Sinclair Frustrated with Roma Loss

Jonny Sinclair admitted to being frustrated with Parma's 2-1 loss to Roma and spoke to skysports.

How do you feel about the first game of the season how disappointing is that loss?

'It's a game which we should have at least got a point out of so yes very disappointing. We got the lead had the chance to go 2-0 up with the penalty but Howson has done wonders for this club so I don't attach any blame on him it's a team game and there were too many below average performance's yesterday sadly I mean the fact they scored one simple set piece once but for us too let them score an identical free kick later in the game was just poor and we'll definately work on that in training'

So any transfer deals to let us in on?

'Well Pedro Mosquera will be leaving sadly we got a very big offer for him and we have accepted it we are now looking to try a get a new Cm in and hopefully sell a few more of our back up players Francesco Uliano will also be leaving to an English team so we can get a very good player who I've worked with previously at Cagliari so it will be nice to work with them again.

Elipold Bouzoumou will be going out on loan for the whole the season as well it gives him a chance to be playing in week in week out which he really needs.'

Any other news for us week?

'Yes I certainly have for one we are making are Youth Academy bigger again with some of wages. We really do rely on developing our youth and giving them the chance they might not get at other places. We have also built another 4000 seats in our stadium as we were getting 20,000 fans week in week out last season we needed to increase out seats to fill the demand'

So tough game aginst the Big Money Promotion winners Lazio

Yes me and Ray have always had tough battles from our times at Ascoli and Chievo so it'll be nice to battle with him again. He's done brilliantly to get them back p andthey've got very good players but we can beat anyone when we are on it and I believe we can give them a good game and I'm looking forward to it.

Sampdoria can handle the pressure.

Carl Robson felt the pressure this weekend starting a new job in a team reeling from relegation last season in perhaps the clubs darkest season yet and now the media by Dale Price in The Weekender has put all the expectation on Sampdoria to win the division.

The fans have had a lot to deal with and with all this pressure to get back out of the pit of Italian football they might not have wanted a new manager. I know the manager before me was highly respected for getting them into Europe but something along the way has gone wrong for the team to fall so far in such a small amount of time. The target is top 2 but I think every football fan in and out of this club knows we have to aim for first place and I will be doing that to the best of my ability.

The comparisons with Lazio is more pressure than Id like to have on our shoulders and a little bit unfair. We have a big squad but a small amount of money. I have read how Lazio were given big support from their rich chairman last season but our chairman thinks we have enough to get back without any help. Even with all this pressure though I feel like we can achieve and Ive told my players just that. Lazio won no fans with their football last season and the pressure was on them all season. The really good teams start the season so well no one has a bad word to say about them and they dodge all the pressure because they are so far ahead. This is the aim for me and Sampdoria and the target is to outperform Lazios last season.

With not much money Im not in much of a position to make big changes so the team trying to do all that will be the same team that got relegated with the last manager. I have to hope a new manager will bring new form on the football pitch. It was important to get off to a good start and Alexis Sanchez showed why some of the biggest clubs in football have been chasing him since I joined the club. He is a real jewell in the Sampdoria crown and Siena struggled to deal with him.

Coakley: Youth is the future of this club

As Nugent and Farah sold

 

Luke a tough game against Liverpool this week, how do you approach such a game against the champions?

Both our games against Liverpool were close last season.  We have to be sensible and realise this season is all about the squad so we have mixed and match the team but as always we want to be competitive.  They have a strong set of players Liverpool so it would be silly be claiming we will win.  We will give it ago though and we will see what happens.

A highly impressive victory against Arsenal last week though, has that raised expectations?

It was an excellent win, I knew we had the players to win but it was all about application and the players were excellent.  Arsenal were unlucky to have key defenders out though so no one will be underestimating them this season.  They have the best young players about and over 100million in the bank, they are a club massively on the up.

 

Luke no signings to date, can we expect many to come in?         

We wont be adding massively to the squad.  We have agreed a deal for a striker who will join this week and a left back the following week but sadly it means Lugano will be leaving.  That is all I expect for the season unless we manage to pick up some loans.    We have also promoted Ben Nugent to the first team but he has been sold due to the offer available to us.

 

The sale of Ben Nugent and Farah from the academy has got many fans questioning your faith in youth players?

My faith in youth is the reason we are selling them, the money raised means we can add a further level to the Cardiff City youth academy.  Youth is the future of the club and we will continue to build on that.   We are investing 25 million to improve the club shop and improve the youth academy.   Its disappointing we have to sell them but its all for the long term future of the club.  Since I joined we have enjoyed good solid success on the pitch but the real work has been off the pitch where tens of millions have been spent on the stadium, shop and academy and this while reducing the wage bill from when I took over.

 

So the academy will be extended further this season?

Yes, by how many levels we are undecided but the money is being pumped in.    We want to do it the right way though, its all very well improving the academy but we also need the funds to keep it running to the club shop extension is just as important as well as the extension on the stadium.  

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Sinclair Pleased with last gasp point

 

Jonathan Sinclair pumped his fist in the air after debutant Sebastien Leto scored an 89th leveller from a brilliant free kick from Pedro Mosquera.

We didn't play our best game we really didn't get going until the second half but Lazio have a lot of good players and have a great set up so to come away from there place with a point is brilliant I'm delighted with Sebastien him and Bradley Johnson with be battling it out for that left midfield spot I gave him leto his chance today and he took his chance brilliantly.

I thought we dealt with Lazio's threat apart from one player like last our game against Roma it was James Vaughan and this week we struggled in the most part to deal with Pavel Pogrebnyak but at the end of the day Francesco Pambianchi and Tomas Ghinassi did a great job at the back they really know both each others games very well and that can only be good for our defence. 

Now we're off an running with our first hopefully that'll kick start our season.