The Italian Football Thread

Milan drawing again lol. Can Allegri just get sacked already?

Watch milan come 2nd though but seriously if they get top 3 this season over inter I'll be pissed off

Will be a miracle for them to get top 3. Allegri never has the balls to play an attacking line up. Always with his stupid 2-3 defensive midfielders who can't even hold the ball for more than 2 seconds. At least Kaka scored today though . Guy did well last season but he needs to go;.

Inter doing really well with Mazzari though aren't they. Actually play with some belief and confidence as well. Mazzari is a class manager.

I was shocked when mazzari didn't make the list for manager of the year, personally think he did much better than mourinho and wenger last season. They only pick the big names. Conte should have won it last year since he transformed juve from an underacheiving team who'd struggle to get europa league to a unbeaten machine.

Bet if roma won the league the manager wouldn't even make the list for manager of the year.

Mazz being vastly overated on here by you two. Inter will be very lucky to finish in the top 4 this season. Yet they don't even have European Competition to take into consideration. Teams like Roma and Liverpool have actually used that as a recipe for success. I hope AC finish above them. I know they suck too but.... Inter suck more.

But yeah. Amazing how Simeone wasn't on the shortlist.

Forza Rafa

He transformed napoli, helped their finances and dealt with selling a key player in lavezzi well, won the italian cup in 2012 and came 2nd in 2013, he deserves it almost as much as simeone.

Although tbh Simeone would be 3rd for manager of the year imo, just under klopp. Inter seems like they'll sort themselves out, their central midfield is shocking though. There's just so much averageness in the side its sad, especially in midfield. Alvarez should not be starting, kovacic is good but not really ready yet(unlike coutinho) and the rest generally suck bar palacio who's boss, jonathan hasn't been too bad this season when I've watched him though. Although their defence isn't as bad as people make out when samuel, rano and juan play together.

I don't think you've been watching Inter this season. Alvarez has been playing exceptionally well and is gradually starting to live up to the hype he generated 2-3 years ago when Arsenal were in for him. He's the only player that is direct and actually runs at the defenders and his skills are He already has 3 goals and 3 assists which isn't too bad 9 games in. Samuel has only played 1 game this season and that was on Tuesday against Atalanta and he was actually at fault for the goal they conceded (still would rather play Samuel than that donkey Rolando). It's mainly Campagnaro who Inter are desperately missing.

Milan drawing again lol. Can Allegri just get sacked already?

Fair enough, I haven't been watching them too much only 2-3 games. A lot of it was preconceived from last season wrt alvarez. I completely forgot about campagnaro(forgive me for that ) since I watched the verona match last and he wasn't there. I think that samuel is just as good on his day though, doesn't matter if he's 36 mattheus was defender of the year in germany at 39. The reason why inter's season curtailed so badly was due to his injury.

So would you play samuel ahead of juan jesus/ranocchia? I still think there's a lot of averageness in the team though in midfield but it's great that alvarez is doing so well.

What's wrong with the midfield? Kovacic - one of Europe's hottest young prospects, still young give him time. Cambiasso still a don at defensive mid, experienced leader, organises the team. Guarin is just inconsistent, Alvarez is playing well, Belfodil should be playing more imo he is too sick. Come to think of it now that's about it, no depth at all.

Averageness is in the defence in my opinion. Have no idea why people rate Nagatamo all he does is make the occasional diagonal run into the box. Can't defend at all, never takes a player on cause he can't unlike Jonathan, can't use his pace cause he's so weak and can't cross. Honestly if someone can explain to me why he even plays football I'd like to know maybe I'm missing something.

Juan Jesus imo is an absolute tank. Can be a beast on his day but then he also makes some rash decisions a bit like Koscielny and concentration can be a bit poor at times. Can see him leaving in a few years after being snapped up by a bigger club.

Ranocchia needs someone experienced alongside him to lead him and guide him through the match like Samuel or Campagnaro. Only then will you see the best out of him. Never been a fan of him. Very clumsy and slow. His aerial ability is beasty though. Probably the only good thing about him. Then again Juventus wanted him in the summer, so he probably has some potential.

Jonathan has improved massively especially under Mazzari, he was getting bare abuse last season. Gets forward alot, can take a player on, pace and even has a decent shot on him, already scored 3 goals this season - needs to work on his defending. Very similar to Maicon.