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    Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Murray on Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:02 pm

    Fixtures are finally out

    Week 1

    Bari-Juventus
    Chievo-Catania
    Milan-Lecce
    Parma-Brescia
    Roma-Cesena
    Sampdoria-Lazio
    Udinese-Genoa
    Palermo-Cagliari
    Bologna-Inter
    Fiorentina-Napoli


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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Murray on Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:03 pm

    Fiorentina-Napoli, Bologna-Inter, Bari-Juventus, Roma-Cesena and Milan-Lecce are among the
    Week 1 games in Serie A on the weekend of August 28-29.


    The fixtures for the 2010-11 season were drawn up this evening and it was
    the first since Serie A broke away from the Lega Calcio to form their
    own organisation.

    New Juventus boss Gigi Del Neri faced his former Sampdoria players in the second round on September 12.


    Roma-Inter will be the star game of Week 5 on September 26, followed immediately
    by a Champions League tie and then Inter-Juventus in Week 6.

    Milan-Juventus is in Week 9 on the weekend of Halloween, October 31, at San Siro,
    while Napoli-Palermo is in Week 15 with Edinson Cavani facing his
    former club.

    The Genoa derby, Milan-Roma and Fiorentina-Inter are all in Week 17, on the
    weekend of December 19 and the final round before the Winter break.

    Week 12 will be spectacular, as the weekend of November 14 includes
    Inter-Milan, Juventus-Roma, Palermo-Catania and Lazio-Napoli.

    The final round on May 22 has some high-profile clashes, with Juventus-Napoli, Inter-Catania, Udinese-Milan and Roma-Sampdoria.

    There will be rest weekends on September 5, October 10 and March 27, plus
    midweek rounds on Wednesday September 22, Wednesday November 10,
    Thursday January 6 and Wednesday February 2.

    The Christmas break lasts from December 19 to January 6.

    http://www.football-italia.net/jul28y.html

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Fey on Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:52 pm



    Serie A

    Doubt Milan or Juve can really threaten Inter this year. Or could Roma do it this year?

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Black Magic on Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:59 pm

    I think we could Fey, I think we could.

    IL CALENDARIO DELLA ROMA

    1° GIORNATA (29 agosto): Roma-Cesena
    2° GIORNATA (12 settembre): Cagliari-Roma
    3° GIORNATA (19 settembre): Roma-Bologna
    4° GIORNATA (22 settembre): Brescia-Roma
    5° GIORNATA (26 settembre): Roma-Inter
    6° GIORNATA (3 ottobre): Napoli-Roma
    7° GIORNATA (17 ottobre): Roma-Genoa
    8° GIORNATA (24 ottobre): Parma-Roma
    9° GIORNATA (31 ottobre): Roma-Lecce
    10° GIORNATA (7 novembre): Lazio-Roma
    11° GIORNATA (10 novembre): Roma-Fiorentina
    12° GIORNATA (14 novembre): Juventus-Roma
    13° GIORNATA (21 novembre): Roma-Udinese
    14° GIORNATA (28 novembre): Palermo-Roma
    15° GIORNATA (5 dicembre): Chievo-Roma
    16° GIORNATA (21 dicembre): Roma-Bari
    17° GIORNATA (19 dicembre): Milan-Roma
    18° GIORNATA (6 gennaio): Roma-Catania
    19° GIORNATA (9 gennaio): Sampdoria-Roma

    12 points by the time we meet Inter is a must, the start is just too kind.

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by bluenine on Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:36 am

    Impressive and bold team put up by Del Neri earlier today, in their CL qualifier win...

    Storari;
    Motta, Bonucci, Chiellini, De Ceglie;
    Lanzafame, Sissoko, Marchisio, Pepe;
    Diego, Amauri


    Very conventional 442 wiith two wingers and a fantasista... a lot of faith in youngsters like De Ceglie, Bonucci, Lanzafame, etc... very Italian too, with 9 Italian starters.... perhaps this is the new era for Juve...

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by bluenine on Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:18 am

    Decent start of the summer tour for Inter... a comfortable 3-0 win over City.... clearly made easy by the Vieira's red card, thank God we got rid of him!!

    Great to see so many kids getting a chance... Very few first team starters for Inter, in fact only the ones who had no WC in the legs - Pandev, Cambiasso, Chivu and Zanetti. Eto'o and Stankovic came in later in the 2nd half.

    Coutinho played and I must say the lad has pace and some crazy mad skills... but he is very young and a few kilo's too light. He does work hard and is not a lazy attacking mid in the Recoba mold, which is a huge relief. Obi also looked good, gave Inter real pace and width.

    This is the first time we got to see what Rafa plans to do about Cambiasso.... I was a bit nervous when Rafa had said that he plans to play Cuchu further up the pitch this season, but he looked good yesterday... got much more of the ball, made some nice passes. This could work, with a destroyer (Mascherano/Mariga) behind him.

    Obinna, 2 goals, very cool. I am sure Branca's phone is ringing today with offers. This kid is talented, and we should get good money for him. Unfortunately, Mancini did little to impress, so looks like we are stuck with him...

    Biraghi, what a shot!! This kid came out of no where, 30m shot into the goal!! Nice way to debut for the senior team, after the game he kept the game ball, Lescott's shirt, and his own shirt Wink


    PIRELLI CUP 2010 INTER-MANCHESTER CITY 3-0
    Scorers
    : 39 ' and 54' Obinna, 74' Biraghi

    Inter: 12 Castellazzi, 4 Zanetti (62' Alibech 31), 2 Cordoba, 23 Materazzi (78' 40 Nwankwo), 26 Chivu (62' Biraghi 34), 19 Cambiasso (62' 5 Stankovic), 17 Mariga (22 'st Dell'Agnello 54), 33 Obinna (72' Biabiany 50), 29 Coutinho (72 ' 30 A. Mancini), 20 Obi (62' 57 Natalino) 27 Pandev (62' 9 Eto 'o).
    Subs not used: 21 Orlandoni.
    Coach: Rafael Benitez

    Manchester City: Hart 24 (45 1 Given) 5 Zabaleta, 28 Kolo Toure (64' Boyota 38), 33 Kompany (79' 7 Ireland), 3 Bridge (1' st Cunningham 45), 11 Johnson 24 Vieira, 42 Yaya Touré (45' Lescott 19), 18 Barry (55' 8 Wright-Phillips), 27 Jo Silva (75' Richards), 9 Adebayor.
    Subs Not Used: 4 Onuoha 40 Weiss, 41 Ben Mee.
    Coach: Brian Kidd (Roberto Mancini absent for family reasons)

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by fcb on Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:40 am

    Wrong decision by the ref IMO. I don't think even Vieira is stupid enough to elbow someone in a friendly. But no surprises seeing Materazzi dying Rolling Eyes




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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by bluenine on Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:07 pm

    fcb wrote:Wrong decision by the ref IMO. I don't think even Vieira is stupid enough to elbow someone in a friendly. But no surprises seeing Materazzi dying Rolling Eyes

    Yeah, it shouldn't ve been a red card.... but with the reputations players like Vieira, Balotelli, Matrix, etc carry, if they make contact with their arm, they will get penalised.... it happens very often with these players, and many times they end up with a harsh red....

    Matrix's playacting has always been ridiculous... he is a nutter!

    Biraghi's goal (last one) And apparently that kid is left footed!!

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by bluenine on Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:38 pm

    Jovetic is out with ligament injury for 6-7 months... poor kid.

    That also means that the already slim chances we had of landing Vargas are surely over, Corvino will not budge now. Sad

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by abundance on Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:34 pm

    really sad for Fiorentina and Jovetic, he was on the ramp for putting a big mark on this season.

    The chances for getting some Viagras for us nerazzurri could raise, anyway: he cannot do JoJo's job, and Miha was already somewhat prepared to do without him. JoJo injury means they'll probably have to bring in some other second striker / trequartista, and so they'll possibly be more inclined to cash in on the peruvian.

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by bluenine on Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:01 pm

    Must admit, even tho they ve only played shite teams so far, this Juve is looking so much better than last season's...

    Storari
    Motta - Bonucci - Chiellini - De Ceglie
    Marchisio - Sissoko
    Pepe - Diego - Lanzafame
    Amauri



    It seems to work well, with attacking fullbacks and better wingers. Tho must say that it looks better when Del Piero replaced Diego.... DP back in the trequatista/fantasista-behind-the-striker role still works for Juve. He is shite as a winger tho.

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Pirlo on Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:37 am

    Napoli still need to improve defensively - they are after Mantovani - , otherwise they have a very impressive team.

    Genoa have signed very impressively andi hope finally they will have a season that justifies the talent they have -
    Eduardo, Rafinha, Ranocchia, Chico, Miguel Veloso. Plus if they can get Toni back to his form, and they have a couple oftalented youngsters from Milan and Inter in Zigoni and especially Destro respective. They're after Ben Arfa, Endo and KP Boateng and could end up with Jankulovksi as well if we get Bocchetti.

    Juve have also had a great transfer window, i'm not a fan of Del Neri's style of play, it's too physically intensive for my liking, but they should certainly get back to challenging. With Motta-Bonucci-Chiellini-De Ceglie at the defence, it's like the future of La Nazionale is in the hands of Juve!
    Pepe's a decent Serie A player, Martinez will give that two sitters balance, and if Amauri and Vince wake up, it could be a good time for them. Krasic, Forlan and Bastos could compliment their squad further.

    Lazio with Hernanes and Ledesma in the centre of their midfield should be a football dream and i'm really excited to see how it works out. Bresciano is a reasonable and solid addition to the attack,

    Apart from Curci to replace Castellazzi, Samp haven't really strengthened for their possible Champions league campaign, i can't see them repeating last season given that the teams around them have improved significantly now.

    I think Serie A continues to improve, there are some great midfields and attacks throughout the top 10 now, physically it still lacks something on other leagues and defensively we seem to have abandoned a bit (!) but we are getting back to where we were slowly, and there is still a lot of very good teams and talent on show,

    I think will make up the top 7 for the European classifications:

    Inter
    Roma
    Juventus
    Milan - (at least two places higher though if we sign Bocchetti, Palombo, Poli and Ibra. )
    Genoa
    Napoli
    Fiorentina

    It's going to be a very close season i think, there is not much to separate the top 7 in terms of techncial ability, but Inter have the edge because they are a winning squad and have a far more physical emphasis on their game. Benitez is a cup manager though, so maybe they will be more vulnerable, and i'm not entirely convinced by Del Neri's ability to coach a team as big as Juve under the pressure, he's too volatile.

    Genoa,Napoli and Fiorentina could be a great shootout. Depending on if we strengthen before the campaign will define us. If not, we will struggle to keep up with Roma, Inter and Juve, let alone with the others breathnig at us, if we can get some quality in then we should be able to mount a more consistent challenge than last capaign, so still all the work is to be done.






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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Super defensive on Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:56 am

    Nice preview Pirlo <Ale>

    Serie A has great quality outside their lone horse, Inter, but I wish they there could be a bigger emphasis creating some good defenders. If you want to compete you need the best defenders. I like what Juventus are doing and it is a throwback to have an all italian back four. I rate Chiellini and Motta highly but don't know much about Bonucci other hand then he formed a good defence with Ranocchia. Never knew what to make of De Ceglie.

    Why no mention of Palermo? The sale of Kjær surely can't be that fatal. Even with European football I think they will do well.

    Adriano at Roma will be very exciting to watch and especially if Ranieri manages to squeeze Vucinic/Totti/Menez in behind him. Blush
    Big mistake by them not to keep Motta though but if they get Burdisso then perhaps they can compete allthough Roma and CL football generally goes bad together.

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Pirlo on Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:18 am

    Palermo are going to slide, they've lost a lot (Bresciano, Simplicio, Cavani) and not really gained anything apart from Maccarone.

    They still have some things going for them - young Sirigu is the lastest to be called the 'next Buffon', he's very talented but no pressure! Mattia Cassani is a solid right defence , and of course they have Pastore and Hernandez to support the lone attacker.

    midfield is similar to ours, Liverani is a great passer and architect but Nocerino and Migliaccio are too bland to be effective against a lot of the relative strengths of other teams midfields around them.

    Roma excite me too, i've been a fan of the Cobra for years! Menez is starting to show more consistency and take greater responsibility, and if Adriano turns up then they can achieve great things. Oversleeping and missing training on your first day isn't a good start though!
    Simplicio adds to the depth and strength of their midfield, he's a great player, strong and with a very accurate and powerful shot from range.

    Samp have the 'fantastic four' - Poli, Palombo, Pazzini and Cassano, but very little else, those four are very good players, around them not so good.

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by bluenine on Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:51 pm

    Pirlo wrote:Palermo are going to slide, they've lost a lot (Bresciano, Simplicio, Cavani) and not really gained anything apart from Maccarone.

    They still have some things going for them - young Sirigu is the lastest to be called the 'next Buffon', he's very talented but no pressure! Mattia Cassani is a solid right defence , and of course they have Pastore and Hernandez to support the lone attacker.

    midfield is similar to ours, Liverani is a great passer and architect but Nocerino and Migliaccio are too bland to be effective against a lot of the relative strengths of other teams midfields around them.

    Roma excite me too, i've been a fan of the Cobra for years! Menez is starting to show more consistency and take greater responsibility, and if Adriano turns up then they can achieve great things. Oversleeping and missing training on your first day isn't a good start though!
    Simplicio adds to the depth and strength of their midfield, he's a great player, strong and with a very accurate and powerful shot from range.

    Samp have the 'fantastic four' - Poli, Palombo, Pazzini and Cassano, but very little else, those four are very good players, around them not so good.


    I am not so sure about that... Zamparini may be an idiot strategiically, but he is shrewd like a fox in the transfer market. He does this well every season, selling some of his stars and un-earthing some gems out of no where. Sure, Kjaer & Cavani are big losses, and Bresciano and Simplicio were also key players... But Cavani's loss will be hardly felt as Hernandez is beginning to show his talent... also they ve bought Pinilla & Maccarone. Kjaer has been sold, but the highly rated Munoz has been bought in his place, and back ups in Glik and Darmian. And Garcia for FB. IMO the only one they still miss is Simplicio. And I am pretty sure 1 or 2 highly rated or relatively unkown midfielders will also be brought in by the end of the month... Palermo are very likely to be as strong as they were last season - possibly another Europe Cup finish. The way Zamparini operates, they are in a state of constant rebuild every season, but on the other hand, they are financially very well run as a business.

    Sampdoria, I agree with you. Storari was a huge loss for them, there is no way young Curci can match the superman performances of Storari last season... Del Neri is a huge loss too. Unless they spend some money very quickly, I suspect their CL adventure will end very abruptly for them. I wouldn't put my money on them finishing in the top 7 this season.

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Super defensive on Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:01 pm

    Pirlo wrote:Palermo are going to slide, they've lost a lot (Bresciano, Simplicio, Cavani) and not really gained anything apart from Maccarone.

    They still have some things going for them - young Sirigu is the lastest to be called the 'next Buffon', he's very talented but no pressure! Mattia Cassani is a solid right defence , and of course they have Pastore and Hernandez to support the lone attacker.

    midfield is similar to ours, Liverani is a great passer and architect but Nocerino and Migliaccio are too bland to be effective against a lot of the relative strengths of other teams midfields around them.

    Roma excite me too, i've been a fan of the Cobra for years! Menez is starting to show more consistency and take greater responsibility, and if Adriano turns up then they can achieve great things. Oversleeping and missing training on your first day isn't a good start though!
    Simplicio adds to the depth and strength of their midfield, he's a great player, strong and with a very accurate and powerful shot from range.

    Samp have the 'fantastic four' - Poli, Palombo, Pazzini and Cassano, but very little else, those four are very good players, around them not so good.

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    Very worrying that Adriano has already messed up from day one. Ranieri has been positive and believes in him allthough I suppose he has too.

    Del Neri managed to make Doria more then the sum of its parts. If Di Carlo can do the same then who knows but I agree that based on squad they shouldn't be competing and especially with Cl and potentially Europa League football.

    I must say that im a little disappointed in Juventus. They have done quite well in the transfer market and much better then that idiot Secco. However I still think they are missing a strong Cm, one more high class defender and a striker. If they get Krasic that will be great but they shouldn't stop there. There was rumours about Adebayor coming and Juve should definitely follow up on that because he is a very striker already but also somebody for the future. With City's squad problem he can be gotten on the cheap.

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by bluenine on Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:06 pm

    Pirlo wrote:I think will make up the top 7 for the European classifications:

    Inter
    Roma
    Juventus
    Milan - (at least two places higher though if we sign Bocchetti, Palombo, Poli and Ibra. )
    Genoa
    Napoli
    Fiorentina


    I wanted to wait till the end of the transfer window before making predictions, but what the hell....

    1. Inter
    2. Roma
    3. Juventus
    4. Milan
    5. Napoli
    6. Palermo
    7. Lazio - they ve bought very well this summer - Bresciano, Hernanes, Gonzalez, Garrido, etc

    Genoa may take time to gel, too much change at that club.

    Fiorentina may miss Jovetic & Prandelli too much, tho I could revise my opinion if they buy a top player.

    Sampdoria, they have only become weaker when others are becoming stronger.

    Udinese, they could surprise everyone. While conventional wisdom should spell doom for them as they were poor last season and since them ve sold some key players (D'Agostino, Pepe, Lukovic, etc)... but they ve bought cleverly, Candreva, Karagounis, and some unknown players (like Palermo, they seem to have a knack of "discovering" talents). But I am going to go with conventional wisdom here.

    These are 11 decent teams in Serie A now. Inter are perhaps a bit above the rest in quality, but there is not much of a gap between the rest 10.

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Pirlo on Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:04 pm

    Udinese, Fiorentina and Palermo always buy well, and discover young talent, then unfortunately are forced to sell them as soon as they start breaking through, so neither has the structure or longevity to break into a top side, they'll just stay in permanant stasis.

    Lazio can work if that midfield works,

    Palermo have a great attack and a very promising keeper, but not much else,

    I agree with Genoa, their talent dictates an excellent season, but they tend to always flatter to decieve and their squad is always changing. Agree with Samp,

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Black Magic on Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:19 pm

    Genoa's mercato has been really impressive. I'd let magic Johnson vomit blood on me for Roma to have a market like that. Veloso has always impressed me whenever I've seen him, Rafinha was being linked to Bayern just a few months ago and Eduardo was my keeper of the WC! Toni showed glimpses of his magic with us and if he could stay motivated I think he could get close to the 15 goal mark.

    They most likely haven't closed their window yet, but I haven't been all that impressed with Juventus' signings thus far. Bonucci apart, Pepe? Decent player at his best. Motta was class in his half season at Roma, the season after though he was just pathetic, he was getting burned by wingers and making silly mistakes. Heard he wasn't all that flash in Juve's EL qualifier either. Martinez was a good signing, just not all that scary. The thing with Juventus was the likes of Melo, Diego and Amauri were horrible last season - 10/11 doesn't hinge on their new signings, it hinges on these guys.

    I watched Sao Paulo's Copa Libertadores Semi and yep, Hernanes is pretty special, like a poor man's Leandro Greco. Wink The Alvaro-Ledesma-Hernanes midfield should be scary. Sad

    Kjaer and Cavani are big losses, but Simplicio and Bresciano weren't all that influential for Palermo last season. Bresciano is an alright pick up for Lazio, but his best years are behind him. Hernandez impressed me, I hope he has a good season.

    Adriano looked to have lost a lot of weight in the friendly against Levante and seemed to have developed a nice relationship with Totti already. Francesco has been playing as the trequartista all summer under Ranieri, he looks to be the fittest he's been since 07. In fact the whole team looks especially fit, this is the first pre season I can remember where we've looked sharp and ready for the new season. The defence is still an issue but not to worry, Prade bought Burdisso's younger brother as defensive assurance. Doh (Inter won't budge on Nico's asking price and we don't have an owner, so.....) Riise---Mexes---Juan---Rosi projected for R1.

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by bluenine on Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:01 am

    Black Magic wrote:Genoa's mercato has been really impressive. I'd let magic Johnson vomit blood on me for Roma to have a market like that. Veloso has always impressed me whenever I've seen him, Rafinha was being linked to Bayern just a few months ago and Eduardo was my keeper of the WC! Toni showed glimpses of his magic with us and if he could stay motivated I think he could get close to the 15 goal mark.

    They most likely haven't closed their window yet, but I haven't been all that impressed with Juventus' signings thus far. Bonucci apart, Pepe? Decent player at his best. Motta was class in his half season at Roma, the season after though he was just pathetic, he was getting burned by wingers and making silly mistakes. Heard he wasn't all that flash in Juve's EL qualifier either. Martinez was a good signing, just not all that scary. The thing with Juventus was the likes of Melo, Diego and Amauri were horrible last season - 10/11 doesn't hinge on their new signings, it hinges on these guys.

    I watched Sao Paulo's Copa Libertadores Semi and yep, Hernanes is pretty special, like a poor man's Leandro Greco. Wink The Alvaro-Ledesma-Hernanes midfield should be scary. Sad

    Kjaer and Cavani are big losses, but Simplicio and Bresciano weren't all that influential for Palermo last season. Bresciano is an alright pick up for Lazio, but his best years are behind him. Hernandez impressed me, I hope he has a good season.

    Adriano looked to have lost a lot of weight in the friendly against Levante and seemed to have developed a nice relationship with Totti already. Francesco has been playing as the trequartista all summer under Ranieri, he looks to be the fittest he's been since 07. In fact the whole team looks especially fit, this is the first pre season I can remember where we've looked sharp and ready for the new season. The defence is still an issue but not to worry, Prade bought Burdisso's younger brother as defensive assurance. Doh (Inter won't budge on Nico's asking price and we don't have an owner, so.....) Riise---Mexes---Juan---Rosi projected for R1.


    Good post, BM

    The problem with Roma is that if you don't get Burdisso, then you are too dependent on the fitness/form of Juan & Mexes. Its too much of a risk, and wil not work over a season... so you cannot blame Inter for not budging from their asking price for Burdisso, coz Roma are probably our biggest rivals for the scudetto. If I were Branca, I would never sell Burdisso to Roma... why help cover the key gap in your main rival's squad??

    I completely agree re Juve. Their season is much more dependent on the brasilians (or oriundo) than the new buys... but I have a feeling that Amauri and Melo will definately come good this season. Amauri is class, and even tho he has had a horrible 18 months, it surely cannot continue... he is start showing some signs of improvements in the last few months... Re Melo, he will finally be played in his correct role, so he should come good. Diego I am not so sure whether he will adapt to Serie A... Juve are like 2-3 players away from reaching Inter's level. But thats just on paper. On the field, the gap may be wider.

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Tarun on Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:26 am

    Here goes my prediction for the top 7 for European qualifications:

    1. Inter
    2. Roma
    3. Juventus
    4. Milan
    5. Sampdoria
    6. Palermo
    7. Genoa/Napoli

    Would be tough for any other Serie A club in the league at the moment to displace Inter at the top. Their confidence is high & they have quality & depth. A problem for Inter could be a 'relative' lack of motivation as they are coming off a historic treble. But in Benitez Inter has a good coach and they would continue to be a dominant force in the foreseeable future.

    Roma look good for the title race & who knows if Adriano can be their new hero. Will be interesting to see if the guy can reinvent himself at Roma with Totti, Vucinic and Menez supporting him. Simplicio is a good addition & it will be super if they are able to sort the Burdisso issue in their favor.

    Marrotta has made some good transfers for Juventus so far. The issue always was to find the right system to play rather than force the players to adapt to one. With Del Neri's 4-4-2 to be the way ahead and acquisition of players that suit the formation, seems like we are on the right track. There are no big name signings but they are good players who will fit into the formation well. I liked what I saw of Pepe, Martinez & Motta till now, if the recent qualifiers can be considered as an example. We are still hunting for a LB and possibly a striker & with that I think we have a decent squad that can challenge for a top 4 position. Our pivot will still remain the form of players like Chiellini, Amauri, Marchisio, Del Piero & Buffon (the latter 2 for the leadership they bring) and the newcomers will have to add to it. I continue to be skeptical about Melo but also believe that Diego will be able to show his quality this time around.

    Milan - I don't know what to make of them! I will let it pass!!

    I think Doria will continue to do well. They still have players like Pazzini, Cassano & Palombo.

    I am kind of undecided on the 7th spot & think that both Napoli & Genoa are good for it. I have high hopes from Genoa this time around. They have bought very well & they are a highly motivated side. Their consistency has been suspect but I think by adding good players to their ranks they might be able to overcome that

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by bluenine on Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:59 am

    Our "new Balotelli" (tho only 6 months younger), Mattia Destro is the kid to watch. This kid seemed to score at will at the junior levels, both for Inter and Italy. All Interisti are very interested to see whether he makes that transition from jr to senior level, a jump which has consumed many a young Italian talent. Destro, currently at loan to Genoa, has started on the right foot. He scored a hatrick in the friendly yesterday against a local side...

    Gooooooooo Destrooooooo, show Toni how to score agian Razz

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Bogdan Stancu on Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:56 am

    bluenine wrote:Our "new Balotelli" (tho only 6 months younger), Mattia Destro is the kid to watch. This kid seemed to score at will at the junior levels, both for Inter and Italy. All Interisti are very interested to see whether he makes that transition from jr to senior level, a jump which has consumed many a young Italian talent. Destro, currently at loan to Genoa, has started on the right foot. He scored a hatrick in the friendly yesterday against a local side...

    Gooooooooo Destrooooooo, show Toni how to score agian Razz


    Considering he's Italian his chances of making it into Inter's first 11 are very slim.

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by bluenine on Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:20 pm

    Edin Dzeko wrote:
    bluenine wrote:Our "new Balotelli" (tho only 6 months younger), Mattia Destro is the kid to watch. This kid seemed to score at will at the junior levels, both for Inter and Italy. All Interisti are very interested to see whether he makes that transition from jr to senior level, a jump which has consumed many a young Italian talent. Destro, currently at loan to Genoa, has started on the right foot. He scored a hatrick in the friendly yesterday against a local side...

    Gooooooooo Destrooooooo, show Toni how to score agian Razz


    Considering he's Italian his chances of making it into Inter's first 11 are very slim.

    True, but mostly coz at Inter he will ve to compete with the likes of Milito, Eto'o, Pandev, etc... it can be difficult for anyone... hell, Forlan might find it difficult to make our first XI! Its not like the competition is against the mighty 99 yr old Inzaghi and the misfiring Hunter Razz

    But on the other hand, Destro's chances of making the Azzurri squad are increasing... the number of inter trained or owned players in Azzurri squad is slowly starting to creep up... Santon, Bonucci, Balotelli, Viviano.... next in line? Ranocchia? Destro? Meggiorini? Acquafresca? Andreolli? Crisetig? Oooooh, the tide is turning...

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by bluenine on Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:34 pm

    ESPN: Serie A returns this seasonWednesday 11 August, 2010

    ESPN have renewed their deal to show LIVE and EXCLUSIVE Serie A matches for the 2010-11 season, plus the Coppa Italia.


    Fans in the UK will be able to cheer on their favourite teams with at least two games each week from Italy’s top flight.



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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Calidad on Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:45 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5e9Kv7zK5g

    Highlights of Palermo's 3-0 EC win last night. Pastore Blush

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by L r dd on Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:26 pm

    I'm backing Juventus to win Seria A

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Pras_tama on Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:11 pm

    L r dd wrote:I'm backing Juventus to win Seria A


    so..Juve won't win it

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by L r dd on Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:12 pm

    right

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    Re: Serie A 2010-2011 Thread

    Post by Calidad on Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:31 pm

    Why do you think Juve will win Serie A?

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