Exactly. It's a league full of teams at the level of the bottom half of the PL and top half of the Championship. Lukaku was dynamite against those kind of teams when he was in England too. It's a shame to see such a storied league drop so far.
Italian Serie A - 2020-2021
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Exactly. It's a league full of teams at the level of the bottom half of the PL and top half of the Championship. Lukaku was dynamite against those kind of teams when he was in England too. It's a shame to see such a storied league drop so far.
Fortunately for them, they have one of the easier run ins out of the 4-5 fighting for the CL places. It will be tough for them, but Juve and Milan are hardly playing great either. They are still outsiders but I think they will keep plugging away.
Literally half the PL is filled with those teams too
Literally half the PL is filled with those teams too
Yeah, and half is not. Ignore Juventus (never mind whats happening to them this season) and you wouldn't see a single Italian team in the top half of the PL.
This is the top half of Serie A:
Inter
Atalanta
Ac Milan
Napoli
Juventus
Lazio
Roma
Sassuolo
Sampdoria
Verona.
So which of these teams do you think they are at the same level of the bottom half of the PL and the top half of the Championship?
Inter win the scudetto!
Probably all of them, now Juventus have turned to shit this season too.
I mean, the team that's about to win the league at a canter has 4 of our rejects in it.
No Italian team got past the last 16 in the Champions League and the only Europa League team to do it just got thrashed by us.
Ashley Young with a Serie A title. Guess it was a good move for him.
Congratulations to FC Internazionale.. Scudetto number 19 for them
Was thinking that myself, Juve screwed themselves over last year and Inter have taken full advantage. We saw how crap Roma were the other night and AC are able to use Zlatan to bully most teams. The rest are Everton level and lower.
Most of this Inter squad are approaching 30 and most of the rest are already over 30. Conte did what he does best, he got them organised got them bought into playing how he wants. I don't expect to see them dominate Italy like Juve have and I certainly don't expect them to be anywhere near winning the CL any time soon.
European football only shows so much about a league though, unless we are also using PSG’s relative late runs in recent years as a sign of a strong french league. In 2011/12 United and City bought got knocked out of the champions league group stages and got dumped out of the europa league very early. Does that show a weak English league that season? How about Chelsea in 6th also winning the champions league? Which says more? Or is it just the nature of cup competition.
I don’t think all that matters a ton. But anyway, the top half of the premier league will include 2 of arsenal, villa, and Leeds. If you think Juventus are the only Italian team who could finish ahead of those teams then I don’t know what to say to you.
You get outliers like Chelsea (Inter last year in the EL) but it's years since Italian teams have been consistently anywhere near the latter stages of top European competition. Juventus were the only ones but they've fallen back now. That's not a fluke or the nature of cup competitions.
I live in Milan and watch Inter nearly every week. The level in Italy has been awful this last season or two.
Atalanta would be comfortable top 6 in the prem, even top 4 as I can't see how they're any worse than Leicester with what they've shown last 2-3 years.
Roma basically Spurs level.
Roma basically Spurs level.
Congrats to Inter and their fans. It’s a great win for the league.
Really pleased for Ashley Young. He was a great servant to United even though he was frustrating at left back. He always did his best.
To choose Inter at 34 years old and be brave, and go over and get a Scudetto is a great result and well deserved.
Really pleased for Ashley Young. He was a great servant to United even though he was frustrating at left back. He always did his best.
To choose Inter at 34 years old and be brave, and go over and get a Scudetto is a great result and well deserved.
Udinese 1-0 up already against Juventus..
Juventus are diabolical to watch.
Udinese got some nice players again, interested to see where Rodrigo De Paul ends up next season.
Udinese got some nice players again, interested to see where Rodrigo De Paul ends up next season.
Christ what is wrong with Juventus this season? Totally dogshite team performance.
Just a shame Atalanta and Napoli drew. If Juve lose/draw this then you beat them next week it would have been good night.
Leeds have been strongly linked with him.
Pirlo really needs to go, his football has been worse than sarri’s
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36 - 26 29 22 - 22 24 28 29 32 - 28 23
is our starting eleven.
With a couple buys per summer it can have a decent lifespan.
Anyway
19 - 11 - 10
are the only numbers that count today
our nineteenth title at last, eleven years after the last one, and ten years after our last trophy.
It's about goddam time and it feels
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
good
That is fair enough but your initial statement was trolling of the highest order
You don't have money mate?
36 - 26 29 22 - 22 24 28 29 32 - 28 23
is our starting eleven.
With a couple buys per summer it can have a decent lifespan.
Anyway
19 - 11 - 10
are the only numbers that count today
our nineteenth title at last, eleven years after the last one, and ten years after our last trophy.
It's about goddam time and it feels
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
good
There's even talk about a summer sale
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36 - 26 29 22 - 22 24 28 29 32 - 28 23
is our starting eleven.
With a couple buys per summer it can have a decent lifespan.
Anyway
19 - 11 - 10
are the only numbers that count today
our nineteenth title at last, eleven years after the last one, and ten years after our last trophy.
It's about goddam time and it feels
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
good
Enjoy it while it lasts.
No money and the second oldest squad in the league.
Looking forward to the customary Conte meltdown and fall out with the board. Over the above lack of money and need for new players.
CR having a poor match yet again
Juve doing their best to play Europa League next season
What a bunch of luckers
This game is fixed.
In terms of what are the like of Leeds, Wolverhampton, Crystal Palace, Brighton, Southampton,Burnley, New Castle, Fulham, WBA and Sheffield United are at the same level of Inter, Milan, Juventus, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio and Roma? Is it a performance, Position, having World Class players, history or Money? None of these PL clubs were/are in European competition this season or will be in next season, three of them will be relegated to the Championship while the Italian teams I mentioned were all in the UCL or EL and 5 of them will be in UCL or EL next season. Inter won the Scudetto and Atalanta or Juventus are one match away from winning a trophy.
How about we compare the top six of the two countries historically? Or the PL and Serie A from their existence
Most italian teams are economically in shambles
There is nothing they can do to get back to golden era, because there is no money
Ronaldo should leave tbh, other than his wages(which is an issue, i dont deny that), it seems that Italy and him was a mismatch from the start.
How the hell did Juve win?! What a joke.
United's best player is a Sampdoria reject, to be fair.
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36 - 26 29 22 - 22 24 28 29 32 - 28 23
is our starting eleven.
With a couple buys per summer it can have a decent lifespan.
Anyway
19 - 11 - 10
are the only numbers that count today
our nineteenth title at last, eleven years after the last one, and ten years after our last trophy.
It's about goddam time and it feels
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
good
Congratulations!
Congratulations, Lukaku!
Good one
To be fair, Lukaku should not be labeled as a reject, we sold him for a huge fee and he has become the top goalscorer for Inter & in the Seria A, and now he has become an integral part of Inter's domestic success this season .
Ashley also isn't a reject , he played for us 8-9 years and won trophies (PL, FA Cup, EL, EFL cup), he left for a new challenge.
Sanchez & Darmian are indeed rejects, they both failed with us.
Good one
To be fair, Lukaku should not be labeled as a reject, we sold him for a huge fee and he has become the top goalscorer for Inter & in the Seria A, and now he has become an integral part of Inter's domestic success this season .
Ashley also isn't a reject , he played for us 8-9 years and won trophies (PL, FA Cup, EL, EFL cup), he left for a new challenge.
Sanchez & Darmian are indeed rejects, they both failed with us.
Young is very much a reject. He served us well, but we let him go because he was no longer of any use to us.
Lukaku there's some argument for, but it's no coincidence he left the two top PL clubs he played for and only shone at poorer sides.
Scudetto!!! We are champiooooooons!!! It feels so damn good! Still can’t believe it...
I LOVE INTER
I LOVE INTER
They got plenty of luck in last 10 minutes didn't they? It was a penalty but never a free kick, Cuadrado just collapsed and handled the ball. And Ronaldo header just goes through Udinese keeper.
Manner of win though will surely give them enough momentum for final 4 games to get the wins they needed but Pirlo really hanging on by skin of his teeth.
That was harsh. We all know his has poor first touch, but he was still our top goalscorer in 17/18 with 27 goals, and this season where he shines in Italy, he also scored same amount of goals so far (27 goals), with only 4 more games left to play.
You can argue he was never given proper chance to shine in Chelsea side when he was young, but so were Salah and De Bruyne.
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