The correct term is zeru tituli
Serie A 2024/25
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Nah, they are just pretty much covered all up their a*se by the Italian system, you only have to watch what happens on the pitch whenever things do not go their way.
IMO they have easily the best team in Italy, the most resources and they're not in a transition period. With many experienced and established players they're aiming at the trophies right now, not in 2-3 years, and they should be judged based on this. If they end up this season trophyless even the CL semi/final won't mean it's a good year, they should be doing much better considering their advantage over other Italian teams and the strength of their squad. Just one title in the last 3 years and if they fail to defend the scudetto I think some questions have to be asked.
They will soon be, though. Several key players are in their 30s or approaching that threshold. They have the second-oldest age average across the 5 top leagues in Europe (only Rayo Vallecano have an older squad). Their starting line-up against Juventus a couple of months ago was the oldest in over three decades in Serie A. It doesn't have to be one or the other, challenge or no challenge. They can start renewing their squad from a position of strength, but they seem to be delaying that decision. Juventus are gradually building a new team. Have to say, though, that Napoli are also a "single-use" team.
They have a very good team, they do not have tons of great games in it and a thin squad in terms of those when the season starts to be extremely demanding.
They might end trophyless, more or less the same danger Real is facing, yet in the first case there is a team that has an idea and knows how to do it since time when in form dealing with some late injuries and fatique and in Real's case it's a team in transition due to some new comers, dealing with lots of injuries and not properly replacing pillars of their squad
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they don't have the most resources, if italian football didn't look the other way, cover its ears and go "na na na na na" to avoid having to actually look at their accounts and enforce its financial rules, chances are they might have gone bankrupt by now
If they fail to win the league that would be 1 league title in 4 for years for the demon, having by far the league's best team in 3 of those 4 years. He's done an objectively great job, but yeah, questions would need to be asked indeed
Yeah that’s what I also meant by resources in the Italian context.
They're still signing taremi because he's on a free with relatively low wages though
Dropped 6pts to Bologna and Roma. The Scudetto is Napoli’s to lose. Win 4 games and draw 1 and the title is theirs.
If they pull this off, Conte will be cemented as a legend in Italian football
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McTom the savior
Inter is in Madrid's road...it is starting to look like CL or bust.
PD: Soule it's starting to mature and to be a lot more consistent now in a bigger club, very technical and crafty player that if he adds a good goaslcoring rate can become a very good player. Maybe Juve let him go to soon.
PD: Soule it's starting to mature and to be a lot more consistent now in a bigger club, very technical and crafty player that if he adds a good goaslcoring rate can become a very good player. Maybe Juve let him go to soon.
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Feels like Conte is inevitable.
If Conte pulls off this with Napoli, with all the issues with Kveca and Oshimen, arguably their two best players from the previous title winning season, it'll be a a title winning season for the ages.
Also would be delighted for McTominay.
Also would be delighted for McTominay.
Too soon for them but it was the right time for him. He wasn’t going to get enough minutes there with Juve bringing in Gonzales and Conceicao.
Fabregas vs Vieira yesterday. It seems like Cesc is doing a good job from the outside looking in.
They both are
Inter seem like one of the old Italian beloved F1 pilots, Fisichella, who always started and stayed strong until he had to park aside because his engine exploded in white smoke or the fuel went to zero "unexpectedly".
Cesc is doing a particularly great job with Como. Como got their recruitment spot on in my opinion. Picking up the likes of Nico Paz and Diao are two master strokes
Both Wenger midfielders are smart coaches... Fabregas is doing very well right from the start of his career. Starting in lower division is not an easy path, you could get stuck there and never make it to the top flight.
Vieira is also a decent mid-table coach. He will surely get a shot at a big club soon enough.
Ranieri's Roma are 18 games unbeaten. He's still got the magic touch but I think he will step down at the end of the season. Cesc Fàbregas is hot favourire to take over from Ranieri at the end of the season.
Ranieri is in charge of Roma. Owners basically turned the entire club over to him. I think he *wants* to step down, because before Roma desperately begged him to come save them he had RETIRED, but if he doesn't find someone he thinks can do better than him he might keep himself in the job for the time being
Yeah I think he came out of retirement to manage Roma. What he did at Leicester will never be forgotten that was an incredibly exciting season.
If any manager can pull it off it's Conte he's one of the best managers around. But the league ain't won yet.
League isn’t won but I don’t see Conte letting the team allow this lead slip at this critical juncture of the season.
In the 4 games left Napoli would have to lose one to bring the one game play off back into play.
At worst they may draw one of their away game against either Leece or Parma, but I don’t see them drawing both. They will also win their home games at the Maradona.
This title is almost wrapped up in my humble opinion.
And that is, if Inter win all of their games, and they are pretty much running on fumes.
A lot can happen in 4 games. There will be lots of Napoli fans biting their nails.
Nervy away win for Napoli. McTominay had his worst game yet. Looked very cumbersome on the ball. Over to Inter
It’s not over but it’s over. 3 games left, two games at the Maradona.
2 wins and a draw is all that’s needed
2 wins and a draw is all that’s needed
Inter leading against Verona… I hope we get the Spareggio but really can’t see a Conte team bottling this…
Fellow Serie A parishioners, being the Vatican Conclave going to start this afternoon, let's all have a word for our local Cardinal Giuseppe Marotta, excellency of financial virtue, hugely influent as a politician, and utmost succesfully for football clarity with a great number of domestic titles/cups + an astonishingly 4 CL finals in ten years (2 with Juve 2015/17 and 2 with Inter 2023/25). May he long live and prosper as our New Pope in the name of Beppe I, at least until just another schism dethrones him like his illustrious predecessor Pope Luciano (Moggi) was dethroned 20 years ago. We pray.
Eh, I like him. I liked Lucianone too, mind 
Inter have been choking away the title in the last few weeks, although reaching the Champions League final might push them in league, I like Inter but I'd rather see Mctominay win the title.
We need to put major respect on Ranieri's name for coming into a dysfunctional Roma team and taking them back into CL contention though
We need to put major respect on Ranieri's name for coming into a dysfunctional Roma team and taking them back into CL contention though
That would be cool.
Yes, reaching the UCL final might push them in the league but the Scudetto is firmly out of their hands.
Below is my post from a few weeks ago. This was week 32 after Napoli beat Empoli and were 3pts behind Inter.
I don’t know we can say Inter choked away the title. A 3pt lead with 6 games to play is hardly choking, especially with the schedule they had. They were always going to drop points.
If Napoli lose the title from here that would be choking.
And sure enough, Inter dropped points to Bologna and Roma. Napoli has been grinding out wins, even when not playing well. The win away to Lecce was a perfect example of that.
The Tinkerman has done an amazing job. If he gets Roma into UCL, he’s be my 2nd choice for Manager of the season after Conte (assuming Napoli win the Scudetto).
Cesc is a top 5 candidate, too, in my opinion.
Inter are basically going to shut down all the key players who need to recover from injury or risk of injury from here on out. Lautaro pretty much said he's shutting himself down to work on being fit for the final, it's likely they'll do the same for Thuram as well, Dimarco and Calhanoglu, and possibly more
Napoli have got this in the bag
Napoli have got this in the bag
Yeah, one draw by Inter and Napoli will wrap it up by collecting just five points in the last three games. I just don't see how they could lose it.
Inzaghi will be a hero if Inter win Champions League, if they don't, this will be possibly the most painful season in Inter history. And they have had knack for collapses in past, but this would be new level even for them.
I think nothing short of an Istanbul could top 05/05/2002 (mention May 5th to any Inter fan over 30 and watch the light go out of their eyes)
But yeah it would be pretty fecking painful
But yeah it would be pretty fecking painful
The way they'll see Inzaghi it would depend also on tha manner, if Inter is trashed or keeps its good form and loose with "dignity" without a very INzaghi bizarre change for instance.
Having these late injuries just will add some Epic or justification if they win or they loose with dignity. Yet it would be brutal nonetheless to end empty handed for not just the Club, the players themselves.
Mate, stop this graceful nonsense, zeru tituli is the only reasonable outcome of this Ponzi scheme named Internazionale.