Damien Comolli (35 Viewers)
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As if it wasn’t already weird enough that someone I used to hear getting roasted daily by Turkish sports journalists in the glorified mess that is the Süper Lig is now running Juventus… now there are two of them. Two guys who were basically punchlines in Turkish football are taking over one of the biggest clubs in the world. Cool.
Now, let’s talk miracles, they’re rare in football. Like, really rare. And let’s face it, we already used ours. Unproven coach? Check. Sporting director from some mid-table no-man’s-land? Check. Young rich president with a family name to live up to? Check. Somehow it worked. The stars aligned. That was our miracle. We cashed it in.
Fenerbahçe tried the same thing. Think of Aziz Yıldırım as Turkey’s version of De Laurentiis, built the club up, brought in "modern football" to Turkey, but eventually got stuck in the past. Then came Ali Koç, long-time board member, but more importantly, heir to the Koç family fortune, which basically owns half of Turkey. Educated, handsome, visionary, and rich enough to buy the league twice over. Fenerbahçe fans thought he was the second coming.
He came in with a bang, promised the world, and one of those promises was hiring Damien Comolli. At the time, Comolli’s résumé looked shiny. Transfers started raining in, 16 in total. Fans went nuts. And how did it all go? Fenerbahçe finished the first half of the season in 17th. Seventeenth. Imagine Real Madrid making 16 signings and landing in the relegation zone. It was the most glorious season Turkey had ever witnessed. Ali Koç lost his mind multiple times, stormed into the stands like he was in an action movie, and honestly we never got tired of mocking Fenerbahçe. Week after week, Ali Koç and Fenerbahçe was pure comedy gold. We laughed, we cried (from laughter), and we lived for it. You know what’s even funnier? While all this was happening, the meltdowns, the chaos, the weekly comedy specials, they were proudly saying they were following the Juventus model. Yep. Agnelli and Marotta were their shining examples. You really can’t make this stuff up.
Next season? Same story. Another 16 transfers, still not even a top-3 finish. Eventually, Comolli was kicked out. Whether those 30 transfers were actually his doing or just the brainchild of Ali Koç acting like a teenager trying to impress a girl, we’ll never really know. What we do know: the miracle didn’t show up.
And now? Same thing is heading our way. We already had our miracle. If we were the kind of club that pulls off miracles every other season, we wouldn’t be the team with the most Champions League final losses. What we should have done was make smart, boring, rational decisions and hire people with actual, proven success. But nope we went with the fantasy again.
So yeah, buckle up. This season’s gonna feel really long.
Now, let’s talk miracles, they’re rare in football. Like, really rare. And let’s face it, we already used ours. Unproven coach? Check. Sporting director from some mid-table no-man’s-land? Check. Young rich president with a family name to live up to? Check. Somehow it worked. The stars aligned. That was our miracle. We cashed it in.
Fenerbahçe tried the same thing. Think of Aziz Yıldırım as Turkey’s version of De Laurentiis, built the club up, brought in "modern football" to Turkey, but eventually got stuck in the past. Then came Ali Koç, long-time board member, but more importantly, heir to the Koç family fortune, which basically owns half of Turkey. Educated, handsome, visionary, and rich enough to buy the league twice over. Fenerbahçe fans thought he was the second coming.
He came in with a bang, promised the world, and one of those promises was hiring Damien Comolli. At the time, Comolli’s résumé looked shiny. Transfers started raining in, 16 in total. Fans went nuts. And how did it all go? Fenerbahçe finished the first half of the season in 17th. Seventeenth. Imagine Real Madrid making 16 signings and landing in the relegation zone. It was the most glorious season Turkey had ever witnessed. Ali Koç lost his mind multiple times, stormed into the stands like he was in an action movie, and honestly we never got tired of mocking Fenerbahçe. Week after week, Ali Koç and Fenerbahçe was pure comedy gold. We laughed, we cried (from laughter), and we lived for it. You know what’s even funnier? While all this was happening, the meltdowns, the chaos, the weekly comedy specials, they were proudly saying they were following the Juventus model. Yep. Agnelli and Marotta were their shining examples. You really can’t make this stuff up.
Next season? Same story. Another 16 transfers, still not even a top-3 finish. Eventually, Comolli was kicked out. Whether those 30 transfers were actually his doing or just the brainchild of Ali Koç acting like a teenager trying to impress a girl, we’ll never really know. What we do know: the miracle didn’t show up.
And now? Same thing is heading our way. We already had our miracle. If we were the kind of club that pulls off miracles every other season, we wouldn’t be the team with the most Champions League final losses. What we should have done was make smart, boring, rational decisions and hire people with actual, proven success. But nope we went with the fantasy again.
So yeah, buckle up. This season’s gonna feel really long.
Surely the people in charge at Juventus would know all this though? I know they've made a lot of dumb mistakes in the past but I imagine there has to be extensive research done before hiring someone for such an important position?
It's not like getting a job at McDondalds
They must have their reasons for hiring him
It's not like getting a job at McDondalds
They must have their reasons for hiring him
I just love the British media. 
"Sporting director who was sacked for signing Jordan Henderson gets new job at European giants"
https://talksport.com/football/3251...derson-juventus-fsg-tottenham-damien-comolli/
I must try this with Inzaghi.
Coach that lost the CL Final 5-0 goes to Saudi Arabia to milk camels.
"Sporting director who was sacked for signing Jordan Henderson gets new job at European giants"
https://talksport.com/football/3251...derson-juventus-fsg-tottenham-damien-comolli/
I must try this with Inzaghi.
Coach that lost the CL Final 5-0 goes to Saudi Arabia to milk camels.