Cruz is an option for tomorrow apparently, dropping Rocchi to the bench. What is he still doing here and why does Ballamerda still have faith in him in any way shape or form. Watching him is painful on the eye and only shows how desperate our coach is for ideas. Theo's right this guy cannot motivate anything, and makes choices that make the mind boggle. Look at the way Siena, a squad worse than ours, went to the San Siro and took Inter to task, and then look at the way we played away to Atalanta.

Brocchi on the wing? Belissimo!


Diakite in defence? Merda.


That's all I'm saying on this match until tomorrow. Apart from that it seems to be Ballamerda doesn't learn anything. Ever. Diakite sucked raw eggs in mid week as usual and yet he stays in. Mauri has continually sucked and stays in. And everyone knows my thoughts on Cruz. FUCK YOU BALLA.

What makes me think rocchi is shit Theo? The fact that the only thing he has done all year is score that goal against fiorentina. It was a great goal but don't forget about the fact that his effort on the breakaway was absolutely abyssmal. I'm not a big fan of target man forwards because there arn't very many good ones in the world. Rocchi is 5'9 and plays like a target man. He is weak and cannot hold up the ball like a player like floccari. How about you give me a couple reasons why you think rocchi is good Theo because this entire year he has done absolutely nothing, and as you can see ever since we picked up floccari we have been scoring goals and zarate is playing better.

Players are specialized, You can take the best Centre Forward in the world and if you don;t have the midfield support they are useless.  We just don't generate enough chances.  Rocchi missed a good chance mid-week that I thought a couple of years ago he would have buried but I bet he had 3-4 attempts years ago per game that made the difference.  Rocchi has been the most consisten striker at Lazio and Serie A, could it be the team just sucks completley, Floccari gets a few goals and all of the sudden he is the saviour? 

Diakite's way of defending is to jump randomly scissor kicking air and hope he hits either the ball or player.  Brocchi a pure Defence player alla Gattuso dribbled the ball better than any of our midfielders midweek which says ALOT about our midfield quality!!!

Rocchi can't really hold the ball up that often because our god forsaken shit midfield never gives it to our forwards. Rocchi barely gets the ball, because 1. He has little service from the mid and 2. When Zarate gets it, he usually goes alone.

Watch the game against Livorno. Rocchi came off the bench and was immense. 1. He set up Floccari for the first goal. 2. He finished off one of the only chances he had with clear, concise composeur. 3. He then proceeded to win a penalty late on just to add value, and proceeded not to cry like a baby when he didnt get to take it. Rocchi cannot be compared to players like Mauri, who miss from three yards out, and Dabo, who basically contriubes nothing. Its just not a serious comparison in terms of workrate and quality. Cruz, Makinwa, and Inzaghi can however fall into that bracket because they contribute little workrate, and virtually no quality. Zarate, Rocchi, Baretto and the excellent Floccari are the way to go for the moment up front.

Ballardini returns to 4-3-1-2 in the the afternoon workout. Kolarov back to leftback position. I do not like this. Clearly the tactic is not to win the game.

Exactly, the midfield. I understand the absence of Radu makes us more vulnerable defensively but Kolarov on the wing or even as a central midfielder is still better than having him in defense. Ballardini could use Lichtsteiner instead. It should not matter what position Siviglia plays. Maybe Balla could try with Zarate as a trequartista but... He has Mauri, why bother!

Ballardini made interesting statements in the press conference, saying he would field Matuzalem, De Silvestri, Rozenhal, Pandev, Ledesma, Floccari... should they be at his disposal. The man clearly has a sense of humour or then he is just sick and tired of coping with the player material available. He seemed intent on winning the game, though.

On the Curva Nord protest he said: "We must respect the decision of the supporters. It is up to us to win them over with our performance and result".

When Rocchi came on, which was the 35th minute in that game, we were not giving them a beating. We were loosing 1-0. He helped turn that game significantly. Currently, he is one of the few players that gives something to the side, and selflessly as well. Against Inter away, where he had a thankless task, he didnt do bad up front alone.

I appreciate what your saying about trading him in, yes money could be obtained. But if we want to obtain say ten million, then we should sell some of the other players on our roster that could fetch a million or two at a time. Mauri, Dabo, yes he is awful you are right, would give us something, if we lost Cruz we would save money on his wages. Ultimately, there are other ways we can raise money. Cutting out the crap, selling them and saving on their wages would do this.

Lets see what happens with Baretto. I hope he is eased into this side, not made the saviour of it. At 18 and in Serie A it would be too much pressure for him, it just wouldnt be right.