i'll admit,i was one of those who was very impressed with roma's defence in pre season.
in the preseason friendlies mexes was playing better than any of the matches canna or thuram have played this season.sure,i've seen two matches of him this season and he's played quite badly,but like i also said in the long term this will prove to a very good defence.chivu will return to marshall it,ferrari hasn't played at a championship club before and mexes has to adapt to serie a.
zebina and canna don't have any of those problems,but then again they don't have a good 12 years ahead of them either.i think it's still to early to judge them properly,and another thing to note is how roma have had to cope with various problems this season.prandelli's premature departure,voeller's sacking,cassano's tantrums,lack of team spirit and also samuel's sale have badly affected them.overall bad form of the team has also had to bear some of the responsibility.again,juve have none of these problems.if our bad form had hit us early and roma had been on a streak it would be very different now.as it is juve is just starting the season well like we always do.