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Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire


Look at the loving logo. Just look at it. You know you’re in for some questionable and dumb poo poo when that’s the official representation of the league. Welcome to Serie Ronald 2019-2020, home of 7 time Champions League runners up Piemonte Calcio.

https://twitter.com/titan_plus/status/1154005535823241217
See title for translation

Last season was uhh…well it fuckin happened I guess? If you’re not an Atalanta fan then there was really not much of anything going on that was terribly memorable. Juventus ran away with the league as they have done for nearly a decade, Napoli put up an :effort:, Inter scraped their way in the CL as has become tradition and Atalanta played out of their goddamn skulls to get in to the top four. Milan, Lazio and Roma were supposed to the EL entrants but Milan decided to take their ball and go home due to being broke letting Torino in to the EL qualifying stages.

Ronaldo had a good season by all accounts but wasn’t necessarily Juve’s best player. Papu Gomez continued his mid career renaissance as he led his boys to the champions league for the first time with the help of vice-capocannoniere “Big” Duvan Zapata, Krzysztof Piatek came out of nowhere to be one of the league’s top scorers and our FIFA loving friend Ciro Immobile put up some good numbers as well. Fabio Quagliarella, at over 69 years old, had the season of his life and ended up Capocannoniere of the league as well as our hearts. We were finally able to rid ourselves of Chievo “turd that wont flush” Verona only to have their infinitely worse fascist cousins Hellas come roaring back to rival Lazio for the Corpse of Fabrizio Piscitelli worst fans on Earth award.

There have been 7 managerial changes in the offseason with notable ones being Maurizio Sarri returning from ashtrayless England to replace Max “Giacomo Bonaventura Sr.” Allegri at Juve and Antonio “Wayne Rooney’s hairpiece” Conte replace WaLuciano Spalletti at Inter. Aside from some of the huge signings Juve have made, Conte at Inter significantly puts their chances of winning something much higher as he is the best manager in football at taking a real crop of absolute poo poo players and getting something out of them.

Lets meet our friends


Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio
Home City Bergamo
Manager: Giampiero Gasperini
Notable players in: Luis Muriel (forward, Sevilla), Martin Skrtl (defender, free agent)
Notable players out: Gianluca Mancini (fullback, Roma)
Trophies: Coppa Italia [1] 62/63
Last finish: 3rd with 69 points naice

Look at this poo poo. I knew Big Duvan was wasted at Napoli and he proved it this past year; Gomez just spraying crosses to him and him scoring every single one of them. Gasperini is a genius? Eh, sure, but despite what the press would say Atalanta had a very VERY good side that aren’t really punching above their weight at all. This is their level with the squad they have. Competing in three competitions is going to be tough since their second string isn’t nearly as good as their first but they’ve only lost Mancini (who was quite good to be fair) so they’re really in good shape to do well domestically at least. No idea how they’ll do in Europe.


Bologna Football Club 1909
Home City Bologna
Manager: Sinisa Mihajlovic, though maybe not since he announced he has leukaemia
Notable players in: Nobody I’ve heard of
Notable players out: Erik Pulgar (midfielder, Fiorentina)
Trophies: Serie A [7] 24/25, 28/29, 35/36, 36/37, 38/39, 40/41, 63/64
Coppa Italia [2] 69/70, 73/74
Last finish: 10th

Pippo Inzaghi was managing this team in to relegation by Christmas and here comes Mihajlovic who got them firing on all cylinders and pulled them up to 10th by the end of the year. The players all said he was the complete reason they saved their season, and now that he’s likely not going to be available it may be tough to replace him. Bologna will target “safety” but their fans will likely want more than that.


Brescia Calcio SpA
Home City Brescia
Manager: Eugenio Corrini
Notable players in: Eh
Notable players out: Nah
Trophies: None at the top level
Last finish: 1st in Serie B

Brescia managed to hold off the late charge by Lecce in Serie B to win by one point, marking a return to Serie A. You may remember Corrini from managing Chievo for a while but that would also require you to remember Chievo and I don’t blame you if you don’t. He also managed Palermo but who hasn’t. Brescia’s jewel is Sandro Tonali, who already has Italy senior caps to his name and is wanted by several clubs. They’ve managed to hold on to him for the time being and are trying to bring in hometown hero Mario Balotelli. As for all promoted clubs, they’ll focus on staying up.



Cagliari Calcio
Home City Cagliari
Manager: Rolando Maran
Notable players in: Radja Nainggolan (midfielder, Inter)
Notable players out: Luca Pellegrini (fullback, Juventus), Nicolo Barella (midfielder, Inter), Talismano Padoin (good luck charm, end contract)
Trophies: Serie A 69/70
Last finish: 15th

Cagliari were mostly unremarkable this past year but they did have the emergence of two stars in Barella and Pellegrini, who of course were sold or returned immediately. Nainggolan wasn’t getting anything done at Inter so he has returned to the club that made him a big deal, not only for footballing reasons, but because his wife is ill and she is from Sardegna. What is it with these horrible stories of disease? Why can’t we have nice things in this league!!


Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina
Home City Firenze
Manager: Vincenzo “lmao” Montella
Notable players in: Boa Boa Boa Teng Teng Teng (the man, Barcelona), Pol Lirola (defender, Sassuolo), Erik Pulgar (midfielder, Bologna), Bartolomiej Dragowski (keeper, Empoli, return from loan)
Notable players out: Jordan Veretout (midfielder, Roma), Ricky Saponara (midfielder, Genoa)
Trophies: Serie A [2] 55/56, 68/69
Coppa Italia [6] 39/40, 60/61, 65/66, 74/75, 95/96, 00/01
Cup Winners Cup [1] 60/61
Last finish: 16th

Fiorentina were almost relegated on the last day. They were that bad despite having what one might consider one of the better attacking formations in Italy. You know why? Because Vincenzo Montella was the manager and the owners did not give a flying gently caress. The team was sold to Italian American businessman Rocco Commisso in the offseason and they have been buying up players at a serious clip. Commisso seems dedicated to improving the situation in Florence and if Montella can get his poo poo together they could be challenging for Europe.


Genoa Cricket and Football Club
Home City Genova
Manager: Aurelio Andreazzoli
Notable players in: Cristian Zapata (defender, Milan), Andrea Pinamonti (striker, Inter), Lasse Schone (midfielder, Ajax)
Notable players out:
Trophies: Serie A [9] 1897/98; 1898/99; 1899/1900; 1901/02; 1902/03; 1903/04; 1914/15; 1922/34 1923/24
Coppa Italia [1] 36/37
Last finish: 17th

Genoa barely escaped relegation on head-to-head with Empoli, surprisingly, given the amount of talent available to them. After losing Piatek to Milan they sort of went in to a spiral, needing Criscito to bail them out at the last second at least once that I can remember. Cesare Prandelli left the team by “mutual” consent and was replaced with former Empoli manager Andreazzoli. I don’t know where they’ll end up; their squad changes every day and Preziosi is a quiet maniac.


Football Club Internazionale Milano
Home City Milano
Manager: Antonio “wig” Conte
Notable players in: Diego Godin (defender, Atletico Madrid), Stefano Sensi (midfielder, Sassuolo), Nicolo Barella (midfielder, Cagliari), Romelu Lukaku (striker, Manchester United)
Notable players out: Radja Nainggolan (midfielder, Cagliari), Ivan Perisic (midfielder, Bayern Munich), Miranda (defender, Jiangsu Suning)
Trophies: Serie A [18] 1909/10, 19/20, 29/30, 37/38, 39/40, 52/53, 53/54, 62/63, 64/65, 65/66, 70/71, 79/80, 88/89, 05/06, 06/07, 07/08, 08/09 09/10
Coppa Italia [7] 38/39, 77/78, 81/82, 04/05, 05/06, 09/10, 10/11
European Cup/Champions League [3] 63/64, 64/65, 09/10
UEFA Cup/Europa League [3] 90/91, 93/94, 97/98
Last finish: 4th

By beating Empoli on the last day of the season Inter sealed another entrance in to the Champions League “a cazzo di cane” like it’s becoming a habit. They promptly shitcanned WaLuciano and hired Antonio Conte. Aside from their pretty decent transfer campaign for players, Conte is the best signing they could make. If Lukaku adapts they could be challenging for the title. There only remains the question of where Icardi ends up and as long as he takes his wife with him I don’t think Inter care where that is. It’s Juve. He’s going to Juve.


Juventus Football Club
Home City Torino
Manager: Maurizio Sarri
Notable players in: Aaron Ramsey (striker, Arsenal), Matias De Ligt (defender, Ajax), Danilo (defender, Manchester City), Luca Pellegrini (defender, Cagliari), Gigi Buffon (keeper, PSG)
Notable players out: Leonardo Spinazzola (defender, Roma), Joao Cancelo (defender, Manchester City), Moise Kean (striker, Everton)
Trophies: Serie A [30] 1905, 25/26, 30/31, 31/32, 32/33, 33/34, 34/35, 49/50, 51/52, 57/58, 59/60, 60/61, 66/67, 71/72, 72/73, 74/75, 76/77, 77/78, 80/81, 81/82, 83/84, 85/86, 94/95, 96/97, 97/98, 01/02, 02/03, 11/12, 12/13, 13/14, 14/15, 15/16, 16/17, 17/18, 18/19
Coppa Italia [10] 37/38, 41/42, 58/59, 64/65, 78/79, 82/83, 89/90, 94/95, 14/15, 15/16, 16/17
European Cup/Champions League [2] 84/85, 95/96
Cup Winners Cup [1] 83/84
UEFA Cup/Europa League [3] 76/77, 89/90, 92/93
Last finish: 1st

Oh Juve won again? Wow exciting! Juve took a poo poo on the rest of the league and then Ajax took a poo poo on them in the Champions League and last of all Atalanta took a poo poo on them in the Coppa Italia sooooo this was honestly their worst season in a long time. Allegri was sick of winning I guess so he became bald as all aspiring managers seem to be doing and quit. Juve took Sarri out of Engand and back to Italy where he has been systematically disassembling the squad. On paper the team still looks really good but here are some weird subtractions going on the transfer market. I know we all say this every year but this actually might be the season somebody beats them. Oh hey, and Buffon is back.


Societa Sportiva Lazio
Home City Roma
Manager: Simone Inzaghi
Notable players in: Manuel Lazzari (midfielder, SPAL)
Notable players out: Martin Caceres (defender, the bin)
Trophies: Serie A [2] 73/74, 99/00
Coppa Italia [5] 1958, 97/98, 99/00, 03/04, 08/09, 12/13, 18/19
Cup Winners Cup [1] 99/98
Last finish: 8th

Lazio had a pretty good year on the pitch, winning the Coppa Italia and finishing in the EL spots. Milinkovic-Savic had a wet fart of a season and his underperforming was kinda the reason they went from challenging for the CL to dropping where they finished. Immobile is still good, Inzaghi is a way better manager than his brother and they haven’t lost or gained anyone that important. I imagine they’ll be fighting for Europe again.


Unione Sportiva Lecce SpA
Home City Lecce
Manager: Fabio Liverani (he made it!)
Notable players in: Gianluca Lapadula (striker, Genoa, loan), Diego Farias (striker, Cagliari, loan with option)
Notable players out: none
Trophies: none at the top level
Last finish: 2nd in Serie B

Lecce are almost the southernmost team in the league; Cagliari just barely edges them out. A hard fight with Brescia saw them still automatically promoted thanks to both the good management of Fabio Liverani and the play of former Serie A players Tachtsidis and Mancosu. I think Liverani managed Palermo at some point, he definitely played for them, but it was short lived. As far as I know this is his first real stint at the top level, though he has been managing for some time. They’ll be aiming to stay up. I expect to see Fabrizio Miccoli in the stands every game.



Associazione Calcio Milan
Home City Milano
Manager: Marco Giampaolo
Notable players in: Theo Hernandez (fullback, Real Madrid), Rafale Leao (striker, Lille), Ismael Bennacer (midfielder, Empoli)
Notable players out: Riccardo Montolivo (turd, the toilet), Andrea Bertolacci (smaller turd, same toilet), Jose Mauri (rabbit turd, another toilet), Ignazio Abate (fullback, end contract), Patrick Cutrone (striker, Wolves), Timoue Bakayoko (midfielder, Chelsea, end loan)
Trophies: Serie A [18] 1901, 1906, 1907, 50/51, 54/55, 56/57, 58/59, 61/62, 67/68, 78/79, 87/88, 91/92, 92/93, 93/94, 95/96, 98/99, 03/04, 10/11
Coppa Italia [5] 66/67, 71/72, 72/73, 76/77, 02/03
European Cup/Champions Leage [7] 62/63, 68/69, 88/89, 89/90, 93/94, 02/03, 06/07
Cup Winners Cup [2] 67/68, 72/73
Last finish: 5th

Milan were really putting all hopes of a financial recovery on qualifying for the Champions League this season but that was put to an end thanks to a pile of mid-late season performances and getting pipped by Inter of all teams on the last day. Despite qualifying for the Europa League, the club negotiated a deal with UEFA that would see them not play in Europe this season in exchange for much lighter FFP sanctions and the wiping of a lot of punishments related to the mismanagement of the club by the nameless barely real Chinese consortium that previously owned them. On the pitch, Milan have had to sell their own large adult son Patrick Cutrone in order to sign some guys I haven’t really seen play, but a pile of dead weight was finally removed from the books. Gattuso was allowed to finish the season but was promptly replaced by Sampdoria’s Marco Giampaolo. Still not entirely sure how I feel about that. Unless Giampaolo is some sort of multilingual man-management genius I can’t see this squad coming together quickly enough to maintain a push for top 4 all season, but that will be the goal.


Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli
Home City Napoli
Manager: Carlo Ancelotti
Notable players in: Kostas Manolas (defender, Roma)
Notable players out: Amadou Diawara (midfielder, Roma)
Trophies: Serie A [2] 86/86, 89/90
Coppa Italia [4] 61/62, 75/76, 86/87, 11/12, 13/14
UEFA Cup/Europa Leage [1] 88/89
Last finish: 2nd

Ancelotti’s continued tenure at Napoli shows that Big Dee-Lau has some faith in him. After losing Hamsik last year I expected them to fall apart a bit but league wise they maintained their 2nd place. Not much to say here, once Juve started to pull away they relaxed and let the usual bullshit take over but they were comfortably top 3 all year. Another title challenge is possible but the depth doesn’t seem to be there to really sustain 3 competitions.


Parma Calcio 1913 S.r.l.
Home City Parma
Manager: Roberto D’Aversa
Notable players in: meh
Notable players out: meh
Trophies: Coppa Italia [3] 91/92, 98/99, 01/02
UEFA Cup [2] 94/95, 98/99
Cup Winners Cup 92/93
Last finish: 14th

Good lads Parma finished comfortably mid table while showcasing the talents of our good friend Gervinho throughout most of the season. Bruno Alves had a particularly good season not only in defense but through set pieces. I expect them to be midtable again, no big moves in or out.


Associazione Sportiva Roma
Home City Roma
Manager: Paulo Fonseca
Notable players in: Leonardo Spinazzola (defender, Juve), Amadou Diawara (midfielder, Napoli), Pau Lopez (keeper, Betis), Gianluca Mancini (defender, Atalanta), Jordan Veretout (midfielder, Fiorentina)
Notable players out: Daniele De Rossi (midfielder, Boca Juniors, end contract), Kostas Manolas (defender, Napoli), Luca Pellegrini (defender, Juve), Stephan El Shaarawy (striker, Shanghai Shenhua),
Trophies: Serie A [3] 41/42, 82/83, 00/01
Coppa Italia [9] 63/64, 68/69, 79/80, 80/81, 83/84, 85/86, 90/91, 06/07, 07/08
Last finish: 6th

This will be Roma’s first year without any of the real old talismans, though Florenzi is Roma through and through. De Rossi was unceremoniously not renewed wich generated a lot of hate from the fans toward the front office. A 6th place finish wasn’t exactly great and Claudio Ranieri was brought in to finish out the season after Di Francesco wasn’t able to get anywhere with what was obviously an expensive squad. Roma’s been making a lot of moves and has replaced a not-insignificant part of their squad along with a new manager so who knows how they perform. I expect they’ll be fighting for Europe but unless all these new players gel they’ll be far from the title.


Unione Calcio Sampdoria
Home City Genova
Manager: Eusebio Di Francesco
Notable players in: Jeison Murillo (defender, Valencia)
Notable players out: Dennis Praet (midfielder, Leicester)
Trophies: Serie A [1] 90/91
Coppa Italia [4] 84/85, 87/88, 88/89, 93/94
Cup Winners Cup [1] 89/90
Last finish: 9th

Marco Giampoalo’s “brilliance” and Fabio Quagliarella’s insane season propelled Samp to exaclty one place higher than the year before, but it was done without signing and huge players and relying on an ancient old man so it’s kind of impressive. Quagliarella is a great player and a good lad but I don’t think he’ll be able to replicate his form across another season, so it remains to be seen if Di Francesco can actually do anything with this squad. They’re solidly mid table and have done some moves in the market, but not with any players Im especially familiar with so they could finish just above relegation or just in Europe, who knows.


Unione Sportivo Sassuolo Calcio
Home City Sassuolo
Manager: Roberto De Zerbi
Notable players in: Ciccio Caputo (striker, Empoli), Pedro Obiang (midfielder, West Ham)
Notable players out: Setfano Sensi (midfielder, Inter), Merih Demiral (defender, Juventus)
Trophies: None at the top level
Last finish: 11th

Last season was relatively forgettable for Sassuolo, aside from loaning Boateng to Barcelona. The big clubs have taken their best midfielder and defender, and they’ve only sort’ve been replaced. Berardi is at the level of club talisman now, and De Zerbi will likely play him off the shoulder of Caputo. Barring any insanity I expect another mid table finish.


Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor 2013
Home City Ferrara
Manager: Leonardo Semplici
Notable players in: Federico Di Francesco (striker, Sassuolo), Etrit Berisha (keeper, Atalanta, loan)
Notable players out: Manuel Lazzari (midfielder, Lazio), Kevin Bonifazi (defender, Torino), Mirco Antenucci (striker, Bari)
Trophies: None at the top level
Last finish: 13th

Ferrara’s good lads finished a respectable 13th with Petagna and Antenucci going on decent runs in the scoring charts. Losing Lazzari and Bonifazi is kind of a big deal, though signing Di Francesco is a bit of a coup considering the other teams available to him. Their aim will be to stay up, and they should have no problem, but I don’t expect them anywhere near the top 6.
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Torino Football Club
Home City Torino
Manager: Walter Mazzarri
Notable players in: none
Notable players out: Milinkovic-Savic the lesser (keeper, Standard Liege), Adem Ljajic (striker, come to Besiktas), Mbaye Niang (striker, Rennes), Emiliano Moretti (defender, retired)
Trophies: Serie A [7] 27/28, 42/43, 45/46, 46/47, 47/48, 48/49, 75/76
Coppa Italia [5] 35/36, 42/43, 67/68, 70/71, 92/93
Last finish: 7th

Pretty great season from Torino last year, and with Milan agreeing to forego the Europa League this season, Torino benefitted and has in fact already defeated two teams on the way to a playoff with Wolves, arguably the tie of the turn. Though they haven’t really brought anyone in, Mazzarri seems to have the team working well as is and their pre-season prep has probably made them the most match ready team in the league. Torino were even flirting with the CL last season at one point, but couldn’t keep it up. I expect another European challenge but they will need to make some signings soon.


Udinese Calcio
Home City Udine
Manager: Igor Tudor
Notable players in: Ilija Nestorovski (striker, Palermo, the next Zlatan according to Zamparini a few years ago)
Notable players out: some guys
Trophies: None at the top level
Last finish: 12th

As expected Udinese were in a relegation fight for a bit and were lucky not to get sucked in to it worse because Fiorentina and Genoa were incredibly bad in the second half of the season. A respectable 12th doesn’t really show how poorly they played under Davide Nicola. You know what though, Kevin Lasagna is the captain and if that doesn’t inspire confidence nothing will.


Hellas Verona Footbal Club
Home City Verona
Manager: Ivan Juric
Notable players in: Salvatore Bocchetti (defender, Spartak Moscow), Miguel Velosa (midfielder, Genoa)
Notable players out: none
Trophies: Serie A 84/85
Last finish: Serie B playoff winners for fucks sake


Really Serie B? You’re gonna let this happen? Cittadella were up 2-0 in the first leg of the final then absolutely poo poo themselves in the second leg losing 3-0 because, well, we can’t have nice things in this country. Hellas are fascists. I mean Lazio are the big time big name fascists but Hellas are the sneaky fuckers that everyone tries to ignore but are probably worse. The city of Verona can gently caress off!!!!!!! I hope they get relegated!!!!


Fuckin lmao Cagliari is the southernmost team again! And Lecce is in this league!



Where can I watch?

In America
This poo poo is on ESPN+. ESPN+ is insanely worth the 5 bucks a month or whatever; not only does it have this league but a ton of other ones. I really hated the idea of this last year but the product is quality and I may or may not be getting paid to say this.

RAI Italia carries a game in each time slot (lunch time, 1500 and 2045) on each game day, but the quality of the broadcast is really bad and also it’s in Italian!

In the UK
No clue

Anywhere else
With Ronald playing for Juve there are a trillion streams available for any game he’s involved in.

What should I read?

La Gazzetta Dello Sport: Italian sports daily with an English language site that’s been getting better over the years. Most of their news is reliable, if a little later than twitter.

Football Italia: A English language site covering Italian football that updates constantly. Good English language coverage; the writers have started to show their allegiances over the years.

transfermarkt.it: A gigantic real life transfer database, the .it version is in Italian and covers Serie A on the first page, but if you go to the bottom there's a .co.uk version that's in English.

Who should I follow on twitter/facebook
The league itself actually has a very good social media presence, and they post all the time. They post a lot of good pictures and announce important things pretty quickly. They have a great youtube presence as well; lots of old matches and weekly highlights/interviews in English as well as Italian.

Tancredi Palmeri is a multilingual journalist who is mostly worth following during the transfer season for entertainment only; he’s mostly full of poo poo but every now and then he tells a good story about a player or a manager and such.

Gianluca Di Marzio is another good journalist who’s more serious than Palmeri and also has an English section on his website. He’s usually very reliable.

OptaPaolo for stat dorks

Calciatori Brutti, literally “ugly footballers”, is a pretty funny account that tweets a lot of humorous Italian sports things, usually about football. Every now and then they’re serious too. A good twitter account. Instagram as well.

Italian football TV English language guys that have a podcast but also post a lot and generally are funny. Good for media like videos, pictures etc. They have a good insta too.

Roma’s English language account is really good even if you’re not a Roma fan. They’re what everyone else’s social media team wants to be. Samp’s English account doesn’t post as much but they are also good.

What to post about in this thread
Serie A, Serie B, all of the Serie C gironi and Serie D if you are a sadist. You can also talk about the national team or topics related to Italy in general, but lets stick mostly to football.

VAR? Var? VAAAAAARRRR

Oh it’s here and unlike the rest of Europe it works great and has been a really great improvement. Now when Juve gets a call it’s incredibly easy to spot the bribed ref.

Supercoppa?

Lazio – Juve in December I think. Speaking of December, the experiment with boxing day matches was quickly abandoned as you young people should be going to church with your nonnas and nonnos! – Nicola Leggrotaglie

Miscellaneous Important Things



























In conclusion, as always


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odZeT8T88f8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIGJwz8OFPI


Post some fuckin pics! I know I’m missing a lot from last season.

Gigi Galli fucked around with this message at 21:14 on Aug 16, 2019

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Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Lol, fixed I think.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

I Love Annie May posted:

It looks like the logo of some obscure Soviet era Russian tv station.

It's insanely bad and soulex had a design meltdown over it

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

silvergoose posted:

I'm gonna continue to post about my pink boys.

We're phoenixing in serie D hells yes! Time to climb, or just relax as a midtable team in obscurity forever!

You guys got a new logo to go with a new name (USD Palermo, formerly USC Palermo)

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Shrapnig posted:

SSD actually, they’re only funded by USD.

Ah, you're right, it's Societa Sportiva not Unione Sportiva any more also lol



This is a big deal because it means Inter aren't going to get him and Napoli aren't going to sell Milik to Roma, which ultimately means that Icardi stays put unless Juve go in for him big time.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

abuse culture. posted:

*solemnly* fratelli...d'italia...

Po
Popopopo
Po





Po

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

A Buff Gay Dude posted:

I have ESPN+ which is good regardless and this is the icing on the cake, I had no idea.

What’s the funn(i?)est mid-table side to latch on to to give me the hook I need to keep up with things? I’ll plastic Brescia if they get Balo but otherwise I don’t want to latch on to lovable losers who get relegated and force me to track down loving Serie B streams next year.

Roma lmao.

Nah but seriously. Parma? Either if the Genova sides are a good bet too. Preziosi and Ferrero are both hilarious; Ferrero claims to have sold Samp but I think he’s full of poo poo.

Anyone can poo poo the bed at any time. The top of the league is boring but the bottom is always good.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

A Buff Gay Dude posted:

Alright this is exactly what I’m looking for, Cagliari ‘till I die



This was good lol. Cheese prices!!!!

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

trem_two posted:

Balotelli has to sit out the first 4 matches, to serve a suspension for a red card in his last appearance for Marseille

I remember this happening to someone before; I still don’t understand why suspensions in one league transfer to another.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

canepazzo posted:

Boa Boa Boa Teng Teng Teng is already my hero and I'm so gonna buy his jersey:

https://twitter.com/footballitalia/status/1162728888675557376

The IFTV guys got to interview a couple of players (I think Veretout, Simeone and Chiesa himself) while Fiorentina was doing their US tour and the others all said the same thing. He must look insane or like a 10 year old.

Boateng rules. I’m glad he’s back in Italy.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
The serie A teams are entering the coppa Italia this weekend btw. Genoa crushed Imolese 4-1 yesterday. Parma Venezia today and then a pile of matches tomorrow.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
Milan is about to finish a 0-0 draw against Cesena, who just got promoted from Serie D :ughh:

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

If someone does beat Juve, who do you think it will be? Inter?

Inter or Napoli imo.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

canepazzo posted:

Brescia also playing vs Perugia, during half time they announced Balotelli :xd:

Theyre 15 minutes from getting knocked out...

E: lol!

Gigi Galli fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Aug 18, 2019

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

trem_two posted:

Hellas got bounced from the coppa as well

Chievo too

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Shrapnig posted:

Star-crossed cloggers

hehe

This is Giampaolo's formation against Udinese because some of the new players "hAvEnT gOtTeN mY sYsTeM"



We're gonna get killed by a team that's rebuilt from scratch every year. 500 million Euros in the past 3 or 4 years or whatever it is and this is what we line up with.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

trem_two posted:

Yeah, anytime I see a Twitter thread involving that guy Momblano my eyes just glaze over

Also, I can't believe Borini is a starting central midfielder, what a world we live in

Giampaolo seems like the kind of manager that loves a shithouse as long as he gives 110% or whatever the phrase is. I loving hate that.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Big Huski Boi posted:

How has Rodriguez been playing at Milan? I always liked him.

He's too slow but other than that he's fine. If he could speed up a bit he'd be pretty great.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

sticksy posted:

How has Borini been, particularly on the right side of a midfield three?

poo poo, though I don't even know if he's played there before. Gattuso used him as a right back and as a part of the front three.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Sandwolf posted:

This seems like a decent squad, minus Borini, Calabria, and Musacchio. Maybe Castillejo is a bit of a wasteman? The rest seems pretty okay to me! Or is Romagnoli trash too?

Romagnoli is great. The midfield is the real broken bit, Biglia sucks, Calhanoglu does not work as a mezz'ala and Borini is, well, Borini.

Ideally we'd be playing Kessie, Paqueta and Bennacer but that's only because I haven't had a chance to see Bennacer be poo poo yet. But it's infuriating that neither Kessie or Paqueta are likely to play.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

trem_two posted:

Or is this the point where Pep takes over :tinfoil:

I was just thinking this lol

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
Toni is going to have a good time this season lol. Does he live in Florence?

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

canepazzo posted:

I actually don't know - judging from his instagram he seems to be living in bars and clubs in Sardinia for the most part. Also he's a fash :smith:

Noooooooo :(

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

trem_two posted:

Juve are asking the league to have more early matches, to provide more exposure to Asian markets.

The does NOT suit my needs, OPs

This is violence.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

curried lamb of God posted:

Depor just got Samuel Longo on loan, is he any good? He's been on loan 10 times so I guess not

I think you’d know better, he’s been playing in Spain for like 5 years lol.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

canepazzo posted:

So a consortium of investors led by Gianluca Vialli is purchasing Sampdoria, a letter of intent has been signed by both him and Ferrero. End of an era, really.

I hope Ferrero buys a Serie B team or something even more ridiculous. We’ll miss him.

Cellino owns Brescia now so there’s still plenty of psychos in the league.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Lmao


Lmao

Ivan strinic, who played I think one half of a football game for Milan before being diagnosed with a heart issue, has been released by the club. Glad he didnt stick around to funnel money like Montolivo did.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

trem_two posted:

Icardi has started training with Inter today

lol

I wonder if he’ll play at all. He is a good player after all. If the window ends and he stays I bet he’s out at Christmas.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
El Tanque German Denis just signed for Reggina in Serie C phwoar

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
Oh and Lozano signed for Napoli I guess.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
Kit sponsor deals for this year. Everyone but Lazio has a main sponsor, some teams have 4, which is the maximum allowed. Sassuolo's may seem insane but it makes more sense when you realize the guy who owns them also owns the company Mapei.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Simone Poodoin posted:

RAGAZZI!

The league starts tomorrow!



e: I think I'm gonna make this my new avatar soon

He looks like a cartoon scientist hahaha

trem_two posted:

lets check in on how Stramaccioni is doing in Iran
https://twitter.com/Mehryar10/status/1164937335198404608

Nice meltdown!!!!

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

trem_two posted:

Interesting, Sarri is being allowed to communicate with the bench

I mean it’s not like he’s banned. Mihajlovic was given the same accommodations in Bologna’s Coppa match.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
It’s like the Parma center backs were afraid to even take him on there. Shameful poo poo.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
Shameful call in my opinion. That was on.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

trem_two posted:

I can't believe how bad De Sciglio has been

I mean, I guess I can, but it's still making me mad

Let the hate flow through you.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

trem_two posted:

It's been ok at times, poo poo at times. Ron should have like 4 goals, including one he scored that was called back via a dubious VAR call for offside.

This mostly. It really should be 2-0.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
Gerv should’ve given it to Ingelese there. Foolish to take it himself.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

trem_two posted:

Juve are fortunate that a lot of Parma's decision making for the final pass has been poor

It’s been real bad, but Juve never really looked out of shape at the back.

Next game should be good. Wanna see how badly Montella fucks this up.

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Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
If that’s the new rule then lol. Strikers should just start kicking the ball at defenders upper bodies now.

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