Serie A Superthread 16/17

Debil

Higuain and Pjanic starting on the bench tonight against Fiorentina.

Ulysses Gaze

Emphatic 4-0 win for Roma at home today against Udinese. Two for Perotti from the penalty spot, 1 for Salah and 1 for Dzeko.

They looked good in patches but would worry for them at the back against better teams.

Debil

Gheorghe Hagi's son Lanis(17) on the bench for Fiorentina.

ERG89

Debil wrote: »

Gheorghe Hagi's son Lanis(17) on the bench for Fiorentina.

Diego Simeone's son is after joining Genoa & Enrico Chiesa's son started this for Fiorentina. I feel so old now

Ulysses Gaze

Debil wrote: »

Gheorghe Hagi's son Lanis(17) on the bench for Fiorentina.

And Enrico Chiesa's son Federico is playing.

chopperbyrne

Any chance a mod could split this off into a new thread starting from today's posts?

Great start for Roma.

Ulysses Gaze

Juventus all over Fiorentina in the first half. Nice goal by Khedira but they should be more than 1 goal up.

Headshot

Man, Milan have done **** all this transfer window.

Surely they know if they keep with this 11 they wont get CL spot

Ulysses Gaze

Headshot wrote: »

Man, Milan have done **** all this transfer window.

Surely they know if they keep with this 11 they wont get CL spot

They are waiting until the Chinese takeover deal is done.

Belusconi is not going to bother spending his own cash when the club will change hands in a few weeks.

ERG89

Headshot wrote: »

Man, Milan have done **** all this transfer window.

Surely they know if they keep with this 11 they wont get CL spot

Europa League is their aim according to Montella.
Hattrick for Bacca, surprised nobody came in for him as they wanted to get rid of him to buy shíte no doubt

Headshot

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

They are waiting until the Chinese takeover deal is done.

Belusconi is not going to bother spending his own cash when the club will change hands in a few weeks.

oh right.

That's still leaving it quite late, they could be in trouble.

dor83

ERG89 wrote: »

Hattrick for Bacca, surprised nobody came in for him as they wanted to get rid of him to buy shíte no doubt

West Ham tried, apparently Milan accepted a bid but he didn't want to go to them, wouldn't be surprised if they try again before the window closes.

ERG89

Jaysus, 3-1 up in injury time and now a penalty for Torino to draw it...



saved :eek:
FT 3-2

dor83

Great finish to the game, sending off was a bit harsh considering his shirt was being ripped off too.

glued

Bacca confirmed that he's staying at Milan for the season on Friday. Milan look a lot better than I expected. You would still expect them to struggle to finish in the top 5.

Dots1982

dor83 wrote: »

ERG89 wrote: »

Hattrick for Bacca, surprised nobody came in for him as they wanted to get rid of him to buy sh te no doubt

West Ham tried, apparently Milan accepted a bid but he didn't want to go to them, wouldn't be surprised if they try again before the window closes.

How bacca isn't in demand by bigger clubs than West Ham is beyond me.

Ulysses Gaze

Dots1982 wrote: »

How bacca isn't in demand by bigger clubs than West Ham is beyond me.

He's 30 in a few weeks so bigger clubs may be put off by his age, transfer fee and wage demands. No resale value.

But he is an excellent striker. 21 goals in Serie A last year is a great return playing for this Milan side.

dor83

Dots1982 wrote: »

How bacca isn't in demand by bigger clubs than West Ham is beyond me.

I just think that he would be expensive for a player who turns 30 next month and it's not like we are talking about Higuain or Ibra, his record is not on their level imo.

Dots1982

A few things; he is getting on but why only AC came in for him after he left Sevilla was strange. Also his scoring record is not higuain/Ibra level but when you see the crap he had to play with last season at Milan; balotelli and a fairly poor midfield I'd love to see him with Ozil & Sanchez around him. He's also available at a third of the price of higuain which makes him a bargain.

Are his wage demands that high? I have a feeling maybe he is disadvantaged by not having a super agent,

dor83

Dots1982 wrote: »

A few things; he is getting on but why only AC came in for him after he left Sevilla was strange. Also his scoring record is not higuain/Ibra level but when you see the crap he had to play with last season at Milan; balotelli and a fairly poor midfield I'd love to see him with Ozil & Sanchez around him. He's also available at a third of the price of higuain which makes him a bargain.

Are his wage demands that high? I have a feeling maybe he is disadvantaged by not having a super agent,

I think that a lot of it has to do with the fact that teams like Arsenal(whos players you mentioned) don't want to pay so much for a short term solution when they can pay a bit more and get a player like Icardi/Lacazette/Morata who are a good bit younger and have the potential to be better for a longer period. He only played 2 seasons with Sevilla before Milan bought him, before that he was at Club Brugge so for his age he hasn't really got that much experience in top leagues. I'm in no way saying he's not a good player, just giving my opinion on why bigger clubs might not be willing to pay the money for him.

Dots1982

dor83 wrote: »

Dots1982 wrote: »

A few things; he is getting on but why only AC came in for him after he left Sevilla was strange. Also his scoring record is not higuain/Ibra level but when you see the crap he had to play with last season at Milan; balotelli and a fairly poor midfield I'd love to see him with Ozil & Sanchez around him. He's also available at a third of the price of higuain which makes him a bargain.

Are his wage demands that high? I have a feeling maybe he is disadvantaged by not having a super agent,

I think that a lot of it has to do with the fact that teams like Arsenal(whos players you mentioned) don't want to pay so much for a short term solution when they can pay a bit more and get a player like Icardi/Lacazette/Morata who are a good bit younger and have the potential to be better for a longer period. He only played 2 seasons with Sevilla before Milan bought him, before that he was at Club Brugge so for his age he hasn't really got that much experience in top leagues. I'm in no way saying he's not a good player, just giving my opinion on why bigger clubs might not be willing to pay the money for him.

You could be right but Arsenal did try and sign Jamie vardy so I guess it's not always the case that wenger won't sign players of bacca' s age. He must have seen vardy as just better. I don't see it myself.

Suprised PSG didn't try for bacca either.

dor83

Dots1982 wrote: »

You could be right but Arsenal did try and sign Jamie vardy so I guess it's not always the case that wenger won't sign players of bacca' s age. He must have seen vardy as just better. I don't see it myself.

Suprised PSG didn't try for bacca either.

The thing with Vardy is that he has played in the PL and he is English so that always ups the price.

I think PSG should just use Cavani as the main striker, he is a fantastic player imo and if used right will score a load for them.

ERG89

dor83 wrote: »

I just think that he would be expensive for a player who turns 30 next month and it's not like we are talking about Higuain or Ibra, his record is not on their level imo.

Tbf to him. Zlatan was available on a free this summer & nobody was interested besides Man Utd. He didn't show up fat as a pig to quote Prosinecki (despite the Copa) to pre season either like Higuain did. If I paid €90m for that I'd run him to Naples & back.
Glad he's at Milan as I was expecting to see Lapadula up top 2 months ago.

Napoli in a right game so far. Thankfully for Oddo he was spared the San Siro bench.

Dots1982

You'd want to see cavani tonight. He's having an absolute mare.

dor83

Dots1982 wrote: »

You'd want to see cavani tonight. He's having an absolute mare.

I'm watching the Inter match so haven't seen anything of the PSG one. Chievo deservedly leading 2-0.

Headshot

That was a crazy crazy match

ERG89

Headshot wrote: »

That was a crazy crazy match

6 goals, 2 reds probably 3 tbh.
Good start for Milik. Going to be another long year for Milan, can't wait

justshane

Wow! Exciting start to the season

callaway92

Kevin Strootman scored!! Good for him

chopperbyrne

Roma do a Roma and snatch a draw from the clutches of victory.

Too many draws is what cost them last year too.

Cazzo Joe Hart

That is all :mad:

Agent Coulson

Will the media there give Hart the same stick the English media are giving Bravo.

They will use a fresh one

ERG89

Atalanta using those damn Serie A crosses.
Surprised it rained so much in Genoa & Rome. I thought in never rained in Italy :rolleyes:

DerekDGoldfish

ERG89 wrote: »

Atalanta using those damn Serie A crosses.
Surprised it rained so much in Genoa & Rome. I thought in never rained in Italy :rolleyes:

I will always remember watching the last day of the 99-00 season, when Juventus threw away the league on the last day of the season in the rain.

The most rain I can remember in a game.

justshane

Great finishes by Gonzalo, really clinical. Looks like he could be a great signing, obviously early days.

chopperbyrne

Totti scoring 23 seasons in a row.

Absolute legend.

ERG89

Juve 1-0 up against the run of play and now Icardi has equalised. Inter have looked better after the disgrace of a performance Thursday. Juve made too many changes & haven't got going imo

Dirty Dingus McGee

2-1 Inter now.

Dirty Dingus McGee

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Totti scoring 23 seasons in a row.

Absolute legend.

Only 25 behind the all time record now.

Wonder if he'll be able to hang on for next season and see if he can break it.

ERG89

Big win that for Inter. Juve need to start picking a settled midfield. All those changes effected the rhythm of their play. Pity the first half was so flat as I thoroughly enjoyed the second.

MD1990

Icardi has been superb this season. All round game is improving.

Dots1982

Top scorer race looks pretty good this year: all the main contenders already on the board. Maybe Higuain will run away with it but I'd fancy Bacca as the outsider.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/italian-serie-a/top-scorers

ERG89

Dots1982 wrote: »

Top scorer race looks pretty good this year: all the main contenders already on the board. Maybe Higuain will run away with it but I'd fancy Bacca as the outsider.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/italian-serie-a/top-scorers

Napoli so far are sharing the workload, Bacca has very little quality service. Suso and Niang are the extremes of inconsistency. The Milan vs Lazio game last night was such a poor game to watch.

justshane

Icardi Is on fire!! Juve are playing brilliant stuff right now too.

Mars Bar

Arrived in rome this morning but was just too exhausted to go to the Roma match in stadio olimpico. Did pick up the home shirt though. It's lovely!

justshane

Mars Bar wrote: »

Arrived in rome this morning but was just too exhausted to go to the Roma match in stadio olimpico. Did pick up the home shirt though. It's lovely!

That's a pity seemed like a great match.

So, Hart keeps a clean sheet last night. He looks lost in the area, looks small. He has no presence between posts. I don't understand why he is England goalkeeper. Is he really as good as they have?

Ho!! Did we punch out Roma this morning :):)

justshane

This Juve game escalated quickly.

Agent Coulson

Higuain at least is living up to his price tag.