Viola Nation: for Fiorentina fans

We gave it some time to absorb Vanoli v2, and boy howdy this team still has some demons. Tito and the Mikes take a look back at the losses to Como and Inter and see how it makes us feel. Tori e Ursi and Spreadsheet Nerds return! Will we waffle and discuss at length? Or are some things a simple answer? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paolo Vanoli takes over and starts to right the ship after a terrible start to the season. Wait. Hold on. What year is it? How long was I out? Are we doing this again, really? No McMike in this episode but Tito and Producer Mike review the start to Vanoli's tenure (again) and talk about what it means for some of the squad looking forward. Tito tried to bring a new and fun way of doing this to the pod and boy did Producer Mike struggle, but they got there. We also discuss the international break and try to figure out if it gives us any further insight into to the guys who got called up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Look at our timing! Tito and the Mikes managed to plan a recording around deadline day. We waited until the window was closed in Italy to grade the comings and goings of the the end of the mercato. It was a long and arduous summer that took a lot out of Tito. Someone should probably peek into the bunker and make sure he didn't go full crazy. We grade each move like that one teacher you hated because they docked you points for every little thing...like your punctuation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the market drags on and we await actual matches to discuss, Tito and the Mikes talk about players, transfer fees and passion fruit.....again. With big acquisitions and big departures there surely won't be any differing opinions right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fabio Paratici and company have been hard at work bringing us pleasant and unpleasant surprises! Tito and the Mikes discuss the comings and goings as we reach the end of the first month of the mercato. Along the way, McMike praises the French....we think, catches Tito up on the latest celebrity gossip, and invites Cesare Prandelli's friends to his basement. This offseason might be hitting us a little hard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The mercato is underway! Paratici and company have gotten to work right away giving us plenty to talk about. In this episode we grade some transfers, find out who McMike think is the better scout Tito or Producer Mike, and discuss if this is the year Ricky Sottil puts it all together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

And here's to the next 100 episodes! Tito, McMike and Producer Mike kick off the first podcast after we hit the big 100. We start wrapping up the past season and introduce some new segments to break free from the monotony of the offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, look at us. Who would've thought? Not me. We've hit the big 100! 100 episodes of laughter, sadness, and McMike's esoteric 80's references. There have been highs, there have been lows but most of all there has been Fiorentina. In this special centennial episode we answer your questions and then we ask the questions to a very special guest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fresh off the heels of an utterly disgusting draw at Lecce, your favorite Fiorentina podcast idiots are back to chop up that one, along with a little Crystal Palace talk. That's right, it's McMike and Tito back just like the old days (Producer Mike is too busy looking up USL League 2 prospects to sprinkle more American prospects into future transfer talks) and without an adult in the room, we rapidly devolve into our usual back-and-forth. It's not just the games we're talking about, though. We also run through the latest round of stadium updates (spoiler: the news isn't great!) before taking aim at what's shaping up to be quite a summer. Since Serie A survival isn't secured yet, mathematically speaking, we only glance at it sidelong, but it's pretty clear that the Viola are going to be very busy in the hottest months of the year. Along the way, we got some takes on Irish food, the difficulties of fully inhabiting the character of an animal, and Marin Pongračić being the Franz Beckenbauer of Daniele Ruganis. Thank you as always to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sport Social Podcast Network⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for hosting us and to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Windchime Weather⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for the music. And as always, we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed making this. You could leave a rating and review if you want, but whatever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We don't want to jinx it. Let's make that very clear. But with the Viola 5 points clear of the drop after scraping together the necessary results over the past month, it's looking like next year's centennial will indeed be in the top flight, and your favorite Fiorentina podcast idiots are coming to grips with that. It's just Tito and Producer Mike (McMike's temporarily returned to the old country) to break down the recent outings and look ahead to the Crystal Palace and Lazio games. We also touch on Italy crashing out of the World Cup before diving into what the summer could look like: outgoing stars, incoming prospects, and what exactly we're supposed to do with Paolo Vanoli. Along the way, we learn about Producer Mike's new favorite word and do a quick run through the squarest heads in recent Fiorentina history. Thank you as always to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sport Social Podcast Network⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for hosting us and to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Windchime Weather⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for the music. And as always, we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed making this. You could leave a rating and review if you want, but whatever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices