Topic: Serie A

[OOS]

96 in 217 in England
47 in 72 in Italy.

It could be that he's simply got better playing for Inter Milan. My guess is that he's playing against far weaker teams.

Say what you will about Burnley's centre backs or Brighton's. But one thing is for sure. They are not likely to be bullied by a big, strong forward.

That Inter side were ridiculous good. They stunk the place out in Europe, but they knew were the back of the net was domestically.

Agree with the above, he is in better shape. A few players during Lukakus time at United were absolute units, fuck knows what they were feeding em'.

[Yorkykopite]

He's not scoring goals just because he's big and strong.

I don't think anyone is making that claim. I certainly aren't. But it's undeniably a big factor when he comes up against certain defences.

(One Liverpool centre back simply couldn't cope with his strength and yielded him the entire field).

[deFacto please, you bastards]

I don't think anyone is making that claim. I certainly aren't. But it's undeniably a big factor when he comes up against certain defences.

(One Liverpool centre back simply couldn't cope with his strength and yielded him the entire field).

Like I said, his goal-scoring record was good in England before and it will help Chelsea massively as their problem has been scoring goals. he'll score plenty of goals against crap teams

[idontknow]

I don't think anyone is making that claim. I certainly aren't. But it's undeniably a big factor when he comes up against certain defences.

(One Liverpool centre back simply couldn't cope with his strength and yielded him the entire field).

As for Lukaku, best in England, 25 in 36 for Everton, last season at Inter 24 in 36, so very comparable.

His international record is just stupid, and at 28, 64 goals in 98 games.

At Chelsea he will be a big danger, little doubt of that.

As for the Liverpool centreback, I remember Hansen saying the forward him and Lawrenson were most wary of was Cyrille Regis, but that fortunately Cyrille was unaware just how much trouble he could cause, so the tactic was to be nice and simply contain without fouling him for the first 20-30 minutes, and after that things tended to get easier. 
And that approach could likely be successfully applied to a lot of situations in life, not just football.

[please, I have my reasons for it but...]

That might be a comment on the quality of defences in Serie-A Gerry? (I'm not convinced Lukaku is any better than he was at Manchester United for example. Hoping not certainly, if Chelsea take the plunge).

Conte shored up his game a lot and apparently the Inter nutritionist gave him a special diet that made him way leaner than when he was in England which helped him massively in being a half step quicker off the ball.

[oojason]

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[PoetryInMotion]

Inter start their season under Inzaghi with a thumping win against Genoa.

[disgraced cake]

Dzeko scoring on his debut, reckon he'll get a good number as ever this season. Arturo Vidal too, he's won plenty, hasn't he? Think he's only missed out on one league title in his last ten years.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Dzeko and Kolarov reunited for the 3rd time

[b_joseph]

You all need to see the Udinese equaliser vs Juve...make sure you arent drinking, otherwise you may choke.

[OOS]

Ronaldo 94th minute winner.

[67CherryRed]

90+4, Ronaldo wins it.

[OOS]

VAR ruled it out!

[Gili Gulu]

Ronaldo's ability in the air is verging on the supernatural.

[PoetryInMotion]

Ha ha, so Juve start with a draw..

[Trump's tiny tiny hands]

FYI Szczęsny roughly means lucky or lucky boy in Polish. Makes me laugh everytime he has a calamity, of which he has plenty.

[elsewhere]

Ronaldo wants to leave according to Fabrizio Romano

[67CherryRed]

Good to see Zaniolo back starting for Roma.

[Butter Keks]

Good to see Zaniolo back starting for Roma.

Just got sent off 

[whtwht]

2 very entertaining games in Serie A. Abraham playing well for Roma

[OOS]

2 very entertaining games in Serie A. Abraham playing well for Roma

Two assists and he hit the bar. Fantastic debut by him, think he will do well under Mourinho in Serie A.

[Broad Spectrum]

Abraham looks quality, decent debut. I’ve always liked him, surprised a Prem club didn’t sign him.

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

2 very entertaining games in Serie A. Abraham playing well for Roma

Red card for Fiorentina's goalkeeper was a mental decision. No way could that be rules a goal scoring opportunity.

[67CherryRed]

If Zaniolo's knees could be trusted (2 ACL's at 22 - they can't be trusted) I'd blow the budget on him, the kid's incredible.

[Drinks Sangria]

Red card for Fiorentina's goalkeeper was a mental decision. No way could that be rules a goal scoring opportunity.

Dreadful decision that had a massive bearing on the game early doors. Yellow card yes, straight red no. Roma played well. I’d echo how much of a shame it is that Zaniolo’s had such bad injuries, lovely player to watch.

Loads of red cards this opening weekend, Verona yesterday, Bologna, Salernitana 3 in their game, then Roma, Fiorentina and Napoli all had players sent off fairly early in their games.

[OOS]

Dreadful decision that had a massive bearing on the game early doors. Yellow card yes, straight red no. Roma played well. I’d echo how much of a shame it is that Zaniolo’s had such bad injuries, lovely player to watch.

Loads of red cards this opening weekend, Verona yesterday, Bologna, Salernitana 3 in their game, then Roma, Fiorentina and Napoli all had players sent off fairly early in their games.

Some of the handball calls are a bit mad. Italy sticking with the literal interpretation of the rule.

[surfer. Fuck you generator.]

www.goal.com/en/news/victims-labels-ex-chelsea-coach-gotti-jorginho-sarri/8fjewm8xwz2w1gdo2d2lui0tl

[PoetryInMotion]

Inter win again. They struggled in the first half, but the subs changed the game for them, especially Vidal and Correa were very good after coming on.

[surfer. Fuck you generator.]

Lazio hit Spezia for 6..

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[sinnermichael]

Juventus 0 Empoli 1.

They should sign that Ronaldo fella.

[PoetryInMotion]

Juve lose their first home game of the season. Not looking good.

[BobPaisley3]

AC Milan 4-1 up at HT.

[sinnermichael]

AC Milan 4-1 up at HT.

Using all their goals up before they play us.

[DelTrotter]

Best league to watch anyway and having no outstanding team could make for an awesome title race, wouldn't surprise me if about 6 teams were close near the end.

[Gerry Attrick]

Napoli are sleepers this year. They've lost 1 match in about the last 4 months of league football spread across the summer.

[oojason]

'In Livorno, Italy’s Most Famous Left-Wing Football Club Is Fighting to Survive':-

The failure of Livorno, a historic Italian team that now disputes the fifth division, could be seen as a bad thing for many. Since 2002, in Italy more than 150 clubs have disappeared or have been re-founded, forced by debts.

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/09/livorno-football-club-italy-communism

or https://www.elsaltodiario.com/futbol-a-este-lado/livorno-caida-y-renacimiento-de-un-mito (right click on the article to translate it into English)

[disgraced cake]

Big win for Napoli against Juve today, from behind to win 2-1. Bad start for Juve who may be in a top 4 challenge this season.

I think this is the best chance Napoli will ever get to finally win it again. Juve looking like they may be beyond a challenge again this season, AC Milan also need to improve greatly on last season if they want to win it, despite only finishing runners up, and Mourinho doesn't have it in him to make Roma challengers.

Atalanta will also be feeling confident they can challenge. Inter may seem the favourites but with a lot going on off the field and a change of manager I can see them slipping into another run without winning the title. Napoli have a lot of players in the prime of their careers, ala Insigne and Koulibaly who know the chance may not present itself too often again. Really would fancy them but a whole race to go yet.

[PoetryInMotion]

Inter held to a 2-2 draw against Sampdoria. Milan are facing Lazio later in the day.

[disgraced cake]

Another nice goal for Martinez. His tallies have been respectable for Inter and there's a lot to his game, can see him scoring even more with Lukaku gone and him being the main man. Think this will be his final season with Inter though before looking for a new challenge. Wonder if he's someone we'd be interested in. Problem is he'd cost a big fee.

[TSC]

Roma just scored a last minute winner and Mourinho went off on one of his sprints down the touch line to celebrate in front of fans.  Tool.