Twitter Feedback: August 2018

It has gone under the radar with all Milan's transfer excitement this summer, but remember that wonderkid called Hachim Mastour? Well Milan have released him and he is now a free agent. @paul_grech with the story of a fenomeno crowned too soon 🤴🏻🔴⚫https://t.co/iB183hnxQL

— The Gentleman Ultra (@GentlemanUltra) August 10, 2018

Great read @paul_grech

— Harry Collins (@HarryCollins9) August 16, 2018

Great read. https://t.co/hOrFbW08Hq

— Unfitforpurpose (@unfitforpurpose) August 16, 2018

Any idea where he’s headed for this season? I hope he’s put some of that Milan money away so he can keep playing wherever he gets a chance.

— Andrew Stephenson (@CoachAndrewLSC) August 16, 2018

📝| Monchi was the man who brought a brilliant crop of players @SevillaFC_ENG : Dani Alves, Federico Fazio, Martin Cáceres, Adriano, Rakitic, Seydou Keita & Christian Poulsen.

With Monchi onboard @ASRomaEN are building for future. Here is a piece by @paul_grech #Roma #Monchi https://t.co/8XqHZehTGU

— SanKen (@sanken10) August 18, 2018

LONGTERM VISION THE BLUEPRINT TO AS ROMA'S SUCCESS

✍️@paul_grech/@analyst_footyhttps://t.co/sqDPf7UfRN

— Soccerlit (@soccerlit) August 19, 2018

Unexpected Feedback from High Up

I was pretty happy with this piece I wrote on AS Roma and thought that it was a quite insightful look at their strategy. I hoped people would like it but you can never really tell in advance.

What I certainly never expected was to receive an e-mail from Jim [James] Pallotta*, Roma's billionaire owner to write to me telling me he appreciated the analysis, where he felt I was off and in general mentioning other areas that they were working on. Still astounded, to be honest.

* Yes, it really is him. I checked.

Long Term Vision the blueprint for AS Roma’s success

When the American billionaire of Italian origin, James Pallotta, purchased AS Roma in 2014, he tried to say the right thing: how he had been falling in love with the club he had part-owned and stressing his desire to do well. And yet, for all his visible ambition, he very skillfully avoided making any concrete promises about the vision of AS Roma. Perhaps he had seen other rich American businessmen be attracted by the European game only to be shunned when it turned out that their pockets weren’t as deep as the fans had hoped. Those experiences highlighted the need to rein in expectations so that he could better deliver his vision.

The rest of the article can be found on Footy Analyst.