Claudio Raneri

as roma fans, i see montella need a time for proofing that he is one of the good coach.. he is one of the best forward

Sorry, but I cannot see Montella doing well as a coach. He was not the type of player who makes me feel that he will be a good coach. He was a good striker, but I don't know if he is going to make a successful career as a trainer.

He must be really disappointed but I do believe he may have had success if he had remained at the helm but it's not to be so now as he's moved on and now. Roma will begin a new reign with Vincenco Montella to take charge until the end of the season, I wish him luck in fulfilling Roma's fans expectations.

He's certainly good at picking out top players but to say he never took Roma to the next level isn't completely true maybe not this year but he managed a second place finish coming close to beating Inter Milan and were unlucky not to. I do agree this season has been poor though but he should still be given the full backing as he could just change their Roma's fortunes once more. I know he resigned but if he had the full backing maybe he wouldn't have felt the need to do so.

Maybe a change in manager might change Roma's fortunes. You never know. Still, Ranieri is a good coach and most teams will love to have him as their manager.

I think I'd rather have Raneris experience until the end of the season at least but it's time for Montella to prove himself as a manager and like you say you never know he might just press all the right buttons and they could end up in a champions league spot. Raneri will certainly have no problems in getting another job he's got a lot of experience and obtained some success along the way.

You may think he isn't a great coach but at Chelsea you easily argue that it was his signings that made them successful which suggests he has a knack of picking up good players and good judgement for various clubs. I myself am not a massive fan but do believe that at Chelsea given the financial backing by Abramovich he would have succeeded in winning the league. He managed to finish second with Chelsea which is a good achievement. Most of Chelseas success was set up by Raneri with Mourinho getting pretty much all the credit. I think big clubs would welcome him anyday he had a good season with Roma last year coming close to winning the league ahead of Inter and Mourinho. So doubting his ability is wrong I feel as he has a decent track record.

I actually do not think it is about the players that he signs. It is more about the mentality. With these players also, at Chelsea he was playing with a bit of small team mentality to salvage points against big teams. When Mourinho came he changed that attitude and made it a winning one. I think that is where the difference between good and great managers lies. Cheers! Ram

Maybe so but his players pretty much won the league for Mourinho so he should have least thanked Raneri lol but that will never happen because he's the 'special one' in other words he's a cocky git lol. Your right to some extent though about the playing mentality although Mourinhos style was pretty much an easy way to play and could also be labelled as a small team mentality. As in one sense who looked for his team to get a single goal then defend that one goal lead that's pretty much a smaller teams mentality. He may have won with his style but it was also one of the reason which lead to him leaving Chelsea as he couldn't play the attractive football Abramovich so desperately wanted.

as long as the coach can wake up the wolf, i myself support the coach...and i do hope make roma player did not frustrated anymore.. we still had a chance my friend..dont worry

He's handed in his resignation although the club haven't accepted it yet I doubt they will stand in the way of his resignation though. A good coach who has done well enough at Roma if not spectacular this season you just have to look to last season to see his worth at the club.

Well, Roma still have good chances for getting a Champions League spot. I also thought that Claudio would stay for the rest of the season, and see what he could do. All coaches can have a bad period, so I still think he could have done a good job this season.

While 8th ins't a great position they could be further up the table but there not all that far off another champions league spot only a few points or so. Also with them doing so well last year I believed Raneri would stay on and finish the season at least to see how things fare out. Your certainly correct with the defeat to Genoa the team should not be letting a three goal lead to slip away and end up in losing. Going by last season though Raneri could have worked out at Roma in the long run as he came very close to winning the Italian league last year which is an achievement in itself for a team of Roma's reputation.

Raneri still managed to guide Roma to a good league finish last season only just missing out on winning the league also remembering that Raneri took Roma from a relegation spot to take Roma on an unbeaten run of twenty four games in the process of finishing second. This season hasn't been great but with such success last year then I thought he'd stick it out and try and improve Romas season and performances. I really think he could have something with Roma and just maybe made them a top team in Italy once again.

One thing i agree, Ranieri should be given a chance until at least the end of this season. And I don't know about the management, but I think they feel the same, for they do not fired him (yet :). But maybe the pressure Ranieri had was so great until he felt that finally he had just to resign. Just don't like when seeing a manager can't accomplished his job for one full season, whether he's fired or resigning by himself. :(