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This is an English language AS Roma podcast called La Magicast, brought to you by Scot, Imran, and Sam. We cover AS Roma and Serie A from transfers to game reviews to players and everything in between. La Magica is our passion! Established in 2011.
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Saturday Sep 10, 2011
Saturday Sep 10, 2011
Greg and Julian here, previewing the upcoming season for Roma. We dive into a few fun categories, like "Surprises of the Season" and try to guess where Roma and the rest of the top teams will finish in the table. Other notable occurrences include quite a few Gregorian monologues and the ridiculous usage of the word "patience." Enjoy!
Friday Sep 02, 2011
Friday Sep 02, 2011
Mercato is closed. La Magicast is back. Greg, Julian, Alex go over the crazy mercato together with asroma.no's Imran (@ilcapitanova). Enjoy!
Tuesday Aug 02, 2011
Tuesday Aug 02, 2011
Alex, Julian, and Greg all return for another round of LaMagicast- and it's edited this time! This pod has somewhat of a sad tone to it- the departures of Jeremy Menez and Mirko Vucinic leave all three hosts wondering what's next for Roma. The club finds itself in the midst of a drastic revolution, where departures and arrivals seem to be a nearly daily occurrence. Discussed in the pod are the most recent arrivals as well as the losses, including the finale of the Marten Stekelenburg transfer saga (hint: he bleeds yellow too now). We had a ton of user questions as well as looking at what the rest of the mercato might hold. You know, there should be 3 more signings before the old lady sings... Forza Roma!
Tuesday Jul 19, 2011
Tuesday Jul 19, 2011
Whew, where to even begin? This podcast covers quite a bit of ground, including player acquisitions, the latest club friendly, potential attacks on Francesco Totti, to some of the most entertaining Twitter questions we've yet received. Julian and Greg were all over the place in thus one, and thus we've made a joint decision to release the pod unedited. This can only end well. Enjoy!
Wednesday Jun 29, 2011
Wednesday Jun 29, 2011
The takeover is nearly official, summer is here, and LaMagicast is still very much around and kicking even though the season isn't. On this episode:
- Co-ownership resolutions- do the "new" players fit into the club?
- Goalkeeping situations, including much ado about Stekelenberg.
- Marco Borriello's officially been brought in, but if he'll stay is discussed.
- The bizarre case of Mirko Vucinic
- Where are the Italian targets for Roma?
- Alberto Aquilani- what the hell happened?
- The latest transfer rumors/news
- 3 major contracts are ending: what to do?
- Is DDR getting a one-year extension? We debate the pros and cons
- And many other little topics that we delve into thanks to your questions.
Thursday Jun 16, 2011
Thursday Jun 16, 2011
Greg and Julian return to talk about the new look Roma under Thomas Di Benedetto. Luis Enrique has been brought in as well as Walter Sabatini, and the two co-hosts spend much time discussing transfers, direction, and the possibilities with the new coach. Is Enrique a gamble or the start of a dynasty? Is Sabatini as good as his reputation suggests? In terms of Enrique, Julian and Greg debate how risky the move was, especially when compared to Carlo Ancelotti. Changes are already ringing in at Roma, and the two also discuss all the latest occurrences including the direction that the Primavera is headed. Enrique is a long term project and both Julian and Greg stress the importance of keeping that in mind. Transfer targets as well are analyzed, including Bojan Kirkic- where will he fit in the lineup?- and Gael Clichy's stats are broken down from last season. Departures are looked at, including one of the craziest/most realistic rumors involving a certain Frenchman. Sabatini sure is a busy man, isn't he?
Thursday Jun 02, 2011
Thursday Jun 02, 2011
The season is now over and Greg, Alex, and Julian do a show looking over the entire year for their beloved Roma. Some of the topics covered:
- The overall crappiness of Roma's year
- Games of the season- both best and worst, in Serie A and in Europe
- Greg cheating on nearly every question
- Some consensus, some disagreements, lots of love
- Reminiscing about the game that cost Claudio Ranieri his job, Nico Burdisso trying to kill a man, the Champions' League "run", Francesco Totti vs Ranieri, and a whole lot more.
- Julian completely forgetting games against Inter and amazing records
- Vincenzo Montella vs Claudio Ranieri: who was better?
- Some major milestones were fondly glanced upon. Chief amongst them: Il Capitano reaching Roberto Baggio.
- Alex messing up the format
- Grade of the season: universally poor. Really really poor.
- Rodrigo Taddei's raison d'etre: The Roma Goran Pandev
- Best and worst players of the season- both overall and by position- including Daniele De Rossi in a category you might not expect
- Sergio's tears, Nico's reliability, Simone Loria's immense scoring record, and the rest of the notable incidents... that they could remember. Hey, they tried.
- A bit of fantacalcio, including Poach a Palermo Starlet (tm) and pick any player that would improve the squad.
- Twitter questions- Totti's hair as a song and more musings.
- Francesco Totti. That's really all one has to say, isn't it?
Monday May 23, 2011
Monday May 23, 2011
Serie A 2010-2011 has come to a close, and Julian, Alex, and Sterling take on the Sampdoria game... at least nominally. In truth there was so much to talk about that, chief amongst which is Carlo Ancelotti's firing from Chelsea. We talked about a ton of stuff this pod, some of which was on topic and lots of which wasn't:
The game, of course, but also lots of excitement over Carlo... mostly from the easily excitable Julian
Youngsters and the huge noticeable absence from the game- what’s his worth and does he have to go at this point?
Then it all gets offtrack and we talk about the league in general, Milan, Juve, Chelsea, King Carlo, Villas Boas, Real Madrid rejects, Americans in England…
Nonsensical comparisons are in here as well- Conte vs Carlo, for example
Europa League: is it even worth it?
Bit of an end of season review-08/09 all over again?
Montella’s future
A good mercato before it even begins?
Final thoughts on Borriello after a season’s worth of performances
Vucinic: stay or go?
DDR in the stands and his reaction- analyzing the unanalyzable. Alex argues for his sale.
Rosella’s farewell and her legacy. Sterling teaches us some Italian!
Lamela, RomAmerica, unsung heroes and a whole lot more. Join us!
Tuesday May 10, 2011
Tuesday May 10, 2011
Another round of agony, excitement and joy means another round of La Magicast. Due to Greg's shyness, Alex's takes the lead on this episode were we welcome back two of our prior solo guests to form a new Voltron-esque super team of podcasting! (No- it is not because Julian wasn't on the show - he was properly taking care of his studies. Good look amico!) And in case you were wondering - we were the "Lions" version of Voltron of course. Sterling and James reprise their excellent roles as guest podcasters and continue the trend of outshining the regulars (Greg and Alex... sigh). In addition to being outclassed by our guests, we did discuss some footie. We started with the Milan game. Greg completely ignored the question at first to tell us what he thought of the reactions to Lazio / Udinese so we start off right where we always leave off - which is to say completely off course. Following the Milan conversation and Alex's complete refusal to congratulate the champions, we moved on to larger discussions around fourth place and the Champions League. We did get quite a lot of questions this time, and unfortunately we did not have the time to answer them all. But keep sending them, as they make us feel warm and fuzzy inside. - The La Magicast crew
Tuesday May 03, 2011
Tuesday May 03, 2011
Round 35 and the dream of Champions League next year is very much alive. La Magicast is back, discussing the Bari game, Totti, the penalties and Daniele «de red» Rossi. And we do a little preview & prediction on the Milan game. Also on the menu: We talk about Borriello: Should he stay or should he go? One of the La Magicast members misses Adriano. We test Greg's superb knowledge of the Twilight series, and we end this special show talking about the link between concieving and how we became romanisti. Se vedemo e forza Roma! - The La Magicast crew PS: We had some technical difficulties... Greg experienced some technical difficulties during the show, so any angry e-mails about the weird and disorganized structure of this show can be sent to the Twilight fan in our crew.