The Serie A Thread
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can't believe Fiorentina gave him away for nothing. And to see el tanque Santiago Silva donning n.10 for the Viola... urgh
Denis has been good but a word on the service Maxi Moralez has been providing. A player a lot of European clubs touted and mulled other but no one signed him, Atlanta took a risk and they will probably sell him on within 2 years - at this rate he'll be sold next summer - at an inflated price.
Can see the new Inter boss signing him in the summer, I'm fairly sure Ranieri will be a stop gap until the summer, as long as he can keep up this form.
The only problem with that plan of signing him is Atlanta only half own him and the other 50% is held by an agency, not your straight forward Italian co ownership deal. I can see his price tag in the summer, if he keeps this form up, being around the 24-26 million pounds mark.
Was great to see Mutu score as well, been a while since I saw him run more than 10 yard to be honest.
Can see the new Inter boss signing him in the summer, I'm fairly sure Ranieri will be a stop gap until the summer, as long as he can keep up this form.
The only problem with that plan of signing him is Atlanta only half own him and the other 50% is held by an agency, not your straight forward Italian co ownership deal. I can see his price tag in the summer, if he keeps this form up, being around the 24-26 million pounds mark.
Was great to see Mutu score as well, been a while since I saw him run more than 10 yard to be honest.
They thought he was past it at 32. He's proving them wrong now, and I'm glad.
Maxi Moralez was no surprise to me, he's been a very good player for years. Denis OTOH had always fallen short of expectations in Europe, and now he's looking like the player he was 'meant' to be.
I hope they can keep Moralez and sign up Denis. They'd be contender for Euro's next year probably.
I think they have a clause to buy him at the end of the season, but I'm not sure they'll do it as Denis is slightly on the old side. Although by Serie A standars Denis could be classed as a youngster...
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As a Milan fan, I'm hoping to get the form going consistantly now. Good win yesterday 
Juve are doing really well, I actually dont mind Juventus as a team - even if we gave Pirlo to them for free and he has been awesome
Anyone but Inter
Juve are doing really well, I actually dont mind Juventus as a team - even if we gave Pirlo to them for free and he has been awesome
Anyone but Inter
As a Milan fan, I'm hoping to get the form going consistantly now. Good win yesterday
Juve are doing really well, I actually dont mind Juventus as a team - even if we gave Pirlo to them for free and he has been awesome
Anyone but Inter
For me it's anyone but Inter and Juve. I'm pretty confident that we will take our rightful place when Juve start to mess things up.
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Haha, I'm not really sure why I dont mind them to be honest!
Hopefully we can keep Pato fit, Ibra is brilliant. Shame about Cassano as I thought he was doing well before his surgery.
Aquilani has been assisting Ibra alot, I dont think he ever got a decent run at Liverpool!
Yea lot of people were thinking Cassano didn't do that well because he wasn't scoring so much, but he was our assist machine until then.
I don't mind also Juve doing well unless they are doing better than us. It's good to see italian teams getting better and better. Serie A is back on the rise.
I have slight problem with Allegri though. I'd rather see him use Prince on midfield 3 rather as Trequ. Also Emanuelsson is wasted there And WHY doesn't he use Taiwo.
Hopefully Berlusconi will now make a last big splunge to transfer market. If we are reinforced in CB, DM and AM positions we could make serious challenge for CL.
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What do you think of the Tevez rumours? Alot of people have been dissmissive of the big ego players when Milan bought them (Robino, Cassano, Ibra) but they have all behaved pretty well so far (fingers crossed) would Tevez do more harm than good?
KPB has been very good when i've watched him, that sub hattrick was special!
Cassano was apparntly the top "key chance" creator (in Europe I think) before he was ill. Alot less selfish than people (and FM) suggest.
I don't like Tevez at all, but if his loan deal doesn't take our other non-eu signing place and if he takes wage cut I can live with him being in the team.But I'd rather see more of El Shaarawy and next season Paloschi. I feel that if we sign him he's going to be on way of these two getting playing time.
Yea KPB has been working on his shooting and that shows. He's one of my favorite players there.
In just five years, Napoli have gone from C1 to Champions League round of 16.
2004-2005 3rd in C1. Lost in promotional playoff.
2005-2006 1st in C1. Promoted to B and eliminated in Coppa Italia round of 16.
2006-2007 2nd in B. Promoted to A and eliminated in Coppa Italia round of 16.
2007-2008 8th in A. Eliminated in Coppa Italia round of 16.
2008-2009 12th in A. Eliminated in Coppa Italia quarterfinals. Also eliminated in UEFA Cup qualifying round.
2009-2010 6th in A. Eliminated in Coppa Italia round of 16.
2010-2011 3rd in A. Eliminated in Coppa Italia quarterfinals and Europa League round of 16.
2011-2012 5th in A. Qualified for Coppa Italia and Champions League round of 16.
Credit: Michael, ForzaInterForum.
2004-2005 3rd in C1. Lost in promotional playoff.
2005-2006 1st in C1. Promoted to B and eliminated in Coppa Italia round of 16.
2006-2007 2nd in B. Promoted to A and eliminated in Coppa Italia round of 16.
2007-2008 8th in A. Eliminated in Coppa Italia round of 16.
2008-2009 12th in A. Eliminated in Coppa Italia quarterfinals. Also eliminated in UEFA Cup qualifying round.
2009-2010 6th in A. Eliminated in Coppa Italia round of 16.
2010-2011 3rd in A. Eliminated in Coppa Italia quarterfinals and Europa League round of 16.
2011-2012 5th in A. Qualified for Coppa Italia and Champions League round of 16.
Credit: Michael, ForzaInterForum.
Mess things up like Allegri does with your Champions League campaigns?
I jest, I agree the inevitable Juve slip up is on the cards at the moment. I'm a cynical Juve fan so I'm predicting a 2nd placed finish behind AC simply because of the amount of new players on the books and it will take time.
Juve should be Italy's choice over simply because they will win the title with our best XI consisting of 80% Italian players...
Juve are the biggest club in Italy with 27 Serie A titles, so to assume that Milan have a rightful spot at the top is pretty inaccurate. But Milan will win this years Serie A but when the bus passes get handed out it's Juve that have a future at the top of the table.
Think I defended Juve well, congratulations on winning the 11/12 Scudetto. If Amauri does join Milan as Ibra backup in January, I may extend the Milan-at-the-top shelflife by an extra year.
But besides all of the mocking, I have nothing against Milan fans. After all, they aren't the Milan club that stole a Scudetto from Roma and acted like they were won it fairly during the Calciopoli scandal...