Re: Serie A Thread
Lo Zio - my turn to apologise for not replying sooner this time! Sorry!
i didn't log in lately, so it's ok, mate... we all have our life
To be honest I think I'm just slightly intimidated by your 'epic' post!!
lol! actually u're right, i should really work on my "summarizing ability" :mrgreen: When i speak italian or spanish i can be quite brief.... but when it's up to put my thoughts in english or french, it's a mess :lol:
It is now official – Alessandro Del Piero has extended his Juventus contract until 2010. “This was a decisive choice for my career and my life.”
:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:
IT WAS TIME!!!!
as i told u on msn, juveboy, i was really disappointed by Secco's attitude, during the negotiations.... that's not the "old lady's style" we all know and appreciate. :nono:
talking about Alessandro, he just showed us (once again) what A GREAT MAN HE IS!!!
his approach to the negotiation was so classy! U would never expect this kind of attitude from a simple football player; his coolness, his education, his style. a comparison with the camoranesi, nedved, and trezegol renewals would be embarassing for them, and would be such a good reflection of the clever, educated, polite, classy man Alessandro is..... what a great manager\director he will become, once his carreer will end (what we hope will happen as late as possible
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Satty, it was a pleasure to read your post.... as always, btw. I just can't believe u're 14 :shock: Your ability in getting inside serie a clubs issues is awesome... even for a 40 years old man...... u're really raising the level of this thread conversation..... no offence for all the other guys, i like u all :mrgreen:
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i can't even imagine how good u must be in premiership talking!!!!
anyway, concerning lazio, we also have to say that they were quite unlucky, talking about injuries.
just to give u an idea....
theese are lazio's defenders
zauri,
stendardo,
cribari, de silvestri,
siviglia, and
diakitè.
the bolded ones faced a "more than 4 weeks injury" during the preseason.
stendardo won't be able to play before 3 weeks, diakite is out for still 2 months, cribari is playing with a special mask, lazio's doctors are saying that he's playing "at his own risk".... he shouldn't play at all, but there's nobody who could take his place.
lazio had to face the CL preliminary match with a cb couple composed by zauri ( a pure sideback) and de silvestri (a kid who just came from the youth team.... and he too is a sideback):shock:
Mauri, another lazio's key player, faced an injury during the preseason that didn't allow him to go through a decent athletic preparation.
and actually that's the real point. the preseason is the worst period for an injury, because if u don't go trough the athletic preparation during the summer, u won't be able to truly express yourself till jannuary (serie a clubs repeat the athletic preparation during the winter holydays).
moreover...
rocchi's performances were probably affected by the contract renewal negotiations and peruzzi is gone....
as u can see lazio has some "excuses" for those bad performances.
but one thing i really can't understand is the remaining players fitness conditions..... i mean, also those (few) players who didn't face any injury played quite bad till now..... why??? as i already wrote weeks ago, lazio athletic preparation was aimed to bring the players in their best shape for the beginning of the season (coz of the CL preliminary matches). So why also those players who went trough the "training camp" don't look fit????
i really don't know.
anyway, last season too lazio didn't have a great start.... they started playing that great football just after the winter break.... we all (except the romanisti, of course :mrgreen
can just hope it will happen this season again.
Lotito sure make some big mistakes during the summer transfer market. lazio had a little roster last year too... now they have to play even more (coz of the CL) with almost the same roster. Kolarov was a nice surprice till now, de silvestri is considered as a phenomenal talent (in italy we all knew about him, even before he joined the first squad), and actually he showed some personality till now..... but of course that's not enough.
lazio needed:
- a good backup cb (they were looking for pratali, but the negotiations collapsed a couple of days before the transfer market ending);
- a backup for ledesma. he can't play 3 matches for week for the whole season, of course.... but lazio just can't do without him. each time he doesn't play lazio's light is turned off (i never saw a playmaker influencing so much his team performances);
- a foward who can take pandev's or rocchi's place when they're too tired. Honestly Makinwa is a joke. he's really similar to his friend martins; he's fast, but he doesn't know how to play football.
and then there's the goalkeeper issue. i already talked about it,so i won't repeat myself........but honestly, from peruzzi to muslera..... that's just ridiculous. peruzzi was a GOD; he was one of the few (casillas, cech, coupet.... who else?) who could get close to buffon.... i really can't understand what were they thinking when they bought muslera.
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talking about napoli, i absolutely share your views, mate. i have to say im really surprised by their results so far this season. but their results are not the most surprising thing to me. it's their football! it's good! it's beautiful! What the hell happened to Reja! :lol: that's not his football! Let's just hope we won't see the "old Reja" back again
Lavezzi is really showing he has what it takes to play in serie a. i never saw a young argentinian adapting himself to our football so fast. and i already noticed serie a coaches are starting to "strategize against him", with double coverages (:mrgreen
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zalayeta is finally showing what he's really about (after a life as a backup in juve), and i have to say i expected him to play that good.
the only bad news is
Calaiò; he still didn't find space till now.... and that's a shame as he's a great player (he reminds me of the "old gilardino", that great foward who used to play for parma).
and there's one player who surprised me even more than lavezzi;
Gargano. this little south american kid came here like a sweet nestling. nobody thought he could get in the starting formation; well, till now he's the only one who played every match, DOMINATING the midfield like an old, experienced central midfielder :shock::shock::shock::shock:
credit to Marino for this great buy :applause:
another key factor in napoli's performances till now is their defence. Cannavaro junior finally became that player he promised to be. he has been among the 5 best serie a cbs so far this season, and tonight he will get what he deserves; a spot in italy's defensive line (during south africa - italy).
His "empathy" with domizzi (another very good cb) is perfect, and those 2 guys are the perfect demonstration of what i was talking about a few days ago.
i can't say anything about lavezzi's and gargano's stats, Satty, coz, as i told u, i'm an asshole in stats-making :lol:
p.s.
Pogoss, Mad, PLF..... where r u guys??!!! it would be nice to read your thoughts too from time to time
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