In comes Cosmi

Serse Cosmi is the new Livorno coach. Aldo Spinelli couldn’t take it anymore ands acked Gennaro Ruotolo after Livorno’s dismal point pick up this season. 3 points leaves us in last place looking straight at those uncomfortable bus trips of relegation. It’s not really Ruotolo’s fault, i mean when you’re looking forward to January because Ricardo lark is coming in to solidify your midfield, something is lacking on the roster. Add to that the injury bug hitting Nelson Rivas, Mozart and Candreva and you have the recipe for last place.

Let’s not expect Serse Cosmi to perform miracles in record time because we have Roma, Atalanta and Inter over 7 days…At least Serse Cosmi has decent knowledge of how to deal with a crazy president after coaching under Luciano Gaucci at Perugia. Let’s be honest Serse isn’t the best coach in the world, he’s on his way to coaching every semi-decent yo yo team in Italian Football, but at least he should keep things interesting. He has the right attitude to bring back this squad in the fight for 17th place.

So what’s wrong with the squad ? In two words ; depth and talent. Livorno’s ideal starting eleven is in no way the worst in Serie A (sic) but a few key injuries and voilà ! Fortunately, De Lucia and the back four has been decent this season (all things consdered) and the Central Defender position is the deepest on the whole rosa Perticone, Miglionico,Knezevic and Rivas are all capable Serie A defenders. On the other hand, our fullbacks suck ass. Ok so Raimondi is a poor man Fabio Grosso at best, without the knack for attacking and don’t even get me started on Mirko Pieri.

Something needs to be done here. Did someone say 3-5-2 ? Something that Cosmi knows well. 3 central defenders solidifies the back and exploits are only strong point, it’s a no brainer.

Problem here is the midfield. Davide Moro and Filippini have loads of grit but are clearly lacking in the talent department and all the heart and legs they put in doesn’t seem to make up for it. Martin Bergvold hasn’t seen that much time this year but Nico Pulzetti has been doing his thing as always. Mozart is perfect for this team but he’s constitently out of the line up. He really is a decent midfielder able to dictate play with very decent passing and is a very good incontrista for a brazillian. Stay healthy mr. fancy name.

Candreva has been playing the trequartista role well when healthy, still very green but nonetheless the most talented player on the roster (you suck Tavano). The 3-5-2 means that he’ll be linking the midfield to Lucarelli with Mr. Tavano probably starting from the bench and coming in for a mid if the score justifies a 3-4-3. However, it seems that Cosmi will be giving Celerino a good look after increasing his workload n training. Danilevicius i’d rather not talk about… Cristiano Lucarelli really needs to unblock tough and Roma would be the perfect time. If we can get 3-4 points in the next 3 games all will be well. Let’s just hope Cosmi is really good at making instant pudding cause he needs to make this team gel in record time.

Forza Regà !

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