Buck Fuddy

Lara Chedraoui fanboy
May 22, 2009
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I was one of those who preferred a more proven manager instead of Conte, especially after Ferrara's fiasco.

Now in hindsight, I was obviously not even close to being right, but at that time, being skeptical was understandable.
I think everyone was skeptical, myself included. (Then again, I'll be skeptical of every new manager that arrives, big name or not.)

It's just funny how, at the time, most people's opinion on getting a new coach is identical to what we now see when it comes to a new striker/attacker: "Just pay whatever it takes because we need it & the results will follow".
That's not how it works.


It's nothing new that majority of Italian fans are a bit too ignorant of matters on the pitch.
Unlike the international members (on this forum)?


During games in the 2010/2011 season, large parts of the ultras were chanting for Conte (and Moggi) to return to the club.
Indeed. I even recall being at one of those games.
 

Emmet

Senior Member
Apr 5, 2006
3,938
To make it easier for Serie A clubs, yeah. I think he should get over it.
All teams in the CL/EL have the same issue, and most of them have to play 3/4 days after midweek games. That is just the way it is, when you get into Europe, you have to learn to rotate. Simple as that.

The most they could have done was move the Roma game to a sunday afternoon or night.
 

Zacheryah

Senior Member
Aug 29, 2010
42,251
People should consider a few things about italians complaining about fixtures.

1) English players tend to be build more athletic, and are less technical in general, they got better natural conditions where italians, especially the creative players, are thinner artists. They lack that condition.

2) English teams dont really got a problem with wages. They have much larger squads, with more dept. As shown in the europaleague, when an italian team try's to rotate, they generally get shafted. If they play their full team in europe, they get shafted in the serie a. Napoli this and last season is a good example of both.

3) The players that can handle multiple fixtures better in serie a teams, tend to be the very physical defensive italians, or foreign players. Our defence,asamoah,licht dont really bother about fixtures. others do.
The effect of dept is very clear in our midfield. Who was the best midfielder from us against roma ? Pogba. Despite his massive potential he's currently below the MVP's level, but he was rested and clearly better. That is dept right there.

4) What is said about english players, can also be said about germans. Spanish teams on the other hand, play a much less physically demanding football, and also tend to have more dept then us.

5) Last season, despite a less talented team as currently, this problem rarely occurred. Yeah, we were in just 1 competition.


6) The FIGC should promote the teams that bring italy forward in europe. It increases serie a's profile, wich translate into more income, and better player development due to higher quality teammates.
So yeah, they should pretty much protect the teams that play in europe, and be alot more lenient to those teams asking to move a game to a later or earlyer date.

7) And lastly, all 3 competitions above us, do exactly that. moving games to monday and fryday happen all the time in la liga, bundesliga and epl.


Conte and marotta have full right to complain the lack of backing, especially compared to the 3 league's above us.
 

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