ponsaelius Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 What a debut for Correa. Got to say I thought he was a bargain signing - cracking player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Lazio put 6 past Spezia. Immobile hattrick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Had no idea Cutrone was at Empoli, his career's fallen off a bit of a cliff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Empoli 1 up v Juve with 15 mins left Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Only watched the second half but Juventus has been absolutely toss. Great to see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Disco said: Only watched the second half but Juventus has been absolutely toss. Great to see. Been the same all game, Empoli thoroughly deserve the 3 points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Empoli win! Mint Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Juventus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Lovely stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Roma starting well under Jose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Really fancy Roma this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 12 hours ago, neesy111 said: Roma starting well under Jose. Everyone starts well under Jose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Just watched highlights of the Lazio game. Was like watching a different sport to Brewcieball. Relentless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 17 minutes ago, toon25 said: Just watched highlights of the Lazio game. Was like watching a different sport to Brewcieball. Relentless. Think Sarri could do really well with them - the fact they have a goal scorer will make a big difference Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Froggy said: Everyone starts well under Jose. Yep - for some reason he starts going all defensive around November time - just keep up this style - it suits Roma Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Abraham’s goal was a belter. Real chance for him to cement an England squad place this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, Mikky said: Think Sarri could do really well with them - the fact they have a goal scorer will make a big difference Sarri is a great manager for teams slightly below the top level who will buy entirely into his system and ideology. I think Lazio are the side I will try to watch the most this season. They've had a decent window although like most of Serie A a lot of it has picking the bargain bin. Looks like they're going to sign Zaccagni from Verona for 8+2 million euros which is an absolute steal. Even with a year left on his deal an equivalent move would be 3x that in the PL. Edited August 31, 2021 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Just noticed the Croatian midfielder they signed from Bordeaux has taken number 88. That's a bit of a yikes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 (edited) Junior Messias deadline day move from Crotone to Milan an interesting one. He moved to Italy at 20 and worked delivering household appliances until he was 25, while playing amateur football. He was noticed by 5th division Casale's manager who pursued him to join them in 2015. He moved to a Serie D side Gozzano and helped them to promotion to Serie C in 2019. Crotone signed him and he helped them to promotion from Serie B in 2020, and played a full season in Serie A last year scoring 9 goals. He'll now be playing in the Champions League age 30. Edited September 1, 2021 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 On 31/08/2021 at 07:54, ponsaelius said: Just noticed the Croatian midfielder they signed from Bordeaux has taken number 88. That's a bit of a yikes. What's the significance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Wullie said: What's the significance? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)#In_white_nationalism_and_supremacism https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/sep/09/newsstory.sport1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustaše#Modern-day_Croatia I mean... probably just a coincidence/faux pas. But still probably not the right club to make this number choice. Edited September 1, 2021 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, ponsaelius said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)#In_white_nationalism_and_supremacism https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/sep/09/newsstory.sport1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustaše#Modern-day_Croatia I mean... probably just a coincidence. But still. Celtic have just signed a Croat and he's taken 88 as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Gianluigi will be proud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 With the transfer window over I might do a summary post of the market in Italy - or at least rate all the major teams. It's been interesting because so many teams have lost major players and so many of the signings are loans, bargains, punts rather than big names - it's very hard to know exactly where everybody is at. Especially when you throw in the managerial upheaval. It does feel like there isn't a great deal between the top 7 - with the exception of Inter being favourites. This seems to be reflected in the following: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/serie-a/ Although the current odds still have Juventus favourites: https://www.oddschecker.com/football/italy/serie-a/winner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 3 hours ago, ponsaelius said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)#In_white_nationalism_and_supremacism https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/sep/09/newsstory.sport1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustaše#Modern-day_Croatia I mean... probably just a coincidence/faux pas. But still probably not the right club to make this number choice. That Guardian link with Buffon - Ive just snorted tea out when he said nazi slurs had hurt him so was going to give up the number '88' but he initially wanted the '01' number after the General Lee car in the Dukes of Hazzard . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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