Italy - Serie A

Yeah, having Genoa, Fiorentina, Napoli and Sampdoria also back in Serie A after spells in the dreaded Cadetti has certainly improved Serie A. They all have a lot of quality on the pitch and from a commercial aspect bring in good gates when playing at home. Having Parma back is great. Not a giant historically, but they had a golden era in the 90s winning the Uefa cup twice and the cup winners cup and belong in Serie A. Great to see Bari back also, memories of David Platt, in fact there last two home games have had gates of over 40,000. If they can maintain that in Serie A they will be a more than positive addition and with time and patience could establish themselves well in the league. On another note it is good to have another Southern side up in the division, especially with Reggina likely gone know.

Sassuolo would be fairytale stuff and they have just come up from Serie C I think, but I think it will be one of Livorno or Empoli although Brescia have been away for a while so may be nice to see them again.

hehe let's go Cagliari

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too early ffs

damn it anyway...was looking sooooooooo good for a while...

bloody Palermo fail to make the most of merda's draw. they are not making me a happy man with their filibustering.

Milan 1-1 Juve. Really good game to watch at a packed San Siro. Anyone who hasnt seen Mario Balotelli's goal for Inter today should, its a real treat.

Hmm not that special, Marcolini's goal was equally nice. And Balotelli's attitude is revolting, he acts as if he conquered the world, level of annoyance is right up there with Pippo.

Sile wrote:

Hmm not that special, Marcolini's goal was equally nice. And Balotelli's attitude is revolting, he acts as if he conquered the world, level of annoyance is right up there with Pippo.

Damn right about that. Couto would be perfect sparring partner to this spoiled brat......

Sile wrote:

Giolazio wrote:

Cash wrote:

Parma and Bari took the step up from Serie B to A today. Welcome back to these two teams.
For the last Serie A spot there will be massive action with at least 4 games really battling for that precious spot...

Anyone except Livorno!

I'd like to see them in a weird kind of way, I like confrontation, animosity and passion in matches; the ideal league would be consisting of:

1) Lazio
2) Milan
3)Inter
4) Juve
5) Fiorentina
6) Torino
7) Genoa
8) Sampdoria
9) Chievo
10) Palermo
11) Catania
12) Cagliari
13) Parma
14) Napoli
15) Livorno
16) Udinese
17) Siena
18) Bologna
19) Atalanta
20) merda

There would be a great game to watch every single weekend with all the derbies and rivalries and these are the teams with the most success overall.

That'a a good group, I would love to see Pisa back in Serie A though, they have alot of rivalries to get back to, espescially Inter.

Sile wrote:

And Balotelli's attitude is revolting, he acts as if he conquered the world, level of annoyance is right up there with Pippo.

cant argue with that, his attitude is revolting. I cant understand why, he plays for one of the best clubs in the world and yet doesnt even celebrate when he scores. Im not sure I want to know what hes like when the chips are down. Very good game in Verona today though, a deserved point for Chievo. Shame about merda, I though Cagliari had them...

Bari as it is will go straight back down to Serie B next season. I'm happy they went up and its good to see teams from the centro-sud doing well but they've set themselves up for a very, very ugly season ahead.

The key players that got them promoted are not actually theirs and will be elsewhere next season: Masiello and Ranocchia (Genoa), Barreto (Udinese), Lanzafame and Bianco (Juve), and arguably the best of them all is Guberti who only signed a 6 month contract when he left Ascoli and he's almost certain to be at Riomma next year. Then even Conte will likely go to Juve.

Considering how important these players are, the fact that Bari will get nothing when they lsoe them and they have no money of their own to spend, they are f***ed when they actually face Serie A. Their owner Matarrese is probably more unpopular than Lotito.

I dont wanna take anything away from a fantastic season, a great group of players and there are others like Gillet and Kutuzov that will stay, but I'll be surprised if they actually survive, let alone become big.

As for Parma, they actually need a point to go up........only a matter of time of course

That's interesting, I didn't really know who Bari had in their squad, apart from Gillet, Guberti, Ranocchia and Kutuzov, and as you point out Testa - they will surely be screwed over for next season. All those players are talented and well known and will move onto bigger things (with no disrespect to Bari). But who knows, maybe 1 or 2 will stay? I hope so for the clubs sake. Their president has a tough task of keeping as much of the teams core as possible together.

To top that off Conte looks certain to leave too. Speaking of Conte, he was a Lecce legend. When he became coach of their rivals (Bari) there was huge uproar, understandably, at the Via del Mare. He is one of the few Juventus players I actually liked. Great player. I don't know how Lecce fans see him know, and when he took over at Bari though.

I read a story, a few months ago, that said on a visit back to Lecce Conte was actually attacked. Personally, I hope they stay up but it will be difficult for the reasons you guys mention. But, they will be able to attract a few more players now they are in the A, perhaps through loans also.

I suppose the Conti situation would be a bit like if Nesta went on to be a coach and took charge of Roma.

Both he and Conte were legends at Lazio and Lecce respectively then moved on, Milan and Juve.

As Testa said, it will be really difficult for Bari when they come up, although everyone said the same about Palermo with all their Juve loan players but it's no secret Zampa had money to invest in a new squad. Guess we will have to see how they make up for the loss of players over the summer.

Giolazio wrote:

I suppose the Conti situation would be a bit like if Nesta went on to be a coach and took charge of Roma.

Both he and Conte were legends at Lazio and Lecce respectively then moved on, Milan and Juve.

As Testa said, it will be really difficult for Bari when they come up, although everyone said the same about Palermo with all their Juve loan players but it's no secret Zampa had money to invest in a new squad. Guess we will have to see how they make up for the loss of players over the summer.

Palermo had money, Bari don't. In the years leading up to this one, they've been fighting the drop to C, one year they only survived cause Ancona went bust.

Not that I hate Bari, its good to see teams from different places do something, and just on city-club size, Bari have potential.

Jammie Bast*rds!

Give me a f***ing break

Catania did not deserve that. Roma's defence is a shambles though hahahahaha

oh good result for ASMerde, but next year they will lose 6 x against us, two times in the Serie A, two times in the Coppa Semis and two times in the Europe League Quarter Finals

Udinese 2 - AC Milan 1

Inter are champions again...blah-de-blah...
Well done Mourinho, it won't be enough to satisfy Moratti though...

pazke wrote:

oh good result for ASMerde, but next year they will lose 6 x against us, two times in the Serie A, two times in the Coppa Semis and two times in the Europe League Quarter Finals

On the Palermo Offside, they quoted some Riomanista who said he was glad to see Lazio in the Europa League so they could face each other in the quarters or beyond.

Rightly so, the head of their page said it was laughable that they already presumed they'd qualified and een more laughable to think they'd make the quarters...

Well I guess if any of the big 3 were to win Lo Scudetto, Inter are the lesser of 3 evils. So 'congrats' to them but I don't really care about them. I like their fans due to our 'Gemelli' but that's about as far as it goes.

Friggin' Roma are so lucky with these results, they are definately struggling with an ageing team and with Totti still gripping onto his place in the starting XI they will get progressively worse.

pazke wrote:

oh good result for ASMerde, but next year they will lose 6 x against us, two times in the Serie A, two times in the Coppa Semis and two times in the Europe League Quarter Finals

I like and accept that prediction. Congrats Inter, but i dont really care still over the moon from the coppa

The current record is 4 in a row in one year. A repetition wouldn't be bad, nothing more.

Jofo wrote:

The current record is 4 in a row in one year. A repetition wouldn't be bad, nothing more.

yes, the 97,98 season if memory serves two in the league and two in the coppa which we won that year. That was good season also, except for the UEFA cup final defeat that year. Cried like a baby that nite

Catania did not deserve to lose in the final minute. Frickin Riomma. Well done Udinese for a getting a nice win over Milan which intensifies the 6th place. And congratulations to Inter for winning Serie A 2008/09!