glad to see sarri smiling 

Always keep an eye on the Serie A. Since Juventus' domination has ended a few years back, it's become interesting again.

Napoli are a brilliant outfit under Spalletti.

Sarri and Mourinho are doing reasonably well at Lazio and Roma respectively. Both have been in the job for about 15 months now.

On 24/10/2022 at 06:35, azpi28 said:

glad to see sarri smiling 

Wonder if that would be the headlines had Sarri stayed with us for another season and sticked around until now, although he'd probably just drive the bus back to Italy when the ownership problems began as he wouldn't want to deal with that load of sh*t of the government and the media.

32 minutes ago, Brigadeiro Mk II said:

Wonder if that would be the headlines had Sarri stayed with us for another season and sticked around until now, although he'd probably just drive the bus back to Italy when the ownership problems began as he wouldn't want to deal with that load of sh*t of the government and the media.

they would start a campaign about stop smoking and ask him every week if he has stopped smoking 

he hasn't 

i kinda liked him, he really didn't give a f**k about what the media thought about him

in a way he's similar to Potter having worked his way all the way up. Minus all the neurotic superstitions that Sarri suffered from

also their defensive record is very good: haven't conceded in the Serie A for 6 games and only conceded 5 in 11 (2 against league leaders Napoli)

 

Edited October 29, 20223 yr by azpi28

Napoli leading 3-0 v Sassuolo 35mins into the game. Spalletti is a brilliant manager.

Kvaratskehlia is having a hell of a season, that is now 6 goals & 5 assists in 12 games. Someone is going to pay a huge fee for him in the summer.

 

Torino v AC Milan just kicked off. Hoping for a home win as Torino are my favourite Italian side.

Two big chances missed by Milan within the first six minutes !

8 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Torino v AC Milan just kicked off. Hoping for a home win as Torino are my favourite Italian side.

would be nice!

i would love to see the scenes if Napoli win the title 

Apzi: The scenes would be simply ‘Mental!’ if Napoli won the title. 

1-0 Torino!

Make that 2-0!!

Edited October 30, 20223 yr by erskblue

29 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Apzi: The scenes would be simply ‘Mental!’ if Napoli won the title. 

i'm going to watch this series set in Naples 

i remember reading once that there was outrage that a new episode of this series came out at the same time as a Napoli game 

the man who wrote the book where this series is based on has been forced into hiding for over a decade

Edited October 30, 20223 yr by azpi28

 

 

 

 

Napoli fans celebrating when they won the title back in 1987.

2-1 now as Milan pull a goal back.

After a terrible misunderstanding between the Torino keeper and defender gifts Milan the goal.

On 29/10/2022 at 14:43, ducavis said:

Napoli leading 3-0 v Sassuolo 35mins into the game. Spalletti is a brilliant manager.

Kvaratskehlia is having a hell of a season, that is now 6 goals & 5 assists in 12 games. Someone is going to pay a huge fee for him in the summer.

Hope not, thankfully for Napoli their owner is no pushover and his hard line approach has kept them competing for a long time now since their rise from Serie C days. After Jorginho-gate, Man-City blacklisted Napoli and won’t speak to them again; so at least that’s one off the list. 😅

You have to admire everything they did with offloading Insigne, Koulibaly etc (to losers like us) and the level of squad building involved, truly the benchmark right now; the scouting that took place there is something to marvel at, truly. 

 

2 hours ago, erskblue said:

 

 

 

 

Napoli fans celebrating when they won the title back in 1987.

The last time Napoli won the title in 1990.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, azpi28 said:

i'm going to watch this series set in Naples 

i remember reading once that there was outrage that a new episode of this series came out at the same time as a Napoli game 

the man who wrote the book where this series is based on has been forced into hiding for over a decade

I watched the first 2 seasons some years ago. I liked a character from an episode but it didn't go that well for him so I stopped watching. This is the official soundtrack:

 

 

@Term_X

I agree you have to give Napoli praise for the way they made business on the market this summer. They sold their topearner(Koulibaly) and let their other two topearners(Insigne, Mertens) plus the majority of their older players leave for free, replaced them effectively via good scouting, made a small profit on the market, lowered the cost of their squad significantly and improved as a team, kudos to them.

Torino held on for a 2-1 win against AC Milan.😀

Thought I’d posted this last night!

Mourinho tonight 17.30 

Hellas Verona - Roma 

Roma winning 3-1 away  at Verona. Two late goals giving them the win.

Verona down to 10men from the 36th minute.

Edited October 31, 20223 yr by erskblue

3 hours ago, erskblue said:

Roma winning 3-1 away  at Verona. Two late goals giving them the win.

Verona down to 10men from the 36th minute.

highlight of the game hahaha 

Brilliant from Mourinho!😀

On 01/11/2022 at 07:25, erskblue said:

Brilliant from Mourinho!😀

Saw the Marseille coach do the same yesterday!

 

Spaletti drives a fiat panda and it was stolen in may and the Napoli Ultras made a banner that they would return the car if he would resign 

he also has a pet duck and had a 2 year sabbatical on his Tuscan farm, when he got sacked by Inter and Conte replaced him 

at one point Abramovich talked to him to become Chelsea manager but he didn’t feel it was the right move (and he doesn’t speak a word of English)