[ITA] Serie A 2015/2016 (53 Viewers)

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LiquidPLP

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Jun 9, 2012
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$#@! Merdcardi.

Marrone having 3 assist in one game is pretty impressive.
Yeah I have to admit I didn't see him for a long time since he left (been injured a lot too :sergio:) but he has really grown, not only assists but Hellas have just 2 CMs vs 3 of merda's and they're very comfortable out there. If he could stay fit he could be useful for us as bench DM :tup:
 

pavluska

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It'll be 8 wins in a row for them after the Carpi game. They're having an excellent run of their own.

Their attack is pretty scary, and I don't think Sarri will ever make the mistake of not playing an attacking game again because that's their strength. He used a more cautious approach against better teams but mentioned several times after Coppa elimination that that was a mistake. Expect an even better Napoli in 2nd half of the season. Only injuries and fatigue can slow them down.
The reason they went out of the Coppa was that they chose to rest all three of Higuain, Insigne and Hamsik.

Napoli don't have the quality of backups to be able to rest all of them at the same time and expect to create/score enough to win games.
Having David Lopez in midfield contributed to the cause, but that starting lineup was good enough to beat Inter at home. Aside from not having a good backup for Allan/Hamsik (maybe new signing Grassi is one) and Koulibaly, their backups are fine. They ran over their opponents in the EL with their B team.

It's better for both their attack and defense when Napoli attack. Koulibaly is great at stopping counters, but Napoli isn't THAT good defensively once you enter their third. Based on his comments, Sarri is fully aware now that taking the game to the opponent is their optimum way of playing. Napoli are poised to have an even better 2nd half of the season.

We've more depth than they do, but we also have more injuries than they do. Our injuries are results of our preseason schedule (highly intense and concentrated conditioning in a shorter period of time), and whatever you in preseason usually affects you for the entire season.

Allegri keeps saying the last 6 rounds will make the difference. And if you look at the last 6 rounds, we have an advantage there. That along with our experience in winning make us slight favorites, but only slight favorites and favorites by a big margin.
 
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