More complaining....

I know I complain alot but I really think I have reason this time. I moved apartment on 1 April and informed AMA, the rubbish disposal people that we pay every 6 months (with the amount paid depending on the size of your apartment and the number of people living there), via fax TWICE on 7 April. Since the next bill wasted due until July I thought this was sufficient time and forgot all about it - although since I'd paid up until July don't they owe me money?! Anyway, a month ago I went to collect post from my old apartment and what do i find? A bill from AMA for the period July to December! At which point I go mad! Why does nothing run smoothly in this place?! I go back home and look for the number to call AMA. Get this... you can't call them! You have to call the Commune (council), who call AMA, who then call you! Insane! 3 weeks later they eventually called RB back (I can't deal with these people!) and they managed to track down the fax! Phew! If only it ended there.... they then said they'd issue a bill for January to April, and RB bring RB said ok.... Obviously I paid that already in December last year. Do they not keep track of what people pay??? Could I have been getting away without paying anything if this is how they track payments?!!!! I now have to repeat the same process again to stop them sending the bill... so far I've been waiting 2 weeks for them to call RB.... what a way to run a company! As for the gas.... I've given up! It will remain in my name for ever more! This week the final electricity bill came...... only took nearly 5 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Menez é della Roma! At last a decent signing!

Roma finally signed a good player. At only 22 he will be good buy for the future as well. Its seems ex-giallorosso Cufre helped to convince him to move to Roma. He looks amazing from what I've seen of him on You-Tube. We are only the fourth favourites to win the Scudetto according to the bookies here but I think we will be up there with them. We have made a couple of good signings and our performance on Sunday was good. Speriamo bene!

Last night the Champions League Draw was made and we drew Chelsea, which we will struggle with. We can't seem to play the English teams. We also need to watch out for Bordeaux. At least we didn't get bloody Manchester United again!

16 September: Roma-Cluj
1 October: Bordeaux - Roma
22 October: Chelsea-Roma
4 November: Roma-Chelsea
26 November: Cluj-Roma
9 December: Roma-Bordeaux

10 000 Napoli fans will be making their way to Rome on Sunday. Only 5000 tickets are available. Fans were queuing up over night at the San Paolo following last nights Inter-toto match. I hope it doesn't kick off as any trouble over the next few months and Rome will not be allowed to host the Champions League final in May 2009.

Super Coppa Final Inter-Roma 8-7 (Penalties)

Such a shame! So close, yet so far. Another defeat at the hands of Inter. We didn’t play so well in the first half but we picked it up a bit in the second half. Baptista only impressed in the 2nd half, and I have to say I was surprised with Riise. Aquilani wasn’t really on form. I have to say Doni made some amazing saves and I have to take back all of the bad things I’ve said about him in the past. Daniele scored another bomba from way out. Grande Daniele. Totti is still way off form. He came on in the last ten minutes and didn’t look good at all. He hardly touched the ball. He only managed to push two Inter players over and give them 2 free kicks. We definitely had more chances in the extra time. Okaka came on and had a few chances. He has definitely improved…although I’m not sure about the hair cut! I couldn’t watch when De Rossi went to take the penalty, but at least now he is back to scoring them! Shame the same couldn’t be said for il Capitano. He shouldn’t have taken it. Losing to Inter 8-7 on penalties isn’t such a bad start to the season. To be honest it shows we are further ahead than I thought. We desperately need a real striker. Vucinic just doesn’t cut it. I really don’t understand why we persist with him.

Only 4 days until the start of the season and Roma-Napoli! I can’t wait! Although the visiting 5000 Napoletani do worry me a bit! I could do with starting the season off quietly, not with the outbreak of world war 3!

Looks like we are close to buying Menez. Fingers crossed as he actually looks like a good investment at last.