Comments on: Audible Sigh

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:18:22 +0000

I heard Corvino saying someone from the Primavera was getting promoted to first team

so…Jefferson, Babacar, Diakite, or even bring back Lupoli or Di Carmine

By: Nolan

Nolan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:58:43 +0000

Poor Jovetic is going to have a lot of pressure now, he’s really the only true alternative to Mutu as I don’t think you can consider Semioli or Papa Waigo in the same category.

By: Angharad

Angharad — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:44:30 +0000

he thought the club owed him everything

That’s what always got on my nerves about him. Ever since the goal against Juve last season, he’s acted like the club should treat him like a savior. Yes, it was an impressive goal, and yes, it was an important goal, but it was only one goal. One goal doesn’t earn you anything. To earn a place you need hard work, dedication, and being consistently better than the guy in front of you.

Oh, and not acting like a whiny little brat when things don’t go your way, too.

Ah well, I’m sure he’ll be a big deal at Bologna, so that will make everyone happy all around. It’s a nice city, too. I’m slightly worried about our sudden lack of strikers, but here’s to hoping Gila stays fit, and in form.

By: slakas

slakas — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:57:04 +0000

bah.
I’ve seen better drama on the mexican novellas

one less fragile ego to deal with
well, two really, pazzini was such a drama queen as well

By: Nolan

Nolan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:34:43 +0000

As a fan of Osvaldo I’m hurt to see him betray the club like this. Unlike Pazzini who I genuinely believe needed to move on, Osvaldo could have been a stronger man and competed with Jovetic, with Mutu always injured he would have plenty of chances to prove himself, but it’s clear Prandelli favored the more mature Jovetic and Osvaldo just couldn’t get it through his head that he’s not Batigol.

I wish him the best of luck but I’m really disappointed in him.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:05:30 +0000

Well to be fairly honest, Prandelli has tried Jovetic in every position, first point, second, point, attacking midfielder, goalkeeper, coach, and waterboy, and he and Osvaldo were in constant competition to be Mutu’s backup. I think it was the red card last week that did it.

Sigh…it seems only yesterday he came on the field for the first time in Livorno and scored those two wondergoals.

He just believed he was Batistuta, took the number 9, did the machine gun, he thought the club owed him everything.

I MET Osvaldo when I was in Florence this past summer, I was at a bar with some friends and he was sitting with his girlfriend watching the days highlights (it was the night after the Parma game) he took a picture with me and is actually a really nice guy.

By: Angharad

Angharad — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:27:23 +0000

I’m not inclined to give Osvaldo much sympathy on that account. Yes, he’d done some important things for Fiorentina in the past, but I don’t think he was in a place in the hierarchy to start complaining about “the new guy”. It’s not like Jovetic took away his starting spot. He didn’t have a starting spot.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:28:43 +0000

“I was more than happy to play second fiddle to [Adrian] Mutu, as I knew I had a phenomenon ahead of me from whom I could have learned a lot,” Osvaldo told Fiorentinanews.it.

“Then Stevan Jovetic arrived and I was not keen on being a reserve behind an 18-year-old who has yet to prove his worth. After [Giampaolo] Pazzini’s departure, I could have remained, but it was impossible to do it under these circumstances.”

By: slakas

slakas — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:43:43 +0000

almiron can go, we get better by subtraction there.

By: Angharad

Angharad — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:31:39 +0000

We’ve been “talking” (i.e., the media has been talking) about selling all of those players for a while now. I highly doubt they’re all going to leave.

Although I have to say, I didn’t expect we’d lose both Pazzini and Osvaldo in the same window. We better hope Gila and Mutu don’t ever get injured at the same time.