I'm not throwing the baby out with the bath water here but need to vent....
Why do we insist on the 3-5-2 whe. We have 2 fullbacks that can't cross, a target man in Mandzukic who is only useful in the air, and not a single CM who can pass the ball?
To play that system you need width that can create or a regista, a la pirlo. Take the pirlo out and you're fucked, well and truly. The end result then is a team that can't maintain possession and a team that is unable to create even a half a chance.
This performance today was pathetic, we should have lost by 4 or 5. We scored a goal we didn't deserve and looked 2nd best for 90 minutes against a Roma side that is quite easily one of the poorest I've seen in years. That team won't win the scudetto, and on today's evidance neither will we.
The harsh reality is we've sold 3 world class players and replaced them with average footballers. Our midfield is shallow, and injuries are no excuse, 2 players are out and the best we can muster is Sturaro and Padoin? I'm not being funny but they wouldn't even get into atalantas starting lineup. Our strikers are impotent, and our defenders just look like 3 clowns that have never played football before. I can't help but think this late start to pre season is to blame and lack of warm up matches, but that's our fault and it should have been avoided....
Rant over