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Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« on: August 20, 2016, 07:58:03 pm »
Roma off to a flyer today 4-0 win over Udinese at home.

Juve v Fiorentina has just kicked off.

The new look Juve midfield has Dani Alves in the Lichsteiner right wing back role with Lemina, Khedira, Asamoah and Alex.

Dybala and Mandzukic up front. Big money signing Higuain and Pjanic on the bench.
It's true to say that if Shankly had told us to invade Poland we'd be queuing up 10 deep all the way from Anfield to the Pier Head.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2016, 08:16:31 pm »
Think Roma are going to challenge Juventus all the way this season, Roma are undefeated in their last 17 Serie A games that is some going.

Spalletti has done a brilliant job since he's returned to the club, they have so many options in that current squad that the loss of Pjanic won't really effect them.
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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2016, 08:23:59 pm »
Roma off to a flyer today 4-0 win over Udinese at home.

Juve v Fiorentina has just kicked off.

The new look Juve midfield has Dani Alves in the Lichsteiner right wing back role with Lemina, Khedira, Asamoah and Alex.

Dybala and Mandzukic up front. Big money signing Higuain and Pjanic on the bench.

Pjanic in Midfield and Higuain up front with Dybala once his loses weight, nobody will come close to them in that league.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2016, 10:54:53 pm »
Higuain scored the winner against Fiorentina, finished 2-1.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2016, 06:00:51 pm »
Suso has started for the Rossonieri. New manager Vincenzo Montella aswell, 1-0 up at home to Torino who have Mijhailovic in charge in now ironically.
Bacca with the goal.
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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2016, 06:29:55 pm »
Bacca hat trick - 3-1!
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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2016, 06:36:21 pm »
Bacca is way too good for this current Milan team. His age is probably putting off loads of top clubs but he's top class.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2016, 06:56:45 pm »
Fun ending!

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2016, 07:09:18 pm »
What an ending to that AC Milan match.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2016, 07:41:26 pm »
What an ending to that AC Milan match.

Mental is right! Good old Grabriel Paletta getting a red.
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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2016, 08:22:23 pm »
pescara fantastic football :o

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2016, 08:23:55 pm »
Didnt know Immobile was at Nazio, smart bit of business that.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2016, 09:37:42 pm »
Some of the names look nice on paper but Inter are really, really shit. And Gary Medel is completely pointless unless your name is "Chile".

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2016, 12:15:04 am »
Far too much playacting in Spain and Italy. Yes the premier league is not immune to diving and timewasting but some of the stuff you see is just frankly embarassing.
Plus the whole hand in the air to appeal to the ref to book the oppo player for any kind of tackle is really frustrating to watch.
It's time Uefa imposed stricter rules to deal with this shit it's been going on far too long.

Play seemed to be broken up every 25 seconds in the Napoli game while someone rolled around on the floor.
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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2016, 09:58:35 am »


At least 30 times per game in Serie A.  ;D
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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2016, 09:47:44 pm »
Have Roma ever won a big game?!  ;D Exaggerating aside it seems like they absolutely choke when it really matters every year in some way.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2016, 11:36:14 pm »
Watch every goal from the first weekend of Serie A

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #17 on: August 27, 2016, 06:35:08 pm »
Juve 1-0 Lazio. Khedira with a nice finish. Dybala assist. 25 mins left.
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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #18 on: August 27, 2016, 09:05:25 pm »
Pepe is really awful nowadays, and a belter from Suso.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #19 on: August 27, 2016, 09:06:51 pm »
Suso with a goal and assist in 2h against Napoli

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #20 on: August 27, 2016, 09:43:34 pm »
Brilliant 'Suarez' handball attempt from the defender to try stop the goal haha.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #21 on: August 27, 2016, 09:49:12 pm »
Brilliant 'Suarez' handball attempt from the defender to try stop the goal haha.
escaped red probably cos they had 2 already, crazy game


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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #22 on: August 28, 2016, 12:34:16 am »
Did not realise that Milik had gone to Napoli. Class player, hopefully can make the small step from Ajax to Napoli.

Very good if not the best (at the right price) replacement for Gonzalo.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #23 on: August 28, 2016, 04:00:47 am »
Napoli have signed Amadou Diawara and Marko Rog. That's a bit more like it, looking very solid + creative in midfield now. Don't know if the Chelsea links messed with Koulibaly's head but they need to step it up a notch defensively. Reina as well.


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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #24 on: August 28, 2016, 06:09:08 pm »
If we're after another experienced CB, i'd take Joao Miranda in a heartbeat.

Powerhouse CDM? Geoffrey Kondogbia.
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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #25 on: August 28, 2016, 06:10:41 pm »
Inter 1-0 down...cruel cruel deflected goal.

Absolutely dominated the 1st half and 3 mins into 2nd they concede with first chance.
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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #26 on: August 28, 2016, 06:58:38 pm »
Playing semi decent but you just cant drop points like this with Juve. With the money being spend doubt de Boer lasts the season.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #27 on: August 28, 2016, 10:07:24 pm »
Khedira proving to be a match winner for Juve so far.

Only club that comes close is Roma and they conceded a last min goal from a winning position.
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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #28 on: September 10, 2016, 05:23:21 pm »
Juventus 2-0 up against Sassuolo, wonderful brace from Fat man Gonzo.


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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #29 on: September 11, 2016, 09:16:01 am »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VokG8nPoAmU

Cracking assist from Zielinski for the third goal. The first (hamsik) and third are good demos of the difference in how a fair number of teams in italy play their midfield line of 3 v what is more common in the english league. You had Hamsik, Zielinski and Jorginho tasked to battle and run the midfield, but none of them are aggressive ball winners. So how they are structured is as part of a disciplined, often unified line of players who move together defensively and take turns breaking forward into attack. The shape means a good opponent can exploit spaces behind and to the side of this line as the players are structured not to get involved in too many individual battles defensively, it makes that part of the pitch more reactive for Napoli, rather than a staggered, proactive shape. Thing is, with their planned pressing movements and sharp passing, a lot of teams end up overwhelmed anyway, but the tactical exploit is there, if you are good enough.

It's the shape (for that area of the pitch) Pogba played in for the majority of his time with Juve and it fit him well.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #30 on: September 11, 2016, 02:49:25 pm »
Mohamed Salah is so good. 15m euros Roma got him for apparently, absolutely unbelievably good deal for them.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #31 on: September 11, 2016, 03:19:14 pm »
Roma 2-1 down at the moment against Samp and the game has been halted because of sever rain.

Hart after making a clanger on his debut! Didnt deal with a corner kick. 1-1 Torino - Atalanta

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #32 on: September 11, 2016, 03:31:43 pm »
Roma v Samp unlikely to get going again, a part of the Olimpico is now actually flooded


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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #33 on: September 11, 2016, 03:35:39 pm »
Roma v Samp unlikely to get going again, a part of the Olimpico is now actually flooded
Meanwhile, at the San Siro, they're taking a water break!

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #34 on: September 11, 2016, 03:38:02 pm »
Genoa v Fiorentina has now been abandon because of biblical rain.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #35 on: September 11, 2016, 05:02:40 pm »
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/11/joe-hart-torino-error-on-debut-atalanta-serie-a

Joe Hart made an error on his Torino debut to gift Atalanta an equaliser during their 2-1 home victory on Sunday. Hart failed to clear a second-half corner, punching the ball towards Andrea Masiello who swept home from close range.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #36 on: September 11, 2016, 05:57:05 pm »
Totti is still the king of Rome.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #37 on: September 11, 2016, 07:10:28 pm »
Gonna be walk in the park for juve for title,wont be surprised if Higuain get around 40 goals.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #38 on: September 11, 2016, 08:28:51 pm »
Inter are labouring against Pescara. They have looked dreadful in recent seasons, just very dull.

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Re: Serie A 2016/17 Season Discussion
« Reply #39 on: September 11, 2016, 08:32:25 pm »
Inter are labouring against Pescara. They have looked dreadful in recent seasons, just very dull.

on paper they have a pretty good side but yeah they have looked really poor