GIALLOROSSI YORKSHIRE Q&A
Thanks to Joe Costa for providing today’s question.
Another trophy-less season beckons with owners once again selling best players to fund transfers. How many coaches will Roma go through before one realises stability is key? Look at Aurelio De Laurentiis with Napoli & Sarri. Keep your team together & build on squad depth. Time for Pallotta to sell? I can understand fans’ frustration at the poor results recently, but if there was ever a season calling for patience, it was this one. We began it with a new coach and a new sporting director, not to mention it’s the first season without Totti since some of us have been alive, which surely has some significance. It was always going to be a transitory season. It perhaps shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that we aren’t in line for a trophy. We sold Salah to meet Financial Fair Play guidelines; I’m sure the club would’ve loved to keep him. Sure, we’ve sold some of our better players in the past, which is frustrating. But in some of those situations there wasn’t much we could have done about it. Now as a team we have to focus on what we do have, rather than what we don’t. The point you make about stability is exactly why fans should stop getting on Di Francesco’s back. It’s his first big job, and he’s shown more than a few glimpses of doing well in it so far. As you say, we should build on what we have, and that includes getting behind EDF. We’ve touched on the issue of Pallotta selling on here before, and I think that now Stadio Della Roma has been approved, he should see through that project. Stability also goes for the ownership as well as the squad. His decisions may not always be the most popular but we have to trust him. Him selling the club might end up as an unnecessary distraction for the players, further affecting performances on the pitch. So, I don’t think it’s the right time for him to sell the club. The right solution to our current situation, in my eyes, is to build on the squad’s quality by making a couple of good signings - not having the owner put the club up for sale. Leave your views on the topics discussed by posting a comment!
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Joe
11/1/2018 07:35:26 pm
Obviously, we disagree or you misunderstood judging by comments above. There has been no definitive plan to build a winning team. Spalletti left as he was told he would need to see his best players. He realised he could not get more out of the team if his best assets were sold. He finished second with record breaking points & league top scorer. This is not the time to dismantle a team. Plallotta should have stability round this team by securing all the players. If he was worried about FFP then sell Rudiger only. Though like Milan or PSG, be bold!!
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Samuel Bannister
11/1/2018 08:40:45 pm
I think it’s safe to say we disagree. There was no chance Spalletti was going to stay - his own mind was clearly made up - and even so, he wouldn’t have been as successful with this squad.
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Amos
11/1/2018 11:06:45 pm
I think having a president that is an astute businessman is a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that the club management is organized and dollars are more carefully spent. To the curse, it is obvious that the dollars come first before trophies. While I agree that EDF is cheap and will do what he is told, his tactical stubbornness prooves he is nobody's puppet. On Monchi, once again, judge the man after a few seasons in. Sabatini's influence is still too strong in the squad to blame it all on Monchi. Pallota has flaws but i sincerely believe his love is growing for Roma beyond the dollars. I also think the management he recently are the best options that were available for the price. We will see.
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Joe Costa
12/1/2018 06:32:35 pm
Let us agree to disagree. The quality & number of coaches which have left Roma Under Pallotta’s reign suggest they have been sold a project & plan and then when they get their the goalposts change. Luis Enrique is no fool and neither is Spalletti. You cannot make promises to these men and then suddenly renege on them when they are in office. This is where Pallotta is astute. Now he has gone for a softer option in EDF who is happy to get a chance of a big job and a coach who can be manipulated by the owner. One of the demands of any decent coach is freedom to buy players and a reasonable transfer budget. Pallotta will never entice a decent coach into job without these prerequisites. Looking after the dollars could in fact be denying you not just success also increased revenue. My main issue is I believe Enrique,Garcia,Spalletti all left as they were made false promises by wily,deceiving owner.
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