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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
I think we are gonna try to do it next season. Our manager said yesterday he doesn't want to stay in Serie B for a long time.
Cheers mate!Congrats
Sure, there is a reasonable chance.
I think they'll enter the 17/18 season with a solid mentality and hopefully add/call up a few decent players to the squad. They'll at least end up in the top half of the table.
Parma will probably be back in Serie A within three seasons, tops.
Just need to finish 8th in the table to qualify to the playoffs so we can do it with a good team.
Yes, like Benevento did. Apart from finishing 8th, that is.
Exactly. Don't think no one has ever won 3 promotions in a row
Congrats! Hopefully Serie B will be another stepping stone to promotion for you guys.
I now know who I'll play with in my non-United FIFA 18 career mode
I now know who I'll play with in my non-United FIFA 18 career mode
Forgot about it! I can play with Parma again on FIFA!
I really hope Lucarelli can stick around long enough to captain the club back to Serie A.
He said yesterday he could play one more year
If they're able to get promoted again and he's the one who captains them to it... the movie writes itself.He said yesterday he could play one more year
Yep, it would be truly amazing end to his career. He deserves it.
Bit of an update with transfers:
- Gilardino was in talks with Cremonese but deal fell through, apparently waiting on a call from Parma/Venezia.
- Parma have signed two youngsters from Napoli, Jacopo Dezi on a permanent, and Roberto Insigne (Lorenzo's brother), on loan with an option to buy.
Overall, looks like we are making all the right moves for Serie B, buying younger talent instead of 35+ year old players, and I'm getting quite hopeful about things!
- Gilardino was in talks with Cremonese but deal fell through, apparently waiting on a call from Parma/Venezia.
- Parma have signed two youngsters from Napoli, Jacopo Dezi on a permanent, and Roberto Insigne (Lorenzo's brother), on loan with an option to buy.
Overall, looks like we are making all the right moves for Serie B, buying younger talent instead of 35+ year old players, and I'm getting quite hopeful about things!
I am really excited to see Lorenzo's brother in action. Napoli fans said he was as good as Lorenzo when he played for Napoli Youth.
Yes! What a debut for us in Serie B! 1-0 win against Cremonese thanks to Calaiò.
2 out 2! Another 1-0 against Novara this time. After a good first half we completely disappeared in the second half. But it's only the second game of the season so it is normal not to play that well.
Well, first defeat of the season. While we didn’t deserve to win last week, we fully deserved the 3 points today. It can happen, nothing is lost.
How's the Insigne lad doing?
Crap. His famous brother is on another level.
Shame, was hoping he'd be at least decent.
It's only the first part of the season, but he does look nothing special.
After 3 defeats in a row, we finally managed to win against Venezia. The game was piss poor and was decided by a great header by Di Cesare from a corner.
So two draws in the last 2 games. Both were utter turd. We can't really score from open on play, only from set pieces.
We are lucky it is a very balanced league, as we are just 3 points behind the top.
We are lucky it is a very balanced league, as we are just 3 points behind the top.
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Not a great period for us. We lost against Pescara last week.
What is worrying is that we can't score from open play.
What is worrying is that we can't score from open play.
Still early, hopefully you can pick up the pace.
We are lucky the table is really tight.
Back to the winning way after almost one month. We even scored 2 goals from open play (one was from Insigne's brother).
We have turned a corner! 3 wins in a row and Insigne's brother Roberto is showing all his class.
Great news.
Only point behind the top now
After losing against one of the strongest teams in the league last week, we are back to the winning way against Cittadella. 2-1 FT for us in a game where we should have won by 3/4 goals.
Jiang Lizhang is our new president. He will own 60% of Parma, with the remaining 30% to "Nuovo Inizio" (a company formed by Parma entrepreneurs) and 10% to "Parma Partecipazioni Calcistiche" (popular shareholding).
He also owns Granada and Minnesota Timberwolves.
His main business involves football tv rights.
He also owns Granada and Minnesota Timberwolves.
His main business involves football tv rights.
We are top of the league after thrashing Ascoli 4-0. What a turnaround in the last month!
Are you from Parma? I'm thinking of visiting Bologna next year. Is Parma worth a day trip? As opposed to say Modena, Ravenna or Ferrara. I will be visiting on the weekend of Bologna v Milan, will I have any problems getting tickets do you think?
No, i from Friuli-Venezia Giulia near Udine. I just follow Parma thanks to Asprilia, Veron, Chiesa, Zola, Crespo, Buffon and so on
.Parma is a nice little city where you eat really well
Don't think so. Our stadiums are barely sold out.
Expected us to lose against Carpi last saturday. We are just too incostant. Still in a very good position though.
What a bizarre league! Not only we are back to the winning way, but we are also top of the league on GD . If we bought a proper striker in january we could really get promoted.
. If we bought a proper striker in january we could really get promoted.