is is that Ballardini kept doing that. 4-3-1-2, 3-4-3, 3-4-1-2, whatever, nothing worked for him and he kept mixing it up. How on earth is that supposed to help the players? The players need one system that best suits their abilities. So far this season we'd have been lucky if we stuck to the same formation more then a few weeks at a time.

Now, as it happens, 4-3-3 is ghastly for us, because our midfield is going to get raped, pretty much as usual, but espeically in the heat of the Marrassi.
It's painfully simple, 4-3-1-2, with the '1' being Zarate behind Floc and Rocc. Everyone fucking knows this, has been calling it for ages, and we are still waiting for it.

Nope, you are not alone. Sure if he plays bad he doesn't deserve to start but when he has been playing good let him play until he screws up! When our other alternative as right back is Lichtsteiner, who is playing awful, I wouldn't hesitate to give Diakhite another chance. Besides that I'd say Diakhite are much more defensive which is a good thing when we are going to play a 4-3-3.

Yeah that looks deadly on paper but reality is different. With Zara as terq we will get ZERO chances in front of the opponents goal. Why???

-Coz He would be stuck in the middle trying to dribble past 3 guys before eventually pass, which we all know wouldn't happen. 

Sometimes a formation doesn't work because of the players. Sometimes it doesn't work because the coach doesn't have command of the team and so players can flaunt the system and get away with it. I may be wrong, but I think Reja sitting Maurito is about him getting a message across. He picked the one "untouchable" and sat him. He's saying that when he sends the team out in a formation, everyone follows the system or doesn't play. Maurito will pass and track as a 3/4ista or sit some more, it's as simple as that.

You maybe right, but since it's never been tried yet.. who the fuck knows really. It could be a revelation - 'Zarate will be unleashed' I read today. Right. For the 100th fucking time I've heard that this season.


Right, so we'll play him until he makes a mistake, then sub him. That's smart. We'll wait until he does something stupid, concede a goal, then take him off. Why not just never play him? That way he can't commit mistakes. Just a thought. icool

Anyone knows official line-up?

btw, it works good so far for those having problem to watch http://www.justin.tv/sensacion_tv/popout/

Looking for a Parma away performance rather than a Palermo one today boys! Am watching at work which is nice!

Whoever plays should be the ones that show effort and teamwork, sitting zarate for the first time this season was a step in the right direction.  Diakite can run up the field and go through players but the concern is defensive, we already have one liability in siviglia and only 3 midfielders to hold up the Samp Attack.  Offenence can be an effective defence if you can hold possession not just quick spurts and loose the ball which our 3 prong attack has failed at continuously.

Line up
Muslera

Diakite
Stendardo
Siviglia
Radu

Brocchi
Ledesma
Kolarov

Rocchi
Floccari
Zarate

Positive start Lazio!

Kolarov booked already, 2 mins played

First time EVER I've got a stream off you, rather then the other way round  i-surp

Come on Rocchi...

This is true.It might do the trick but maybe Zaraflop's ego is even bigger than that so eventually he will flop again once more!In a ideal world he would be perfect for the treq role but... well the game is already on and I'm so pumped up...I'm watching on TV so no bad streams for today!Hope for the best eventhou I think that we will most likely lose...Anyway Forza Lazio
C'ya after the match

Great chance Rocchi, should be 0-1. Saved by keeper.

GOAL FLOCCARI!!!!!!!!

http://www.veetle.com/frameworked/index.php/channel/view#4b8c2067e1b99

my friends.. here is a perfect feed of the game. You will have to download the veetle installement but its 100% safe. and its in italian.

Actually, i think its a minute behind for those who may not mind

Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll great start

THANK GOD

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Sergio Floccari!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL

Thank You REJA for getting Zarate to Pass pyro

 i-beer





Good start... but we have to carry on. Absolutely have to. No sitting back until the 93rd minute please.

I like this way, press front, not totally defence, keep on this whole match, we must find thesecond, we can do that

Well said, not another Fio game please i-beer

It's my son's b-day. So amidst making fried onions and peppers, sauce, polenta and other things I missed the goal. If they win, I'll start every Sunday morning by preparing a feast.

Btw, was that Maurito passing....hmmmmm.

What the hell....  I'm happy with a cake on b'day, maybe a few electrical presents... can't speak for peppers and onions though  ieek

...Forgot to mention the rice balls and polpette....

Forza Lazio!

WE NEED ANOTHER GOAL!!!

I can't believe it my crappy windows was fine all day now lazio are winning and for some reasons i can't catch non of the streams, i' sincerely angry ievil ievil ievil ievil ievil ievil ievil ievil ievil ievil

Wow, could be 1-1, we must be careful such positions

Radu booked

Give it a rest Motson.

We're really being pressed. Simplify this game a bit.

well it was always coming.

Gah. Great shot. Isn't Guberti that Merdarista?  iconfused

yeah, they began to dominate and find the goal ievil

Was hoping we could get to the half, we really need to keep attacking they will get another and another at this rate

See the goal again - 3 or 4 of us were closing Guberti down but he still got the shot through. Lame defending  sad_face

Got on late boys.

Any Aussies or Kiwis got any links that work over here???

To all others would love a few links to try also as cant find any atm.

FORZA LAZIO!!!

*sigh*

Fucking hell.

oh great ievil

Lambs for the slaughter

Catania 2-1 over Cagliari Not supposed to happen

Bologna 2-1 over Napoli Not suppossed to happen

Serie b we're coming iconfused

Terrible defending again, we are always one step behind the opponents attackers, not even close enough to call it 'closing down'

SIVIGLIA. He got turned inside out by that move, and had no idea where the ball was. Great.  ievil

keep defending Reja keep defending. 1 guy up and launch the ball up. cool

Nice one Ledesma, shout at the ref and get booked you thicko

I cant understand that. We score early goal and keep pressure for more a couple of mins then start defending. It is certain that we would concead goal with this defence. So, only solution is to score more than you concead, by attacking.

Now fight for draw and save the day...... great ievil

“It's difficult to leave Marassi with a 0-0, so our only option is to go in without fear and attack. We must rediscover our aggression, as attack is the best form of defence.” -Edy Reja

Ya I can see this tactic so clearly on the field

2-1 HT

Dont mean to be a pain in the ass fellas but can someone point to which channel on veetle.com that is showing the this game? can only find the Napoli game!?!?!

We need to get another midfielder on to defend and to attack, Samp are walking through a wide screen net right through to our weak defensive line.  All the opportunity to plan and distribute an attack sequence.  We have to have a sustainable attack that is built up.  We also desperatly need to go all out in the 2nd half for the draw with the current results in other games.  How Bologna and Catania are winning away at better teams I have no idea but we got to keep pace.

I liked the tempo and intensity for most of the half. To be honest, I'm not completely sure we did, after all, 'sit back' after the goal. More over what happened was that Samp woke up and our midfield got raped. Guberti and Poli are having a field day, they got all the space in the world they want to pin the ball around. How many times did Ledesma touch the ball actually?

No doubt where the blame lies for me - defence. Every single individual in the back 4 has fucked up. Radu, Siviglia, and Stendardo tried to close down Guberti but failed, and he still got a shot in. Diakite, or 'Rory Delap' as the commentary said (although I have to say Delap is better. Enough said) got nutmegged in a  seriously embarassing fashion, and has generally been pwned down the right side.

Midfield sucks but without doubt, our defence is worse and it's for that reason that we cannot play deep. The defence has to push the fuck up, like the first 20 minutes. I think a draw is possible, and I'd take it, but 4-3-3 doesn't work for me at all. We have to play 4-3-1-2 and I've seen enough of Zarate to be convinced that him playing as treq behind Floc and Roc would work.

Its the same shit every week! Its like all our games this season are scripted, only its played out in different arenas every week. Only this is not Romeo & Juliet, its Mauri & Siviglia.

http://www.veetle.com/frameworked/index.php/channel/view#4b8c2067e1b99

its RAI International

@ACQUILE 89- Life saver bro, cheers!

Commentators say that upon review Floccari was offside and handled the ball before scoring.

Good, the refs now owe us 5 more goals

Anyone got a cushion. This is going to be an extremely unbearable and uncomfortable 2nd half.

One major positive that I have seen is no wasted shots going sky high, zarate is passing and Ledesma has not done anything.  Have not seen much of Kolarov

I never thought I'd say this, but bring in Firmani. Or Matuzalem. Take off Rocchi, we need another body in midfield ASAP

Theo you said that?!  .. the sky must be falling down or something. bigrin

that kick was a rocket poor dude took it like a wussy

We are loosing and we seem pretty comfortable with that, not even pressing for the equaliser ievil

oh good cassano looks like he is coming on.  We have Makinwa on the bench so pray he doesn't replace rocchi, Firmani would then be a better choice

ah fuck.. Cassano is coming on. Hands down Serie A player of the first half of the season. Now were really going to get behind the ball at Cassano's possession.

hoping for: Hitzelsperger on before Ledesma gets a red.. Matu on for Rocchi Firmani on for Brocchi

the big mak is on!!!:P

LOL

NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 ilolmakinwa in, we are saved

The more I see Poli, the more I think he is going to be a star. I'd KILL for Lazio to get a midfielder of his quality. We haven't got any.

OMG. Makinwa for Rocchi. I'm not suprised. But I'm fucking surprised at the same time.  ieek

Great, Makinwa in, now I am sure goal will come

makinwa iscarf1

Sampdoria are way better than Lazio. We look like a bunch of amatures.

Yes Makinwa in with 30 minutes to go. If they're good enough for Serie C .. they're good enough for Lazio apparently.

oh dio ma che stupido Edy Reja.

Wheres Latius and 61514 at, their hero is on.

wish you were making the subs

If makinwa saves us  sad_face

WAS THAT A SHOT BY ZARATE or misplace cross?

Our saviour,Makinwa is in!

Just goes to show how much the serie a teams have improved over the season and how much we've not if we have to rely on maki to get us a goal were fkked.

I don't suppose it would have been wise to stick Barreto on the bench instead of Makinwa would it. Nah, completely ridiculous idea.  icool



I'm starting to think that Reja hasen't got a fucking clue.

This is pathetic to watch, im sick of it, we are losing a vital match but Samp is the team that's pressing

every pass we make connects with a Sampdoria player. I think in the end its out of Reja's hands ... the players are simply shit.

they are just strangling us in midfield   sad_face

They can bring on Cassano. We bring on Makinwa. No further comment needed.

GOODBYE DIAKITE! Fucking moron. I will cut the throat of anyone that praises him.

Refs another tosspot thats not got a clue how to ref. Im sure the crappest refs get sent to our game. Anyhoo here comes cassano game over.

Least matuz is on might help a tiny bit.

Barretto will feature in Serie B, I don't want to blame reja completely because he definitley imprved zarate, benched mauri but too much crap everywhere else that makes up for the improvements

Diakite was not involved in any of the goals, the goal(s) should be pointed at Siviglia. Nevertheless, Diakite played like an EPL defender today. Disappointing, as with the rest of this Lazio squad.

Hopefully Matuzalem can add something to nothing.

Its fucking torture to watch this match anymore ievil

Btw ATM Livorno are in Sicily and getting a point against Palermo. We got absolutely nothing from that game. It is absolutely imperative we match or better Livorno's points every week if we are to stay up. Hence, we need a point in this one.


But it doesn't look likely. We are playing pathetic.

Yeah at the end of the day its not reja hes not to blame lottio, tare are and their useless transfer skills. We do have good players just not enough to make a competitive team.

WHAT THE FUCK !!!!!!!! FK iscarf3 ievil

unbeleiveable, catania, bologna and now livorno all getting unexpected points.  

We still have a chance to salvage something , oh wait red for zarate fuck sakes just when he starts playing better

SELL ZARATE IN THE SUMMER

Told ya the refs an incompetent wanker fffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Fuck you Zarate!!

I'm guessing Zarate swore at the ref - which is an insta-red according to the rules. It's not a rule I agree with, but I agree with Zarate even less. Stupid, stupid, useless wanker.

What and not get any money smart move.

gees we really do play a very uninspiring brand of football dont we... I mean honestly, the formation (when there is one) is toothless and there is no drive at all towards goal. hmpf. long season huh boys.

I guess no one wants Ledesma after this game. ieek

I'm not sure what hes done but the refs been completly biased to samp same as many games this season cant blam zarate for poping his top. I would have drop kicked the ref by now.

Mauri and Makinwa at the same time on the field, now this is a special momment to remember

MAURI i-cry

Just like it was real smart to spend all of our summer budget on him?
He needs to go IMO. We need more Floccari's and less Zarate's on this team.
We are in a relegation battle here and there can be no room for fucktards who can't shut their mouths, even when the likes of Brocchi et al were telling him to calm down.

We dont have anyone else we can bring on lol. What can we do with useless prez and tare we were screwed from the start. When we go to serie b I hope lottio goes. I will help him pack for free.

good news aside, palermo 1 - 0 livorno!

Miccoli scored vs Livorno, smth to be happy about iconfused

VITAL

Yeah I understand but while Tito is still incharge we wont get money he will fvck it up and will end up with someone much worse like makinwa. I understand he shouldnt have blown his top but the refs are so stuopid at the mo I dont know how anyone can hold their temper.

MAURIIIIIIII the balls at you feet please control it is so horrible watching that ARGHHHHH

Ledesma is trying with long shots , i hope he will score now.

Zarate should go to EPL.

Floccari is our best striker. Period. Good effort by him.

wow Musy

Hehehe musy coming to the halfway line good on ya ! thats dedication

Couldn't we play like this some 20 mins ago

we even nearly snatched a draw.... can u believe that shit

what kinda shot was that from Mauri? that wouldnt of hit or reached the net. Even when he comes on as a sub he costs us points. All he had to do was hit the fuckign net. Useless Useless Useless

whatever peeps im going to fkn bed. forza lazio.

incredible end to a shit game, no points, no zarate, at least Floccari is now the leading goal scorer with 4  i-mad 

We played better with 10 men ! Oh well almost snatched a draw. Cant belive a draw is so important right now. SOoo sad anyhoo  iscarf1

Kolarov played like idiot , i can't understand  he was trying to dribble 5 sampdoria players in last seconds of game .

I'd just like to put on record two things;

1. I'm not on a Zarate witch hunt. But I've had it with him. For the first 20 minutes today we showed something like he is capable of. Not near his best, but the nearest he's been to it all season. For the rest of the game he did nothing, apart from very very stupid red card.


2. I don't want Reja past the end of the season - I cannot see anything special with that guy. His subs are identical to Balla's; strange, confusing, wrong personnel, in the wrong order, too late or too early. I genuinely think he hasn't got a clue about managing a team that he hasen't nurtured himself for years already.

- Zarate, Ledesma, Mauri, Makinwa,our Formation, Reja.
+ Muslera, Brocchi(!), Floccari.

back to relegation reality ... this team is unmotivated. Not sure what kind of choice reja has made to put in makinwa, mauri and siviglia. Did makinwa even touch the ball .. i swear i don't even remember despite coming in with 30 minutes to go ?

With the direction Rossi is taking palermo i'm starting to think we gave up an amazing coach .. but still the coaches are still limited with mostly mediocre and unmotivated players.

Muslera is still a legend .. he came right out of his net to challenge for the ball.

If some of you guys ran this team, we'd have 94 players and 8 coaches this year.

We're in a direct relegation battle with Livorno. We have the players we have and the coach we have. At this point it's only about doing the best we can with what we got. Discussion of who we should have sems ridiculous and pronouncements that we are going to Serie B are useless (if you believe that it's an absolute certainty - what's the point of saying anything at all? why bother?)

So next week we have no Maurito and we'll se what happens, I think Ledesma might be out on cards as well and we probably won't have a coach either so there.

Why we couldn't play the whole second half with the same spirit as we did down a man is beyond me.

Don`t kill me but I think we are doing better now and I`m 99% sure we gonna stay in serie A this year. For what I`ve seen so far Reja is much better than Ballardini and I belieave he can save the club.

^^ I agree. But it's still going to be very very difficult.

Daje Lazio!

the fight is going to go on till the last game of the season but hopefully we are going to make it.AVANTI LAZIO

Disappointment again...nothing new to Lazio's fan base...seria B here we come!  i-cry

After this match all I can say is that we should stick to Balla's famous tactic -if you somehow manage to score one goal and take the lead, try your best to defend it till the very end of the match! I'm dead serious about this...we are lacking the most important thing to play football at the highest level and that is FOOTBALL KNOWLEDGE! No intelligence,no creativity and to be honest NO quality in our midfield line...

I see brighter future for Mauri in chess tournaments rather than football...or maybe he could do well in some bizarre reverse football where you're regarded as top act when you actually miss more sitters than you score. Because of him now I'm on heavy drugs,Valiums are simply not enough.

As for our 'favorite mascot' Makinwa,  I hope I'll live the day when he actually scores another goal in a football match!

Not suprised we lost, there's a reason they are unbeaten at home all season long, there a decent side.

Still, when are we going to get the basics right. Substitutions were wrong, bringing Makinwa on was a total waste of time, and at that point a midfielder should have come on instead to stop us from being overrun in the middle of the park. We didn't have many chances, and they should have scored through Lucchini when he somehow shot wide from 5 yards out. We are largely toothless, Floccari provided a threat but thats it.

Zarate behaved like a baby once again, cost us any realistic chance of getting back into it. Shame, played well at the start of the match but then failed to impose himself once again. 

Reja sent off as well again. Not exactly setting a fantastic example to the rest of the squad and continuing the theme of disarray at Lazio.

The most important issue though is that we are actually going to have to win games somewhen. We can't keep relying on Livorno, Atalanta and Siena not picking up maximum points. Our next to home games are against Bari, then Siena. Must win both, and try and get a point away at Cagliari else the pressure on this team may just cause it to totally implode if its still locked in a dogfight with Siena, Livorno etc with only a few games to go.

see makinwa score a goal ? i don't think that we will ever have the luck to witness such a histirical moment  ilol

Worse game this season. F- U - C- K  icool

Great effort today. Diakite is even uglier without the facial hair. I really did not think he could be. Mauri was really convincing and solid on the bench. Had to be put on the pitch anyway. The return of Makinwa, I am speechless, such a lovely swarthy fella he is. I could feel the equalizer slipping from our grasp when he came on.

This has been the mystery of the season, we have some absolute shit players and have some decent players but regardless of quality no one seems to care much about the position in the table or whether the curva is full cheering them on or empty.  Even a bad team can be a dangerous threat when they try, we don;t have a squad that works as a whole for 90 minutes or even 45 minutes 

Zarate today is proving to be a liability like a cassano even when he is on his game, rocchi is just not the same anymore.  Still Livorno, we should never be fighting for position with such a team EVER!     

Bari away is weak, Siena should be a win but like always its what Lazio team shows up and for how long.  Formations are only part of the problem.  Why don't these players care anymore.   

I was speaking to a blonde (I'm guessing) comrade last night and yeah, those games should be home bankers. But what the fuck are home bankers these days? We've had a season full of them, and we've hardly won any. I no longer expect anything from this team anymore. All the games we have left are cup finals and should be treated as such.
Yes there are a truck load of players in our roster that don't really care, but you mention the formations and that's my biggest bone of contention. Rocchi said after the game that it's difficult to perform well with so many changes. So, I'm pleading with Reja to choose a formation, and fucking stick to it. It won't be 4-4-2 which is what I want, but to be honest, I don't care whether I get what I want. I want Edy to choose the best possible formation that he can think, I want him to use it in the training pitch all week, and then I want him to stick to it for the remainder of the season. If it ends up being a bad choice, then we can blame the manager, but he is not helping the players with all this evolution. Every. pissing. week. Nobody has changed formations more then SSL this season - we must have gone through about 6 or 7 different ones, and we still can't win consistently.

Then there's the players argument... but I'm a little tired of that. But, unlike what Imper says, doesn't mean that people shouldn't moan about players if they want. Fuck that diktat.

Whole team play shit. Maybe the worse performance this season. I wonder, I really do if players take this situation seriously.

Now the battle is not only with Udinese and Catania but Livorno, Atalanta and even Siena are pretty close. Next 3-4 games are more ''easy" for us and we must take that advantage. Every point counts twice from today on.

I'm gonna say this wasn't our best game but it wasn't our worst either.  Last week was much worse.  Theres no way we will score many goals with this midfield.  The only way is if zarate or floccari bring the ball up themselves.  I am pissed about zarates red but I don't blame him or Reja for losing their cool.  I was about to smash my tv screen cause this fucking ref would call every touch foul on us but when we got tackled he let us play on.  Typical home team ref faggot.  I hope he dies. I am now honestly convinced that floccari is one of the best italian strikers out there.  He finishes every chance he gets and he is strong fast and can get up in the air. He size seperates him from the likes of di natale, rossi, quagiarella, etc.  Floccari and pazzini are my favourites.  Anyways, brutle defence again.  Guberti left wide the fuck open on a free kick and he is even able to dribble up a bit before he can take the shot.  Simply embarrasing.  Pazzini does not miss a chance.  I have no idea what happened on that goal cause fucking rai cuts to every other goal in the league as soon as it happens. We just gotta hope in the summer we can offload half our team and bring in 5-6 solid defenders and midfielders.... realistic? With lotito, probably not.

 ievil arbitro pezzo di merda...!!!
lazio loses by the referee...
in the match Lazio vs Sampdoria
I think the referee was not fair leadership
many adverse decisions Lazio and Sampdoria favor referee... ievil ievil

 iconstenrioma iconstenrioma YEAH,, br0ther....
fuckin  ievil
Ro0omanista  ievil ievil iscarf2 iscarf3  ilol

Refereer needer worker harder. He not
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helper us  i-twist i-cry

Problem to Lazio that referee is to biased Blucherchiati 
ievil ievil
 ievil

As a result of this match, we will be without Zarate and Reja and probably Rocchi (for, I'm not kidding, blaspheming). They are using the video to decide if he did or did not. In his defence, Rocchi claims his habit is to take  it out on his uncle, not God, but it sounds the same (i.e. zio instead of Dio - I don't make this up!)

That sounds like 7 coaches more than the way lotito is running the club. Let me unlock the mystery for you why this team is performing like this ... they suck.

The team is mediocre .. END OF STORY. If you're still surprised after we lose at this point and still try and defend the fact that we should be winning you really need to wake up. Clearly we don't have the resources some might think, and if they aren't consistent in performances .. then they aren't great players as much as you'd like them to be.

The fact that we've won about about 17% of games in the last season and a half .. hmmmmm .. somethings not right...  and 1 or 2 wins at this point means absolutely nothing

Rossi went over to palermo and made europe a reality but i also believe palermo like fiorentina are teams that we should've been par with in terms of quality but they are run by people who have interest in running succesful clubs and not some other agenda like the romanista running lazio. Palermo's problem was clearly a coach issue before everything turned around for them .... ours is a perfect storm of mediocre players with a possible mediocre coach and a horrible president who doesn't give a shit about the club.

A stable formation definitley would help make the weaknesses of this squad less exploitive.  The biggeset problem as I see when looking at the competetion which are also weak teams is when I look at games yesterday such as Bologna can beat Napoli and Catania can compete for 90 minutes with Cagliari for a draw, they can get unexpected points vs us barley able to get expected points.  Del Neri is hardly a world class coach and has done well with Samp the same Rossi is doing with Palermo so whatever the balance of quality/mentality we need to clean house in the summer because even a coach is not solving anything and we are not getting a world class coach to perform miracles.  Its the same Rossi at Palermo so the conclusion can only be the players.  They really look like they don't want to be here anymore, can't blame some of them either.  Problem is we won't get much for most players that leave and Lotito will need to spend out of his own pocket come summertime.   

Next game no zarate or rocchi, BRING ON BARRETTO

 

Agreed. This is just one of the problems. We have no time to try which tactic gives the best performance for team. Reja should choose the best he thinks it is and try it.

The other problem is, why we start totally defending after we scored??? I mean, it is certain as it is seen that we dont have solid D line and it is obvious that we concead almost every match. At the begining of the matches ( for fio and sampdoria) I was really pleased the way we played. We were doing everything to play attack and find goal but then! the nightmare is starting for us. Something is happening and we forget what attack is.

Reja, firstly, shouldnt afraid of anything and push team to forward. In my opinion, this is our only chance to fight to be here again next year. Coz we dont know defending, but we get what we want when we attack well. Luckly, Livorno loses point also but till where? Siena also seems eager to be in this war. We have long way.

We need the 4-4-2 to just balance the team, with a balanced midfield it will help stop attacks from opposition as with Samp they had all the time in the world to plot down an attack, use their speed and vision.  Also will help us build an attack.  You are absolutlye right though 1-0 means nothing for us this year we need that second goal before we can even consider to try and defend a lead.  I don't know why you would even attempt a defensive holdup with 3 strikers on anyway. 

Ah lads, don't blame Reja just yet, 3 difficult away games and a home game vs Fiorentina and we got four points (Palermo, Sampa, Fiore all capable of finishing 4th).
Next 3 games
Bari (H)
Cagliari (A)
Siena (H)

6 or 7 points for sure.

The defense is our weakest place, but we mostly defend, where is the logic? We have comparably strong attack, why not take advantage of it? I mean if u can attack better than defend, i think it's pretty clear that you should attack and not rely on the shaky defense, it's simple and must be tried, after the Fiore game it was the same story against Samdoria, can't we just make the right conclusions? Why keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again? It's like a stupid child banging his head on the wall, it hurts, but he continues.
 i-beer

Can't agree. Our defense isn't that bad. Our Midfield and attack is horrible (except Floccari).
When our midfield can't hold the ball or make creative chances, we have to defend.
Thanks god we have Muslera and 2 good CBs with Stendardo and Radu.

We should try Barretto with Floccari against Bari, but I think Cruz will play  i-cry
Barreto is not in Rejas plans it seems...

Got to admit my mistake for not expressing myself more accurate, i meant we can't control the game without the posession, we are not the team tha can afford themselves holding a goal lead, we should try to contain as much as possible and why not create chances, teams with soild defense can cope it, but not us.
 We just score a goal, and then hold back and wait until the opposition rape us- WRONG

I was thinking the same thing Andrew. I've had enough of talentless, useless players (Makinwa and Cruz, but basically any Lazio player  i-wink) getting minutes on the pitch instead of Barreto, who has his whole career ahead of him. Who honestly cares if he is ready or not (not that any of us have a clue.) What harm can it do? ZERO harm! If he starts to suck really bad, whip him off and then bring on Cruz. It comes back to the risk taking argument again. Reja, just like Balla, is not wanting to take risks!

Yes! I'm actually hoping rocchi will be suspended for next game.  That's zarate and rocchi out of the way.  I hope cruz gets hit by a bus and makinwa well... I think hes done enough so that Reja will start even siviglia at striker before him.

It was something like Armageddon's week for me so I couldn't write.
I can't believe we play shit again. The things were looking so good with Reja in the first match and now again fuck. The coaches didn't understand one thing: DON'T PLAY MAURI. I think it is essential for our stay in Seria A. At the start of the season I didn't hate him but with every match he shows he isn't worth playing time.
I actually thought the things would go better with Edy but it seems with this players even if we get God for coach the things can't look much better. I don't know is it still Balla's shadow over the players or for some of them it's just the best they can play and better performances are one time wonder (like Zarate for example). I believe in Edy. He can bring the fight to good end for us. But he must not be playing so cowardly.

Forza Lazio  flag00

ievil Don't do it again


But be honest, it wasen't armageddon. You were just catching up on some light reading;
"Ass protection; Volumes 1-4: How to stop Theo handing my ass over to me during a debate"

 i-surp

ilol  ilol  ilol
As u say, Theo. As u say  i-surp