New FIGC Laws - A Mistake for Italian Football

[ADRossi]

The problem is (like in England) that the FIGC is trying to use clubs to develop youngsters, and that does not work.

That is why those academies in Germany were so successful. Players can ready to contribute (or at least more prepared), and the clubs in Germany didn't scoff at the idea that they could practically be used. Essentially the FIGC needs to help the clubs, and thus help themselves. Bossing the clubs around telling them what they can and can't do is almost like putting a price floor or ceiling into an economy - it creates a deadweight loss for the majority of the parties involved.

The biggest problem with Italian football is the Italian economy. As long as there is no money in the league, there is almost no way to survive. Germany is one the only European countries doing well right now; it's no coincidence how well their clubs are doing.

The two things I would like to see:
1) Decreasing the number of teams in the league. I would like to see 18 at most
2) If you're going to put any kind of enforcement about the kind of players used by clubs, make it more practical. Make a restriction that requires an increase in the number of club trained or association trained players mandated on squads. Make clubs spend infrastructure on development worldwide while still allowing your brand and reach to grow.

Once again, number 2 is by no means perfect because once again you're trying to force clubs to develop players for you (as opposed to the German model), but we cannot afford the German model.

I want as many foreigners as possible in this league. The world has an abundance of footballing talent...use it.

 

[Fapuccino]

The biggest problem with Italian football is the Italian economy.

That's not true at all. Spanish economy is MUCH worse than Italian, and they're outperforming all the leagues in Europe. Serie A is making almost a billion euros yearly simply from TV domestic revenue.

The biggest problem with Serie A is that they look to EPL as the best model and not Spain. They still have the mentality that spend most = best teams, and they see EPL like they saw themselves in the 80s/90s, meanwhile EPL is getting their asses handed over to them over and over in Europe despite record fees. In Europe right now playing style is the #1 thing that's wrong with Italy. You need to play high tempo football with a lot of pressing, + technique and not slow, tactical, narrow like Italian teams do. Once they start performing in Europe, they can increase foreign revenue as well.

 

[ADRossi]

That's not true at all. Spanish economy is MUCH worse than Italian, and they're outperforming all the leagues in Europe. Serie A is making almost a billion euros yearly simply from TV domestic revenue.

The biggest problem with Serie A is that they look to EPL as the best model and not Spain. They still have the mentality that spend most = best teams, and they see EPL like they saw themselves in the 80s/90s, meanwhile EPL is getting their asses handed over to them over and over in Europe despite record fees. In Europe right now playing style is the #1 thing that's wrong with Italy. You need to play high tempo football with a lot of pressing, + technique and not slow, tactical, narrow like Italian teams do. Once they start performing in Europe, they can increase foreign revenue as well.

First off, comparing the Spanish economy to the Italian is essentially comparing a rotten banana to a rotten apple, they're both completely useless.

This is a chicken and the egg argument. I'm saying that Italian clubs need to fix their cost structures in order to compete, and you're saying they need to compete in order to do better economically.

Italian clubs have the lowest match day revenues among the large leagues. I blame this on the current economic state; Italy's unwillingness to allow for new stadiums to be built has been largely fueled by economic and political reasons. People do not attend matches in Italy.

I agree with what you're saying in that they're trying to duplicate the EPL model. I'm saying that Italy needs money more so than Spain right now. Italy needs a complete overhaul of their systems, something they are not willing to pay for/cannot afford. Spain already has a superior system.

 

[Fapuccino]

Italian clubs have the lowest match day revenues among the large leagues. I blame this on the current economic state; Italy's unwillingness to allow for new stadiums to be built has been largely fueled by economic and political reasons. People do not attend matches in Italy.

There is a difference between bureaucratical issues and a weak economy. If Italian teams owned their stadiums, and actually did well in Europe, you would see a great increase in matchday revenue. Whatever difference there is b/w SA and Bundesliga let's say is made by TV revenues. Don't forget Inter has like 3 times Bayern's domestic revenue.

For Italian football to fix itself, there has to be done more than increase revenue. There needs to be a major overhaul in the way the game is played. The league is still stuck in the 90s with the 8-1-1 formation that relied on the trequartistas like Baggio, Maradona, Zidane to create, while other leagues have done away with the trequartista, and their main attacking threats are wingers like Ronaldo, Bale, Robben, Hazard, Reus, Ribery, etc...

When it comes to defenders and midfielders I honestly believe Serie A is on par with other leagues, if not better. It's the unimaginative, slow, narrow, football in the final third that is slowly rotting this league inside out. It's a big reason why most flops out of Italy are forwards. Forwards in Italy are completely different than ones in rest of Europe.

 

[Fapuccino]

Btw Boban saying what Capello said as well, too much focus on tactics at youth levels, and not enough on individual ability


One of Italy's more respected football experts, Boban went on to analyse how Italy's academies are favouring tactical concepts over the development of skills, whilst the League failed to plan and develop when it was on top of the world.

“Italy has betrayed its talent and art a little by developing tactical and collective concepts of play, only to then do them to death.

“Without work on individual skills, young talents can't develop their potential during their formative years. One-on-ones are ignored.

“It's a very serious issue, it's hard to produce the new Totti or the new Del Piero, which is why 15 years separate Pirlo from Verratti.

“Youth teams need to produce footballers, not results.

“Italy's mistake was to not invest and plan for the future when it was at the top, both in footballing and economical terms, when it boasted Ronaldo and Zidane among its ranks.

“Italy thought it could dominate forever, but it wasn't football's equivalent of the NBA.

Italy has no improvisation, plans or creativity.”

 

[Mortimer]

Btw Boban saying what Capello said as well, too much focus on tactics at youth levels, and not enough on individual ability


One of Italy's more respected football experts, Boban went on to analyse how Italy's academies are favouring tactical concepts over the development of skills, whilst the League failed to plan and develop when it was on top of the world.

“Italy has betrayed its talent and art a little by developing tactical and collective concepts of play, only to then do them to death.

 

[Redbullsnation]

FUCK FIGC