Here's a thread for Serie A fans from any club to discuss the on goings for this coming season.

Kicks off next week 28th August

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Added on August 18, 2010, 1:22 pmSo will Inter Milan retain title? Can Rafa Benitez maintain their winning run?

This post has been edited by beandy: Aug 19 2010, 11:47 AM

former inter fan here..

too bad rafa is there!

meh...

100% Inter gonna retain the tittle even Rafa is their manager now

Seria A used to be 2nd favorite league after EPL. Now they fall 4-5 place because no competition for 1st place anymore. I don't know why Ac Milan and even Juve didn't spend money for new player

Juve did spend for a few player dis season liao. Refer my thread

red part - calciopoli dat hit serie A in 2006 did affect not only Juve,Milan,Lazio,Viola etc but the whole serie a to be exact. Dats why right now Serie A battling with German Bundesliga for the
4th UCL spot due to their co-efficiency points. The reason was the point from 2005-2006(where italian league did well in europe + Italy won the WC) was not count due to calciopoli..

no..

look what rafa have done to liverpool..

i want ac milan to be new champs

This post has been edited by nouruddines: Aug 18 2010, 11:29 PM

AC Milan because they aren't Man City. They lack funds to purchase new players. Thats why they are loaning players or just simply selling players off.

They just got Kevin-Prince Boateng on loan if i'm not wrong.

lol

i thought podolski join ac milan..fake?

Yeah they did spent for new player but

How come Inter can be a lot richer than Ac ? Is it because of Ibrahimovich transfer ? Any Seria A fan

moratti is italian mafia..

joke2

coz Milan dont have any debt in the club but lack of transfer fund because Berlushit do not want to spend more.

Where the hell the money from selling Kaka and Fly Emirates sponsorship?

Btw,a well known agent predicted that Milan gonna struggle just to finished this season for the fourth places.

This post has been edited by Muhammad Syukri: Aug 19 2010, 06:13 AM

nice explanation there by muhd syukri.

As for Juve, the reason why were having limited transfer fund...or in the simple sentence..."our transfer strength was not as strong as like 4-5 seasons ago".... bcoz were in recovery step by step since dat horrendous 2006(a year to forget not only to Juve fan but serie a fans also).

Another reason was were building our new stadia(on the same old Delle Alpi ground) dat scheduled to open during 2011/2012 season.

Hi Agx you seem to be a die hard Juve.

Can i know what's your verdict on Iaquinta? is he still the main man for Italy National team because he was not selected in the recent friendly.How does he fare during the recent world cup? Just wanted to know more about this player..

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Added on August 19, 2010, 9:31 amFrom the poll now we can see Juve have most follower among us who like Serie A..wow!

This post has been edited by beandy: Aug 19 2010, 09:32 AM

hi beandy

regarding vicenzo...i think during the start of last season he's quite ok though, score couple of goals for juve & (he did score twice against Bulgaria during the WC qualifier). But since returning from his long time absense/injury...dat man was the shadow of his former self.. Poor season remainder with juve & poorer season with italy in WC.

last season i think there's more juventino here at footy lounge to be exact... Maybe some of em grew boring with the juve disastrous
form last season and decided to rarely pay a visit here.

anyway its good to see Serie A fan here in LYN unites under one roof dis thread

This post has been edited by [kuaLe]_AGX: Aug 19 2010, 10:22 AM

Another Juve fan reporting in!

Big Vince now easily getting injured

Juve still lack squad depth compared to other teams. There's some very debatable transfer decisions so far...

Currently, I'll say the 2 Milans are the favourite to win the title.

Ic ..so his not as great as i expected
I went to the jersey shop last night and they have Italy with Iaquinta print so i thought of getting it becos it looks special.But sounds like his career with the national team is shortlived.

About this thread the purpose is to gather the Serie A fans bcos we know each of our thread is not as popular as the English club one.So together we make it big
Hope to have more people drop in to give a view now onwards..

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Added on August 19, 2010, 10:45 amDont play down Juve chances.. before Inter dominance it is always Juve at the top.
Probably the team then all got old and no similiar class being replace.
Im talking about Nedved,davids,treze,buffon,cannavaro then..Class team!

This post has been edited by beandy: Aug 19 2010, 11:01 AM

ur right, but snowfish right also. Its not dat us juventinos did not expect our club to did well @ challenge for the scudetto.

our current squad right now are far from being the player u mention above.

Nedved >>>>Diego>>>> Lanzafame/Pepe/Martinez
Davids >>>>>>> Sissoko/Melo
Trez (before 2008) >>>>>>>>> Trez(now)/Amauri/Iaquinta
Buffon >>>>>>>>> Maningger/Buffon(now)/Storari
Cannavaro (before 2007) - Chiellini might came close

But its the rebuilding period for us right now. If Juve can clinch UCL spot during this season serie a i'll be more than happy
already..but if...IF they win scudetto.. Well i dono how to describe dat feeling eh

All the best players in the world played in Serie A..but not all the best plays in Premier league untill Chelsea money came in.
This says it all the prestigious and class of Serie A in Europe.
Maybe the league going downhill at the moment due to money factor but remember, Class is permanent!

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Added on August 19, 2010, 11:12 amI quite like Maningger ..what you think? is he a capable Buffon replacement?

This post has been edited by beandy: Aug 19 2010, 11:12 AM

personally as a milanista i hope they win but i'm eager to c other teams like lazio,napoli,genoa,etc...they've made excellent signings & dat can only improve serie A.can't wait to c hernanes & rafinha in action...

Manniger is quite good actually. I feel he's a better backup compared to Storari.

he's more than capable. He might not as good as Buffon of the early 2000's but right now he's might be equal if not better.

no offense but, if u looking at other Europe's Top 10 clubs...i don't think they got backup GK dat as good as alex

I was hoping so much Roma won it last season during the final run in.But too bad..
But the same time i wish Mourinho win it too which he did.His my favourite manager above all.

This post has been edited by beandy: Aug 19 2010, 12:10 PM

u forgot another Genoa signing. Miguel Veloso.

Both veloso & rafinha was transfer target for Juve for a long time..esp rafinha. Its a shame we can't sign him last
season (oh...its secco as our director last season..so no wonder)

Regarding Roma...well, finishing 2nd place (no offense) was Ranieri specialty. He did the same with Juve 2 season ago.
i think he's quite a good manager at bringing the team to climb the table (look at wat he done at Juve & Parma) but surely
not a winning mentality coach.

i remember he did said something after Juve-Sampdoria game, "we're satisfied with this draw". Im kinda & at the same time

Yeah was 2nd when with Chelsea too.

Any other notable Serie A transfer this off season? Just read from Milan thread about Boateng loan signing..that Ghanaian who score that screamer pass USA.

still there's no big name @ high profile transfer to serie a dis past few weeks. Notably the aleksandr kolarov transfer from lazio to man city..

but if juve get dzeko @ krasic...its going to be a headline though

opps forgot to add.. Balotelli from Inter to Man City. But dat was out..not IN

This post has been edited by [kuaLe]_AGX: Aug 19 2010, 02:01 PM

Here's the full transfer list ...LOL

Bari

Spanish midfielder Jaime on loan from Udinese; Goalkeeper Daniele Padelli on loan from Sampdoria; Defender Marco Rossi on loan from Parma; Defender Andrea Raggi on loan from Bologna; Midfielder Marco D'Alessandro on loan from Roma; French forward Abdelkader Ghezzal from Siena; Midfielder Nico Pulzetti from Livorno; Brazilian forward Barreto from Udinese; Argentinean midfielder Sergio Almiron (permanent signing) from Juventus for a fee of €5m.

Bologna

Swedish midfielder Albin Ekdal from Juventus for a fee of €2m; Midfielder Luca Siligardi on loan from Inter Milan; Defender Niccolo Cherubin from Cittadella; Slovenian midfielder Rene Krhin from Inter Milan for a fee of €3m; Defender Andrea Esposito on loan from Genoa; Goalkeeper Cristiano Lupatelli from Cagliari; Forward Riccardo Meggiorini from Genoa; Forward Daniele Paponi from Parma.
Brescia

Greek midfielder Panagiotis Kone from Iraklis.

Cagliari

Defender Dario Biasi from Cesena; Defender Lorenzo Ariaudo from Juventus; Midfielder Alex Pinardi from Modena.

Catania

Forward Fabrizio Lasagna from Paganese; Defender Giovanni Marchese from Chievo Verona; Brazilian midfielder Raphael Martinho from Paulista.

Chievo Verona

Forward Davide Moscardelli from Piacenza; Midfielder Roberto Guana on loan from Palermo; Forward Mattia Marchi from Rimini; Uruguayan midfielder Mariano Bogliacino on loan from Napoli; Brazilian goalkeeper Jefferson Trazzi from Lecce; Defender Gennaro Sardo from Catania Calcio; Forward Mattia Minesso from Vicenza; Slovenian defender Bostjan Cesar on a free transfer from Grenoble.
Fiorentina

Argentinean defender Emiliano Insua from Liverpool; Polish goalkeeper Artur Boruc from Celtic Glasgow for a fee of €2m; Midfielder Gaetano D'Agostino from Udinese.

Genoa

Brazilian defender Rafinha from Schalke for a fee of €9m; Swiss midfielder Carlo Polli on loan from Chiasso; Portuguese defender Miguel Veloso from Sporting Lisbon for a fee of €9m; Argentinean midfielder Franco Zuculini on loan from Hoffenheim; Spanish defender Chico from Almeria; Defender Andrea Ranocchia on loan from Inter Milan; Forward Gianmarco Zigoni from Milan; Forward Mattia Destro on loan from Inter Milan; Nigerian forward Nnamdi Oduamadi from Milan; Sierra Leone midfielder Rodney Strasser from Milan; Portuguese goalkeeper Eduardo from Braga for a fee of €4.5m; Forward Luca Toni on a free transfer from Bayern Munich; Brazilian defender Diego Angelo from Naval; Hungarian forward Gergely Rudolf on a free transfer from Debrecen.

Inter

French forward Jonathan Biabiany (loan return) from Parma; Defender Marco Davide Faraoni on a free transfer from Lazio; Goalkeeper Luca Castellazzi on a free transfer from Sampdoria.

Juventus

Defender Marco Motta on loan from Udinese; Uruguayan forward Jorge Martinez from Catania for a fee of €12m; Defender Leonardo Bonucci from Bari for a fee of €15.5m; Forward Davide Lanzafame on loan from Palermo; Goalkeeper Marco Storari from Milan for a fee of €4.5m; Forward Simone Pepe on loan from Udinese.

Lazio

Brazilian midfielder Hernanes from Sao Paulo for a fee of €13.5m; Spanish defender Garrido from Manchester City for a fee of €2.5m; Uruguayan midfielder Alvaro Gonzalez from Nacional Montevideo for a fee of €2m; Australian midfielder Marco Bresciano on a free transfer from Palermo.

Lecce

Defender Simone Sini on loan from Roma; Uruguayan midfielder Carlos Grossmueller from Schalke; Norwegian defender Tore Reginiussen on loan from Schalke.

Milan

German midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng from Portsmouth; Hungarian midfielder Attila Filkor from Inter; Romanian midfielder Cristian Daminuta from Inter; Midfielder Marco Ezio Fossati from Inter; Greek defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos from Genoa for a fee of €5m; Defender Luca Santonocito from Celtic; Goalkeeper Marco Amelia on loan from Genoa; Colombian defender Mario Yepes on a free transfer from Chievo Verona.

Napoli

Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani from Palermo for a fee of €17m.

Palermo

Argentinean defender Ezequiel Matias Munoz from Boca Juniors for a fee of €4m; Goalkeeper Giacomo Brichetto (permanent signing) from Novara Calcio; Argentinean defender Santiago Garcia from Rosario Central; Defender Matteo Darmian from Milan; Polish defender Kamil Glik from Piast Gliwice; Forward Massimo Maccarone from Siena; Chilean forward Mauricio Pinilla from Grosseto; Swiss midfielder Pajtim Kasami on a free transfer from Bellinzona.

Parma

Midfielder Sebastian Giovinco on loan from Juventus; Portuguese forward Filipe Oliveira from Braga; Spanish midfielder Jose Fernando Marques from Espanyol; Argentinean defender Gabriel Paletta from Boca Juniors; Bulgarian forward Valeri Bojinov (permanent signing) from Manchester City; Brazilian defender Marcus Paixao Diniz on loan from Milan; Forward Gabriele Paonessa from Bologna.

Roma

Argentinean defender Guillermo Burdisso on loan from Rosario Central; Brazilian midfielder Simplicio on a free transfer from Palermo; Brazilian forward Adriano on a free transfer from Flamengo.

Sampdoria

Midfielder Stefano Guberti (permanent signing) from Roma for a fee of €3m; Goalkeeper Gianluca Curci from Siena; Forward Simone Zaza from Atalanta.

Udinese

Argentinean forward German Denis from Napoli; Spanish midfielder Carlos Calvo from Xerez; Czech forward Matej Vydra from Banik Ostrava.

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Added on August 19, 2010, 2:40 pmCavani completes €17m move to Napoli

Napoli have signed Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani from Citta di Palermo for a fee of €17m.

This is one of the big movement...
Cavani i rated him highly..together with Forlan and Suarez they had a fantastic 3 attacking during the World cup.

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Added on August 19, 2010, 2:47 pmLook at Genoa list.. i think they changing the entire club staff there? lol
include the free signing of Luca Toni

This post has been edited by beandy: Aug 19 2010, 02:47 PM

lol Genoa.. Its looks like they not juz "change" the entire staff but the whole team also

surely they going to be the darkhorse this season

yep they can be da surprise team dis season.genoa(3-4-3)

GK-Eduardo
CB-Ranocchia CB-Bocchetti CD-Moretti
RM-Rafinha CM-Veloso CM-Zuculini LM-Criscito
RF-Palacio ST-Toni LF-Palladino

Wow..you know so much about Genoa...shocking

where can i get the time table match?

haha they've played some gud football dis past few seasons.maybe they can upset da big boys but not milan ait ekekekeke...

u sure criscito can play in midfield ar? normally saw him as left back only.

i like those signings done by lazio, hernanes, gonzalez and garrido i consider good coup to restrengthen the team. quite boring with major domination from the big 3, juve, milan and inter. need teams like lazio and parma to push more as before, the magnificient 7!!

Someone vote for others! Dont mind to share with us here what is the team you like in Serie A apart from the voting list??

BTW i got a question..Is Quagliarella the next big striker for Italy?
Is he a better striker than Iaquinta is?

Quagliarella is a striker where he can score unexpectedly from tight angles / unconventional shots. One good example would be his goal against Slovakia in the WC 2010. However, I think the reason why he's not able to hold a regular place in the national team is due to his inconsistency.

Iaquinta on the other hand is one of a work-horse. He will keep on running and running until he drops. Very rarely you see him being lazy. He's in the similar mold as Dirk Kuyt. Not as charismatic and cheeky as Cassano, Baggio or Balotelli. These few years he's been quite injury prone though.

komandermaut: I think he can play LMF cuz he do go up flanks when he's playing as LB.

Genoa's lineup looks surprisingly solid! I think they might be the surprise package this time round!

aiya...so sad already 1 italian team already out from ucl ..

Juve got a quite number of vote here..I still gonna go for Roma..

sad facts = one serie a team out from UCL

good facts = there's possibility pazzini joining us

It seem like there is no more reliable no.1 striker to be found in Serie A?
Amauri was handed a debut on the latest friendly.And Cassano i dont believe his the answer to the national squad.

How about Di Natale? And Lucarelli (wonder why he never chose for Italy)

This post has been edited by beandy: Aug 25 2010, 04:42 PM

Toto missed a lot of chances when representing the national team. Just watch the world cup and you'll see why.

Currently, our best targetman is probably Balotelli (for national team). If he ever gets to play that role.

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Aug 25 2010, 04:49 PM

Attitude issue with that boy,i hope he be matured enough when the next world cup come.

i am looking at the bright side, plus 1 more team in europa league

of course serie a coefficient gonna be hit badly, esp if all german teams play well this season. still cant believe we are far behind now, dropping to 4th place in europe. 15 yrs back, serie a is unbeatable as the top ranking league!

actually there's more underrated italian striker in serie a. The reason we didn't know any of them bcoz they play in lesser team etc

Sergio Floccari (Lazio), Alessandro Matri (Cagliari), Alessandro Rosina (ex-Torino, now Zenit st Petersburg) to name a few

Yeah, he'll be explosive if he solves his attitude problem. Hope Mancini can fix him . Imagine a Christian Vieri/Toni who's quicker!

anybody wanna test his knowledge of serie a in a fantasy league? i found here which u all may want to join: www.fantasycalcio.net
been trying to create a league for lowyat but failed

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Added on August 28, 2010, 6:26 pmGeng,

Calling for all serie a fans and followers, come and join a newly created Serie A Fantasy League!

link can be found here, http://www.fantasycalcio.net/

League name: LowyatSerieA


Lets test your knowledge in Serie A now, more challenging one!!

This post has been edited by komandermaut: Aug 28 2010, 06:26 PM

come guys make this threat happening back since more serie a team now have chances on winning scudetto...it's getting more exciting...with injury problem with juve,inter, the up and down of roma,lazio and Viola and the awakeing of Brecsia stunt juve,inter and milan this season.....while sampdoria with crisis with cassano, while palermo with management crisis..

And how bout this weekend fixtures 6 top team meet up....

This post has been edited by Firdaus_Fenriz: Nov 12 2010, 03:36 AM

the derby for Milan gonna be boring since both team having injury problem and more worse for Milan veteran striker Inzaghi end up his season this year when he got seriously injured and need a surgery later....

Derby Della Madonnina rarely a 'boring' encounter.. There will be a goal atleast mark my word..

Juventus-Roma, Inter-Milan...wats more can us serie a fans ask dis weekend