Falvo not for anything but just stop with that argument. That's like saying no one cares about the Premier League when Leicester won the league. Seriously, it's getting bad now
Dude, I’m not arguing so why so defensive? I’ve posted many times in this thread alone I like the way Gasperini has them playing. I don’t know their players but that’s not only me. Even the domenica sportiva was saying the same thing yesterday I believe. I’m just saying an Atalanta in the champions league won’t be good for Italy or the Serie A. Nothing like having a Roma, Juve , Inter or Milan in it. Why is that a bad thing to post? Do you remember or even care when Chievo made it and got relegated the next year? They were never the same and that ruined them. Let’s not even mention Parma who fraudulently bought their way into it with crooked Calisto Tanzi’s Parmalat. Last I checked, he is still in jail and they just made their way back up from the fourth division in the last three years. They imploded because of what he did. Again as I posted , I’d love to see them or any underdog team for that matter, win it all but knowing Italy , such a club will crash out badly and it could very well hurt them in the long run. That is an almost proven fact and with Italy still in a recession, it’s not good for the economy either. Yes contrary to popular belief and whether you know it or not , top successful sports teams in Italy move markets. A top winning team, will do wonders for the Italian economy. Also, I just got off the phone with my cousins in Southern Italy and they had their flags out parading after Milan won. My other cousin couldn’t sleep because Lazio lost. AC Milan 2-1 Bologna: Three sent off as Gattuso's side keep alive ...
Wow, Romanisti defending a thug side that may very well take the last CL spot from their team. Have you guys lost all self-esteem, especially you Sal?
lol, what the fcuk did I just spend 10 minutes reading? Serie A needs more clubs run like Atalanta. They are shining light in Italy on how to build a proper sustainable program without just tossing around millions upon millions. Look at the names they've sold and supplied the bigger clubs, yet they keep replacing them and improving. Not to mention they play an attractive/modern style of football whilst incorporating youth. Maybe if more clubs were run like Atalanta in Italy, the league wouldn't be in the state it is. Well-run programs should be praised and rewarded. If anyone deserves CL, it's them.
7 of the 12 came when; A) Juve was relegated and B) the demise of ACM and Inter. Before that time.. not much.
Parma -Parmalat with their susperstar team and Fiorentina with Antognoni are the only smaller clubs on that list.....
That'd still be 5 which would put us at 3rd, or tied for 2nd if you want to discredit Roma's 2nd place finish during Milan's lean years then you'd need to discredit Napoli as well.
I'm not trying to discredit any team. I'm just pointing out, historically, Roma are not a club that are routinely challenging for the scudetto. Unless something drastic happens no club in Italy is going to compete with Juve in the foreseeable future. Roma, Napoli, Inter, ACM plus some upstart team each year are going to battle for 2nd, 3rd and 4th
After Messi and Barca's loss yesterday, I'm really wondering if someone in Italy will make a play for Messi? He is turning 32 next month so if there was ever a time to move on, it is now. Other than the obvious choices of Milan and Inter, maybe Roma or Napoli? It’s not too far out of the ordinary when you consider no one would have thought or believed Ronaldo will have left Real for Juve at this point last year. Three months later he was gone...
No one ever thought CR7 would leave last year either. He is 32 and sooner or later, his time will be up. If I were them, I'd sell him while they can get something for him. Barcelona will always be a top, winning team. they were before Messi got there and I’m sure they will be after he is gone. I'm not saying it will happen but I can see it. If Ronaldo could leave, I'm sure Messi can too.
Of course. I saw another poster compare AS Roma with Ajax. Ajax has won as many CL as we have won the Serie A. On no planet are we that level of club. We are comfortably behind the stripes. But, as a capital club if ran appropriately there is no reason why we can’t begin to compete with them year in, year out. The minimal amount they spent on Messi they probably made back in his first season in la liga. They’ve probably banked hundreds of millions of dollars off of him and there is nobody they could bring in with the money they receive from selling him that 1. They can’t already afford and 2. Would bring them what he has.
Barca will always make money. As time passes , pretty soon he will be 33, 34 and 35. I doubt he will carry them at that advanced age. He has already been eliminated in successive years by Roma last year and Liverpool this season so he isn't invincible. Messi himself already has been in talks with Beckham about possibly going to Miami so it could happen sooner or later and everyone has their price.
Is that for real? Hilarious. Looks like the logo of an early 1980's public broadcasting television program.
There’s no way an MLS team could afford the fee for Messi. He could leave when his contract is up and he may but Barcelona has no reason to sell him