I know its a little early for this, But what the heck. Pick the Table from top to bottom . Lets see how close anyone can get to picking it right. Good luck. Picks can be made right up to the first week of the season opener.
01. Juventus 02. Milan 03. Inter 04. Roma 05. Fiorentina 06. Lazio 07. Napoli 08. Udinese 09. Atalanta 10. Palermo 11. Sampdoria 12. Empoli 13. Reggina 14. Genoa 15. Parma 16. Torino 17. Cagliari 18. Livorno 19. Siena 20. Catania Yes I'm bias.. but IMO the scudetto will be either Juve's or Milan's (my head is saying Milan, but gotta be optimistic ) come the end of the season. You do not know how much effort it took not to put Inter at 20. It would be nice to see Catania stay up for a while, but IMO they're going the way of Messina. If it wasn't for Torino signing Ventola (especially) and Di Michele, they'd have been in deeper trouble as they couldn't score much last season but they'll stay up.
Milan Inter Juventus Roma Lazio Palermo Fiorentina Napoli Udinese Sampdoria Atalanta Reggina Parma Genoa Torino Catania Livorno Empoli Siena Cagliari
1) Juve 2) Fiorentina 3) Inter 4) Roma 5) Palermo 6) Milan 7) Torino 8) Udinese 9) Parma 10) Sampdoria 11) Lazio 12) Atalanta 13) Empoli 14) Napoli 15) Livorno 16) Cagliari 17) Genoa 18) Catania 19) Siena 20) Reggina
I agree with this more in terms of the teams ranked below the european spots, except i believe Parma will be near the bottom, and Lazio higher up. I think Reggina may struggle after hiring a average manager, and not really replacing the big losses, IMO. Anyways things may change by the end of the market.
Milan Juventus Inter Roma Fiorentina Lazio Palermo Empoli Sampdoria Atalanta Udinese Napoli Genoa Parma Cagliari Torino Reggina Livorno Catania Siena Reggina get written off all the time and yet they manage to save themselves. I doubt that Ficcadenti will do it but his replacement might do it. Livorno will struggle without Lucarelli and Cagliari needs a decent striker to replace Suazo. Like aussie_ascoli pointed out in a different thread, Giampaolo is making his team resemble Ascoli 2005-06. I don't know enough about Genoa and Napoli to judge them properly yet I think they'll be OK and Juve might rely too much on their experianced players to get results. Inter won't have any easy run like last year and I doubt that Vieri can score the goals Fiorentina needs.
I didn't want to start a new thread but it seems to be that everyone loves to talk about the scudetto, CL & UEFA spots but what about the "ZONE CALDE" or the relegation zone? It seems like this race is heating up as 9 points seperating last place form 13th place.....If Cagliari gets their 3 deducted points back, it will be an interesting finsh... 13 Siena 35 14 Torino 31 15 Parma 29 16 Catania 29 17 Livorno 28 18 Cagliari 28 19 Reggina 27 20 Empoli 26
Cagliari gets their 3 points back to move out of the cellar. Good for them! From 12 place on down, I think its anyone's season to lose! http://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/calcio...8/classifiche/
1 Inter 72 2 Roma 68 3 Juventus 58 4 Fiorentina 56 5 Milan 52 6 Sampdoria 52 7 Udinese 51 8 Genoa 42 9 Atalanta 41 10 Napoli 40 11 Lazio 39 12 Palermo 39 13 Siena 37 14 Torino 34 15 Catania 32 16 Parma 30 17 Livorno 29 18 Empoli 29 19 Cagliari 29 20 Reggina 27
1 Inter Milan 35 15 2 1 39 12 9 7 1 25 10 42 81 2 Roma 35 14 3 1 41 19 8 6 3 25 16 31 75 3 Juventus 35 12 4 2 38 11 8 6 3 30 21 36 70 4 Fiorentina 35 11 4 3 32 17 6 5 6 18 19 14 60 5 AC Milan 35 6 7 4 25 16 10 3 5 34 17 26 58 6 Sampdoria 35 10 6 1 32 12 6 2 10 19 28 11 56 7 Udinese 35 9 4 5 30 27 6 5 6 16 20 -1 54 8 Genoa 35 8 4 6 23 20 5 5 7 21 29 -5 48 9 Napoli 35 10 4 4 24 15 3 4 10 21 33 -3 47 10 Palermo 35 8 7 3 25 19 3 3 11 18 33 -9 43 11 Atalanta 35 6 7 4 31 26 4 5 9 15 26 -6 42 12 Lazio 35 8 4 5 25 20 1 9 8 17 28 -6 40 13 Siena 35 5 8 4 21 15 3 7 8 14 26 -6 39 14 Catania 35 8 5 4 19 11 0 6 12 11 30 -11 35 15 Cagliari 35 7 4 6 18 17 2 4 12 16 36 -19 35 16 Torino 35 4 7 6 17 17 2 9 7 16 30 -14 34 17 Empoli 35 4 7 6 16 19 4 2 12 11 29 -21 33 18 Reggina 35 7 5 6 22 19 0 7 10 9 34 -22 33 19 Parma 35 6 6 5 27 24 0 7 11 13 33 -17 31 20 Livorno 35 3 8 7 18 27 3 4 10 14 27 -22 30
Inter Milan 82 2. Roma 81 3. Juventus 71 4. Fiorentina 63 5. AC Milan 61 6. Sampdoria 59 7. Udinese 49 8. Napoli 50 9. Genoa 50 10. Palermo 46 11. Atalanta 45 12. Lazio 43 13. Siena 43 14. Cagliari 41 15. Torino 40 16. Reggina 39 17. Catania 36 18. Parma 34 19. Empoli 33 20. Livorno 30
Look at the head-to-head, I think they still have a chance from what I heard. It might go to playoff.
Empoli can make it. If they win, Catania lose and Parma didn't win, they will be in Serie A next year, due to the head-to-head results against Catania. (Catania-Empoli 1-0, Empoli-Catania 2-0)
2007/2008 FINAL STANDINGS 1.Inter 85 2 Roma 82 3 Juventus 72 4 Fiorentina 66 5 Milan 64 6 Sampdoria 60 7 Udinese 57 8 Napoli 50 9 Atalanta 48 10 Genoa 48 11 Palermo 47 12 Lazio 46 13 Siena 44 14 Cagliari 42 15 Torino 40 16 Reggina 40 17 Catania 37 18 Empoli 36 19 Parma 34 20 Livorno 30
After 2 games........in 2008/09 1 Lazio 6 2 Atalanta 6 3 Torino 4 4 Napoli 4 4 Inter 4 6 Juventus 4 7 Udinese 3 8 Siena 3 8 Genoa 3 10 Palermo 3 11 Catania 3 11 Bologna 3 13 Lecce 3 13 Chievo 3 15 Fiorentina 1 15 Reggina 1 17 Roma 1 18 Sampdoria 1 19 Milan 0 20 Cagliari 0
1 Inter 39 16 12 3 1 19 2 Juventus 33 16 10 3 3 15 3 Napoli 30 16 9 3 4 10 4 Milan 30 16 9 3 4 6 5 Fiorentina 29 16 9 2 5 10 6 Genoa 26 16 7 5 4 6 7 Atalanta 24 16 7 3 6 4 8 Lazio 24 16 7 3 6 3 9 Palermo 23 16 7 2 7 1 10 Roma 23 15 7 2 6 -1 11 Udinese 22 16 6 4 6 3 12 Catania 22 16 6 4 6 -3 13 Cagliari 20 16 6 2 8 -2 14 Sampdoria 19 15 5 4 6 -2 15 Siena 19 16 5 4 7 -4 16 Bologna 14 16 3 5 8 -8 17 Lecce 13 16 2 7 7 -10 18 Torino 12 16 3 3 10 -12 19 Reggina 12 16 3 3 10 -18 20 Chievo 9 16 2 3 11 -17
Roma and Juve have improved since their form slumps but Udinese is still in theirs. Catania has had a very reasonable season and Udinese started with a bang but now both teams are level. Fiorentina will probably challenge for a CL spot again and same for Roma but I can't see Napoli lasting in those spots (it would be good if they did though). I can't see Atalanta getting a UEFA Cup but Genoa might get one. They have more depth than Atalanta anyway.
1 Inter 55 2 Milan 51 3 Roma 50 4 Juve 41 5 Napoli 40 6 Palermo 40 7 Samp 40 8 Cagliari 38 9 Genoa 38 10 Fiore 34 11 Bari 32 12 Chievo 32 13 Parma 30 14 Bologna 28 15 Udinese 27 16 Lazio 25 17 Catania 24 18 Livorno 23 19 Atalanta 21 20 Siena 17
LOL....just like the game today! 1 Inter 58 2 Milan 54 3 Roma 51 4 Pal 43 5 Juve 41 6 Napoli 41 7 Samp 40 8 Cagliari 38 9 Genoa 38 10 Fiore 35 11 Chievo 35 12 Parma 33 13 Bari 32 14 Bologna 31 15 Catania 27 16 Udinese 27 17 Lazio 26 18 Livorno 23 19 Atalanta 21 20 Siena 20