FT thoughts...
I feel sorry for Ranieri...but at the same time, I am desperate for him to leave the club. Because the players are simply not playing as a team. We find it so hard, next to impossible, to keep the ball for any decent length of time. Whatever formation we played today, with that defence, was going to suffer.
there was a constantly depressing flow of balls played straight through and over our defence, which left buffon facing a one on one. Yes, we are missing CHiellini...and Molinaro...but still. Mellberg, Grygera and Legro are not good enough for this level. They never have been and never will be...De Ceglie may have some use as a left midfielder, as he can cross the ball and has a fair amount of hustle and bustle about him, but as a left back...he is clueless.
Ranieri is failing to get the most out of what he has available. The decision to bring on Del Piero was the wrong one. We needed sparks of creativity, not slow moving flair. Giovinco should have played. He should have been at the start of the second half...
there are few positives to take from this game. Other than that it should confirm that Ranieri will be hung. or sold to the chinaman as fuel...at the end of the season.
Zanetti's goal was superb...Poulsen was shocking, from start to finish.
we can confirm, though we already knew that it is essential that we get rid of
Grygera, Mellberg, Legro, Poulsen...and de ceglie should be sent on loan to a club where he can develop. We have not the luxury of allowing a developing talent to play in defence.
this result is awful. but to be honest, we could, and perhaps should have lost...