GIALLOROSSI YORKSHIRE Q&A
The next UK Roma fan to submit their question this week is Paolo Campbell, who asks about the future of Roma head coach Eusebio Di Francesco.
A lot of noise around some fans wanting EDF to leave already, good or bad decision? Bad decision. Getting rid of Di Francesco midway through the season would create instability, which is not what we need. Yes, the performances have been poor since the start of December, but that doesn’t mean changing coach is the best solution. How much can EDF take the blame for players underperforming? You could say he needs to change his tactics - something I would support - but nonetheless, some of the players who aren’t doing so well this year are experienced enough to be playing better regardless of what the tactics are. Strootman, Gonalons, Dzeko... the coach can’t be held fully responsible for the way these players have played in recent weeks. It may be the case that in the end, we discover Eusebio Di Francesco isn’t the right man for the job. But, in my view, he hasn’t had anywhere near enough time for us to have reached that decision now. He has every chance of turning it around before the end of the season, certainly if his squad is strengthened in the January window, so it’s too early to call for his sacking. Do you agree or disagree? Would sacking Di Francesco be a good or bad decision for Roma? Join in the discussion by commenting below.
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Amos
9/1/2018 03:11:08 pm
I will add one vote that it would be a mistake. I think PDF has at least earned a right to stay till the end of the season with his first half of the season results. Whether we as fans like it or not, we are on track to complete the objectives (with the exception of Coppa Italia) the club set for themselves before the season started. Hardly grounds for sacking. I might argue that he is doing so without all the propper tools. While I agree that his tactical stubbornness is maybe not his greatest quality, the club still brought him in, knowing that full well. It was no surprise to anyone. We will see if he has what it takes to adapt just enough to get the team firing again. Along similar lines, I think Monchi needs a couple of windows before really being judged. He was at Sevilla for 17 years and contributed to a few successes. He is here 6 months and we want to run him out of town. As a Roma supporter it is too easy to look at the lack of silverware and get frustrated. To get there we need stability and support.
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Samuel Bannister
9/1/2018 06:13:06 pm
I agree; no need for a knee-jerk reaction to a poor run of results. With EDF’s success in his maiden Champions League voyage, he does deserve at least the season at Roma to have the chance to prove his critics wrong. He has achieved our targets in Europe, and if he is given the backing of a fully strengthened squad, he is more than capable of turning our domestic fortunes around again and accomplishing our targets in the league.
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GialloRossiLupo
10/1/2018 12:14:16 am
Getting rid of Di Francesco now would be chaos for Roma their is no guarantee we would lure Ancelotti or any other amazing manager to the club or even if they did come in this short period they probably would not get the result or their methods across soon enough for what we need to end the season on.
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Samuel Bannister
10/1/2018 08:57:07 am
In a way I wish Ancelotti wasn’t available now, so that he wasn’t there in the back of our minds as a possible alternative (that I’m sure many fans would be happy with). If he’s still free in the summer and EDF hasn’t succeeded by then, maybe that’d be a good time to change, but it is too early to make that judgement on Di Francesco - stability and patience are key here.
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