Comments on: R.I.P.: Pedro Pompilio http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/rip-pedro-pompilio.html News about Boca Juniors Argentine football team Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:46:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dave Martinez http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/rip-pedro-pompilio.html#comment-31 Dave Martinez Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:32:16 +0000 http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/rip-pedro-pompilio.html#comment-31 Yea the mid table days were the worst. They were a great combination. 55 is so damn young. Yea the mid table days were the worst. They were a great combination. 55 is so damn young.

]]> By: Mauro http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/rip-pedro-pompilio.html#comment-30 Mauro Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:11:31 +0000 http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/rip-pedro-pompilio.html#comment-30 I'm not sure who is more responsible for the state that Boca is in as a club/corporation, Macri or Pompilio, but I can assume it was the combination of the two that have placed Boca among the continent's elite clubs, not only on the pitch, but also as a business. In the last five to eight years, Boca has gone from another South American club/victim suffering from player poaching by European clubs to a force to be reckoned with in the transfer market. Their players remain at the top of the transfer rumors list but rarely make the jump across the pond because Boca has made the effort to pay their players well and make them comfortable at the club. I believe this and many other things I don't know about are the work of Macri/Pompilio. They honestly have made Boca's success and their current position in South America an example to follow for all of South America's clubs. If only... I’m not sure who is more responsible for the state that Boca is in as a club/corporation, Macri or Pompilio, but I can assume it was the combination of the two that have placed Boca among the continent’s elite clubs, not only on the pitch, but also as a business.

In the last five to eight years, Boca has gone from another South American club/victim suffering from player poaching by European clubs to a force to be reckoned with in the transfer market. Their players remain at the top of the transfer rumors list but rarely make the jump across the pond because Boca has made the effort to pay their players well and make them comfortable at the club. I believe this and many other things I don’t know about are the work of Macri/Pompilio.

They honestly have made Boca’s success and their current position in South America an example to follow for all of South America’s clubs. If only…

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