Luciano Spalletti

He's rumored to be a top candidate for replacing Carlo A at PSG. What did you guys think of him? I never really followed Roma when he was managing you guys.

His football is definitely easy on the eyes and brings back good memories (back to back wins against Real Madrid, 3-1 win against Chelsea, 7-0 destruction of Catania, etc). As Neal said, his limit was his defending, we lost countless 2-0 leads due to a lack of solid defending as well as a lack of opportunism at times. He did an amazing job with a limited squad and not many funds, getting the best out of players like Perrotta, Taddei, Mancini, Pizarro and, above all, switching Totti's position in the 4-2-3-1 that Neal mentioned, allowing him to win the Golden Boot in 06-07.

The main reason I'm not backing him for a return immediately is that our defense is in greater shambles than it was when he left. At PSG, I think he would have a field day with your attacking options. BUT, you could sure as hell say bye to Menez if he arrives.

Oh good. Menez is gone anyhow. He cries too much since he's been benched by Lucas.... I really have cooled on Menez. All the talent, but he thinks waaay too much of himself.

That whole class of 87 for France has been meh to me other than Benzema. I thought with Benz, Ben Arfa, Menez and Nasri, that class was going to shine...

My thoughts. He will give you fantastic football but will struggle to give you trophies. He is not the tactical guru (like Fargie) who trys to out-wit the opponent. He just goes on playing his brand of football (which is gorgeous) whatever the opponent, squad or result.

sportsczy wrote:Oh good. Menez is gone anyhow. He cries too much since he's been benched by Lucas.... I really have cooled on Menez. All the talent, but he thinks waaay too much of himself.

That whole class of 87 for France has been meh to me other than Benzema. I thought with Benz, Ben Arfa, Menez and Nasri, that class was going to shine...

Now you know how we felt a couple years ago. Ranieri actually got him playing well for a bit when he played him centrally behind two strikers, but Spalletti and Montella never got through to him. You could see in his body language that he didn't have the determination to put in any more effort which is a shame because he has loads of talent.