Italy - Serie A

LofL wrote:

Taib wrote:

c. testa wrote:

One thing I will say - If Lavezzi or Hamsik get injured for a long period of time, watch Napoli drop points left, right and centre. Udinese and Genoa have more balanced squads than Napoli and less reliance on individuals.

Much like how Genoa have relied on one individual to score half their goals thus far?

If any of the teams that are fighting for this fourth spot lose their best players they will drop points.

Expect Fiorentina. They have alot of players for backup, and I think they look strongest to take 4th place.

Fiorentina have the strongest squad out of the teams fighting for the fourth spot but in the games I have watched them they have not impressed me. Their attack is in my opinion weaker then ours and Mutu is way off form. Fiorentina biggest problem is that if they concede first they find it extremely difficult to equalise. They find it difficult to break teams down. Fiorentina are also competing in Europe and although they got eliminated from the Champions League they should continue in the UEFA Cup and I am sure they will be weaker in the League as a result.

Caxi wrote:

Genoa can get by without Milito...they did it last season. Napoli are an unkown quantity without Lavezzi or Hamsik. For me, there is a difference.

Like Udinese, if we pick up a forward who is out, we can cope. Udinese can do that too. Fiorentina? No, they need Mutu and Gila fit. They lose so much firepower even when one is out.

Catania will have to be watched too. They are keeping themselves in the hunt whereas Atalanta and Palermo have already slipped. Samp and Merda are back to form. Both could hit back, they never lost enough ground.

Genoa were midtable last season and it really remains to see if they can cope without Milito. And it really remains to be seen if Napoli lose Lavezi or Hamsik. With Lavezzi and Hamsik in Napolis team they are better then Genoa with Milito. When both teams are at their strongest Napoli is stronger then Genoa.

Catanias objective is to stay in this league. They are not realistically challengers for fourth spot. Roma have improved and they can claim fourth spot especially if they continue to capitilise on the teams dropping points. They have Fiorentina at the weekend so one of them will drop points. Napoli visits the Giuseppe Meazza to take on Internazionale so it is imperative that we must beat Atalanta. If we can then hopefully we can put some ground between ourselves and them.

Palermo Milan already 3-0 ... let's hope they are as even miserable on Wednesday

Palermo-Milan 3-1..

+6 from both juve and milan now..Top of the table..

Guys,check the goals from inter-Napoli..
Pretty nice stuff..

Now time for LAZIO - INTER

I watched the inter-napoli game with the corner of my eye, indeed a sweet 2nd goal by inter and also the play that set up lavezzi was nice.
Cruz is really a great player to have, I don't think ppl give him due credit.

Sile wrote:

Cruz is really a great player to have, I don't think ppl give him due credit.

Spot on. He can do a job for any team. He is one of a kind.

results not really going our way this week...

At least Udinese is in bad shape, they lost their last 5 league matches in a row, even to Chievo and Reggina at home.

So the best thing would be rest, watch some DVD-s of their games, get the team ready for next week and show them hell.

Inter, Juve and Milan have the Top 3 sewn up.

Looking at the table, you could conclude that there are 12 teams fighting for 4th spot or else 10 teams fighting for 6th.

There is a clear 5 fighting relegation.

So tight this season.

Sile wrote:

At least Udinese is in bad shape, they lost their last 5 league matches in a row, even to Chievo and Reggina at home.

Milan...Bologna...Roma...

Marco Di Vaio is having a very good spell at Bologna. Could anyone, not as lazy as me, find the number of goals he has scored so far this season? Three tonight against Toro

12 goals in 16 appearances according to Wikipedia. I guess that's pretty ok.

5 more than our best scorer ...is the three of tonight included?

They are. Still not sure why he's never returned to Lazio. Same with Materazzi, though I'm not sure I was ever really desperate for him to come back.

Trequartista wrote:

They are. Still not sure why he's never returned to Lazio. Same with Materazzi, though I'm not sure I was ever really desperate for him to come back.

not sure? we have tommasso already and he is the similar type of striker like Marco... even their head and appearance from far away almost the same...

Trequartista wrote:

They are. Still not sure why he's never returned to Lazio. Same with Materazzi, though I'm not sure I was ever really desperate for him to come back.

Rossi wanted Di Vaio at Lazio and Lotito made a move for him but the problem was Di Vaio's wage demands. As far as I can remember he wanted 1,2 million euro per year. He didn't want to lower his demands and Lotito refused to give him that.

makes sense. i suppose i have a different perspective, but obviously any of us would take a wage cut if it meant retiring in our club's colors.

Di Vaio is a good striker. but is easy to score in a small team where you get all the balls and you are the only one who can score. i`m pretty sure in Lazio he wouldnt be that good

Di Vaio is lethal. He can only handle the ball with the aim to go for goal, while our players are more fond of passing a guy or two with a nice dribble before netting. The player in our team resembling Di vaio the most is Rocchi, however I find Di Vaio a little bit less likely to work for the team, but at the same time more dangerous when one on one with a defender. He is a good finsiher, but I think Rocchi has shown a bit more in Serie A then Di Vaio. Saying that, I would have liked to see him come to us this season and replacing Makinwa. Di Vaio would be alot more of an asset to the team, but the price for keeping him seem to be set a little bit too high if he wants 1.2 mil a year. ;ayne worth it only to have a Lazio product in the team...?

we are playing against torinoi in coppa...
fiorentina - torino 0:1

NEVEN SUBOTIC TO NAPOLI!!!

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1207/napoli/2008/12/17/1016754/subotic-to-napoli-done-reports@

for somebody who don't know this guy i will give you a little clue about him:
he is 20 year old Bosnian who currently playing for Borussia Dortmund. He is a CB with 193 cm tall, and he is eligible to play for US, Bosnia and Serbia. When he played for FSV Mainz he seized a starting role in what was the leagues best defense, conceding only 37 goals.

and the most surprising for me is.. he is currently the top scorer of Dortmund along with Tomas Hajnal with 5 goals in his pocket!!


Only God knows why the hell did Dortmund sell him to Napoli...

Lotito would better be doing something big this winter transfer or we could really stuck in the mid table position for a long-long time!!

oh my god What a great signing by Napoli Lottito where are you ?!

i read this earlier today, i couldn't believe it. i'm with you guys, why the hell would dortmund let him go?

Well, what deal has he got with Dortmund? Ho nuch is Napoli paying? The answers to that can maybe reveal why they are selling him...

INSULTI A LOTITO, SOSPESO MAZZOLENIL'arbitro Mazzoleni, già tristemente noto per le polemiche successive ad un Lazio - Cagliari di tre anni fa, è stato sospeso dall'Aia per aver insultato (con tanto di gestacci) il presidente Lotito.L'arbitro Mario Mazzoleni, dimissionario dalla sezione Aia di Bergamo, ha avuto la sospensione di 6 mesi dalla commissione disciplinare della Federcalcio per aver fatto "il gesto dell'ombrello" e offeso con la parola " ***; Claudio Lotito, presidente della Lazio, al termine di Atalanta-Lazio del 23 settembre 2007, partita alla quale era presente non in veste di direttore di gara.
Mazzoleni, che dopo aver arbitrato la Lazio contro il Cagliari (nella stagione 2005-06) ed aver commesso una serie di errori arbitrali che hanno spinto la Federazione a bloccarlo, è stato sospeso dopo la trasferta della Lazio a Bergamo dello scorso anno.

Mazzoleni was suspended for 6 months after he insulted Lotito after Atalanta-Lazio last year. this prick robbed us 2 times. enjoy the nice vacation pezzo di merda!