Paris is a great city but there is one thing I don't like about that place. There many people in the streets who literally grab you by your arm and try to sell you things.
If we bought Ibra we wouldn't need Messi and Ronaldo, but I see what you tried to do there. Says who, he's run out of teams in Italy. Also if Roma could afford him then they could afford the players to attract him to the team. Saying he wouldn't come here is wrong, in the hypothetical, yes he would come especially since he wants to be in Italy. The strategy that has brought us so much success in these two years?
Everybody wants to go to Heaven but nobody wants to die. Building a cohesive team takes time. You can't just stick 11 talented players on the pitch and expect it to work. I seem to be the only one who remembers the summer prior to the new owners. We signed Guberti on a free and that was our only activity the whole summer. People don't appreciate how bad it was. We were being run into administration. Now we have a new squad with promising young players and people still aren't happy. I am patient because I don't expect everything to go perfectly right away. The expectations for Roma are enormous when they aren't really warranted. Roma has won the Scudetto only three times in its entire history. We were regulars in the CL due to the calciopoli scandal. This isn't a traditional powerhouse team - but it could be. And that is what I am expecting. A foundation that is will propel the club into the 21st century. That includes building up the marketing and endorsements, building the stadium and investing in youth. Instead of fans being excited about the possibilities, they act like spoiled children. Nobody has any perspective. We aren't like Man City or PSG and instead of accepting it and moving on, we get constant whining and complaining. Fans delude themselves with their own lofty expectations and then get discouraged when those expectations don't reach their high standards. Whether it is this thread, where fans think we can swap Osvaldo + cash for Jovetic and sign Ibra or in the business thread where people lack basic business acumen - people lack reasonableness. And I understand that this is just a fan forum, but I want Roma to succeed and will try to inject some reason where it is warranted.
The way the club has been going the youth they invested in will want out very shortly. This squad is short of a few champion players or players ready to become champions, in order to make that final step they need to invest in those now or we slowly die again as the Lamela's Pjanics reach their potential and decide Roma has not developed along with them
Nobody really gives a rats ass about PSG most of Paris. Probably half the city doesnt know who he is and probably gives him no time of day.
In my opinion you are too much an idealist, there is no team anywhere in Europe that has won anything of substance building up youngsters. Perhaps Barcelona but there are so many other dynamics at play that it's not relevant. It's an empty promise. It's not going to happen, and at the end of the day people want to win trophies. No one is saying it's completely wrong, but it's not working. You need a blend. You think these guys are going to stay here another 4 or 5 years and morph into champions and then remain here? Right now we are breeding champions for other teams because the time will come when they tire and want to move on to win titles. As for injecting reason, it seems to me that the sheikh situation played out exactly like I said it would, we look like a broke club that is so desperate for money that we entertained an offer from a clown with no money who was presented to the president accompanied by a convicted drug dealer. I might not have your business acumen, but I called the egg in the face of our president and like clockwork the day after the sale to the sheikh expired every radio pundit and journalist in Rome was saying exactly what I predicted they would.
Not saying any of this is wrong but what some of you non-American's don't seem to understand is that not giving a shit about what others think is a very American trait. So while some of us may be embarrassed or worried about egg in the face, it could be that the President couldn't care less. Not saying it's a good thing or bad. It's just something that exists sometimes.
Well borussia Dortmund did a great job of breeding youngsters and winning the bundesliga, I think they have an awesome model for their youth.
@TNC_SerieA: Brazilian CB Dede' is linked to Milan, Roma, Juventus and Inter. He will face Italy in a friendly with Brazil on March 23rd
Roma close to sign German Pezzella? http://www.forza-roma.com/67187/la-roma-e-vicina-a-german-pezzella-del-river-plate
did not know this but just found this out... perin was born in latina, lazio. so hes roman. i would like him at roma in the future, looks like a quality keeper just has poor positioning because of his inexperience and his defense makes him look much worse than he actualy is. on another note, I LOVE DIAMANTI, hes such a fun player to watch because of his skills and vision. hes a great playmaker because of his dribbling, vision and passing... and his LEFT FOOT , he has to have the best left foot in the serie a.
idk if he is, if you guys say it then maybe. i want him as our future goalkeeper though, i dont want him to go to milan
I'd love it if we worked out a co-ownership with Genoa where they can keep him for a couple seasons then he can come in and take over for Stek. Unfortunately given our financial restrains he is probably out of our reach.
was just going to post mattias twitter account... look at some of his pics with florenzi and ses lol https://twitter.com/MattiaPerin