http://cagliari.theoffside.com News from Cagliari Italian football team Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:17:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When we last left our boys for the international break they were riding high on momentum after winning four games in a row. These wins took the club from a relegation leader and possibly looking for a new coach to an 8th place position and just two points from the ... http://cagliari.theoffside.com/cagliari/milan-cagliari-2.html And the Winner is........ 1.Ronaldinho Close but not quite...... 2.Paolo Maldini 3.Lionel Messi 4.Ronaldo 5.Zlatan Ibrahimovic 6.Francesco Totti 7.Ryan Giggs 8.Cristiano Ronaldo 9.Samuel Etoo 10.David Beckham 11.Zinedine Zidane 12.Stephen Gerrard 13.Alessandro Nesta 14.Kaka 15.Wayne Rooney 16.Luis Figo 17.Fabio Cannavaro 18.John Terry 19.Gigi Buffon 20.Diego Forlan Gotta take the whole decade into account when deciding on this list, not just a year or two of brilliance. Goalies are real iffy but Buffon is that ... http://cagliari.theoffside.com/team-news/top-20-players-of-the-decade-sardinian-style.html I always thought Lippi knew what he was doing for the most part, but now I am more sure after this weekends announcement that Cagliari midfielder Davide Biondini was named to the Azzurri for the November 14th game against the Dutch and November 18th against Sweden. Now I am no judge ... http://cagliari.theoffside.com/team-news/introducing-italian-international-davide-biondini.html After a week at home resting following three games, all wins, the previous week, Cagliari gets ready to welcome Sampdoria, one of Serie A's top teams, but also a team whose attitude and mindset often determines its fortunes more so then its talent. This lead up should make for a ... http://cagliari.theoffside.com/cagliari/cagliari-sampdoria-2.html If you dont think as recent as a week ago Coach Allegri was spending extra time looking over his shoulder for Cellino thinking he could be replaced any second, then you dont know Cagliari and you dont know Italian football. Just a week ago, Cagliari was fresh off a loss to ... http://cagliari.theoffside.com/team-news/allegri-figures-it-out-and-saves-his-job-for-now.html Alright, I give up. I cant seem to figure out which Cagliari team will show up on any given gameday. Therefore I am officially turning over this blog to the Sardinian phonics monkey my Grandma just sent over from Sassari. Its a wonder she has anything left to give me ... http://cagliari.theoffside.com/cagliari/cagliari-atalanta-2.html If there are two teams that are more similar then these two, I would like to see them. The teams meet on Wednesday in Rome in basically identical disappointing positions in the standings while also facing a lot of upset fans who feel the teams should be higher up the ... http://cagliari.theoffside.com/team-news/lazio-cagliari-2.html Another shock weekend with a surprising result, this time in our favor as Cagliari used the homefield and a bit of help to edge Genoa in the latest of what will be many must win games. The most important note of the week was the starting of Nene who scored on ... http://cagliari.theoffside.com/team-news/inconsistently-impressive.html Its tough being a fan of a small club. At some point they tease you with a run of good results that make you think they might challenge for a meaningful position in the standings. While almost every club can have a good run or even a season with a ... http://cagliari.theoffside.com/cagliari/cagliari-genoa-time-for-a-new-set-up-or-coach.html For those of you who could not wait for the international break to pass, I wanted to get something up early regarding this weekend so we can understand how important a win is in Catania. Last weekends home loss to Chievo was just inexcusable. In a league that is stronger and ... http://cagliari.theoffside.com/cagliari/catania-cagliari-2.html