Italian Serie A 2020/2021

[Bluenine]

Re the penalty, Chiellini gets away with far too many of such dirty fouls, most of the time hitting someone and falling down himself like he got hit. This was thoroughly well deserved and a long time coming.

Thank you, VAR.


On another topic, Kevin Agudelo. Take a bow, son. What a performance. Need to keep an eye out on this kid. Some highlights (which don't do his performance full justice) for people who missed it:

[Jnr]

Just a regular training chat in Spezia grounds..

[Tamirk]

This muriel is fucking insane, he so fucking underrated, this guy have what every forward need, he fast, he have very good dribbling abilities and he finish great too.
What is for sure is that moment he alot better than all our forwards..

[thatdude]

And yet he’s basically failed everywhere accept Atalanta and he’s still not a sure stater there.

[Tamirk]

And yet he’s basically failed everywhere accept Atalanta and he’s still not a sure stater there.

I know he kinda fail in other teams but you just cant deny his abilities in front of the goal, this guy score from outside the box and score with his dribble(like today), and he score almost every one on one with gk, he very cold in front of the goal.
Can you really compare him with alexis or lautaro ability in front of the goal? I dont think so..

[Coasterfreek]

Good, Milan lost

[brehme1989]

Good, Milan lost

It's one thing to be in the wrong time zone, but I think you're also in the wrong day man.

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Inzaghi's crying is going to be epic tonight.

[ADRossi]

Inzaghi's crying is going to be epic tonight.

His decision to wave the white flag and sub off his best players was mind-boggling

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His decision to wave the white flag and sub off his best players was mind-boggling

He did the same thing against Bbilan. That's just his nature, a cowardly coach in the same vein as Conte. I shudder to think that there's a possibility he may be our next coach...

[ADRossi]

Let's talk about the relegation battle for a moment.

As of now, it's all but certain that Crotone are going down. No real loss there, as they're by far the worst team in the league. The concerning thing is that we're liking going to lose two of Cagliari, Parma, Fiorentina, and Torino this year. It's just embarrassing that teams that we need in the top flight are this awful. There's a chance Benevento goes down, but honestly it's going to take them absolutely bottling it to go down at this point. Should we root for Cagliari to go down so we can maybe get Cragno on a discount?

Empoli and Monza are the most likely promotion candidates.

[thatdude]

Would be a shame to lose any of Parma, Fiorentina, Cagliari, or Torino. The league needs the biggest clubs to be in the league and hopefully with fullish stadiums (when allowed). However if they are shit enough to get sent down I guess it is what it is. The beauty of European sports as an American is that it’s more merit based. Who knows maybe there’s another mini-Atalanta or Sassuolo waiting to surprise us.

[Candreva Crosses]

Keep up the anti-jinx. Last time I saw the forum this united about an anti-jinx was when we signed Darmian.

I like it

[CoolMan44]

Imagine being Diego Godin. Going from captaining one of the best sides in Europe to going to Serie B within 2 years.

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We now have 5 players a yellow away from suspension: Barella, Bastoni, Brozovic, Hakimi, Lukaku. Our next two matches are somewhat "easy" being Genoa and Parma, although Genoa are in good form and you could argue there are no easy games.

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We now have 5 players a yellow away from suspension: Barella, Bastoni, Brozovic, Hakimi, Lukaku. Our next two matches are somewhat "easy" being Genoa and Parma, although Genoa are in good form and you could argue there are no easy games.

[Ed.]

Did you say good form?

They said Lazio was in good form.

[Universe]

Let's talk about the relegation battle for a moment.

As of now, it's all but certain that Crotone are going down. No real loss there, as they're by far the worst team in the league. The concerning thing is that we're liking going to lose two of Cagliari, Parma, Fiorentina, and Torino this year. It's just embarrassing that teams that we need in the top flight are this awful. There's a chance Benevento goes down, but honestly it's going to take them absolutely bottling it to go down at this point. Should we root for Cagliari to go down so we can maybe get Cragno on a discount?

Empoli and Monza are the most likely promotion candidates.

Fuck Cragno but also fuck Monza. That shithead Balotelli doesn't deserve Serie A - and you just know he would score against us (playing for Berlusconi no less) if they got promoted.

Would be a shame to lose any of Parma, Fiorentina, Cagliari, or Torino. The league needs the biggest clubs to be in the league and hopefully with fullish stadiums (when allowed). However if they are shit enough to get sent down I guess it is what it is.

I've gone on about this ad nauseam but it really is disappointing to see the bigger teams (biggest among the small fish) do so poorly. They're not just fucking themselves up, they're making the league worse for the rest of us too.

Teams like Spezia, Crotone and Sassuolo (who are actually tiny), bring such little revenue and fans to the league as it is. But to lose some traditional fan bases like Cagliari and Torino just makes it worse - especially if they're replaced with the combined 500 fans and €2,000 revenue from the likes of fucking Monza and Cittadella.

As I always say: 1) really worth considering reducing the league to 18 teams and 2) these traditionally bigger teams like Bari and Palermo need to get their shit together.

Imagine being Diego Godin. Going from captaining one of the best sides in Europe to going to Serie B within 2 years.

We now have 5 players a yellow away from suspension: Barella, Bastoni, Brozovic, Hakimi, Lukaku. Our next two matches are somewhat "easy" being Genoa and Parma, although Genoa are in good form and you could argue there are no easy games.

I feel really bad for Godin.

I was speaking about this in the whatsapp chat Since Ballardini, Genoa have gone from a strong relegation favorite to one of the most in-form teams in the league - just in time to face us Considering we dismantled and negated the most in-form team in Lazio though, I'm still expecting a routine victory.

Could be difficult however, if several players get suspended in the derby.. also with the non-optional Destro and Pandev goals.

[TheNetworkZ]

Fiorentina are currently 7 points over the relegation spot, hopefully they don't go down because it's already embarrassing enough that they're in that spot to begin with. Although if our financial issues are softened by the summer it would be nice to make moves for Castrovilli and Milenkovic if they do go down.

Torino also hurts as they're the biggest club in their city. But if Cagliari go down we will be stuck with Radja again

[varmin]

His decision to wave the white flag and sub off his best players was mind-boggling

They have CL football as well and no so good depth.

[NimAraya]

Bring back Godin if Cagliari goes down. Gio Simeone could be a good back-up for CF position as well. Inter should go for Belotti, whether Torino goes down or not. After this season he will have one year left in his contract and we could get him for a reasonable price, specially if Torino goes down.

[rockball]

Simeone is average as fuck. Belotti on the other hand, would be a fantastic backup. He would keep LuLa on their toes.

We should keep an eye on Fiorentina as well. Castrovili is a no-brainer whether they go down or not, so is Milenkovic. But if they go down, wouldn't mind Amrabat as a midfield option.

First, let's ensure we don't sell any of Skriniar, Dr Vrij, Bastoni, Brozovic, Barella, Eriksen, Lautaro, Lukaku, Hakimi.