Who had the Best Offseason?

Discussion in 'Italy: Clubs' started by mritalian1210, Aug 5, 2005.

  1. mritalian1210

    mritalian1210 Member

    Jun 10, 2004
    Northern Jersey
    Club:
    AC Milan
    Milan- Gilardino, Jankulovski, Vieri, etc
    Juve- Viera, etc
    Inter- Figo, Solari, Samuel, Pizarro, etc

    Discuss!
     
  2. Sempre

    Sempre ****************** Member+

    Mar 4, 2005
    NYC
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Milan did well to get Gilardino and Janukolvski. But
    Vogel is going to fail badly in Serie A, and I have
    doubts about Vieri.

    They seem undisturbed by their aging defense though;
    I can't figure it out. The young player that I LOVE is
    called Marzorati and I imagine he'll be a regular in a
    few years time. Meantime that defense is creaking w/
    age.
     
  3. phillips10

    phillips10 New Member

    Oct 15, 2001
    Cranford
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    to me the team that improved the most was inter....pizarro's a top creator in the middle and Samuel a big upgrade in the center of defense.
     
  4. SueB

    SueB New Member

    Mar 23, 1999
    Waterbury, VT
    Yes. Of course, they NEEDED to improve the most. ;)
     
  5. Hexenmeister

    Hexenmeister Member

    Aug 9, 2000
    Kearney, MO
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Bah, Milan/Inter/Juve had great teams last season and they'll have great teams this season, no big story there.

    I'm a little biased, but I think Fiorentina improved their quality quite a bit with Frey, Toni, Fiore, Brocchi, and Pancaro. They might not yet be at the level of the top 3 teams, but I think you'll see a dramatic improvement over last season.
     
  6. Sempre

    Sempre ****************** Member+

    Mar 4, 2005
    NYC
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    And they got Prandelli--that's the biggest addition.
     
  7. garrinchanumero1

    garrinchanumero1 New Member

    Aug 4, 2005
    Lest we forget about Roma
    Taddei
    Kuffour
    Nonda
    Bovo

    possibly Brighi-Esposito-Miccoli-Marchegiani-Lima

    if Roma could get at least 2 or 3 of those players listed then they would prob have the most impressive off-season

    Other than that I think that Fiorentina had a great Off-season a long with Juve and Milan, Inter do the same garbage every year
     
  8. Duck Manson

    Duck Manson Member+

    Feb 8, 2005
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    fiorentina had a great off season? they lost miccoli, Marseca, Chiellini and obodo for basically nothing. they had alot to make up for before they got frey, toni and those guys. inter, milan and Juventus didnt lose anything. theres a huge difference there. my vote goes to inter. if the wall gets back his old form, they will be very hard to beat this season.
     
  9. RandyNA74

    RandyNA74 Member

    Jun 9, 2004
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    SSC Napoli
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    This article by Giorgio Tosatti of Corriere della Sera is right up this thread's alley. I don't always agree with everything he says, but he is recognized as one of the greatest analysts in Italian soccer.

    According to him, Milan had the best summer, followed by Inter, Juve, Fiorentina, and Sampdoria.
     
  10. Cassano

    Cassano Member

    Jul 16, 2004
    Club:
    AC Milan
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Giorgio Tosatti reminds me of Milton from the movie Office Space:

    Tosatti
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    Milton
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  11. RandyNA74

    RandyNA74 Member

    Jun 9, 2004
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    SSC Napoli
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Uhm uhm uhm they they they took my stapler and.....
     
  12. SueB

    SueB New Member

    Mar 23, 1999
    Waterbury, VT
    I was just going to mention Sampdoria because they've added quite a bit of talent and depth while their biggest "loss" was Simone Inzaghi. Sampdoria is unique among the teams being discussed here, in that their roster is almost entirely Italian - Kutuzov and Edusei are the only foreigners.
     

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