This could be the reason why the guy has had lots of injurys? The rumblings began at the end of last year despite the fantastic finish and a thieved scudetto. Little was paid attention because things were on the up and the future only seemed brighter. The system was evolving, the players acclimating and the team was thriving even with His Tottiness in street clothes. But there was a certain anti-Spalletti faction that forecasted doom. That angrily chastised the team’s mentality, the lack of flexibility and the rash of injuries which were slowly growing - many of them the very same injury, a pattern not escaping the keen eye. There were the players - Juan specifically - who’d spent their entire career damn near injury-free but walked through the gate of the Fiumincino airport and magically morphed into glass. At the time it was a joke - he’d just taken Chivu’s spot in the medical room - but at this point the laughter is long over, because Juan has been joined on the sidelines by many. Aquilani, Vucinic and Menez are all looking ahead to 25 yet searching frantically for the fountain of youth. Cassetti, Tonetto, Taddei, Perrotta and, last year, Ferrari have all had their woes go under the radar, but they too have all suffered frequent sets of injuries. And there’s Totti - largely a victim of his own passion, but a man who turns up injured in training, like others, on a weekly basis. And then Saturday came and it’s all been a bit much. Something has to change. i. I’ve been waiting to unleash this tirade all year, but the time has come so here goes… The injury crisis is Spalletti’s fault. Sure, a great deal of luck is involved and the medical staff probably won’t be curing AIDS, cancer or the common cold anytime soon, but he’s the main culprit. His training methods have been decried for their draconian nature for a couple years now and we’re now seeing the consequences. When Ludovic Giuly exited stage Rome he left a trail of criticism as would a spurned lover, and though much of that was birthed from emotion, there was a great deal of truth in his missiles towards Spalletti’s training. Truths which were picked up by both Baptista and Riise as soon as they arrived in Rome. Two players who’ve played in the rough’n'tumble Premier League, an all-action league which you would think requires training to extremes. And yet they also found training beyond necessary at Trigoria. Training which has sent a cavalcade of the walking wounded to the medical tables from start to finish. And though we can’t say these methods have remained throughout the year, Spalletti’s track record makes it safe to assume such - the man’s as flexible as marble. The same problems and solutions which arose during his first days have stood strong to where they remain today. It took quite a catastrophic injury crisis and the worst run of results in some years for Spalletti to transition formations - and ten weeks into the season at that. And what does this mean for the players? And who will finally have enough and say, “**** it, I’m out� After all bleeding for the shirt is one thing - but destroying one’s career is another entirely. Not every player is a born Roman. You can’t run your players into the ground during midweek and expect to find them standing on the weekend. Athletes are human, not indestructible machines. http://roma.theoffside.com/team-news/the-problems-mount.html
Sounds like a mad situation, I think Spalletti would do well at Newcastle they love there physio’s to be busy all year
It could be I suppose. I remember how Souness' training methods meant that we had twice as many injuries as before his disastrous time.