Rotten Cabbage

By: Ben | October 25th, 2009
1990_91

The reality is; Sampdoria are currently a hot skillet, the journalists will continue to paint heavy comparisons to the scudetto winning flag pole of 1991, the current team’s habits of group dinners are reminiscent of the unity shown by the mythic Samp, and strangely enough on the 9th day of play in 1990 Sampdoria won by the scoreline of 4-1, away to Diego Maradona’s Napoli thanks to Vialli and Mancini who scored a pair each. In truth: we were defeated at the whistle.

Bologna are in dire straits; the firing of Papadopulo for Colomba is like trading in your Ford for a Chevy, what we need right now is a Ferrari or at least a reliable Nissan. Why we didn’t seek the Conte or Mazzarri before they were taken off the job market? The Menarini’s have once again proved not to be the rock of solidity needed to reel the anchor of a tormented club.

We are a rotten cabbage. Sick from the inside out. To peel away the bad leaves will only reveal more and the center of it you will find has the worst rot. The Menarini’s sordid dinner date with Luciano Moggi last season; I fail to believe that this had no impact on our campaign for salvation. However I am never one to judge because I am a realist.

It’s quick to throw stones but nobody’s bed is clean. Where there exists the practice of politics, from the Vatican to your office: there lies corruption. The loudest voices come from those who do not benefit from it, yet we did this past season and I have a feeling that as long as the Menarini’s are in charge we will benefit yet again despite the stronger levels of the clubs in the relegation zone. This realist says complaint and cast stones don’t make change so if you’re on the triumphant end, continue to triumph.

That being said, salvation or truth if you have ambition for this sort of thing lies in the blucerchiati. The eyes of the great Vialli are upon us.



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  • Giovanni |  October 26th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

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    Awesome. Haha, you are a braver man than I, Ben – my fan-dom blinds me not to the problems that the club has, but to their gravity. This is not a mid-table club, to be sure, though I continue to hope for them. Instead, the gap widens, and they will once again struggle throughout the season. What kind of change do you think they need? Is it a money issue? Is it a leadership issue? They can’t have one without the other, so they’re just floating along.

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  • Ben |  October 28th, 2009 at 1:45 pm

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    Giovanni,

    I think to start with we need new owners and a new sporting director. If you look at the teams we have to contend with, they all have far more interesting players. Parma have Paloschi, Panucci, Zaccardo, Bojinov, Gallopa and Lanzafame. Bari have Ranocchia, Meggiorini, Alvarez, Donati. Atalanta have Conte, a solid coach would be good.

    This season Di Vaio is playing as Di Vaio usually plays, we can’t expect the man to have another season like last and Zalayeta is not going to foot more than 9 goals. We have no prospects, maybe Osvaldo but he’s not an intelligent player.

    If we don’t beat Sienna today, we’re in trouble.

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