Sampdoria Club Focus: The Blucerchiati’s Season in Review
Season 2012-13 marked Sampdoria’s return to Serie A after a season in the doldrums of Serie B. The doriani achieved survival with two matches to spare but it could have been achieved earlier. Despite experiencing form slumps under Ciro Ferrara and his replacement Delio Rossi, Doria usually came good against the big teams. Ciro Ferrara started the More...
Sampdoria Club Focus: Busy Times for Rossi and Osti
The deal is complete. Delio Rossi now has the Sampdoria coaching job on a permanent basis. He has been given a two-year deal and he will coach Sampdoria until June 2015. Rossi arrived in December last year along More...
Sampdoria Club Focus: Fighting for the Blucerchiati cause
Salvation has officially been achieved. Survival seemed secured weeks ago for Sampdoria but it was mathematically secured after last night’s 1-1 draw against Catania. With two matches left, the doriani now have More...
Sampdoria Club Focus: If it’s broke… fix it
As the season draws to a close, more rumours fly around. Transfer talk regarding Sampdoria’s players has been a regular occurrence this season yet more stories have emerged. Even though most of it is speculation, More...
Sampdoria Club Focus: The Blucerchiati – Viola connection
There isn’t a strong rivalry or friendship between Sampdoria and Fiorentina but it will be a blast from the past for anybody involved with both clubs, past or present. Both teams will have different motives for More...
Sampdoria Club Focus: A Youthful Approach in Goal for Next Season
One door closes and another one opens. An experienced pair of gloves might be replaced with the freshness of youth. Sampdoria’s Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero is expected to leave the Genoese club at the end More...
Sampdoria Club Focus: Was Ilicic’s Performance a Blucerchiati Rehearsal?
Sampdoria crashed to another defeat on the weekend, this time against relegation-threatened Palermo. The Sicilians beat Samp 3-1 and Slovenian midfielder Josip Ilicic starred in the match, scoring a great solo goal More...
Sampdoria Club Focus: Time to Cash-In on Icardi?
One team creates most of the chances but the other team wins. That’s what happened yesterday when Sampdoria lost 2-0 against Inter. Rodrigo Palacio, the ex-Genoa forward with the rat-tail, took two well-taken More...
Podcast: Sampdoria Club Focus
Sampdoria blogger and club correspondent Vito Doria is back and he speaks with me, host Drew Farmer, about the club’s current fortunes. The two writers discuss Sampdoria’s almost certain Serie A survival More...
Sampdoria Club Focus: The Road Ahead for the Blucerchiati
As the season draws to a close, Sampdoria have a chance to seal their Serie A survival mathematically. It is a common belief among Serie A fans and pundits that 40 points is the target clubs should aim for if they More...
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