Serie A 2006-07 discussion thread

Team GP W D L Pts

Inter Milan 7 4 3 0 15
Palermo 7 5 0 2 15
AS Roma 7 4 1 2 13
Udinese 7 3 3 1 12
Atalanta 7 3 3 1 12
Siena 7 3 3 1 12
Livorno 7 3 3 1 12
Empoli 7 2 3 2 9
Messina 7 2 3 2 9
Catania 7 2 2 3 8
Sampdoria 7 1 4 2 7
Torino 7 1 3 3 6
Cagliari 7 0 5 2 5
AC Milan 7 3 3 1 4 (12)
Parma 7 1 1 5 4
Ascoli 7 0 3 4 3
Chievo Verona 7 0 2 5 2
Lazio 7 3 1 3 -1 (10)
Fiorentina 7 4 0 3 -7 (12)
Reggina 7 2 2 3 -7 (

No longer bottom of Serie A !

This is a shocking trend, which if left unchecked, would kill the beautiful game in Italy. This hugely impacts the money most smaller teams in Italy make - and will impact the quality of the team in the future. Which will be sad, coz for the last 2 decades Serie A has been known for the deep strength of the league and how difficult it is to win away points anywhere... this is reducing, slowing but surely, and if left unchecked this sould prove to be disasterous.

Most smaller teams really need this money to maintain quality in the squad, coz in Italy the revenues from merchandise are only a fraction of what they arein england, and teh TV revenues are dispropotionate.

Some immediate steps that need to be implemented:

1. TV revenues to be shared equally by all serie A teams!!!
2. Stadiums need to be made more audience friendly, like they are in England
3. Italy need to ensure that there are no more calciopoli like scandals - people will recover from the calciopoli hangover in time, some more scandals will kill the sport.



Serie A attendances fall again despite World Cup success

By Simon Evans

MILAN, Oct 25 (Reuters) -- Fans are turning their backs on Italy's Serie A, despite the country's World Cup success, with average attendances this season slumping to 19,511, the ninth successive season that crowds have fallen.

A study by Gazzetta dello Sport showed that average attendances have fallen by 11,650 from the 1997-98 season when the figure was 31,161.


This season's drop, which comes after Italy beat France to win the World Cup in July, can be partially explained by the demotion of the country's most successful club Juventus to the second division Serie B.

Juve were stripped of their last two league titles and relegated to Serie B by a sports tribunal looking into allegations of match-fixing.

The Turin club's first ever season in the second tier has resulted in a large rise in attendances in Serie B -- crowds are up 20.3 per cent on last season's figures.

While Juve's relegation can explain some of this season's drop in attendances in Serie A, Gazzetta said the negative trend over the past decade was due to other factors including crowd violence, expensive ticket prices, the impact of the match-fixing scandal, saturated television coverage and poor quality stadiums.

The newspaper said that there was no sign of a similar fall in crowds in other major European leagues with attendances actually increasing in Spain and England.

The fall in top flight crowds may also reflect the change in status of a number of clubs -- big city teams Genoa, Napoli, Verona and Bologna are all in Serie B while the top flight has several teams with a much smaller fan base.

Empoli had an average crowds of 6,725 last season, Chievo Verona 8,589 and Siena 9,874.

Inter on TOP! Bring on Milan....

Atalanta - Cagliari 3 - 3
Chievo - Milan 0 - 1
Empoli - Udinese 1 - 1
Inter - Livorno 4 - 1
Palermo - Messina 2 - 1
Reggina - Parma 3 - 2
Roma - Ascoli 2 - 2
Sampdoria - Lazio 2 - 0
Siena - Catania 1 - 1
Torino - Fiorentina 0 - 1

Muntari sent off - who'd have thought it ?

FT: Udinese 0-1 Roma

The competition for the scudetto is hotting up!!!

Top scorers from open play in Serie A so far this season...

1.Rigano' Christian Messina 5
1. Frick Mario Siena 5
3. Bianchi Rolando Reggina 4
3. Crespo Hernan Inter 4
3. Stankovic Dejan Inter 4
3. Toni Luca Fiorentina 4


How crazy is that??? The great Stankovic of Lazio is BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tavano eyeing Roma

Valencia striker Francesco Tavano would favour a move to Roma, the player’s agent stated on Monday.

The 27-year-old has struggled to settle since his summer move from Empoli and the latest rumours are suggesting he could return to Italy in January with several top-flight clubs keen.

“Tavano’s salary is definitely within Roma’s reach,” confirmed agent Stefano Guercini to Rete Sport.

“Valencia paid £7m to bring him to Spain and I don’t think they intend to sell him off cheaply, but I believe that Roma could find an agreement with Valencia for a loan deal with an option to buy.”

Ciccio-gol had also been linked with a return to former club Empoli, but such a development has been ruled out by Guercini.

“I think Tavano is too expensive for Empoli at the time being,” continued the representative this afternoon.

“Tavano is a great fan of Francesco Totti and he would love to play next to him, but there has been no official contact with Roma after one of the club’s officials spoke directly to the player at the Mestalla Stadium after the Champions League match in September.

“If Roma were to qualify for the knock-out phase, then I am sure they could make a move to bring Tavano to Italy as early as January,” concluded Guercini.

The striker has also been eyed by Inter, who are allegedly targeting his teammate David Villa as well, and Milan.

Table after week 10!

Team Pts P F A
1 Inter 24 10 22 12
2 Palermo 24 10 23 15
3 Roma 20 10 17 7
4 Atalanta 16 10 16 13
5 Siena 16 10 12 9
6 Livorno 16 10 8 8
7 Udinese 13 10 10 7
8 Messina 13 10 13 13
9 Catania 13 10 13 15
10 Empoli 12 10 10 9
11 Cagliari 10 10 8 9
12 Sampdoria 10 10 14 16
13 Lazio 9 10 10 10
14 Torino 8 10 6 13
15 Parma 8 10 11 20
16 Milan 7 10 10 10
17 Ascoli 4 10 5 14
18 Chievo 3 10 7 14
19 Fiorentina 0 10 15 12
20 Reggina -3 10 11 15

AC Milan

they really are having big problems at the moment.
Atalanta have been great all season though!

One shock for me is Cheivo P10 W0 D3 L7

Looks like the lil chievo fairy tale is finally over... shockingly in the same season they made their CL debut! It was their model, it just couldn't go on forever... you can't sell your top stars every season and buy rank newcomers or has-beens and keep doing well... it was amazing that they managed to do this for so many seasons...

I am very disappointed by your team dude, they just rolled over for Palermo. What a season Palermo is having, they are looking more and more like scudetto contenders each week... infact, they remind me of last season's Milan, and not just the jersey...

italian_hammer(DEANO!) wrote:AC Milan

they really are having big problems at the moment.
Atalanta have been great all season though!

One shock for me is Cheivo P10 W0 D3 L7

bluenine wrote:Looks like the lil chievo fairy tale is finally over... shockingly in the same season they made their CL debut! It was their model, it just couldn't go on forever... you can't sell your top stars every season and buy rank newcomers or has-beens and keep doing well... it was amazing that they managed to do this for so many seasons...

I am very disappointed by your team dude, they just rolled over for Palermo. What a season Palermo is having, they are looking more and more like scudetto contenders each week... infact, they remind me of last season's Milan, and not just the jersey...

italian_hammer(DEANO!) wrote:AC Milan

they really are having big problems at the moment.
Atalanta have been great all season though!

One shock for me is Cheivo P10 W0 D3 L7

Yeah we are shit away from home....I think the aim now is to just avoid relegation which is a sad task! As you say Palermo are in fantastic form and could win the scudetto IMO.

Chievo will hopefully get out of it...but 0 wins in 10 games is shocking!

Atalanta supporter here. Got to say Im surprised to see how well we are actually playing at the moment. Our defense is a bit shakey at times and I think we could do with some quality at the back, but the good point is that we are scoring goals.

(Last season we had 18 different players in the scoresheets thoughout the season; ok, it was serie B!)

lets hope to get to a comfortable position in the standings soon, so that they might have a chance to play for a UEFA spot. it would be so good (and to be honest, as long as we are not going to be relagated im going to be happy with it!).

marco uk wrote:Atalanta supporter here. Got to say Im surprised to see how well we are actually playing at the moment. Our defense is a bit shakey at times and I think we could do with some quality at the back, but the good point is that we are scoring goals.

(Last season we had 18 different players in the scoresheets thoughout the season; ok, it was serie B!)

lets hope to get to a comfortable position in the standings soon, so that they might have a chance to play for a UEFA spot. it would be so good (and to be honest, as long as we are not going to be relagated im going to be happy with it!).

you support West Ham too

Aye, for a long time. I have been following their ups and downs since the very late 80s. And they are just like Atalanta; lots of ups and downs, not many trophies in the cabinets but lots of small satsfactions...yesterday was special:

atalanta - ac 2-0
hammers - gunners 1-0

cannot wipe the smile off my face!

marco uk wrote:Aye, for a long time. I have been following their ups and downs since the very late 80s. And they are just like Atalanta; lots of ups and downs, not many trophies in the cabinets but lots of small satsfactions...yesterday was special:

atalanta - ac 2-0
hammers - gunners 1-0

cannot wipe the smile off my face!

haha I bet....
Even though Samp are my Italian team....nothing for me compares to West Ham...yesterday was amazing...being there and watching theose victories are indeed special!

so when Juve come back up for next year do you think they will be title challengers?..

Yeah, I am afraid thats true... Juve are going to be serious contenders, infact their team right now could have competed for lo scudetto. They made up for the few "star" losses by recalling back soem of the brightest youngsters they had out there away on loan... So when they get back to serie A next season, they will compete with Inter, Milan, Roma, Fiorentina and Palermo for the title.

Hopefully, the difference would be that they will be competing with a confident Inter who have just won 2 successive scudetti, rather than a team under extreme pressure after 16 dry seasons in Serie A. That, IMO, is a decisive difference

Luis wrote:so when Juve come back up for next year do you think they will be title challengers?..

Marco, good to see another Serie A fan here... I am sure yesterday was special for you.

You must be looking forward to Veiri's return to action in december.... wonder how many goals will he bag this season!

marco uk wrote:Atalanta supporter here. Got to say Im surprised to see how well we are actually playing at the moment. Our defense is a bit shakey at times and I think we could do with some quality at the back, but the good point is that we are scoring goals.

(Last season we had 18 different players in the scoresheets thoughout the season; ok, it was serie B!)

lets hope to get to a comfortable position in the standings soon, so that they might have a chance to play for a UEFA spot. it would be so good (and to be honest, as long as we are not going to be relagated im going to be happy with it!).

just won 2 successive scudetti??, wasn't quite like that now was it bluenine?..

I said "hopefully" ie when Juve come back next season, "hopefully" Inter would ve won another scudetto

Doesn't matter, I rate our chances against Juve with neutral men in black

Luis wrote:just won 2 successive scudetti??, wasn't quite like that now was it bluenine?..

lol oh i see, so you actually count the one from last season?

hey guys, remember this guy?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD3JS7wkIbI

Of course, why not? Its a very small compensation for getting cheated out of a few scudetti under the Moggi "system" in the last decade or so...

It shocking why so many people look down upon a scudetto awarded to a team which played within the rules, instead of looking down upon the other scudetti won by Juve under Moggi (who obviously didn't become bad overnight!)...

Of course we will count it. Officially. And we also count the 1998 scudetto unofficially!

Luis wrote:lol oh i see, so you actually count the one from last season?

yeah, I was hoping that he made the Lippi squad for the world cup, it was sad that he didn't. Gifted.

doninha wrote:hey guys, remember this guy?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD3JS7wkIbI

Why Fiorentina didn't do more to sign him is a mystery. Almost as much of a mystery as YooWay not using him in the first place.

lol, i was joking Bluenine!

you know Juve will win it next year though

Cheers bluenine. Im actually, somehow, not so looking forward to see Vieri back in action. At the moment everything upfront is going pretty well. Ventola, Zampagna Doni and now Soncin seem to find the way to score goals regularly. I hope when he makes his way back to the pitch he is not going to ruin the right balance of the squad. then, again, if he comes back and scores few heavy goals, Im going back to Bergamo on foot and I'll kiss his arse!

bluenine wrote:Marco, good to see another Serie A fan here... I am sure yesterday was special for you.

You must be looking forward to Veiri's return to action in december.... wonder how many goals will he bag this season!

marco uk wrote:Atalanta supporter here. Got to say Im surprised to see how well we are actually playing at the moment. Our defense is a bit shakey at times and I think we could do with some quality at the back, but the good point is that we are scoring goals.

(Last season we had 18 different players in the scoresheets thoughout the season; ok, it was serie B!)

lets hope to get to a comfortable position in the standings soon, so that they might have a chance to play for a UEFA spot. it would be so good (and to be honest, as long as we are not going to be relagated im going to be happy with it!).

ciao tutti, i am just introducing myself, i am new to these boards, and i am a huge serie a tifoso.

my name is Mez and i currently live in Siracusa...io sono Palermonatana, always been my whole life.

Welcome to the board mate. How did you stumble across this place?