Re: Serie A Thread - 2011/12 Season
at this point in time no club seems to have been directly involved in this shit (although there are some rumours about the involvement of siena's owner).
anyway its still to early to really say anything about this shit, as we still haven't any real evidences to substantiate the allegations made... only hearsay.
right now, the only ones who will most likely face a trial are those serie b players who confessed their crimes (doni, masiello and those others serie b players i mentioned last winter).
the pubblic attorney is notifying some players impending investigations, in hope to scare some of them off and persuade em to tell what they know about this episodes (i believe that's the case with bonucci and criscito).
they only way the d.a. can build a case is to have some players squealing about their teammates (or former teammates, as is the case with bonucci and criscito) misconducts. but of course hearsay is hardly substantial evidence, so unless the prosecutor has something else up his sleeve, it will be hard to build a case on mere hearsay.
obviously all theese investigations are making lot of noise right now, as they reach some pretty high profile players, but i would be surprised if any serie a player were to be found involved in this shit. not that i have any trust in serie a players' moral or ethics... it's just that it's much easier and cheaper to corrupt a serie b player than a serie a player (for obvious reasons)
the ideal way to deal with such an investigation would be to follow the money, but since theese bets were placed abroad, it's difficult to trace it back (the criminal organization which created this "corrupted players network" is foreign and they work in china, thailand and albania).
what a disgusting story anyway. theese people make me sick. however we should have a clearer picture of this scandal by late july\early august.
matt1288 said:
Lo Zio what do you think about Sannino at Palermo? I think he has done a great job at Siena, and I'm very interested to see what he does with Palermo next season (hoping that your president behaves!)
i haven't watched enough of siena to have a reliable opinion on sannino. siena had a great season, but that's hardly enough to say whether sannino will succed in palermo aswell.
for instance, if he believes he may implement his 4-4-2 in palermo aswell, he better think twice, as we're not suited to play 4-4-2 (some might argue we're not suited to play any sort of football at all).
to be honest with u, i don't even bother anymore. he won't be here for more than a few months (tops) anyway, with that clown of zamparini in charge.
Could've been the emergency?
