Serie A 2017/18 (17 Viewers)

[Gagi]

not looking good tho

 

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[Mark]

wow

 

[Afghan_juventus]

I think that's the main question here: is this Napoli an all time great team as their points tally suggests or is Serie A that easy to win in? To be honest I don't see this Napoli side being on par with sides I've seen like Ancelotti's Milan or Mourinho's Inter, not to mention the ones I haven't seen in the 90ties and before, which seems to suggest to me that the overall league quality is dropping and bottom half clubs have literally no chance to take off points Napoli

Of course they are not an all time great team. However they are a very good team that can focus solely on Serie A and are stronger than any other non Juve contender since 2012

 

[Wittl]

Hope our team will improve too, after we sell Higuain.

 

[DAiDEViL]

not looking good tho

Those small teams just roll over for Juventus

 

[pitbull]

not looking good tho

well they have a brand new coach in Diego Lopez, all these results where under Rastelli. I have hope based on how hard was our game against them at the start of January, we barely managed to steal the victory and easily could've dropped points there

 

[Gagi]

True. He did alright against Sarri when he was at Palermo.

Just stop them, Diego.

Padoin, break some legs. ::

 

[Bianconero81]

Congrats. Invite over some girls for yourself, i'll pay the bill.

I'm keeping those girls for you

 

[Mark]

Imagine if Han scores the winner. @Hustini

 

[DAiDEViL]

I'm keeping those girls for you

Just keep an eye on them and don't let them be molested by ugly grandpas.

 

[Bianconero81]

Just keep an eye on them and don't let them be molested by ugly grandpas.

That's a promise

 

[Hust]

Imagine if Han scores the winner. @Hustini

Price tripled

 

[Mark]

Price tripled

Optimist Prime

 

[The Quazis]

90+ point seasons are so much easier now because the atrocious level at the bottom of the league.

From the advent of 20 team league in 2004-05 until 2011-12 the bottom 5 teams in the league averaged a combined 177 points per season. 35.4 points per team.

The last 5 seasons the bottom 5 teams have averaged 161 points per season. 32.2 points per team. Last season was the first time in the 20 team era that the bottom 5 didn't accumulate 150 points. 146 points between 5 teams. 29.2 points per team. This season the bottom 5 have 93 points right now, which puts them on pace for 136 points total. 27.2 points per team.

Napoli is a very good team, but nowhere near an all-time great team. Just like 102 point Juventus was a very good team, but nowhere near an all-time great team. The competitive balance from top to bottom of leagues has vanished with skyrocketing spending at the top. For a team to be an all-time great team now requires that multiple competition success (especially CL of course). Getting to focus on a single competition when there is such a lack of quality in the lower part of the table means 90+ point totals aren't really that special now.

I don't know such precise numbers but I think this is the case for all top leagues. When you look at the teams outside of top6 they all look crap in England, Spain and France as well.

 

[Fr3sh]

Thanks Bro.

I gotta wake up early and head to work tomorrow

Happy birthday

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I would've gifted you a De Siglio jersey, you don't deserve Ruru's

 

[Hust]

Optimist Prime

Didn’t say we still wouldn’t buy

 

[Mark]

Didn’t say we still wouldn’t buy

what if it's already done at a set price and his performances with Cagliari won't matter?

 

[Wittl]

what if it's already done at a set price and his performances with Cagliari won't matter?

Optimist prime

 

[Mark]

 

[Hust]

what if it's already done at a set price and his performances with Cagliari won't matter?