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re: AS Roma 2013-14 / Serie A Thread
Posted on 9/22/13 at 7:58 pm to wm72
Posted on 9/22/13 at 7:58 pm to wm72
Roma 2-0 Lazio goals
Incredible win for the the good guys in the most passionate derby of the day. The King of Roma with the decisive assist as usual.
The Passion of Balzaretti after his goal.
Incredible win for the the good guys in the most passionate derby of the day. The King of Roma with the decisive assist as usual.
The Passion of Balzaretti after his goal.
This post was edited on 9/22/13 at 9:13 pm
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Posted on 9/22/13 at 10:02 pm to MLSter
Hell give it two years and I'm sure you'll be playing in it.
Posted on 9/29/13 at 5:07 pm to MLSter
A comprehensive win today as Roma stays perfect through six matches with a 5-0 result over Bologna.
Still not ready to say Roma is going to compete with Juve and Napoli but 18 of 18 points with a 17-1 goal scoring margin is certainly a good start toward a CL spot.
Gervinho continues to impress with a brace today off 2 Totti assists as Totti continues to be the most incisive passer playing football.
Gervinho blows some chances but his pace and endless energy to run into spaces for Totti has been immense. I was skeptical of the signing but it seems clear Rudi Garcia knew exactly what he was getting from his time at Lille.
Medhi Benatia has been the best signing Roma's made in a long time.
We really need to get Bradley back to give De Rossi and Strootman a break though.
Still not ready to say Roma is going to compete with Juve and Napoli but 18 of 18 points with a 17-1 goal scoring margin is certainly a good start toward a CL spot.
Gervinho continues to impress with a brace today off 2 Totti assists as Totti continues to be the most incisive passer playing football.
Gervinho blows some chances but his pace and endless energy to run into spaces for Totti has been immense. I was skeptical of the signing but it seems clear Rudi Garcia knew exactly what he was getting from his time at Lille.
Medhi Benatia has been the best signing Roma's made in a long time.
We really need to get Bradley back to give De Rossi and Strootman a break though.
This post was edited on 9/29/13 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 9/29/13 at 5:38 pm to wm72
How is Bradley going to fit into the lineup once he's back to fitness? Any chance he ever starts over Strootman or is he relegated to backup duty? And how much better is Strootman than Bradley?
Posted on 9/29/13 at 6:20 pm to cwil177
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How is Bradley going to fit into the lineup once he's back to fitness? Any chance he ever starts over Strootman or is he relegated to backup duty? And how much better is Strootman than Bradley?
Bradley's not likely to beat out Strootman but he is likely to get a lot of playing time as backup to both Strootman and De Rossi.
I think Bradley's a very good player that completely belongs on a CL level roster but it seems like Strootman is going to be an elite midfielder, a fixture on the Dutch NT and having clubs like ManU wonder how they could have signed a Fellaini when he was possibly available.
Posted on 9/29/13 at 6:22 pm to cwil177
Pjanic is a fricking magician in the midfield 
Posted on 9/29/13 at 8:57 pm to SuperSoakher
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Pjanic is a fricking magician in the midfield
He's so smooth.
It's helped his game that he's also gotten a lot tougher in fighting off challengers and doesn't disappear for long stretches the way he did his first couple of seasons.
Posted on 9/30/13 at 8:31 am to wm72
Roma might have had one of the best offseasons I've seen in a long time. Adding Gervinho, Strootman, Ljajic, Benatia while losing Lamela is turning out to be a giant success. Lamela was a great player but I feel like he was too ball dominant at times, seems like there's better flow in the team now.
And Jedvaj could be a nice player in a few years.
And Jedvaj could be a nice player in a few years.
Posted on 9/30/13 at 9:19 am to wm72
glad to hear Gervinho is doing well. always had a soft spot for him. clearly talented, just was never going to have the confidence at Arsenal due to our fans, largely.
Posted on 9/30/13 at 10:12 am to Friend of OBUDan
I think he would've worked so much better for us had he not screwed up in the afcon penalty kicks..
He really looked lacking in confidence after that and seemed to play better after this last cup
He really looked lacking in confidence after that and seemed to play better after this last cup
Posted on 9/30/13 at 5:12 pm to Jumbeauxlaya
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glad to hear Gervinho is doing well. always had a soft spot for him. clearly talented, just was never going to have the confidence at Arsenal due to our fans, largely.
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I think he would've worked so much better for us had he not screwed up in the afcon penalty kicks..
He really looked lacking in confidence after that and seemed to play better after this last cup
Yeah, a somewhat similar thing happened with Osvaldo at Roma after he uncomfortably grabbed a PK away from Totti and then muffed it. A lot of ultras were already unhappy that he was signed for such a high price and got on his case to an absurd level after that. It effected his play as he wasn't nearly as brash in the the way you want a striker to be after that and seemingly drifted off a bit from the team.
Roma fans really like Gervinho a lot-- characters like him always go over well in Rome -- and seem to be really pulling for him to turn around his bad run at Arsenal.
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Roma might have had one of the best offseasons I've seen in a long time. Adding Gervinho, Strootman, Ljajic, Benatia while losing Lamela is turning out to be a giant success. Lamela was a great player but I feel like he was too ball dominant at times, seems like there's better flow in the team now. And Jedvaj could be a nice player in a few years.
I couldn't agree more about Lamela. It's not really that he hogs the ball as much as he just hasn't developed much awareness and too often seems to be on a completely different page from everyone else.
I would have loved for Roma to have had the money to just keep letting him develop. He really can be world class if attacking tactics / spacing ever clicks for him but Roma is a much better side without him right now.
Benatia was really one of the first players in a long time that I hoped we signed for a couple years and actually finally did. I thought he was one of the best CBs in Italy during his time at Udinese. The Messi-esque goals I wasn't expecting at all though.
This post was edited on 10/1/13 at 12:16 am
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:33 pm to wm72
As a Spurs fan, I'm worried about Lamela. I hope he can feel comfortable in North London soon. The Roma success is not a good sign.
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:44 pm to SwaggerCopter
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your point, but why is Roma's success this season a bad sign? Lamela was not Roma's best player, however Spurs and arguably Everton lost their best player and are having lots of early success. Do you think that reflects poorly on Bale and Fellaini? Dortmund has been enjoying life without Götze too.
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:52 pm to Tweezy
I don't follow Serie A, but did Roma add a bunch of players this window?
Tottenham's success is directly correlated with all of the players that came in with the Bale money.
Tottenham's success is directly correlated with all of the players that came in with the Bale money.
Posted on 10/1/13 at 12:13 am to SwaggerCopter
Yes, they added a few very good players.
Posted on 10/1/13 at 12:28 am to SwaggerCopter
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I don't follow Serie A, but did Roma add a bunch of players this window?
Tottenham's success is directly correlated with all of the players that came in with the Bale money.
We brought in a handful of players in positions of need that have all been difference makers so far. There's the brief list in the OP of this thread.
Most of Roma's improvement has been the difference Rudi Garcia has made as manager. We've performed a well below our potential for the quality on the roster for 3 seasons and mainly due to turnovers at manager where every new manager had a rigid system.
If I were a Spurs fan, I'd be happy to get Lamela. Like I said, I would have loved it if Roma had the money to keep him as a spot starter/sub and give him more time to develop.
The problem is that he's really raw in terms of reading the game. Replacing him with 2 more mentally mature/attuned players has made a huge difference but it hardly means he won't blossom into a superstar in time.
The haul Tottenham got for Bale was amazing. He's a good player but not nearly that good. That deal may go down as one of the most legendarily lopsided deals in history.
This post was edited on 10/1/13 at 12:47 am
Posted on 10/4/13 at 8:17 am to wm72
Posted on 10/5/13 at 1:44 pm to Friend of OBUDan
Roma-Inter about to start
Posted on 10/5/13 at 2:34 pm to SuperSoakher
3-0 at half, game over. Inter has no answer for Roma's counters.
Posted on 10/8/13 at 5:14 pm to SuperSoakher
Young Totti
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