The Fat el Hombre said:
sam-caddick said:
Mattyc55 said:
5 wins in 5 for Roma... very good team.
I agree, only seen bits of them but they look good.
They remind me a bit of when Borussia Dortmund were drew in our group and everyone wrote them off yet they absolutely destroyed us and topped the group even with Real Madrid in it.
Roma are not to he underestimated.
Maybe not but looking at their squad, particularly without de Rossi, I'd imagine they won't have much on dortmund
Not selling tickets in the third tiers on the online planner? Looks like we're getting a poor attendance for this one?
Keita is playing brilliant football, much better than De Rossi, I wasn't really expecting that, he never stands out but he doesn't waste a single possession. He ages like wine.
Roma should be tecnhically more gifted than Dortmund, but pace it's what made that Borussia special, insane pressing, we're not even close.
Iturbe anyway is a major blow up for us, while Castan and Astori can be replaced by Manolas and Yanga-Mbiwa just fine.
Regarding midfield, Pjanic-Keita-Nainggolan are still great despite De Rossi-Ucan-Strootman being injured, but they started to look a bit tired and the only replacement left is Paredes (20yo), which is a great prospect but very inexperienced, he played 50 minutes or so in Serie A last season with Chievo Verona, basically nothing. Hopefully he'll have a big chunk of minutes against Hellas Verona on Saturday, replacing anyone of the aforementioned trio.
Gervinho played his worst game yesterday and should, but unlikely will, rest.
P.s. Pjanic's free kick yesterday was a beauty.
p.p.s Hopefully against Verona he'll score another one like this.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOMqFcl-3hQ[/video]
At 00.54 there's an example of Roma's fast break.
