Calcio Saga 21/22

I am not sure if that was a good or disastrous cameo by Messias.

Robespierre wrote:Milan have still the best GK of the league anyway
I thought they would have lost this advantage after Donnarumma but yet...

Another one in the books.

Having Theo is a cheat code. He's a one-man counter attack.

I've said in August that Milan are the favorite for Scudetto but it was considered as reverse jinx so ok

Casciavit wrote:

Robespierre wrote:Milan have still the best GK of the league anyway  
I thought they would have lost this advantage after Donnarumma but yet...

Another one in the books.

I don't know what it means tbh

Robespierre wrote:I've said in August that Milan are the favorite for Scudetto but it was considered as reverse jinx so ok

We were winter champions last year and then imploded after injuries set in. I expect the same to happen this year without becoming Winter champions.

Not trolling, but I genuinely believe he'll be the surprise signing of the season. He has that x factor skillset. He's fast as hell and is an amazing dribbler. I can see him having a positive impact from the bench and if he has a good defensive workrate he could even start on the RW.

Lord Spencer wrote:

Robespierre wrote:I've said in August that Milan are the favorite for Scudetto but it was considered as reverse jinx so ok

We were winter champions last year and then imploded after injuries set in. I expect the same to happen this year without becoming Winter champions.

Its not having a good bench. Pioli is a good enough coach for Serie A, the first team is okay and good. I love Giroud and I think he'll surprise a lot of people, I actually wanted him in Juve...

I think Inter will start losing points soon enough they are not dominative as they were last year, Napoli is well Napoli..

Juve is recovering

Yes, one would assume that after last season Robes would learn to keep his reservations until after the latter half of the season.

Keep in mind, January is the toughest stretch for Milan, they have Roma, Juve and Inter. All the while AFCON is happening and we're missing out on Bennacer and Kessie.

Time will tell, but this is very much still a young team.

But this Milan is a improved team ( and at the end Maignan = Donnarumma. He remembers me prime Dida) , it's depth and it is especially..... Mature . Aware of own strenght.
Last year you were a project of good team, now you are a team .
I mean.. not by chance players and Pioli don't hide the target Scudetto
Last year they talked about 4th Place
It Is normal. 5 wins on 6 After having faced Lazio and Juve and Atalanta away
You walked at Bergamo where it's possibile usually  to doing just at the end of season

Injuries will tell for all teams.

Napoli without Osmihan can't score for shit, and Milan cannot afford losing the full backs at all, and no more than two starters.

Well you have lost both Ibrahimovic and Giroud but yet .....
Just made my 3rd bet about it btw

Robespierre wrote:Well you have lost both Ibrahimovic and Giroud but yet .....
Just made my 3rd bet about it btw

Ibra is expected to only play 50% of the season, so I don't expect him to impact us greatly, but we can't continue without Giroud for long.

For us, losing Theo for a long time would kill our season. No replacement for his attacking outlet at all. Also, if we lose any two midfielders (which we will during African Cup) and the team will be massively weakened.

You seem to forget what happened to us in the second half of last season once we had three injuries (Ibra, Bennacer, Calabria) along with covid for Hakan.

Yes, losing Theo for a long time would kill your season, I agree with it too. I didn't need to watch UEFA Nations League for knowing it, he makes difference in Serie A .
But why it should happen apparently ?
He is not injury prone, or he has not to play some tournament in January
It is speech that is valid for everyone, losing Barella would kill Inter season etc etc
You can't predict fate

Robespierre wrote:Yes, losing Theo for a long time would kill your season, I agree with it too. I didn't need to watch UEFA Nations League for knowing it, he makes difference in Serie A .
But why it should happen apparently ?
He is not injury prone, or he has not to play some tournament in January
It is speech that is valid for everyone, losing Barella would kill Inter season etc etc
You can't predict fate

That's exactly what I am saying. I think the title will be decided by the relative health of the teams. Any team that gets an injury crisis will not be able to recover from it.

On paper, I think you have 6 squads with a realistic chance of winning the league, but none of them have the bench to survive an injury to key players (Inter and Juve both had better benches last year).

Ah ok I agree with it, of course there is not a clear favorite

It's still to early, CL runs and international football will take their toll. I think it will all go down between Inter, Juve, Milan...

I just can't get convinced from Napoli but time will tell.

Maignan out for 6 weeks

gg

@DiMarzio: After #Maignan’s injury, #ACMilan has started talks with the free agent Antonio #Mirante. pic.twitter.com/g1hHjqtbMi

— Milan Posts (@MilanPosts) October 12, 2021

Shit....

Plizzari out till January too lmao its Ciprian time.

Unreal voodoo by Robes.

Just 10-15 days out, calma

Saudis want to buy Inter as well

InterCastle Saudi connection

Would certainly be better than Suning.

Cannot remember how cringe the entrance of Zhang was and look at the result. Terrible management and, hope it continues.

I was very happy with Suning tbh.

Until they ran out of money that is. They brought order and organization, hired some decent people. Unfortunately they didn't seem to cope very well with economical repercussions caused by the pandemic.

Also the draft is October 17th and we are a player down, please respond to the GL NBA Fantasy, the greatest fantasy or real life league ever, thread.