The 2016/2017 Calcio Saga

Lucifer wrote:what's the deal with Higgy heff? ya am not gonna call you warrior until u prove it.

Players from South America come back later than the rest of the world, i think he is ok physically speaking. Will probably be subbed in during the 70's minutes and score two goals.

I chose the name warrior because i own many weapons You can call me heff if you want, however

Here is me in 2014

Spoiler:

I give up, warrior.

Hernanes: slow, looks clueless with and without the ball, makes me nervous a lot... Allegri himself, at 50 years old, could wear his jersey and do better

Lemina: provides energy but he is not smart enough to be in a 2-man midfield (in a pair with Hernanes on top of that). always seems a second late in his decision making

Mandzukic: doesn't do much, disappointing and mostly invisible. wake up please

DYBITOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2-1

Putting money on Juve to turn it around was printing money lmao


inb4 2-2

Sandro's dive

BT lost the feed for the match

At least they showed the highlights for Napoli-Roma. Napoli's defending was shocking. But Roma were very clinical too. Salah was so close to missing that chance. Calm finish though.

Gabbiadini is not good enough to lead the attack. Napoli either need to sign Klose or Adebayor or they are going to drop out of top 4 by Winter transfer

From Higuain to Milik to Adebayor in 3 months

ES wrote:Seriously, who makes these schedules? Why is Juve-Udinese 19:45 and Napoli-Roma is 14:00 ffs

Roma - Napoli / Napoli - Roma is always played in the afternoon because of reasons related to public order.

Salah and Dzeko are the most cooperative attacking duo in Serie A so far this season. Eden created 4 goalscoring opportunities for Salah, and the Mo with 8 for Eden.  I think this is all happening because Spalletti has completely transformed their duties on the pitch especially Salah. He's lies much deeper on the pitch and returns to defend which seems to bring out the best of him when attacking. His speed and skills become his biggest asset in which he'll either advance past the opponent's defense with his dribbling, create space for his teammates, or he'll go down with a foul in our favor either way he's a lot more efficient and productive on the flank.

I was actually surprised Salah scored that so calmly. As frustrating as he is, on another day he would have crossed it for a throw in.

A great win. So un-Roma like.

2 goal leads are anathema to us, but Napoli just didn't seem to have the finishing about them today. Callejon predictably roasted Rruan time and time, but it came to nothing. Mertens changed how they played when he came on though, hence the goal.

As for Roma.....Dzeko looked up for this game from the off. Full value for his 2 goals. I actually thought Perotti and then SES looked better than Salah. Perotti especially shined today. I'm still not particularly pleased with the midfield, but Paredes did well. We need the Dutch Jesuus back ASAP though. Nainggolan grew and grew into the game after looking for sluggish, as he was not fully fit. Still, at the center of it all.

Napoli never stood a chance. Without a goal scorer, they are lost. They are used to playing with a target man. Milik was beginning to replace Higuain as that target man and was scoring. The loss of Milik will affect them in the CL. They have won all their games so far so they might still qualify but they won't win the group as they were on schedule to do.

Not so sure. Yeah Gabbiadini was shit today, but they had an avalanche of chances as Insigne and Callejon absolutely destroyed Florenzi and Rruan. Then you have Jorginho, Hamsik and Allan bossing us in midfield. Just couldn't put those chances away. I think they are in better shape than we are ultimately and this was a one-off. We still have holes and patchy form all over our squad. Napoli are a lot more cohesive as a unit and are literally only missing one vital role. Roma are missing several.

This loss certainly will be tough to digest for Napoli, but I think they are no worse for wear. Roma on the other hand....potentially a different story.

I honestly don't mean to downplay our victory today, but Napoli are still the 2nd best team in the league imo. We just caught them on a bad day. Roma tend to play well in games like this. I just wish it happened against lesser opposition more regularly.

Gabbiandini is not a CF. Never was. Without a CF like Higuain, Napoli is lost. Napoli could not have predicted that their Higuain replacement would be injured for almost the rest of the season. But, now that it happened, Napoli will drop in Serie A and will have no real progress in the CL. It's over for Napoli.

You will see Napoli losing to better teams than Roma in Serie A.

Atalanta are a half decent team. Fiorentina shouldn't be playing this poor at home though.

Never been impressed with Babacar. Someone with his physique, he should be doing A lot better.

Kalinic

Fiorentina played better in the second half, with a big possession of the ball, but it was all useless for them.

benvenuto Lui


Yea I have seen quite few Fiorentina's matches and in most of them they looked impotent. Only player who can make a difference is Bernardeschi. Without him there are no goals.

Looking forward to Inter-Cagliari

RealGunner wrote:
Looking forward to Inter-Cagliari

Love watching Serie A tbh. Inter have a quality team now and are fun to watch with De Boer's philosophy.

Thank you for your welcome/ Grazie per il benvenuto.