Torino Club Focus: The Granata’s Season In Review

Torino can be pleased with how last season fared because despite a frightening dip in form and results at the business end of the campaign, the club achieved the main objective which was Serie A survival. They did so refreshingly too with coach Giampiero Ventura refusing to part with his attacking 4-2-4 formation that had led them to the promised land More...

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By Padraig Whelan On Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
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Torino Club Focus: The End Of An Era – Ciao Capitano

This Sunday, Torino meet Catania at the Olimpico in Turin in a match of little significance. On paper, at least. It is the final game of a long season and Toro have already secured their survival meaning that the More...

By Padraig Whelan On Friday, May 10th, 2013
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Torino Club Focus: Ventura’s New Venture Showing Promise

Over the past two games this week for Torino, there has been a radical change in how this side have played their football. Gone is the some might say outdated and swashbuckling 4-2-4 formation which has now been More...

By Padraig Whelan On Friday, May 3rd, 2013
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Torino Club Focus: There May Be Trouble Ahead

How has it come to this? From nowhere, Torino are struggling badly to put points on the board and have been sucked into the relegation dog fight. Not too long ago, Torino were well away from such danger and happily More...

By Padraig Whelan On Friday, April 26th, 2013
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Torino Club Focus: No Room For Derby Error

This should be a season of celebration for Torino, finally back in Serie A and looking ever more likely to stay up as each week passes. It has not been often recently that fans at the Olimpico have had a lot to More...

By Drew Farmer On Thursday, April 18th, 2013
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Podcast: Torino Club Focus

The Torino Blogger is back! Rob Gillman joins me, host Drew Farmer, to talk about the Granata and their chances of staying in Serie A with just six matches to go. Torino are currently eight points above the relegation More...

By Padraig Whelan On Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
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Torino Club Focus: Get Brighi back… and soon

Sometimes stats are coincidental and can easily be manipulated to shaping a view but one stat that has been jumping out at Torino as results continue to stutter is how badly they miss one man in particular. This More...

By Padraig Whelan On Thursday, April 11th, 2013
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Torino Club Focus: How Renato Curi wrote his way into Granata legend

Sadly, the story of Renato Curi is one of the most tragic in the history of Italian football and another case of a life cut all too short. This is all too common a theme when it comes to Torino as a club as with More...

By Padraig Whelan On Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
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Torino Club Focus: No Case For The Defence In Game of the Season

Sometimes you just have to scratch your head and wonder what has transpired when it comes to watching football, something that was most certainly the case on Sunday night at the Olimpico. Blerim Dzemaili hitting More...

By Padraig Whelan On Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
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Torino Club Focus: Happy Birthday to a hero – Remebering Ferruccio Novo

The Torino Club Focus takes a slightly different route this week by taking a look back at one of the most important figures in the club’s history in the week of his birth – president Ferruccio Novo. Without More...