With the imminent departure of Candela and Delvecchio, the medium age at Roma will drop even further, to a truly remarkable level. With that, of course, the lack of routine in the squad comes into play in a major way. I don't disagree with getting rid of Candela and Delvecchio as they are more than anything burdens to the club due to their astronomical wages than assets for us to use.
But - when ridding ourselves of these two players the ones with and experience and routine are very few indeed. Totti has to be seen as experiences, as of course Montella. But what else is there? Tommasi is out of the team and all action and can't teach the young ones much from the sidelines. Dacourt is of course old and should be able to inspire some of our midfielders with various hints, but I do not see him as a huge source of which players like Aquilani can draw much experience from. That's despite me being very fond indeed of him, and see Olivier as a real keymember of our team.
In the back, our most experienced is probably Chivu, but then again he's also young even if he could fool anyone with his mature style of play. But he is in the end as young as the players he's playing with, so I don't know how much the others "use" him as inspiration (even if they should follow his example both as a man and a player :star: ). Panucci the players should try to learn as little as possible from, so he doesn't count.
Montella spoke earlier this season about the overrepresentation of young players in this squad - with him and Totti the only ones who has experiece to speak of, will this ridiculously young team be able to carry itself through the season to a decent finish, or will it crumble due to the inexperience of the players?
As sad as it is from a nostalgic point of view, Delvecchio and Candela has to leave. But should the club try to grab hold of some veterans to balance up the age within the team more? As Milan has showed, having nonni in the team can indeed be invaluable. A player like Davids could add so much to this team, possibly more in the shaping of our promises than actual contribution to the team on the pitch every sunday. Having a old reserve 'keeper could prove invaluable for Pelizzoli - what's he going to learn from Zotti anyway, what good could he get out of it? A player like our ex Chimenti would be great for the development for Ivan. And etcetera etcetera. Do I make any sense, or is everyone convinced of this young Roma?
But - when ridding ourselves of these two players the ones with and experience and routine are very few indeed. Totti has to be seen as experiences, as of course Montella. But what else is there? Tommasi is out of the team and all action and can't teach the young ones much from the sidelines. Dacourt is of course old and should be able to inspire some of our midfielders with various hints, but I do not see him as a huge source of which players like Aquilani can draw much experience from. That's despite me being very fond indeed of him, and see Olivier as a real keymember of our team.
In the back, our most experienced is probably Chivu, but then again he's also young even if he could fool anyone with his mature style of play. But he is in the end as young as the players he's playing with, so I don't know how much the others "use" him as inspiration (even if they should follow his example both as a man and a player :star: ). Panucci the players should try to learn as little as possible from, so he doesn't count.
Montella spoke earlier this season about the overrepresentation of young players in this squad - with him and Totti the only ones who has experiece to speak of, will this ridiculously young team be able to carry itself through the season to a decent finish, or will it crumble due to the inexperience of the players?
As sad as it is from a nostalgic point of view, Delvecchio and Candela has to leave. But should the club try to grab hold of some veterans to balance up the age within the team more? As Milan has showed, having nonni in the team can indeed be invaluable. A player like Davids could add so much to this team, possibly more in the shaping of our promises than actual contribution to the team on the pitch every sunday. Having a old reserve 'keeper could prove invaluable for Pelizzoli - what's he going to learn from Zotti anyway, what good could he get out of it? A player like our ex Chimenti would be great for the development for Ivan. And etcetera etcetera. Do I make any sense, or is everyone convinced of this young Roma?
