Comments on: On the way

By: hastaelgolsiempre

hastaelgolsiempre — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:41:17 +0000

Justin: don’t foget Daniel Montenegro. At least when D’Alessandro went, it was to a European club. I’ll never understand why River willingly let Rolfi go to a league rival.

And I could’ve told Passarella what to do with Rivas. I was at the first match Rivas ever played for River, in Mar del Plata against Racing in last year’s Torneo de Verano. It was almost his only appearance. It’s a funny game…

By: Tom Clark

Tom Clark — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:29:04 +0000

Two thoughts. First, the Simeone who was a Redeemer at Estudiantes and a washout at River will before long return in another incarnation. Isn’t football like that? Ramos was a genius at Sevilla, an idiot at Spurs. And so it goes in this complicated and emotional game.

Second, Gallego did tremendous work as a manager in Mexico. He had success and won respect all around. I think he’d make a great choice for River right now.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:57:30 +0000

Glad to see him go.

It’s a bit of a double-edged sword tho, as clearly River’s shambolic defending is the biggest problem. But it seems like manager after manager doesnt want to address that – perhaps for fear of being seen as “negative” by the hinchas? – and keeps shipping out players who can’t stop scoring for their new clubs (Sand, D’Alessandro, la Gata Fernandez, etc) and bringing in new strikers who don’t score for River (Salcedo being the latest). And when Passarella had a monster defender in Nelson Rivas, he didn’t know what to do with him.