I'm going to explain it to the best of my ability: the problem is Luis Enrique. This guys basically wants to export the Barcelona model in Italy. Which is impossible, especially in Rome. Barcelona is unique, no team in the world can afford to keep possession of the ball that long, never leave any room for the opponent's initiative, and no team in the world has Iniesta, Xavi and Messi, except of course Barcelona. Can Pjanic be our Iniesta ? Great player, but no. Can De Rossi be our Xavi ? not if he keeps on playing like he did in the last two seasons (also i suspect he is involved in shady businesses with the local gangs in Rome). Totti is not Messi. We cannot leave our wingbacks and central defenders alone against some of the still very skilled strikers that we have in serie A (even in small teams: Di Natale in Udinese, Di Vaio in Bologna, Pellissier in Chievo), we cannot focus only on the estetic aspect of the game, the attacking phase. In Italy you win games with good organization, especially in defense. That doesn't mean you have to play defensive, but you need to know that any little team (like Cagliari or Novara) can be dangerous and will seaze the opportunities they get from you. Therefore you need to be humble and organized. This idea of "champagne football" that Barcelona makes everyone want to imitate is not sustainable unless you are Barcelona.
And what Luis Enrique has done in the beginning of this season is revealing , he took some of the most moronic decisions that he could take in the name of "beautiful football"; He has no idea what kind of players he has in the squad,he told the managers to buy Osvaldo for 18 millions , a striker who's now playing on the side. Still hasn't used Cassetti , our best wingback on the right, and instead used Cicinho (jesus christ), Rosi (for fuck's sake) and Perrotta ( WTF ?). I thought he would be more balanced, but his motto is : "i want to attack and score goals". Yeah right, more like allowing any given team to score 2 or 3 goals just like Cagliari did in the first round.
Not to mention that Totti cannot play every fucking game because he is 34 (But that's Totti's fault for wanting to play all the time), Borriello is the best italian striker at the moment and he is not even on the bench (Osvaldo is so horrible i cannot begin to tell you), Bojan is mediocre, Lamela is injured. The positive notes are José Angel (amazing left hand wingback), Kjaer and maybe Pjanic. We had Stekelenburg, but a criminal decided to kick him in the head. The american owners are not really involved in this team. Don't get me wrong they spent the money, but they don't really know what they bought. Today they are talking about building a new As Roma stadium based on the model of football stadiums in America. I personally don't see the point, but you have to admit the new Juventus stadium is awesome.
MAMMA MIA!
where have u been in the last 7 years mate? this is not "vintage" at all. this is has been serie a's standard ever since 2006.
at the young guy dancing like a crazy person in front of Moratti in the stands.
