Serie A 09/10 Thread
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C0YS
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hes amazing, Im getting a samp. shirt with his name on the back, hes the most talented player Italy have got..And with Italy miss firing at the moment he must be played
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He has found his home at Sampdoria, even though I follow Inter and would have loved him there, he needs to stay at Samp. Seems to have really settled down in the last 2 years but Lippi seems to be cutting his nose off on this issue, as you say he is probably the best Italian player at the moment. Sooner or later the public pressure should see him back in the squad
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Fantantonio has been the best striker in italy for around a year now, he seems to have cooled his attitude a tad too. The guy is a genius player and should have been in the national team a long long time ago
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I being half Italian was in Italy recently and the pressure a month or so ago was sky high..he can't not pick him.
Im really a Juve fan, as they are technicaly my local serie A side, but Sampdoria are very much catching up.
was good to see Totti looking his old self again this weekend!
as for Cassano yes he is looking good and he was good last year aswell but none of us are sure if he would be able to transfer his club form (where he is loved) to international form, lets say he can do that what of his impact in the dressing room? and lets not forget Italy havent lost a game in qualifying so lippi probably feels no need to call him up.
Having said that I really hope he goes to the world cup Italy could do with a bit more spark upfront.
as for Cassano yes he is looking good and he was good last year aswell but none of us are sure if he would be able to transfer his club form (where he is loved) to international form, lets say he can do that what of his impact in the dressing room? and lets not forget Italy havent lost a game in qualifying so lippi probably feels no need to call him up.
Having said that I really hope he goes to the world cup Italy could do with a bit more spark upfront.
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he cant be worse than iaqunita
at football he is twice the player, mentally im sure Dave is significantly less disruptive (based on Ol'Antonio's firey past)
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Reports coming out of Russia suggest Milan have signed CSKA Moscow winger Milos Krasic for a fee of around £13.5m.
The Serbia international, who plays on the right side of midfield, has apparently been proposed a three year contract worth just over £2m a season.
If, as reported, Krasic joins the Rossoneri in January, he will become the fifth signing of the post-Kaka era after Oguchi Onyewu, Gianmarco Zigoni, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Flavio Roma.
The 24-year-old has enjoyed a very successful career with CSKA, winning the UEFA Cup, three Russian Premier League titles and a hat trick of Russian Cups.
He was also a member of the Serbia side that finished runners up at the European Under-21 Championship in 2007.
The Serbia international, who plays on the right side of midfield, has apparently been proposed a three year contract worth just over £2m a season.
If, as reported, Krasic joins the Rossoneri in January, he will become the fifth signing of the post-Kaka era after Oguchi Onyewu, Gianmarco Zigoni, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Flavio Roma.
The 24-year-old has enjoyed a very successful career with CSKA, winning the UEFA Cup, three Russian Premier League titles and a hat trick of Russian Cups.
He was also a member of the Serbia side that finished runners up at the European Under-21 Championship in 2007.
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Cassano is quality without a doubt. Not sure why there is a comparison to Iaquinta, as they are entirely different players and if Cassano was recalled to the Italy squad they would likely play together rather than Cassano replacing him.
Iaquinta is in pretty good nick at the moment too and although he is hardly a natural talent, he can at least lead the line in the absence of Toni. The other alternatives are Gila or Pazzini (who obviously would love having Cassano with him). Also Di Natale is likely to be involved having scored 6 in the first 4 games. Cassano and Di Natale flanking any of the big strikers would make Italy infinitely more dangerous.
Iaquinta is in pretty good nick at the moment too and although he is hardly a natural talent, he can at least lead the line in the absence of Toni. The other alternatives are Gila or Pazzini (who obviously would love having Cassano with him). Also Di Natale is likely to be involved having scored 6 in the first 4 games. Cassano and Di Natale flanking any of the big strikers would make Italy infinitely more dangerous.
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Wish I was going to the Udi game tonight, but 8:45 kick off means no train back. Might watch it on TV if I can get everything hooked up in my new place.
no comparison from me mate Imo Iaquinta is no where near cassano's level.
he does well for his clubs but i dont care about any of the clubs he has played for I care about the national team and frankly 5 in 34 is not good enough i much prefer Gilardino.
as for Pazzini has he been forgiven for his red card yet?
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Just an example of how Serie A football isn't all slow methodical defensive football, here is Udinese's goal last night:
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Some lovely one touch football there.
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Some lovely one touch football there.
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Yeh Milan are looking poor. Again for about the 5th year in a row they failed to resolve the major issues that they have in the squad.
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The fact that they got £56mill for Kaka and failed to really reinvest that money shows that Milan's finances can't be that hot. The fact they went for Leonardo as manager also hints to financial problems. Gourcuff ironically could have helped fill the void left by Kaka but he was regarded as surplus to requirements. They have players like Kaladze, Favalli, Abbiatti and Dida. They are simply not good enough for a club like Milan. Inter are years ahead of Milan at the moment, obviously in a large part thanks to the cash invested by Moratti.
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I'm not sure they have any more debt than any of the other clubs in the Champions League. Man Utd and Liverpool are horribly in debt, but go on regardless. Madrid just announced a debt of close to £300m with and yet have an annual budget of £380m and have spent £200m on players in the summer.
The biggest problem seems to be with Berlusconi. He is not willing to openly invest massive amounts of money into Milan when Italy as a country is struggling in the financial crisis.
In any case they have had money in the past and have brought in completely the wrong players. They haven't seemed to address the ageing of the side and the squad they have isn't able to adapt to the increasing tempo of the football in Serie A. Inter have evolved into a team with skill, great athleticism and an attacking intent capable of challenging the big teams in Spain and England. Smaller teams like Sampdoria, Fiorentina, Genoa and Udinese have all developed to a lesser extent, yet Milan have stagnated.
The biggest problem seems to be with Berlusconi. He is not willing to openly invest massive amounts of money into Milan when Italy as a country is struggling in the financial crisis.
In any case they have had money in the past and have brought in completely the wrong players. They haven't seemed to address the ageing of the side and the squad they have isn't able to adapt to the increasing tempo of the football in Serie A. Inter have evolved into a team with skill, great athleticism and an attacking intent capable of challenging the big teams in Spain and England. Smaller teams like Sampdoria, Fiorentina, Genoa and Udinese have all developed to a lesser extent, yet Milan have stagnated.
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I just don't see how a club as big as them can have such financial trouble, they should be able to generate masses of finance from the global brand, similar to the way Madrid do, but on a smaller scale obviously.
Given these restrictions, they should imo have gotten rid of a lot of the over 30's and built a team of young players, not yet great but with lots of potential. The start of the summer they looked as if they would do so, they had a deal in place for Cissokho and were strongly linked with Hernanes.
Then it all went wrong, the Cissokho deal went tits up for dental reasons and Hernanes never materialised. A few youngsters like this mixed with the likes og Pirlo and Seedorf could have rejuvinated the side. As it is they signed a striker who would not help the team play at all as he is simply a finisher who relies on service.
As for Gourcouff, I don't think they wanted to let him go last summer, however they had stupidly agreed a fixed fee in the initial loan deal to Bourdeaux, so had no say in whether he stayed or went after a fantastic season in France.
