Serie A Superthread 2012/13

Rekop dog

Super Pazzo, more than half of his seasons total last year already

Cienciano

Europa League is a slight step below dog**** on the bottom of your shoe in italy.

Seaneh

Niang is a big lad, eh.

Red Crow

Well done Pazzini. Milan didn't look good but it's early days for a much changed team in fairness.

kksaints

Pitch at the Napoil-Florentina match was awful. Any particular reason for this?

Seaneh

kksaints wrote: »

Pitch at the Napoil-Florentina match was awful. Any particular reason for this?

Mafia stole the groundsmad.

grenache

Very important that Napoli passed their first real test of the season, Fiorentina are a much improved side playing some great football at the moment.

Dzemaili showed tonight that Gargano will not be missed.

Forza il Partnopei!!!

Seaneh

Inter have lost a court case brought against them by Christian Vieri, he claimed they tapped his phones and hired private detectives to follow him in 1999 and 2004.

Moratti abusing his board position at Telecom Italia S.p.A. again I see.

Very naughty.


They have to pay Vieri €1,000,000 and explain to the court (on record) why they did it. IF the judge doesn't like their reason the fine will be increased.

They also have to apologise to Vieri.

grenache

Seaneh wrote: »

Inter have lost a court case brought against them by Christian Vieri, he claimed they tapped his phones and hired private detectives to follow him in 1999 and 2004.

Moratti abusing his board position at Telecom Italia S.p.A. again I see.

Very naughty.


They have to pay Vieri €1,000,000 and explain to the court (on record) why they did it. IF the judge doesn't like their reason the fine will be increased.

They also have to apologise to Vieri.

He originally sued them for something like €20m!! The neck on him! The verdict could lead to Scomessapoli case being opened up again. Juve have been proved right in their assertions that Inter used TI for private purposes. They spied on Vieri just like they spied on Juve between 04 and 06.

grenache

Great article here about Napoli wonderkid Lorenzo Insigne. I'm predicting he's gonna bigger than Jesus.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/pitchside-europe/meet-lorenzo-insigne-italy-wonderkid-151204025.html

Pinturicchio

M'Baye Niang was caught driving without a licence. When he was pulled over, he told the police that he was Bakaye Traore.


Reminds me of the time Trezeguet was pulled over with a friend in Turin (Trezeguet was drunk, but was the passenger). When asked for identification, Trezeguet first said "I'm Alessandro Del Piero". The cop stared at him, and so Trez said "Okay, I'm Vincenzo Iaquinta". The cop stared, and finally he said "I'm David Trezeguet, I was born in Buenos Aires on November 15th, 1976."

Trez was born in Rouen, France, on October 15th, 1977.

Seaneh

Why would Trez lie about his age?

He would have been in this late 20's at that stae?!


Niang will be in trouble now.

Also, link to the Niang story?

Pinturicchio

Seaneh wrote: »

Why would Trez lie about his age?

He would have been in this late 20's at that stae?!


Niang will be in trouble now.

Also, link to the Niang story?

I think Trez was just ****faced. I don't think anything ever came of it.

Niang story - http://sport.sky.it/sport/gossip/2012/09/10/mbaye_niang_guida_senza_patente_milan_traore.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Have you seen this? Galliani and Preziosi getting merry over lunch. http://video.repubblica.it/sport/calcio-galliani-e-preziosi-brindano-e-cantano-a-forte-dei-marmi/104741/103121

Seaneh

The two lads pissed on holiday's gas.

They are as thick as thieves in fairness.

Niang, you naughty, naughty boy.

Slap on the wrist and a few weeks with the Primavera squad I'd imagine.

Pinturicchio

Serie A salaries released by Gazzetta today.

Rekop dog

Hernanes really turning it on here, when he's at it he's very special.

Rekop dog

Immobile living up to his name there.

Milan's feeder club have shown more in ten mins here than Milan have all season!

Rekop dog

boom slag Immobile and he scores!

dor83

Genoa deserve to be leading, Juve really need to up their game.

Rekop dog

Genoa missed some sitters today, Juve were always going to punish them eventually.

Rekop dog

LOL Roma, apparentely Zemens subs when two up were insanely attacking, some man.

Seaneh

He once said in an interview "Lateral passes are redundant, I never want my midfielders to pass sideways or bakwards unless they absolutely must, we must always attack".

His teams to play great football to watch!

Professional Griefer

Rekop dog wrote: »

Genoa missed some sitters today, Juve were always going to punish them eventually.

Not all that was missing.

James Fielden ‏@James_Fielden

Not able to attend Juve match, Genoa draft in a cardboard cut-out of President, Enrico Preziosi, to fill his seat!

grenache

Juve used up one of their lives today anyway. Howany chances to Genoa need to score one goal! Juve are clinical though. The injustice of Conte not being there on match days has provided them with even more motivation.

Delighted with Insigne's goal today for Napoli. He was only on the pitch less than 60 seconds. Still not happy with defence, any time a ball goes in the box from out wide, Aronica and Cannovaro look anything but comfortable.

Rekop dog

grenache wrote: »

Juve used up one of their lives today anyway. Howany chances to Genoa need to score one goal! Juve are clinical though. The injustice of Conte not being there on match days has provided them with even more motivation.

Delighted with Insigne's goal today for Napoli. He was only on the pitch less than 60 seconds. Still not happy with defence, any time a ball goes in the box from out wide, Aronica and Cannovaro look anything but comfortable.

Haven't seen Insigne yet, himself and Veratti got some amount of attention for players who were at a lower league team, hope they live up to the billing!

Juve stepped it up a gear when they had to today, helps being able to bring on such quality from the bench. Looking forward to their tie against Chelsea this week, think they're an all round stronger team but the lack of CL experience might be a factor.

Jelle1880

Great game by Hernanes today, Lazio seem to be playing better every week.

Really looking forward to the Spurs game now.

Nuri Sahin

Shocking defending and the Chievo keeper could have done possibly better, but very nice overhead to put Juve ahead from Quagliarella.

edit - and scored the 2nd goal.

Jelle1880

2-0 now, nice individual action there.

Seaneh

Milan lose again, the worst thing is that rather than see the real problem here and invest in the squad where it's needed Milan will just sack Alegri and hire another manager without fixing the problems and we will have the same ****e with different underpants.


Max will be made a scapegoat for the idiocy of the board.

losthorizon

What can you say!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAxdlWxUSaE

Jelle1880

Insane that Lazio lost that game, they absolutely battered Genoa for the entire game but simply could not finish the dozen or so chances they had.

Zaraté is a waste of space.

Rekop dog

San Siro has been a pretty lol dire stomping ground for the Milan sides this season so far, heading to the derby in a couple of weeks, has a 0-0 written all over it the way things have been going.

Juve could win this season by a record margin, they're ridic superior to all rivals unfortunately.

Pinturicchio

Inter losing at home to Siena is hilarious.

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Zaraté is a waste of space.

I've been saying that for years.

Rekop dog

Roma awarded a 3-0 win after weekend postponed match v Cagliari. Still think it's possible that Zemens Roma could concede a few before this result is made offical.

grenache

Rekop dog wrote: »

Roma awarded a 3-0 win after weekend postponed match v Cagliari. Still think it's possible that Zemens Roma could concede a few before this result is made offical.

Haven't been online in a few days, why were Roma awarded the game? Crowd trouble?

Pinturicchio

grenache wrote: »

Haven't been online in a few days, why were Roma awarded the game? Crowd trouble?

The stadium has been deemed unsafe and the game was supposed to be played behind closed doors. The Cagliari president told season ticket holders to turn up anyway. The police and local council called the game off.

Nuri Sahin

Only been keeping half an eye on it up until now, but Fiorentina - Juve has been really good by all accounts. Fiorentina will rue these missed chances you just know it.

MD1990

Fiorentina could end Juve's unbeaten run i think
lookin dangerous

Nuri Sahin

They should be a couple of goals up in this half alone. Jovetic has been magnificent so far, just without the goal he deserves. Luca Toni coming on to score would be great to see.

Pinturicchio

Roncaglia is a beast.

Juve would take a draw now I think.

IvySlayer

How'd the Juve match finish?

grenache

IvySlayer wrote: »

How'd the Juve match finish?

Somehow Juve came away with a 0-0, despite being battered from start to finish by Fiorentina. They just couldn't take their chances.

Seaneh

Fiorentia are such a strong team this year.

I think they had the most impressive transfer window of any team in Europe when you consider just how **** they were last season.

Montella doing great things in Florence.

carlop

Seaneh wrote: »

Fiorentia are such a strong team this year.

I think they had the most impressive transfer window of any team in Europe when you consider just how **** they were last season.

Montella doing great things in Florence.

Yeah I agree. They kind of flew under the radar somewhat and managed to assemble a very useful team. If the Milan clubs don't get it together soon they have a shot at a Champions League place.

grenache

Napoli 1-0 Lazio after 22 mins, game live on ESPN.

Goal numero 71 in 101 league games for Cavani! Fortunate with the deflection, gave Marchetti no chance.

Great start for Napoli!

Seaneh

Great second goal.

grenache

2-0. Fortune favours those who shoot! Cavani on the double.

Howler from Marchetti. Napoli well worth the 2 goal lead though.

grenache

Finished 3-0. Cavani hat-trick. Suspicion of offside for 3rd goal.

Could have been 4 had same player not missed a penalty.

Napoli were excellent tonight. Both in defence and attack. Midfield was dominant throughout, Behrami and Inler superb. Maggio tore Candreva a new one, particularly in the first half. Zuniga brilliant on the other wing. Insigne made another fine cameo performance.

Cavani - words don't do his performance justice.

Juve.... You have a serious challenger for the Scudetto.

The Floyd p

If Napoli had a defense that could come close in quality comparative to the attack and midfield, they'd go far.

But I think that's where they'll fall down if they want to win the Scudetto.

grenache

The Floyd p wrote: »

If Napoli had a defense that could come close in quality comparative to the attack and midfield, they'd go far.

But I think that's where they'll fall down if they want to win the Scudetto.

The defence has been strengthened though. They were very solid tonight, against a decent Lazio attack. Gamberini was a great addition, and had a great game tonight, really kept Hernanes quiet. Cannovaro and Campagnaro solid out too.