[ITA] Serie A 2013/2014 (44 Viewers)
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I thought Napoli would run us close, didn't expect much from the others (thought Inter might be within 15 points). Roma are the obvious surprise, and look a potential threat for next year and beyond.
The biggest challenge this season was always keeping focus. It's easy to see that we're a much weaker side when we take our foot off the gas. We're not a side of super technical players, but very effective players who need to stay focused and cohesive to play at a high level. This is something which has cost us in Europe, and may need to be remedied with the addition of one or two maverick players.
It's obvious that the league is still weak as a whole, simply because the other traditional big clubs are so inconsistent and have the same weak mentality we had before Conte. For me this just highlights our mental strength, which is a very unappreciated part of the game. We believe we're going to win every game, and teams face us with fear. It's important we keep this psychological upper hand as long as possible, because once it starts to slip then games become more difficult, and it can disappear quickly.
I think there is more to come from this team when you consider that we have been able to get away with closing up shop on one goal leads several times, but I think that is both symptomatic of Conte's mental approach and from physical and mental exhaustion. He asks a lot, but there is always the next game in mind at a certain point.
If we get 95 points and make the EL final I'd struggle to not give us an 8-8.5, bearing in mind that I would have taken another CL QF this season, so I'm dropping two points for our elimination. The Coppa we don't care about and can only win if the dice drop nicely, we don't even play our strongest team in the final.
The biggest challenge this season was always keeping focus. It's easy to see that we're a much weaker side when we take our foot off the gas. We're not a side of super technical players, but very effective players who need to stay focused and cohesive to play at a high level. This is something which has cost us in Europe, and may need to be remedied with the addition of one or two maverick players.
It's obvious that the league is still weak as a whole, simply because the other traditional big clubs are so inconsistent and have the same weak mentality we had before Conte. For me this just highlights our mental strength, which is a very unappreciated part of the game. We believe we're going to win every game, and teams face us with fear. It's important we keep this psychological upper hand as long as possible, because once it starts to slip then games become more difficult, and it can disappear quickly.
I think there is more to come from this team when you consider that we have been able to get away with closing up shop on one goal leads several times, but I think that is both symptomatic of Conte's mental approach and from physical and mental exhaustion. He asks a lot, but there is always the next game in mind at a certain point.
If we get 95 points and make the EL final I'd struggle to not give us an 8-8.5, bearing in mind that I would have taken another CL QF this season, so I'm dropping two points for our elimination. The Coppa we don't care about and can only win if the dice drop nicely, we don't even play our strongest team in the final.
It all depends on if we get past Fiorentina I think. Against Viola we will not see a full first team just some elements and if we get past them we will start seeing more first team players in the EL than in Serie A. He will not change the setup immediately just gradually. I think he also wants to get the points record, he's probably using it as a motivator for the squad.
Yeah with these of injuries you never know how he does when he recovers.
Feel so sorry for him, the guy was giving his all for our NT, him,Robben and RVP were the only one who had been selected allready for the WC2014 squad.
Nigel de Jong.
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His knee got a knock while it wasn'r fully recovered from a previous injury and Garcia let him play.
Feel so sorry for him, the guy was giving his all for our NT, him,Robben and RVP were the only one who had been selected allready for the WC2014 squad.
indeed... now we have to field Clasie, Maher or some other shitty midfielder 
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His knee got a knock while it wasn'r fully recovered from a previous injury and Garcia let him play.
He got injured mid week with the national team and he played regardless, serves him right to fight for the cause of a shitty club like Roma.
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There was this same discussion last night in the Serie A show here, the final word is to the player. If the doctors give the ok but the player does not want to risk an injury the coach will let them play. That came from a former player.
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There was this same discussion last night in the Serie A show here, the final word is to the player. If the doctors give the ok but the player does not want to risk an injury the coach will let them play. That came from a former player.
It was a key game, so I guess it was understandable. Strootman also seems like the sort of character who would want to play.
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Napoli did the same, they sold their best players and still will, but they reinvested it. Roma's owners don't seem to be small thinkers, but it is a club which has consistently ruined itself from the inside out.
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Napoli did the same, they sold their best players and still will, but they reinvested it. Roma's owners don't seem to be small thinkers, but it is a club which has consistently ruined itself from the inside out.
