The Napoli Rant w/Raff N Raff

Season 22/23 - The Napoli Rant w/Raff N Raff - Preseason Episode 2: In Napoli, You Cry Twice!

*** DISCLAIMER: Due to technical difficulties, we're posting this episode a week late, before Koulibaly's deal was announced.  This edition was Live on Monday, July 11, 2022***

 

In this episode, Raff Biz RETURNS to the airwaves and from his trip to Campania. We discuss his time there; Raff Rispo gives his opinion on what's happening with the transfer market and much more.

Season 2022/23 - The Napoli Rant w/ Raff N Raff - Preseason Episode 1: Insigne’s New Home - Ronaldo In Azzurro?!?

Raffa kicks off the 22/23 Season without The Bizz, as he is in the motherland, so we start with Carmine Guadagno, President of Napoli Club Toronto. Here, we talk all about the arrival of Lorenzo Insigne to Toronto and the clubs involvement, the moves Napoli made and have not made, players possibly leaving, and can Cristiano ROnaldo actually work out?

Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 13: Beaches, ADL & Pasta

This week's episode is a game of two halves. Henry and Michele begin with a serious and nuanced discussion about ADL and why he remains so unpopular within the city. Then, our alternative season awards involve plenty of pasta, scooter journeys and imagined trips to Castel dell’Elmo with Ciro and Kat Mertens.

 

 

We thank you for joining us at the Far From Vesuvius Network, and our new exclusive podcast, IN THE SHADOW OF VESUVIO.

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Enjoy & #ForzaNapoliSempre

 

 

 

Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 27: The Four Italian Horsemen of Serie A - A Look At The Top 4 w/ Adreano Di Nardo, Alex Donno & Cliff Esmiol

A very special episode of The Napoli Rant this week. We had an emphatic win at Spezia for the last matchday if Serie A. With nothing at stake either way, Napoli B defeated Spezia 3-0. However, we didn't mention it much, as this week we decided to take an in-depth look at the Top 4 UCL representatives for Italy.  The panel joining the Raff's, who obviously were representing Napoli, are as follows:

Representing Milan, the new Champions of Italy: Adreano Di Nardo of The Calcio Guys 

(@adreano_calcio || @TheCalcioGuys)

Representing Inter, Coppa Italia winners and 2nd Place: Alex Donno of Calcio Connection

(@AlexDonno || @CalcioConPod)

Representing Juventus, 4th Place and first season without a trophy since 2012: Cliff Esmiol, host of Stoppage Time on the All Juve Cast Network

(@CliffEsmiol || @AllJuveCast)

We each give our teams Beast of the Season, review our teams season, and play an exciting fantasy game we call "The Missing Piece", where each of us get to pick one player from one of the other top four teams that we think would have gotten our team over the scudetto hump, or that would help immensely in next seasons Champions League. We had a blast with these fine gentlemen, and we strongly encourage our viewers and listeners to check out their respective platforms...yes even Cliff! (We love you, amico).

 

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Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 12: Season’s End Emotions

Michele and Henry are joined by Ken Cioffredi this week and look back at the season which came to a close with a 3-0 win over Spezia. They explore the feelings of the città over the course of a season which featured many familiar frustrations. Occasional moments of end of term giddiness also punctuate this episode as the team look ahead to next season!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvius - Episode 11: Literally In The Shadow

WELCOME TO NAPOLI, DR. BELL!!!

 

In this special episode Michele interviews Henry for a change as they talk about meeting in person for the first time last Sunday! Please enjoy the "In Stadium" perspective of the historic moment in the club as Lorenzo Insigne and Faouzi Ghoulam said goodbye to the home fans. Henry opens up about the experience of being a long distance Napoli fan and coming to the stadium for the first time. Much emotion all round! We'd say Henry's Napoli experience was BELLissima!!! ;)

 

We thank you for joining us at the Far From Vesuvius Network, and our new exclusive podcast, IN THE SHADOW OF VESUVIO.

Be sure to visit & follow our Twitter page @FarFrom Vesuvius

And also, follow on Twitter our hosts Dr. Henry Bell @HenryBellCalcio, Michele Borelli @NapoliTickets and producer Raffa Rispo @RaffaNapoli83

Enjoy & #ForzaNapoliSempre

Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 26 - Napoli 3-0 Genoa: Ciao Capitano

In this edition of The Napoli Rant, we say goodbye to our hometown boy Lorenzo Insigne.  "Lorenzinho" "Lorenzo il Magnifico" "Capitano". We look back at Insigne's finest moments, we remember what he meant to us and we wish him well as he moves on to Toronto FC.  OH YEAH...THERE WAS A MATCH TOO!!!

Napoli defeat Genoa 3-0 at the Maradona, a match that many of our great friends attended.  Osimhen scored an emphatic header, Insigne got himself on the scoresheet in his final match, and Lobotka went coast to coast and scored his first Serie A goal. Oh, and we locked up 3rd, finished over Juventus for the first time in 11 seasons, and we relegated Genoa in the process.  Could our scugnizzo write a better ending? I think not

We also briefly look at the final weekend in Serie A with the scudetto on the line and relegation at stake, we look at Serie B promoted teams and promotion playoff, and a special mention of a former Napoli player making waves in the Serie B relegation play-out (HINT: this SUPER player got on his BIKE for this one)!

 

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Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 25 - Torino 0-1 Napoli: Scudetto Dream Ends Officially

Raffa Rispo alone this week as Raff Biz is off on assignment, so it's an open forum.  The chat is running the show, and some topics are:

Where we lost the scudetto

Napoli Twitter beef

Insigne leaving

New Captain...is it what we needed all along?

What do we need in the summer?

Fans protests: Deserved? Or way too much?

LOYALTY

 

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Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 10: Preparing For The Controversial Goodbye

In our tenth show, Henry and Michele explore the emotions in the city surrounding Lorenzo Insigne’s upcoming farewell in Napoli’s last home game of the season. Michele gives his typically forthright views on the exit, we share our favourite memories of Lorenzo and also take a look what can be learned for the future from the Torino game.

 

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Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 9: Champions Anthem Drained Out By Whistles

Henry and Michele spend the show looking forensically at Napoli fan culture following the protests in and outside of the stadium for the Sassoulo game. They give the first person perspective at what happened before, during and after the match and Michele gives his view as a Napoli based fan. We also look ahead to Champions League football and give some love to the show’s listeners thus far.

 

We thank you for joining us at the Far From Vesuvius Network, and our new exclusive podcast, IN THE SHADOW OF VESUVIO Be sure to visit our Twitter page @FarFrom Vesuvius Enjoy & #ForzaNapoliSempre

Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 24 - Napoli 6-1 Sassuolo: Mission...Accomplished? Napoli Secure UCL!!!

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WE DID IT!!! Didn't we?

Napoli (out of nowhere and a bit too late) have destroyed Sassuolo at an emptier than usual Maradona and that plus Roma's 0-0 stalemate with Bologna means we have qualified for next seasons UEFA Champions League.  So why do we feel so unaccomplished? This is what we've signed up for with Spalletti, no? Wasn't this an accomplishment? A goal met? The Raff's have a great show in explaining why some of us feel good about it and some of us feel a little bit cheated. Also...we do award a Beast Of The Match, and Raffa STILL HAS HOPE FOR A SCUDETTO? I mean, cmon man, when do you ever give it up?  And finally, Biz RANTS HARD on ADL, a man he supports, but not in this instance. Find out what he's on about in this episode!

 

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Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 8: Addo’ sta’ ’a cazzimma?

In The Shadow Of Vesuvio explores all things SSC Napoli in English and direct from the city itself.

 

We explore the disaster of #EmpoliNapoli from the perspective of Michele watching it with his girlfriend’s dad. It was the first time they had watched a game together!

 

We try to cheer ourselves up by also exploring Napoli taking up another sport and go deep on how this team can find more cazzimma like the best SSC Napoli teams from the recent past.

 

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Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 23 - Empoli 3-2 Napoli: ’O bbuon, ’O brutt, ’O cattiv

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UHHH...WTF HAPPENED?!?!?

Raff N Raff go through all the motions of trying to figure out why Napoli, up 2-0 to Empoli, a team who hasn't won a single match in 16 weeks (last beating us at the Maradona) with 10 minutes left and signaled the unofficial end of Napoli's scudetto run.  What went wrong? Who is to blame? What we did RIGHT in the match? Can we really say top 4 is even secure? Where do we go from here? There is more work to do, but there is definitely a sense of defeat in the studio this week.  Tune in and TRY to enjoy!

 

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Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 7 - Una Pareggio a Pasquetta

Ciao! Henry and Michele explore a wide range of Calcio, cultural and culinary issues in Napoli following the disappointing result against Roma.

 

#7 on the tombola.

Easter in Napoli.

Zia Tina’s pastiera - Twitter photo here...be jealous: https://twitter.com/farfromvesuvius/status/1516990009160736769?s=21&t=_m8ODSWdHn03lcxSKvVqdA

Watching Napoli with 80 year olds.

Luis Vinicio’s Napoli.

Ruud Krol.

Pasquetta or Calcio?

The best place to have pasquetta in Naples. 

Napoli Roma from the stadium. Surprisingly good crowd. Lively atmosphere pre game. Different feeling to Fiorentina. Get to the stadium early tifosi! 

The penalty from Curva B perspective.

Disappointment infecting the crowd. Scoring too early?

The history behind this feeling.

Higuain leaving, a transformative betrayal? 

Second half blues. A silent stadium at full time.

Napoli: the greatest support group in the world?

Leaving the stadium and decompressing.

Jose Mourinho in Naples - respect.

Do we care about Empoli?

Champions League: a spiritual and financial necessity. 

What our listeners love about Naples that isn’t football.

The importance of Neapolitan language to loving Naples. 

Neapolitan phrase of the week.

And… all Napoli fans welcome!

 

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Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 22 - Napoli 1-1 Roma: Top 4 Good Enough? Tri-State Napoli Club Panel w/ Gianni Delli Coli of The Calcio Guys

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TOP 4 GOOD ENOUGH?

Is it bye bye Scudetto for Napoli?  Raff Biz hosts a panel with fellow Tri-State Napoli Club members Gaetano, Peter and Francesco. Also, Gianni Delli Coli, The Calcio Guys' resident Romano-Napoletano and West Virginia's biggest Napoli fan, Michele Scottodiluzzio joins the guys too! Raffa, on vacation, is still deciding whether or not Napoli are out of this scudetto race, but the panel weigh in with their thoughts on this Stadio Maradona 91st minute heartbreaking 1-1 vs Roma. 

 

The panel on Twitter:

Tri-State Napoli Club @tri_napoliclub

Gianni Delli Coli @Giannirulz27

Geatano Sollazzo @Sollazzo_1310

Francesco Valenti @PartenoPesce

Peter Scala @pscala11

Michele Scottodiluzzio @SonoMontese

 

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