TMW Radio
During the afternoon episode of To All Cregistered transmission TMW Radio and dedicated entirely to the world of Serie C, spoke on Sports Director of Team Altamura Andrea Grammatica: “We are focused on saving the category. We have had many difficulties that we are trying to resolve, starting with the stadium, which we hope will be ready within a month. We will face the next matches with many players out, it may take a moment for us to fall back down We are certainly happy to have recovered with the performances even before the episodes. We are aware that we will have to fight, then in January we will make some evaluations together with the coach for the transfer market.”
Speaking of Mr. Di Donato, what pushed you not to sack him after the first negative results?
“I answer by asking what can push a sporting director to change a coach after four games. To change coach you need to have unequivocal signs of problems within the group, if you make the choice to change coach after a few months of work it means that the problem is already there.”
What are the positive aspects that you have focused on in this period?
“Speaking of the pitch, we are certainly a team that has acquired greater balance. The coach was good at this, making choices aimed at having all ten men defend. This change of mentality was necessary because we have many rookies in the category, after all a bit of adaptation was physiological. Now we are more aggressive and recover the ball higher.”
Before the start of the season, would you have expected to be closer to the playoffs than the playouts at this point in the season?
“I was hoping for it, because I was convinced that the team had the ability to recover, but it’s clear that it becomes a useless exercise to look at the rankings now. I rather look at the performances, working to cure the mentality. I am lucky enough to work in a club that in my opinion will have a great path within the football scene, because there is a solid and healthy club, which is giving a corporate imprint to everything. We can’t wait to return to our stadium, because the field factor in Group C is fundamental.”
In the next challenges you will face the top of the rankings. What do you expect?
“As I said, looking at the rankings now is useless. Now we will meet teams that have something more than us in terms of squads, especially at a time when we have many players out. We are calm though, because hitting your performance gives you peace of mind.”