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We really love the Christmas spirit here at Viola Nation headquarters. The smell of evergreen and peppermint in the air. The fresh snow on the ground. The occasional passing reindeer. The 75 degree Fahrenheit (that’s 24 for yall Celsius people) days here in balmy central Texas whence your humble correspondent writes. ‘Tis the season indeed.
So, imbued with that holiday cheer, this BatiGol Weekly is going to be a bastion of peace and goodwill towards our Viola. We’re so freaking festive right now we’re not going to mention how Paulo Sousa can’t seem to do anything right, or how Corvino still hasn’t renewed the club captain’s contract, or how using 3 nearly identical midfielders destroys a team’s balance, or how cool it is to have fullbacks, or what’s the best way to defeat the bodysnatchers who’ve possessed poor Cristian Tello. Nope, we’re not going to say anything about that at all.
Because this is the holidays, dang it, and we’re going to enjoy ourselves even if getting a Fiorentina jersey means having a vacuum cleaner logo on your chest, suckers. Because during Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus (for the rest of us), nothing can go wrong.
Haha kidding we play Napoli in 2 days and everything is terrible. The end.
Latest news
It’s hard to remember now, but Fiorentina won a match against Sassuolo last week, and we have the recap to prove it.
We waited 95 days for the replay at Genoa and received a real steaming turd of a match to repay our patience. Here’s the full coverage.
We did everything we could for the Lazio match. We wrote a preview, a match thread, and a match report. And it still turned out badly.
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The Viola have drawn a tough opponent for the knockout rounds of the Europa League in Borussia Monchengladbach, aka A German Team. Learn a bit about them.
If you’re in favor of wholescale changes to the team, you ought to catch up on last week’s transfer rumors to see how that might look.
If the players in the squad just aren’t doing it for you right now, maybe you should have a gander on the ones out on loan who could return next season.
Comment of the week
Everyone please welcome Silvio, a Borussia Monchengladbach fan who stopped by to give us some good wisdom about the team. Look forward to hearing more from you, duder.
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That’s it for this week, folks. Napoli looms onThursday in a fixture that certainly inspires confidence. If you need me, I’ll be on the verge of tears.