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Claudio Ranieri : Julius Caesar?






Did you know about Julius Caesar? Let me tell you a little story. Caesar was a famous general from the Republic of Rome. He idolizes Alexander the Great.

It was said that he wept at Alexander's tomb seeing he was 32 at the time and haven't done anything drastic. Alexander conquered the world at the age of 25.

He finally oust his partner, Pompeus and drove him out of Rome. Which resulted that Pompeus was killed. Caesar has a trusted right hand man in Marc Anthony who was a fearsome general himself.

Caesar finally ruled as a lifetime dictator in the republic of Rome. Whilts installing Mark Antony in the senate to help him instilling fear in the senate.

Caesar's rule finally ended when he was brutally murdered in the senate, when Mark Antony was being held outside. Caesar installed his great Nephew, Gaius Octavian as his heir.

There were civil war after Caesar's rule ended. The protagonists were Octavian, who has changed his name to Augustus Caesar against Marc Antony and Cleopatra the queen of Egypt.

Augustus Caesar defeated them and rule Rome republic. His rule was long and prosperous until its downfall after JC was born.

Caesar however was famous as the foundation of the Rome Republic. Although his rule was not that long, his biggest achievements was crushing the Gauls. To ensure Rome's stability.



Now onto Claudio Ranieri. Claudio is the current manager of my beloved AS Roma.

His reputation is the 'likeable loser'. But I think this title didn't do him justice and let me tell you why.

Claudio's main achievements were building the foundations for AC Parma, Valencia CF, Jose Mourinho's Chelsea FC, and now finally AS Roma. He didn't win any major achievements during his reign. But he managed to built a strong team, but let's the next guys got their glory.

People who benefited the most from his reigns were Rafa Benitez @ Valencia and Jose Mourinho @ Chelsea. Ranieri even made better purchases than Mourinho. He bought, Frank Lampard the free scoring midfielder, Joe Cole, Petr Cech and even Arjen Robben! Mou's greatest was only Drogba.

So now do you see the comparison between Julius Caesar and Claudio Ranieri. If you still didn't realize this than there must be something wrong with you. They both were father foundations of the next guys who will take all the glory!

So, if he's caesar, who's the Marc Anthony? Simple really, It's Francesco Totti. Who else?

Do you want another examples for the connections? How about the Gauls who were they? It's simple: Internazionale FC. This season Roma v Inter the result was as follows, Roma won once, drew once, and lost once. The Gauls proves to be a formidable enemy for Rome. They kept coming back despite Caesar has crushed them several times.

Are you entertained?

Comments

  1. The Tinker Man never really had the luxury of time. Wasn't he the one that converted Lampard into a goalscoring midfield? Pretty sure he can achieve great things at Roma provided he stays there long enough =D

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  2. Well.. at the end of the day... Glory is all people count... Don't get me wrong though... Thats why Ranieri is called as the beloved loser like the Netherlands team.. because that is what their reports are shown.. A Success counts when you can turn bad to good to glory and ending it well.. It wont be called as Success if you just done it halfway... Well Ranieri still have time to make a success, but perhaps he should succeed himself first..

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  3. if provided funds as well, Ranieri can avoid the imitation of Hector Cuper in him, Mr. Number 2..

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  4. Hmm but the point is, his success = establishing a legacy. That's why I compared him with Caesar. They are both similar in their achievements. Caesar defeated the gauls. Ranieri have beaten Inter. Perhaps he needed more luck in his side. But he has done nothing wrong. My only regrets this season was we couldn't beat Milan home and away (they're crap this season), and we couldn't beat Livorno both home and away as well! If we did we'll be no.1 right now..

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