Does Newcastle have a better squad than every Serie A Team?

[BrianSwan]

On paper I'd say yes.. 

 

Inter would be close. But Newcastle are stronger than Napoli and Milan on paper.

 

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/marktwertetop/wertvollstemannschaften

 

Transfermarkt agrees.

[toon25]

Christ.

 

Get to bed, man 

[Mike]

Hopefully we don't play any Serie A teams this year because we're gonna get our shit pushed all the way in now, like.

[Slim]

[gazza ladra]

Does Nottingham Forest have a better squad than every Serie A team other than Inter?

 

Transfermarkt agrees.

 

[IndonesianToon]

I think only Top 2 (or top 3 at a stretch) in PL have better squad than every serie A team.
We are mid upper team, could still be head to head in terms of squad quality with some top Serie A Team.

 

 

Edited December 10, 2025 by IndonesianToon

[TheBrownBottle]

1 hour ago, IndonesianToon said:

I think only Top 2 (or top 3 at a stretch) in PL have better squad than every serie A team.
We are mid upper team, could still be head to head in terms of squad quality with some top Serie A Team.

 

 

 

Don’t be daft - it’s not 1997.  

[McCormick]

Stupid thread but probably close to challenging, 3rd-6th or something like that.

 

 

Edited December 10, 2025 by McCormick

[bobbydazzla]

[Dr Venkman]

 NWOAT

[La Parka]

[Moose]

Do we have a better squad than than every Serie A Team?

On paper: possibly

On grass: almost certainly not

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I dunno.

[OpenC]

RTGtastic

[Kilcline]

Will there ever be a boy born who can swim faster than a shark? 

[HaydnNUFC]

Who wins in a fight; 50 6’4 men with metal cricket bats or 10 grizzly bears?

[Moose]

Would you rather have every song in the world covered by Smash Mouth or one song (All Star by Smash Mouth) that anyone can cover?

[mouldy_uk]

35 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said:

Who wins in a fight; 50 6’4 men with metal cricket bats or 10 grizzly bears?

Did the grizzly bears have a pre-season? 

[HaydnNUFC]

11 minutes ago, mouldy_uk said:

Did the grizzly bears have a pre-season? 

Nah but they’re all on ostarine.

[geordie_b]

This thread reminds me of time when there was far less control over new topics

 

 

[La Parka]

5 minutes ago, geordie_b said:

This thread reminds me of time when there was far less control over new topics

 

 

[Displayname]

Yes.

[Elric]

20 minutes ago, geordie_b said:

This thread reminds me of time when there was far less control over new topics

 

 

 

I remember posts expressing these kinda sentiments after we got smashed 1-4 by Portsmouth

[Yorkie]

I think there's a fair question at it's heart tbf. The reality is that we almost certainly do have a better squad than the vast majority of Serie A teams and you have to wonder how or when or if the other leagues will ever catch up with the PL again. Seems almost impossible at this point; the PL feels like a beat or two from becoming hegemonic.

[nufcjmc]

I think you build a squad to compete in your league, as we have seen with certain leagues being strong/dominant within your own league doesn't always translate to being good in wider European competitions but that doesn't mean the squad they have are bad. 

 

Any team can give another team a go on their given day as well we see that in our own domestic league/cups, sometimes the manager and tactics used against a side can be the "X" factor that stacks the odds in an opponents team favour. 

 

Can see why the topic can appear to be arrogant I don't think we are quite there yet to say we are better than anyone else flat out but on paper the cost of our assembled squad as one metric only would say we should be. It doesn't always work that way though and we know this.