Serie A newcomers (1 Viewer)

[Sivori]

A new season, some new faces.
Who will fare best amongst the newcomers?
Who will surprise us? who'll be the next Chievo? the next Venezia?

Will Luis Oliveira score as freely as he did in the serie B (obviously no but I'm writing a lot of questions here so I came up with this one OK?)

Your predictions here:

 

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[denco]

I have heard good things about Modena but to be honest I have no idea, but i do hope they bring plenty to the dance

 

[Slagathor]

Modena have been promoted the past two seasons. Just like Chievo before this. Who knows... It would certainly be nice to see another young club taking on the big guns.

After the Fiorentina schandal it's also kind of a nice sing that there are other clubs with potential!

 

[Sivori]

Personally I think Empoli will be relegated, they've sold some of their best instead of keeping them and buying better to cover their weakneses.
now they've only bought a few youngsters with little serie A experience.

Como could very well manage to stay up if they can gel their squad (football italia wrote that they'd bought 15 new players).

As for the others, I'm not sure.

 

[Slagathor]

I don't know Como to be honest...

 

[Slagathor]

I have to add something though - Modena (unlike Chievo) mainly got their promotion through tight defending and not brilliant attacking... We'll see I guess. Italian football is as unpredictable as the weather.

 

[BigIzz]

I've heard some good things about Modena too, but I don't know if people are just saying them because of the sucess of Chievo last year.

 

[Desmond]

como will come up with a few surprises,no doubt.they have a promising youngster in that...er....i dunno that guy's name.

 

[Ian]

Speaking of Chievo, how do you think they will be this year?

 

[Slagathor]

Mid-table.

 

[Sivori]

Probably yeah, they're selling their stars, chances are they're not going to be as lucky in the mercato this year..
And of course, the element of surprise is long gone (as evident by their spring-form)

 

[Slagathor]

Exactly - I think they'll be competing for the Intertoto this season!

 

[Sivori]

Ironically, that could end up punishing them, seeing as they don't exactly have a large squad, and the inter-toto has been known to wear out teams ahead of the new season.

 

[Slagathor]

No kidding - anyone would be worn out by that competition! It plays in summers!!

 

[delpi25]

i think Reggina have a good chance of finishing in the top 10. They have recent serie a experience, and have just signed a young Japanese fellow (Nakamura) who has been compared to baggio, so he must be good. They also have a strong back line and have good sponsership so if they defeat relegation this season and keep bringing in good talent, i can see Reggina in serie a for quites some time.

 

[FaNaTiC]

I think como will do the best from new clubs. They have good striking force oliviera-bjelanovic

 

[Slagathor]

True but a lot of clubs that were impressive in SerieB fail to cope with the pressure of SerieA...We'll just have to see I guess...

 

[Ian]

Yeah, but then again there is always Chievo of last year to refer to.

 

[Desmond]

but como are sort of a weak milan...good strikeforce but mediocre defence.