DiegoDiego Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I watched Sudtirol the other week, they're not great. Genoa got knocked out by Entella tonight in a cracking game that went to sudden death penalties.Coppa Italia is a shite tournament though due to its seedings and draw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I watched Sudtirol the other week, they're not great. Genoa got knocked out by Entella tonight in a cracking game that went to sudden death penalties.Coppa Italia is a shite tournament though due to its seedings and draw.I've noticed clubs seem pretty apathetic to the cup akin to how some clubs in England treat the league cup. No idea if fans feel the same way though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 From what I gather it's a bit like the league cup here. 90% of Italian football fans don't see their side enter until the last sixteen and for most of them the priority is the league or European competition. Because of the way it works you don't think "if we can squeeze past Genoa maybe we'll get a winnable tie. You already know you're away from home against Roma. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonHMFC Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Sure I read somewhere that the final is set to take place in Saudi Arabia ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Sure I read somewhere that the final is set to take place in Saudi Arabia ? Thats for the Super Cup 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanky_ffc Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 14 hours ago, Salvo Montalbano said: After years of being on Sky when BT had Serie A, it appears BT now have the Coppa Italia rights despite losing the league rights to eleven sports. Torino v Südtirol (currently 9th in Serie C Girone B [North-East]) tonight on BT Sports 1. Watched a wee bit of Samp v SPAL last night on a Rai Uno feed, which was decent enough but eerie with no fans visible behind one goal or the stand opposite the cameras. Anything that keeps Gary Birtles off the Italian football is a good thing IMO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bernardblack Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Inter Juve on STV tonight? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Who is the Scottish co commentator on ESPN2 for Inter game? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Inter really should be winning this. I'm sure in classic Spalletti style they'll end up going to mush at some point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 1 hour ago, David W said: Inter really should be winning this. I'm sure in classic Spalletti style they'll end up going to mush at some point. Called it. Totally moronic substitution, concedes a goal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris. Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 11 hours ago, lanky_ffc said: Anything that keeps Gary Birtles off the Italian football is a good thing IMO Unfortunately he's appeared a few times this season on some of the league matches. Decent match tonight, despite the result. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Lazio fans put up a banner near the stadium this weekend calling Milinkovic-Savic a gypsy. Really nice bunch those Lazio fans, in keeping with their splendid reputation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 hour ago, DiegoDiego said: Lazio fans put up a banner near the stadium this weekend calling Milinkovic-Savic a gypsy. Really nice bunch those Lazio fans, in keeping with their splendid reputation. I never understand why Italian fans seem so determined to force away star players. Donnarumma and Icardi spring to mind. I understand they've annoyed fans with their actions, but the fans go next level to try and force them out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I saw some thing last night I can’t ever remember seeing before, the whole Napoli away end was stood on their seats for the whole game ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonHMFC Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 On 10/12/2018 at 18:46, RandomGuy. said: I never understand why Italian fans seem so determined to force away star players. Donnarumma and Icardi spring to mind. I understand they've annoyed fans with their actions, but the fans go next level to try and force them out. Yeah something I have always found odd, it's a fine line between being idolised or hated. SMS is having a rotten season, but he didn't really have a break in the Summer, coming off a long hard season where they were pipped at the post for the final Champions League spot, then straight into the World Cup. Hopefully the couple weeks in January will see him come good. As for the banner, just another in the long line. I follow the fella who does the designs for the Irriducibili clothing and banners on Instagram, every so often you will see a picture he has done, and you think "wow that is excellent" then you notice a swastika in the corner and just sigh. They will never change, and the folk saying "Lazio should do more" there isn't a lot that can be done that hasn't been tried unfortunately. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 There was some chat in the paper that Inzaghi has had enough of such behaviour and has had arguments with the board about what should be done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) Eleven sports going bye bye from the UK it seems after their UFC deal falls through https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/12/eleven-sports-may-be-facing-closure-in-uk-after-only-four-months? Edited December 12, 2018 by GNU_Linux 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Eleven sports going bye bye from the UK it seems after their UFC deal falls throughhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/12/eleven-sports-may-be-facing-closure-in-uk-after-only-four-months?It would be unsurprising if the UFC deal has failed. Spanish and Italian football on its own probably isn't enough to pull in significant numbers of subscribers. The combination of the two leagues not having enough standalone fans in the UK combined with the lack of actual TV channel leaving subscribers to have to watch online probably isn't a recipe for success. UFC, as much as it isn't my cup of tea, has enough hype and mainstream fan base that you could imagine that working, but I'm not sure La Liga and Serie A are really enough of a box office product to get many people subscribing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanky_ffc Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Back on BT ASAP please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Back on BT ASAP please. BT are trying to re-negotiate their UFC deal so its a possibility. Other options are Sky, Premier Sports or something like amazon prime (highly unlikely). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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