Life Goes On

By: cathal | September 15th, 2009

I am sure anybody who saw Saturday’s game will agree with me when I say it was a performance that displayed copious amounts of team spirit and high work rate. However, I can’t help but wondering what difference would Pandev or Ledesma have made to the end result. In my opinion, our team spirit has improved from last year despite all the issues we had over the summer but would Goran and Cristian have provided the cutting edge which we appeared to lack? Obviously we lacked matchwinners in Zarate and Rocchi but would the ‘dissidenti’ have helped our cause?

I’m in two minds about it as I look at both sides of the coin. How much of our performance can be attributed to having solid, motivated players and how much did our lack of firepower and defensive cover hurt us? Goran can clearly make the difference in big games; we have seen it on many an occasion but how much of an effect can he have now that he doesn’t truly want to be here? He is only human and surely the last few months would affect his game? As for Cristian, we know that he cuts out runs and loose balls on a regular basis but with Baronio doing a stellar, if slightly different job in that position, would his class still prevail? It’s a difficult question to answer.

Thus, for this week’s poll, I’m asking you if you would reinstate these guys until January at least or are you happy with these spirited and hard fought performances? Would you mess with what appears to be a successful formula in a bid to improve our fortunes or would you let things stay as they are and hope we are on the right path? Please vote below and I will reveal the results next week.

Pandev and Ledesma; is it time to reinstate them?(poll)

As for last week’s poll, I asked you to tell me if you thought an international debut for Zarate would be a positive or negative outcome. 75% of you think he would deserve a call-up and improve as a player should he receive it while 22% of you believe it could hinder his performance for us. Interesting results and if we are to go with the majority, let’s hope Maradona sees the light soon enough.

This will be a busy week and the blog will be full of posts so keep in the know by checking back here every once in a while. Forza Lazio!