senorsoupe Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 It's not all that surprising to be honest. After a bit of a golden age for Sicilian and Calabrese clubs in the noughties, most of them have gone kaput and had to reform. Messina, Palermo, Reggina, and now Catania, it's sorta the circle of life for a lot of Italian clubs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Jacobsen Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Trapani as well who got to the Serie B promotion playoff final a few seasons ago 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Lorenzo Insigne rumoured to be moving to Toronto for lots and lots of money. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 wtf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Chievo who were in the Serie A for about 20-odd year until they got relegated in 2019 are another that are no more. Well, technically, they're running a youth team, but they were a team I always kept an eye out for after Dundee played them in a mid-season friendly at Dens and their keeper was doing a HT warm-up practicing his goal kicks. His practice involved booting the ball into the top corner of the goal at the other end of the pitch where Jamie Langfield was fucking about. Perugia who papped us out of the UEFA Cup as well only recently got their act together again recently having got back to Serie B after having a decent Serie A team back in the day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 53 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Chievo who were in the Serie A for about 20-odd year until they got relegated in 2019 are another that are no more. Well, technically, they're running a youth team, but they were a team I always kept an eye out for after Dundee played them in a mid-season friendly at Dens and their keeper was doing a HT warm-up practicing his goal kicks. His practice involved booting the ball into the top corner of the goal at the other end of the pitch where Jamie Langfield was fucking about. Perugia who papped us out of the UEFA Cup as well only recently got their act together again recently having got back to Serie B after having a decent Serie A team back in the day. Chievo are obviously a weird case as they weren't really a side with any history or anything until they usurped their neighbours Hellas and became the number one team in the Veneto. Not sure how it came about but Hellas have had some questionable owners and fans over the years so may have been mismanagement there? Unlike some of the other names who have flamed and burned out over the years, you have to wonder if they'll ever come back having fewer fans and less goodwill than some of the other clubs who have done the same recently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Clyde Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Well Hellas fans are famously right wing, so maybe Chievo's fans were more left leaning?The Flying Donkeys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 A full Serie A card today on BT Sport, with two games at 1130, 1330, 1530, 1730 (including AC v Roma) and 1945 (including Juve v Napoli). I'm in. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonHMFC Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 3 hours ago, David W said: A full Serie A card today on BT Sport, with two games at 1130, 1330, 1530, 1730 (including AC v Roma) and 1945 (including Juve v Napoli). I'm in. Few postponements due to Covid, but Sampdoria kick us off! At home with Covid, so this will get me through the day. Didn't realise it was a bank holiday over there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, LondonHMFC said: Few postponements due to Covid, but Sampdoria kick us off! At home with Covid, so this will get me through the day. Didn't realise it was a bank holiday over there. So I see, their method of not actually postponing the games but just waiting until a team doesn't turn up makes looking at a fixture list slightly confusing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 3 hours ago, David W said: A full Serie A card today on BT Sport, with two games at 1130, 1330, 1530, 1730 (including AC v Roma) and 1945 (including Juve v Napoli). I'm in. One of the best days of the WFH year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Few postponements due to Covid, but Sampdoria kick us off! At home with Covid, so this will get me through the day. Didn't realise it was a bank holiday over there.Happy epiphany! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raith_94 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 My Sampdoria Lazio double was inspired..If you'd like to know what to avoid later, I like Sassuolo, Milan and Juve. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonHMFC Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I fell asleep during the Sampdoria game, this has been a lot better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raith_94 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Some game so far 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 The Italians are the masters of taking something that can be handled relatively straightforward and then making it a chaotic farce. Take the Bologna-Inter game, Bologna were placed into quarantine by local health authorities yesterday, but Serie A decided to send Inter there anyways and have them go through the pre-game stuff when they had plenty of time to just call off or postpone the game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I didn't see the whole match, maybe 40 minutes or so, but thoroughly enjoyed it, that third goal of Empoli's was a thing of beauty, then Lazio had a goal disallowed, had a penalty saved (I thought it was a bit of a soft award), but equalised well into stoppage time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 2 hours ago, senorsoupe said: The Italians are the masters of taking something that can be handled relatively straightforward and then making it a chaotic farce. Take the Bologna-Inter game, Bologna were placed into quarantine by local health authorities yesterday, but Serie A decided to send Inter there anyways and have them go through the pre-game stuff when they had plenty of time to just call off or postpone the game "One Team in Bologna": https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59898461 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Milan 2 up against Roma after 17 minutes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 On 05/01/2022 at 07:06, Ludo*1 said: after Dundee played them in a mid-season friendly at Dens When was this? I am sure they played Motherwell about 15-20 years ago at one point too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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