Rossi to continue as Lazio Coach next season?

Dejan wrote:

Sile wrote:

Dejan wrote:

Cant u see that we were max lucky in Coppa?
And the stronger teams didnt play with strongest squads nor will, if they did not Samp nor Lazio would even be in finals.
There are other coaches than Rossi in the football world you know.
Just to remember this season.
Milan 4-1 Lazio
Atalanta 2-0 Lazio
Lazio 0-3 Inter
Lazio 1-4 Cagliari
Sampdoria 3-1 Lazio
Lazio 0-3 Milan
Lazio 0-3 Chievo
Siena 2-0 Lazio
Lazio 1-3 Udinese

Great coach indeed.

Lazio 4-2 Roma

Riomma Lazio 1:0

Milan 4-1 Lazio
Atalanta 2-0 Lazio
Lazio 0-3 Inter
Lazio 1-4 Cagliari
Sampdoria 3-1 Lazio
Lazio 0-3 Milan
Lazio 0-3 Chievo
Siena 2-0 Lazio
Lazio 1-3 Udinese

Lets add
Palermo 2 0 Lazio


magical coaching by Rossi.

I hope lotito uses his brain. He wants Lazio to be up there at the top where we belong, so he needs to get in a new coach. I rather have Diego Simone than Rossi.

I feel sorry for Delio...his stupidity barely has limits. And his tears after the Coppa...they were FAKE tears, tears for the hope of staying in charge at Lazio, as by no means he can get a better job anywhere in the world.

And fuuuuuuck how scared I am about European himiliation next season...

Let me clarify one issue:

If a coach sacrifices a WHOLE SEASON just to win the Coppa Italia, then either something's VERY WRONG WITH THAT COACH, or he's got only 12-13 players at his disposal.

Never ever ever ever DARE to say that Rossi never cared about the serie A this season. Just because he screwed it up and at the end won the Coppa Italia at HOME ON PENALTIES, doesn't mean that serie A wasn't a priority for him.

And as one of my non-Laziale friends said "Winning the Coppa was more like to prevent the squad from total demolishition, rather than something to cheer about". I am still happy with the Coppa victory, but that bald pussy has to leave.

Well if there is a coach who is free and Lazio can aford then yea... I will like Rossi to leave... Not that I have some bad tought for him but I believe that his knolidge for football is limited and this is his limit ... Mancini.... Rajkard... Guss... Magat... Scolari... I will be for them but realisticlly we cant afford them

Why are you people being so negative?!

We won the Copa Italia! For the fifth time in our turbulent history. That means playing in Europe next season, prize money, more money from sponsors, keeping some of our best players and with playing in the Europa league we can attract new players.

Lazio are about to sign Mauro Zarate - one of the greatest young talents in the world and surely one of the best players in the world in the near future.

And all you do is come here every day and bitch about Delio Rossi.

@Forza Lazio how dare you say that those tears of Delio Rossi are fake?! You should be ashamed of yourself.

You're pissed off because you think that this season we had one too many defeats. Fine, point taken. But are you trying to say that you would have rather that Lazio finished 6th this season with less defeats but without the Copa or what?

With Delio Rossi we won derbies, one year we finished 6th and should have participated in the UEFA cup, next year he lead us to 3rd place and we played CL football. This year we won a trophy! The Copa Italia! With Delio Rossi in charge. We beat teams such as Milan (in Milano) and a Juventus team twice. Why do you try and take this away? Why are you constantly trying to diminish the success of this team and Delio Rossi?

Ivan wrote:

Why are you people being so negative?!

17 defeats, maybe 19....

Ivan wrote:

Lazio are about to sign Mauro Zarate

Its Delios success...what?

Dejan wrote:

Ivan wrote:

Why are you people being so negative?!

17 defeats, maybe 19....

Ivan wrote:

Lazio are about to sign Mauro Zarate

Its Delios success...what?

Don't take his statements out of context! Ivan didn't say it was Delio's effort that Zàrate stays,but it is a fact to be happy about!!! Sorry to say,but you guys need to get a grip.

FORZA LAZIO!

Ivan wrote:

Why are you constantly trying to diminish the success of this team and Delio Rossi?

How sad...10th place (so far) is a success, 12th place last year is a success, 3rd place thanks to Calciopoli is a success, 4th place in the Champions League group stage with Olympiakos is a success, and 2 times 6th place in serie A is a huge success, isn't it?

thx for the coppa! but get the hell out please. You simple don't have it in you, and you never will.
I dont understand why some people still think Rossi should stay, how many more defeats do they want? Because believe me, things will not go for the better if Rossi stays. It's time for someono, something new!

Forza Lazio wrote:

Ivan wrote:

Why are you constantly trying to diminish the success of this team and Delio Rossi?

How sad...10th place (so far) is a success, 12th place last year is a success, 3rd place thanks to Calciopoli is a success, 4th place in the Champions League group stage with Olympiakos is a success, and 2 times 6th place in serie A is a huge success, isn't it?

So basically you don't consider anything in the last five years to be a success. Not even playing in the CL after almost going bankrupt or winning the Copa Italia this year doesn't get your respect. OK, that's your opinion. Mine is somewhat different.

It's just amazing how narrow sighted some people are. Some think that Lotito is to blame for everything and some believe that it's all Rossi's fault.

When we win 4:2 against merda or win the Copa Italia then it's luck or "a lottery" as you Forza Lazio put it and when we loose against Palermo in a game that doesn't have much importance then it's Rossi's fault.

For example:
The year we participated in the CL Rossi said many times that he asked Lotito for reinforcements and didn't get any and so we played in Serie A, the Copa Italia and the CL with a thin squad with Ballotta in goal and no real bench. Yeah, Rossi is to blame for that too. With Capello as coach and that same squad we would have surely won the CL and the scudetto that year right?

In your perspective there are no variables, no other factors that contribute to the result. Player quality, motivation, injuries, players at the coach's disposal, fatigue, problems in the dressing room, contract renewals (and long contract negotiations), players not adapting (Carrizo) and so on. You exclude all these things. It's just Delio Rossi all the way for you.

My opinion is that Rossi has to leave. The way Lazio is playing in Seria A (the main and major competition in Italy) is totally unacceptable and far under average. However thats not my main reason. Except for few games (derby and coppa) I never see Rossi to show at least a bit passion and emotion towards the players and club. Thats the characteristic that I don't like and plus his "tactical" experiments. Another thing that I forget to mention is control over the club and players, Rossi failed here also. When a coach is not a authority in his own house and haven't got a bit respect of his players then I don't know how that club can successes.



However I'm not going to argue with anyone, I stated my thoughts and thats it. SO lets do only that and stop arguing here because is stupid, no one have control of this matter and Lotito has the final word.


Debate and discuss, stop arguing.

Moreover, I am sure that Rossi will stay...and life will again suck from August.

I am also very very scared that this idiot will humiliate us again...and all rossi lovers will always find some excuses....

i have respect for the rossi but i think it s enough as our coach,lets give him the post of director(and if things goes wrong he will always be there).Year after year we see the same stile of game,borid footbal,whithout passion,even when passion excist in some players(zarate or foggia-delio s key player stoped them),maybe in some games we shoes a great spirit of the team but tactily i think we was poor.i TS time to try something new,but i dont think that someone else will be our coach,lottito wants rossi-seling games and makes money(i m just afraid that is is beging and end of our story for the moment).

Thank god Ivan brought some sense back into this arguement again. I mean, we know you guys don't like him but you act like school kids, you don't bring constructive criticism forward so we can atleast converse over the topic and worst of all YOU TRIVIALISE LAZIO'S SUCCESSES JUST TO SLAG ROSSI! What kind of fan would do that? You don't want Rossi....fine, but at least bring something forward other than the usual stupid name-calling rubbish.

And to say Rossi's tears were fake...I'm just astonished at that.

Forza Lazio wrote:

I feel sorry for Delio...his stupidity barely has limits. And his tears after the Coppa...they were FAKE tears, tears for the hope of staying in charge at Lazio, as by no means he can get a better job anywhere in the world.

And fuuuuuuck how scared I am about European himiliation next season...

Fake tears? Well you can accuse him of bad results or bad coaching but how the hell do you know if it's fake or not?

I think your hatred of Rossi is taking control of your sanity. Stop this, please.

As for him staying or not, I think maybe time has come for him to leave this summer, that would be the best because it's always nice to remember someone with a great moment, not with bad.

But only if we get someone already proven or at least someone with a stature. Not someone like Mazzarri (as I said even before the Coppa final, amd now he's lost that as well), because he's been a mid-table coach so far, with his career-high so far being playing in the UEFA Cup. Even Delio is now much more expierenced at being in a club who has ambitions to win everygame.

I'm not sure if there's a candidate good enough, I mean within our salary capabilities.

What I'm sure is that if Delio stays then I will be supporting him. Why? Because it means stability, because he already showed passion for this club and also because I would support any coach, since his interest is the same as ours - to see Lazio win.

Giolazio wrote:

Thank god Ivan brought some sense back into this arguement again. I mean, we know you guys don't like him but you act like school kids, you don't bring constructive criticism forward so we can atleast converse over the topic and worst of all YOU TRIVIALISE LAZIO'S SUCCESSES JUST TO SLAG ROSSI! What kind of fan would do that? You don't want Rossi....fine, but at least bring something forward other than the usual stupid name-calling rubbish.

And to say Rossi's tears were fake...I'm just astonished at that.

How many times I've brought my arguments into the pages of LazioFever, literally writing pages of arguments!!! It's enough, I cannot repeat the same all the time.

In short: poor tactics, zero leadership, no ability to motivate players, no ACTUAL success until 13 May, his stupid experiments during important matches, record of losses (17) and many more.

P.S. Even his tears in this case have played against him...the coach must be strong, a LEADER, an IDOL TO IMITATE, A ROLE MODEL...now, after his tears, does Kolarov have to imitate him and cry after every game won?

Now, please imagine Mourinho crying...or Zenga...or Mancini. Haha!

P.P.S. I'm saying this don't know how many times already, but I am ready to change my opinion about Rossi should I find that the team is performing well. Coppa victory at Olimpico by penalties against Sampdoria is not convincing for me. 2 POSSIBLE victories in the next 2 matches of serie A won't change anything, so the next opportunity for Rossi is Beijing in August. If he beats Inter for the Supercup, I might change my opinion to a little bit of a more positive one, as 2 titles won already mean something. The most important results though will be the Europa League (I want at least Finale), Coppa Italia of next season (at least reach semi-finals) and of course serie A (anything below 6th place is a direct reason to kill Rossi). And this all must be achieved together, not 1 of these 3. Can or will Rossi do that? I am sure that he can't, but only the time will prove my words.

the rossi bashing is getting boring as I stated today in teh chat during the game, though the ones who bash do have very strong points and many that I agree with, not all, but many!

Honestly the man has to go, but say it once, its a very repetitive thread and it takes time away to read the same things.

Huge respect to mr rossi.

and the one million dollar question is. ]Who is up to the task, and who is a realistic target.

....or Tardelli crying as he celebrates a goal? I don't know what point you are trying to get accross as usual-that because he cried he is leading a bad example? get real!

The minimum you expect is for us to reach the Europa League final? Why don't you get off which ever cloud you are on. In our current situation that would be a dream not a f*cking demand! It is possible, but by no way a certainty and that would be the case whoever our manager was.

Rossi does make questionable decisions and irritates me alot too with substitutions etc but he has done a hell of alot for this club and should get more respect from people. He may not be the man to lead us to greater glory but for where we are at the moment, he seems like a good choice. Do you honestly think with our current roster we are for world domination? Win the Champions League and Serie A with a salary cap of 1.5m a year....

Giolazio wrote:

Thank god Ivan brought some sense back into this arguement again. I mean, we know you guys don't like him but you act like school kids, you don't bring constructive criticism forward so we can atleast converse over the topic and worst of all YOU TRIVIALISE LAZIO'S SUCCESSES JUST TO SLAG ROSSI! What kind of fan would do that? You don't want Rossi....fine, but at least bring something forward other than the usual stupid name-calling rubbish.

And to say Rossi's tears were fake...I'm just astonished at that.

Gio, you do realise that when it comes to people who doesent want for Rossi to stay, it`s kinda hard to ask "contructive criticism". I mean..what do you expect for them (or me) to say "constructive" when we have last season in mind and this season, a season where Lotito spend alot and did alot (although i don`t like him either..he kept Rocchi and Pandev, he fought to get Radu, Carizzo, Lichsteiner, Zarate, Matuzalem etc.) and Rossi just made fun of this boys because he just can`t do more. I know that he loves this club but he just can`t do much to help him. So you guys want constructive talking but what can we say constructive when we are on 10th place (tx to some genius players, not some nice tactic) with -8.

My real problem is not that we are there and we are losing to some now and then but... how we are doing that. I always got the feeling that "no matter what.we`ll lose this". Except the game against Udinese away (3-3). Who`s fault is that ? Of course that maybe players are to blame (and here i must mention some players who really can`t do anything no matter what coach we have: Carizzo, Cribari, Manfredini, Mauri, Del Nero .... some players who are playing sometimes so bad that it makes u wonder why..like Ledesma, Rocchi, Lich, De Silvestri, Rozehnal) but it the end that`s also the coach business..because he isnt there just to make a tactic and to do trainings. He`s here to motivate them, to keep a good relation between all humans involved ..and so on. I repet (although i did this in the past as well) ... the issue is how we are losing and how we are playing (sometimes even when we win..like the match against Sampdoria or Catania). Except 3-4-5 matches this season (WOW..so many) we looked that we just can`t make a sinergy between our midfield and our strikers. In every match we look broken..with no perspective and this is when i don`t agree that Rossi have anything to do with our win (superb) against Roma. Why ? Because we are always, always, always rely on Pandev, Rocchi or Zarate genius. In that match we were lucky enaugh to score tx to those guys (who desirves a better team then us). Just watch how the team stand when Zarate scored. Zarate had no other option but to striker..he has no team mate to combine with, pass with .. it was Foggia and Zarate somewhere isolated. And this is in every match, because of Rossi. In some matches (very few) we were lucky to have those guys and scored..... but that wasnt tx to Rossi tactic. Not a single win was tx to him ...and of course here i have another argument, how he dealed with our defense this season. We have one of the worst defense in serie a but certanly not the worst guys (Kolarov, Muslera, Rozehnal, Siviglia, Diakite, Radu etc. arnt bad players) yet we were pathetic ... there war 4-5 matches (i think) when we didnt conced. In rest..we rely and rely on Zarate and strikers.. while the defense is almost everytime beaten and when the midfield has got nothing to do with the attack men.

Those are just some reasons why he should leave.. i have many others but for now it`s enaugh.

Ok, ok, ok. I hate having to do this because it is time consuming but if I do this once and once only, perhaps some people's eyes will be opened (unlikely).

In Rossi's first coaching job, at the age of 32/33, he led Salernitana, a minnow club, from Serie C1 to Serie B. He then went back to Foggia and onto pescara before moving back to Salernitana, got them into A, but eventually he was, in my opinion, ridiculously sacked. I remember watching that Salernitana team and being mightily impressed with the way the played.

He had a few spells elsewhere before moving to Lecce, getting them back into A and solidly keeping them in the league. When himself and Ledesma left, they spiralled downhill. Perhaps that shows how important these two guys were to that team.

At Atalanta, he did an incredible job and we then brought him here. The fact the likes of Ledesma and Makinwa followed him to us tells me that this is a guy players respect and if we sacked him, and a big team like Juventus hire Rossi, which could happen (he is a highly respect manager in Italy), then perhaps we would lose the players that keep this team together; Ledesma, Pandev, Kolarov etc.

In 4 years here, he has got us into the UEFA Cup when few thought it possible, the Champions League when nobody thought it possible and now we have a trophy; the Coppa Italia. having read all the statements after our win, it seems getting into Europe has been our aim for the last two years. We failed last year because the squad wasn't good enough, not Rossi, the squad and we've achieved it this year. Europa League brings a lot of cash and coming 17th and winning the Coppa is probably better than finishing 5th in the league. So, unless you believe this team are Top 4 contenders, what the hell is everyone complaining about???

Rossi is still young, will still improve, he has now a winner, our players are now winners and with the Coppa Italia and Europa League, we can splash a bit of cash. This regime appears to be working and everyone at this club has my full support at the moment. Of course there is always room for improvement but if you believe sacking Rossi is the answer then explain to me how this guy, at any club he has a long spell at, has done eceptionally well?

He is easily one of the best coaches in Italy and get paids less than Manfredini. Perhaps Manfredini as coach is a better option, yeah?

So who out there is better?

Mazzarri? What's he done that Delio hasn't?

Del Neri? You like failed Riomanisti, do you?

Allegri? Could be a top class coach but what a risk that would be.

Ranieri? Excellent team builder but we've built a team, what more is he going to bring to the table?

Mancini? He would demand a salary ten times more than Rossi's so he's a no-no.

Mihajlovic? Could be a good coach in time but if he can't last a season at Bologna then he's not for us.

Simeone? He's a laziale, whatever that means, Rossi has been here as long as Diego was, what does that make Delio? And it's not like Simeone has had a flawless managerial career.

I just can't see who out there is attainable and better than Rossi because all the cnadidates the Rossi haters have mentioned are either ridiculously risky or unaffordable. So what do you propose?

i agree with caxi . i think we should give rossi a chance to continue his spell at lazio. he is still young , and so does our squad , so we're still can improve . we'll get fresh money after winning the coppa and participating european competition , so we can improve our squad with new good players. last 2 seasons , when we were competiting in CL , rossi did a good job in his 1st CL when our squad wasn't good enough. we were draw with real madrid , we beat werder bremen. rossi is also known as derby master . and this season , we beat milan,juve,roma , 3 big teams in italy. he also brought us to lift the coppa . i think we should give him at least another season to show his skill , next season i believe we will have a better squad than this season , so , we see what can rossi do in european competition and in serie a with a strong lazio squad

Exactly.

if you think that this team can win a Scudetto or compete with Inter, Milan and Juve over 38 games, send in your application so that Lotito can consider you for the job.

I honestly don't think there are too many managers that could do better than Delio has done in his four years. Lippi could, Capello could, Sir Alex probably could as well. They aren't realistic so forget it.

No doubt he's gotta improve, especially the dressing room situation, our inconsistency and the fact we don't turn up to beat the smaller teams, but overall we have a Coppa in the cabinet.

That's more than 'superallenatori' like Prandelli or Ranieri can say for themselves and they have better squads at their disposal.

Buttom line..he did a great job in serie b and with Atalanta (one of the biggest clubs on the planet).
What a joke..