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I agree with you. But the difference, while I believe Seedorf is overworked, you believe Seedorf doesn't have it in him. Hence for you he is a lazy turtle, while for me he is sexual chocolate. He's been the engine of our mid-field along with Rino and Pirlo for 7 years now and I can't hate him, no matter what.
Could Yoann have helped out? Maybe. I don't know. It's an instinct thing. Some of us feel he could have made a difference. I feel he couldn't have. Not at the mental state he was in. Now he might be stronger, he's got that whiff of winning-attitude the way his team is performing, and he might be ready to walk into Milan.
The truth is even Seedorf is not a genuine junction player, but he's the best we've got. I don't think Ronnie or Kaka can fill that role. Yes, it's a huge hole in our mid-field and I wish it had been remedied too.
As for Nesta- This is the first season that's really marked him out as injury prone to the extent of unreliability. Ambro's been out. Then Pippo. And now Nesta. We can never really predict these kind of season-long injuries, but now we know.
We're going to finish our season with our 3rd GK. While we've played 40% of it with often our 3rd or even 4th choice CB-pairing.
Take a look at Roma's position and where they are, when this season they've been deprived of the Mexes-Juan partnership.
I don't really think the board and players are making excuses when they say Nesta was a huge miss. We'd be even lower if it weren't for Maldini playing like..(for lack of a better adjective)...Maldini.
As for our season:
I still think there's a bit of overreaction here. We've got the best offense, and the second best defence in Serie A. This was done, without either a primary striker, our main treqqie/SS or the best defender in Serie A ,often all three for long periods of time. I just don't get why this doesn't seem to count for anything among us.
Yes, the first two losses were crucial, but this happens in a season. Barca lost to Numancia when they started. After that they've gone from strength to strength true. But most importantly, their key strength which revolves around their offense was not too seriously deprived. Messi, Henry and Eto'o have been largely fit. While Toure and Keita gave the muscle to protect Xavi and Iniesta.
I'm not saying we'd have had a Barca-esque season, coz that happens very rarely and not with those kind of victory margins in Serie-A, where most teams can and will play like Chelsea did.
But as much as we can say we lost 6 points due to losing the first two matches, I will argue that we lost more, being deprived of Rino, Borriello, Kaka and Nesta at crucial points of the season.