Random thoughts on the Win & More
The Win (Vs Roma):
I'm as happy as everyone here. Finally a bounce in the performance. since the turn of the year, it was obvious that fatigue (psycho and Physical) had set in. and the way we lost some of the games (even some of the wins) was worrying.
injuries played a big part by creating exhaustion.
don't get me wrong, the players are still fatigued but a boost could have galvanized them to surpass themselves to deliver again...hopefully it will last till the end.
injuries...seems like we'll just have to do with it till the end of the season...then re-evaluate if things need to be changed in training and with the Physios.
Tomori (now connected to Romagnoli):
Finally, we got to see Kjaer-Tomori...which i think was always Maldini's plan for the next couple of seasons...a young CB of this style, to integrate this year and confirm next to Kjaer the next few good seasons Kjaer can give at this level.
and it went well...i hope Kjaer is finally over his injury for this partnership to flourish.
Tomori could improve on his Positioning. Even though he is being lauded for it, i feel it's the one area that's a bit scary...
he will make his mistakes and that's normal.
as for Romagnoli, long serving, professional, Captain. I maintain my opinion that Maldini wants to move on from him after this season, but it will be done in the most respectful way possible.
it has to be delt with delicately, for "respect", for his expiring contract and also for necessity because he is still greatly needed given the squad and schedule.
so instead of being "dropped", i'd say it's now a 3 man rotation for 2 positions based on condition and performance...but let's be clear, after this week, he has now lost his "untouchability" due to his own performance.
the situation in general:
as said in the first point, the fatigue is still there, the injuries as well. we need another good performance and result wednesday vs Udinese to (maybe) confirm the have caught a second breath and hope that breath will carry on till the rest of the season.
we knew we would get back to winning soon or later but the worry was, would it be too late by the time we wake back up (ie Inter 10pts ahead) ... it's happened now, luckily.
the race is back on! (well, after convincingly beating udinese and hoping Parma does what they have done to inter in the recent past)