Really like this guy. Think he would be the perfect signing for us this summer. Classy on the ball and not afraid to put the boot in.
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Ayee, he has been the standout in this game for me, even more impressive than Pirlo.
He's playing 10 yards or so further forward so is under a lot of pressure but his passing has been excellent. He plays it foward as well, picked out some great balls. Then like you say he is a work horse and extremely tough in the tackle. Complete midfield performance so far!
He's playing 10 yards or so further forward so is under a lot of pressure but his passing has been excellent. He plays it foward as well, picked out some great balls. Then like you say he is a work horse and extremely tough in the tackle. Complete midfield performance so far!
Wish we got him 3/4 years ago. Getting on a bit now.
Never leaving Roma either...but bossing it nevertheless
Ive been saying that he's an excellent player for years.
Is he one of those players who deserves to be called "world class"?
He's out of contract ain't he?
No. He signed a new contract.
Nope, this rumour has been circulating for a while but it's not true I think.
Balls 
Sign him
Best paid in Serie A too
Two absolutely crunching tackles, what a fecking class performance that was. He and Pirlo were bossing it today.
Think he's the closest thing to Keane that there's been with an even greater passing range, tremendous with both feet. In-form I think he's just as much a joy to watch as Pirlo.
I reckon he will be off to City this summer
Aye wasn't that superb, then few seconds later swung a great pass over the top from Di Natale. He's great in a counter attacking side as he's got a great eye and execution for a pass with either foot, and a lot of the more difficult passes are one touch where many would control and dither on it first. He just looks an all round very good midfielder.
It is definitely a good comparison, but he isn't as good defensively as Keane, either positionally or in the tackle. Plus Keane has a better engine and is just generally fitter than De Rossi.
He does seem to have a better passing range though, or more accurately probably a better eye for a creative pass. Some of the passes he just slips round the defenders are superb, often one touch stuff as well which is so impressive.
Also he lacks Keane's consistency. This tournament has been the best I have seen him play, he seems at the top of his game. At the last world cup he was pretty shit, his passing literally wasn't in the same league as it has been this Euros.
As good as he is and as apt the comprison is, Keane is still better IMO. He is just the ultimate midfielder whereas De Rossi is comfortably a level below!
He's been immense in this tournament
That's the thing, I don't know how world class he is ultimately but he has it in him to be that...Just painfully inconsistent, an icon for his club
Truth is a lot of the Italians have enjoyed a phenomenal tournament...It's just one of those runs where certain things click just right - I'm sure training sessions are scintillating
I find it hard to think objectively about Keane given how much he meant to United but I agree, I just can't think of another player who's come as close to what Keane embodied.
Consistency is an issue but never as big a one as is made out I think. He was definitely out of form in 2010, but as predictable as Italy's success has been this time around, equally predictable was their failure then. It was a team without imagination, without flair players meaning far too much of the creative burden was placed on De Rossi, he was expected to do everything in that team. His passing was wretched at times & he didn't carry the side as needed, but he certainly wasn't terrible in all 3 games.
I think he was more mobile a few years ago, or at least spent much more time further forward. His passing seemed to dip as he moved back but is back to its best this season, he's so good with both feet. I think he's just matured so well, he offers great protection to the defence (I agree about him being a lesser player positionally, but disagree about him being any worse than Keane in the tackle). Playing alongside someone as clever in their movement as Marchisio, he has the luxury to pick his moments when to get forward, something I think he's done well all tournament.
If he looked bad at times in defence for Roma this season, I think it's only because of how bad Roma were defensively all season. Juan was their only reliable defender.
Right so absolutely nothing there to suggest he's signed for City? Ok
Please no. He's such a great footballer und I don't want to hate him for playing at city
Is anyone around here familiar with the history of Roma players at all? I'm wondering if they have a tradition of being able to keep their best players.
Totti was a life long Roma player, born in Rome just like Di Rossi. Totti is going to retire with Roma and I get the same feeling from Di Rossi. I've had the pleasure of going to Rome, it's a really remarkable place, what a home town in which to be a hero, and what a remarkable cultural heritage, who would want to leave that?
Totti was a life long Roma player, born in Rome just like Di Rossi. Totti is going to retire with Roma and I get the same feeling from Di Rossi. I've had the pleasure of going to Rome, it's a really remarkable place, what a home town in which to be a hero, and what a remarkable cultural heritage, who would want to leave that?
He won't be leaving Roma.
He's like a god there.
He's like a god there.
He's not as good as Carrick.
Fergie has recently acknowledged a problem in midfield, but said that he hasn't tried to buy anybody because " players like Scholes and Carrick are hard to find nowadays".
This guy has been around for years at a lesser club, but Fergie hasn't acted. The conclusion is clear: he's not good enough for our midfield, and couldn't do the job 37 y.o Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick do.
Yep, a Roma fixture...going nowhere
Or he's never going to leave Roma.
Clubs not being interested in him has to do with his loyalty for Roma not because he isnt good enough. He's a very good player.
That possibility exists, but it mars the purity of the polemic, so I refuse to acknowledge it.
On a serious note, to say that we could have bought no one as good as Michael Carrick stretches credibility. Good player, and worth his place in the side, but hardly a worldbeater.
Who's better than Carrick and available?
Oh right so it's a swipe at Carrick rather than a comment on De Rossi
Well Carricks been an excellent signing for Utd, you can't really argue with the teams record since he was signed. But this isn't the thread for it.
As Eyepopper said, this is a De Rossi thread, so let's not derail it. Anymore than I already have, that is.
I think that De Rossi is better than Carrick (based on seeing hundreds of games of both of them, not in stats). We cannot know why Fergie hasn't tried to sign him, but chances of him leaving Roma are very low. Like Totti who many times refused Madrid, I think that De Rossi too will play in Roma until the end of his career.
I think he's to loyal to roma to ever leave them, he's a top notch player adds some serious steel in the tackle and is very good with both feet. I'm sure fergie has tried having a word in the past but it's not that often you see the top Italians leaving Serie A. Especially in their prime etc.
He's better than Carrick, quite comfortably too as a defensive midfielder. If you're talking about them as more creative midfielders, then there's maybe some room for debate but De Rossi is still probably the better player of the two.
The reason we haven't acted is simple: he doesn't want to leave Roma. As alien as it may seem, it's good to see some players still around in the modern game who actually love the club they play for and want to stay there no matter what. Even if Roma aren't the biggest, it's not like Le Tissier staying at Southampton for example. Roma are still a fairly big club who have come close in the league several times over the past decade.
The internet is very literal-minded.
If De Rossi leaves Roma for Man City then money really does talk.
Was there really any doubt?
Once you've established a reputation for talking bollox about football it shouldn't be any great surprise that a lame attempt at sarcasm misfires.
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