The Franco Sensi AS Roma 2013/14 Season Thread

Pjanic adopting a very central role which has left it very narrow on the left but it has resulted in Balzaretti getting a lot of freedom to bomb forward on the left.

Cerci is causing us problems.

Iā€™d love to see Cerci back at Roma.

1-0 at half time.

Little worrying towards the end as Cerci went on some mazy runs and we look very frightened of him.

The other thread has carryharry contributing on it. :smiley:

Super save from De Sanctis after a stunning volley from Meggiorini.

Immobile is on for Torino.

Cerci levels it. Benatia trying to be too smart although there was a hint of a foul.

The goal had been coming.

Poor defending from Benatia, caught on the wrong side and punished for it. Time to get Ljajic on.

Ljajic for Borriello. Would have left Marco on, presume Ljajic will operate through the middle of the front three.

Pjanic should have had a penalty.

Benatia off injured. De Rossi to centre back and Marquinho on.

Silky footwork from Pjanic earns a free in a dangerous area.

That has to be a free to Roma.

For the fourth game in a row Pjanic has been our best player.

In other news, Malaga & Betis is currently 2-2 after 70 mins.

Our run comes to an end but we remain unbeaten and on top. Hopefully our attacking options bolsters soon with Totti, Destro and Gervinho back.

All good things must come to an end.

Reports have surfaced claiming we have signed 17 year old Brazilian left back, Abner. He recently tore his cruciate ligament so will most likely not join until next season. His style of play is very similar to that of Maicon.

Iā€™m hearing Totti wonā€™t be available to play until Christmas with the December 16th clash against Milan being the most likely earliest return date.

Reports are building that Leandro Paredes is ours for a fee between ā‚¬8-10m. This would be a fantastic bit of business for the fee mentioned. It would be about half of what we paid for Lamela and from my limited YouTube viewing I would say he is of a similar talent. I would imagine that this deal is more likely to happen in the summer as Paredes has no European passport.

Weā€™ve also been linked with a few midfielders. Cabaye who played under Garcia is the most heavily linked, heā€™s a decent player but seems to be a bit of a windy character and I would not pay anymore that ā‚¬8m for him. Newcastle would probably want triple that. Marco Parolo has been linked as well, heā€™s having a great season with Parma where he has scored 5 goals already. Heā€™s more of a box-to-box midfielder who offers a goal threat - quite similar to Strootman and Bradley. Marquinho going in the opposite direction is mooted to be part of this deal as well who I donā€™t think is Roma quality. Iā€™d be happy to take Parolo but I also think we need somebody who can fill in for Pjanic, we donā€™t really have anyone else in midfield who can step into that creative slot - unless Paredes is targeted to fill that role.

Weā€™re also being linked with Nantes striker Filip Djordjevic whose contract expires at the end of the season. Heā€™s in good form in Ligue 1 at the moment having scored 7 goals but I donā€™t think heā€™s anything special. Weā€™re also linked with River Plateā€™s young Colombian centre back Eder Balanta.