Serie A 2013/2014

[XaviMessiGirl]

"Death of Italian football exaggerated"

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/23/sport/football/italy-serie-a-football/index.html?hpt=isp_mid

While I agree it is getting stronger than itself the past couple seasons, relative to the other big leagues it is not because they are also strengthening. IMO there is still cause for concern for the future in Italian football. But I am definitely curious to see how Napoli & Fiorentina do in Europe this season, if they do well then that would be a good sign.

 

[Kerrybai]

While I agree it is getting stronger than itself the past couple seasons, relative to the other big leagues it is not because they are also strengthening. IMO there is still cause for concern for the future in Italian football. But I am definitely curious to see how Napoli & Fiorentina do in Europe this season, if they do well then that would be a good sign.

Italy could do with a European championship to build new stadiums. The 2006 world cup did wonders for many German teams with their new stadia, and now the same is happening in France. AFAIK most Italian teams don't own their stadiums and it is a lot of hassle to get a new one built. Juve and Udinese seem to be the only ones who have gotten anything done, although Roma should be getting a new stadium in the near future too.

btw for those of you interested Udinese have completed stage 1 of their redevelopment by moving the pitch closer to their grandstand. Fiorentina have also redeveloped their grandstand, and hopefully one day they will rebuild their hideous 'curvas'.

 

[XaviMessiGirl]

I've said this before, but I'm always torn about the whole stadium thing. It would definitely be a great source of money but I can't say I wouldn't be sad if Inter moved out of the Meazza for example. Same with potential foreign ownership. But that's how you have to compete nowadays.

 

[XaviMessiGirl]

Oh, forgot to mention that De Laurentiis wants to sue the region of Campania for 100m after Higuain's accident.

 

[Ode to Django]

De Laurentiis is a nutter

quite the character

 

[Muttu]

Oh, forgot to mention that De Laurentiis wants to sue the region of Campania for 100m after Higuain's accident.

 

[XaviMessiGirl]

De Laurentiis is a nutter

quite the character

I'd like to see him fight Zamparini

 

[xaviniestas]

De Laurentiis is god. Why can't we have a president with a twitter like that?

 

[Banana-Rama]

looks like erik lamela has signed for spurs, are roma struggling with money or something, they seem to be selling a lot of good players...

 

[Ode to Django]

They've just replaced him with Ljajic. Similar quality, made more money. Bought Strootman, Maicon etc in the window, they strengthened.

Made ridiculous money on Marquinhos, bought Benatia for peanuts who's very solid and good money on Lamela.

Although they should've sold DDR instead of Lamela IMO

 

[XaviMessiGirl]

De Laurentiis is god. Why can't we have a president with a twitter like that?

Rosell suing Shakira for Pique's poor performances?

Although they should've sold DDR instead of Lamela IMO

They should sell him to me.

 

[xaviniestas]

Rosell suing Shakira for Pique's poor performances?



LMAO he would tbh. italian presidents in general make me laugh alot. The serie A can be a big ass mess but i still like it because they actually have something like a soul

 

[Banana-Rama]

They've just replaced him with Ljajic. Similar quality, made more money. Bought Strootman, Maicon etc in the window, they strengthened.

Made ridiculous money on Marquinhos, bought Benatia for peanuts who's very solid and good money on Lamela.

Although they should've sold DDR instead of Lamela IMO

lamela scored 15 league goals for roma last season which is a lot, he was clearly a very important player to them, i cannot understand why they sold him unless they have money problems. why not keep lamela and add ljajic to the squad instead of replacing, they won't make progress by selling important players. basically the signings they made were funded by marquinhos so they must have money problems if they had to sell lamela also...

 

[Ode to Django]

They don't have financial issues, they have a wealthy owner. Maybe they just realised they wont be fighting for the top three spots. Serie A has strong depth at the moment, 7-8 strong teams.

They've made money, and in my opinion have replaced with same quality + made money. smart moves if you ask me.

 

[Banana-Rama]

They don't have financial issues, they have a wealthy owner. Maybe they just realised they wont be fighting for the top three spots. Serie A has strong depth at the moment, 7-8 strong teams.

They've made money, and in my opinion have replaced with same quality + made money. smart moves if you ask me.

how is it a smart move to sell your best players, if they were serious about winning serie a and becoming CL contenders they would of kept those players and added to it...