Re: Cagliari 2007/2008 [R] Gotcha. Thanks for that. The part above is interesting, though. How old are the palaces?
Re: Cagliari 2007/2008 [R] not much, 4 decades or so, they are quite ugly and they have no historic value. sant'elia as it is now is kind of a ghetto, a troubled district apart from the rest and a heaven for drug dealers. anyone from cagliari knows that you don't mess with people from sant'elia. the main idea is to change that by integrating the "ghetto" with the rest of the city.
Re: Cagliari 2007/2008 [R] Back-to-back wins for Cagliari. After the draw with Milan, the results have been very positive for i sardi. The important thing is that Acquafresca has returned and scoring goals and he has shown that he is the one who can save Cagliari. Here are the highlights. Both goals are good but Acquafresca's one was brilliant. Fini's pass was excellent and the shot from outside of the box was powerful and well-placed. [youtube]fA4UBWjzPAs[/youtube]
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Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] Cagliari 5-1 Bologna Antonioli has to be one of the worst keepers to have ever played in the Serie A. He was crap at Roma and he didn't last long at Sampdoria but he was a shocker in this game. The defence was crap too. It's like they have never seen a team makes crosses into the box before. Despite the pathetic defensive display by Bologna, it was good to see Acquafresca take his tally to four goals and even Jeda got a double as a sub. Allegri should be more relieved now and if Acquafresca can stay fit, Cagliari can improve their position on the Serie A ladder.
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] Great win for Cagliari, it even got their former manager Daniele Arrigoni fired.....
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] It was bound to happen and it was a nice touch for his old club to lay the foundations for the sacking. Cagliari went 1-0 up against Catania only to lose 2-1 near the end. Not an easy task to play in Sicily. Jeda took his tally to 3 goals in 2 matches. Fiorentina is next. It's in Sardegna so Cagliari may spring a surprise like they did last season.
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] Cagliari is now in 12th and is unbeaten in 4. You wonder what they could do if they started off strong...
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] Acquafresca is still the heart of this team but the likes of Fini and Jeda are doing their bit. In most other seasons, Cellino would have sacked Allegri before the Milan game but now i sardi are looking more like a mid-table team.
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] oh well we're doing really good... and if one forgets about the awful start (first 5 games, 0 points) it's just the team performing as they did in the second part of the past season. Looking at the tables from match 6 to now is almost scary. 20 points in 10 games... 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. I doubt we can go on lke this till the end of the season otherwise we would be fighting for, at least, a uefa spot. It looks like a miracle but miracle is not. we did the same in the second half of past season. So, why is that? I think it's for two reasons. the first one is that the team play as a unit, the players match very well together and the result is more then the sum of the single parts. The second reason is that some of the players tend to be undervalued in their real potential. even by cagliari fans themselves. Let's see... Cossu is a quality player that is shining in the attacking midfielder role. he spent most of his career misused in the right wing. Fini is a quality right winger (or right midfielder), great foot, but he always lacked consistence. now he's missing one game out of four. prior it was the contrary. Jeda is a dangerous seconda punta, very good skills. he was lost in serie b far too long. everyone thought of him that he could be a serie a player but for some reason noone before cagliari took the chance. Biondini is a hell of a quantity player, if he could adjust his feet he would be top clubs material. Conti is a fine fine playmaker. too yellow cards prone but that is his only defect. he could well make a good sub for many of the top teams in serie a. he refused some interesting calls more than once, including one from his roma. Pisano is a good rightback (can play also in the left), still young and already has lots of caps. his only downside is his size. marchetti is doing very well and deservingly receving lots of praise. Lopez-Bianco is a pairing that works very well. lots of experience. I could go on with others. My only wish at the moment is that we manage to have a comfortable season. without the usual sufferings of battling to avoid relegation till the last game. Bad times will come, I know, let's hope we will have collected enough points not to be scared by them. About the last game. we were lucky with some refeering errors and palermo deserved the draw. but, other times we were on the unlucky side... nice to see ballardini again and to have the chance to let him know that we didn't forget about his great job with cagliari.
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] bro look at udi start godly and now in the toilet sh1t happens! well next game cagl visits roma! so im thinking cagl. 2 roma 2 yes i know a draw at roma?! but roma are un consistent so im expecting a draw
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] I agree. I don't think Cagliari's players are valued enough. Obviously Acquafresca is highly praised but I only noticed Fini after his stint at Ascoli. Credit must be given to Cagliari for playing Jeda and Cossu because they were recruited from some weak teams yet in the Serie A, they are very good players and making the most of it. Lopez and Bianco is possibly the most underrated centre-back pairing in the Serie A.
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] I have a feeling they will beat roma as roma needs to give their all today in the CL.....bravo Cagliari!!!
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] Cagliari have really been going from strength to strength since that 0-0 draw with Milan. Now they're mid-table and Allegri has moulded together a very good team to support Acquafresca. Udinese is in a crisis now but it was still a good 2-0 win for Cagliari. They should have got one against Inter too.
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] Great job! After going down after 3 minutes on a goal by Rocchi, I can not believe Cagliari scoring 4 straight goals in the 1st half!
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] That was the best half this season. one of the best ever, I'd add. we looked like barcelona on a good day. It's really a delight for the eyes when we play like that. then we went on with a more conservative second half. we managed to avoid being beaten by 2 very dubious penalties (the one near the end of the first half was frankly ridiculous) and also managed to miss 2 incredible chances to score the 5th goal. now we have 28 pts. -12 from the usual 40 pts target to avoid relegation with 18 matches left. We'd need a collective harakiri to miss la salvezza. One note for a less used player. Lazzari is a phenomenal player from a technical point of view. If he manages to grow tactically and gains more consistence he'll develop into a fine fine midfielder. p.s. what a goalkeeper Marchetti is!
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] It seems Cagliari in the last 2 seasons has started off slowly and then taken off in January...last year after a slow start, everyone had them relegated and the same this year......Cellino has a good team and I just think he needs a few more elements and/or players to fight for an UEFA or a CL spot. If we all remember when Gianfranco Zola came back to play at 37-39 years of age, their place in the table was pretty healthy after moving up to the Serie A from the B. A few or even one more player like that will make a huge difference in the team.... I'm not exactly sure what Cellino's plans are for a scudetto or what have you but I think he should be a little more aggressive in signing one or two big time players to an already stable franchise.
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] sumthing tolled me this was more then a draw on cag. side can u guys get the video?
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGD_atE9Im0"]YouTube - Lazio Cagliari 1-4 Serie A 25-01-2009 - Sintesi Completa (Highlights)[/ame]
Re: Cagliari 2008/2009 [R] cellino hasn't got the needed money to sign big names... so we are forced to cut wild dreaming soon btw he could go on impersonating the role of a competent calcio president (I'll believe it only when I see it). some proven good players, some clever signing of undervalued serie b talent, keeping most of our current players and we could solidify our place as a mid table team (with hopes of getting a uefa spot).