No big news in France-land that I'm seeing, aside from the fact that we apparently broke Philippe Mexès when he was on international duty. Oops. Hate when that happens. (Get well soon, Philou. At least for Roma's sake.) And on a related note, was Eric Click to continue reading...

L'Equipe is saying that Philippe Mexès, Patrice Evra and Samir Nasri are out, to be replaced by Eric Abidal, Gaël Clichy, and Yoann Gourcuff.

Yeah, I know. Me too.

On the plus side, it looks like Eric Abidal may get the opportunity to redeem himself as a central defender!

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Okay, let's look at the bright side.

Um...

I know there's something...

Oh, got one! Actually, more than one!

1) Jérémy Toulalan gets better every game, and is looking more attack-minded as well. He's becoming less wary about shooting from distance, which can knock defenses off guard a good thing, as our offense can be extremely predictable.

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Roma (and occasionally France) player Philippe Mexès and his wife have been reunited with their two-year-old daughter Eva after thieves stole their car when Eva was in the back. There are several different versions of this story floating around, including that armed gunmen pulled a gun on Mexès himself before driving away. Click to continue reading...

  In an exciting Roma-Inter Coppa Italia final (reaching its 4th match-up in consecutive years), the Giallorossi grabbed their season consolation prize. I say "bittersweet" in the title and that deserves some explanation. Sweet firstly, because beating one's big rivals is always great, especially after a season-long head-to-head race in the Serie A and especially if those rivals are Inter. Click to continue reading...