nsr Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 It's been mentioned before but another factor is that with a few exceptions the big Italian clubs don't own their stadiums so can't upgrade their facilities and lose out on various forms of revenue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 tbf Juve have generally still managed to put together some good teams but yeah. Napoli have been decent enough over the last few years too and picking up respectable results, but AC and Inter are miles away from how impressive they were when I was a teenager. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Crawford Bridge said: Milan and Inter have both been run by absolute diddies in the last 10 or so years also. Fair point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, Thistle_do_nicely said: tbf Juve have generally still managed to put together some good teams but yeah. Napoli have been decent enough over the last few years too and picking up respectable results, but AC and Inter are miles away from how impressive they were when I was a teenager. Juve have the financial muscle of Fiat behind them. Granted, Napoli have been good. Not sure where their money comes from tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Bridge Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 14 minutes ago, sjc said: Napoli have been good. Not sure where their money comes from tbh. Cosa Nostra traditionally. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 tbf Juve have generally still managed to put together some good teams but yeah. Napoli have been decent enough over the last few years too and picking up respectable results, but AC and Inter are miles away from how impressive they were when I was a teenager.Juve own their own stadium, and have the Agnelli family money behind them. More Italian clubs are trying to build their own stadiums now but Italian bureaucracy isn't exactly the quickest in the world. Udinese have their own now, Atalanta are redeveloping theirs and will own it when it's done AFAIK; Fiorentina, Roma, Napoli, Inter and AC Milan, Cagliari and a few others are at various stages of planning/building their own grounds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GNU_Linux Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Juve own their own stadium, and have the Agnelli family money behind them. More Italian clubs are trying to build their own stadiums now but Italian bureaucracy isn't exactly the quickest in the world. Udinese have their own now, Atalanta are redeveloping theirs and will own it when it's done AFAIK; Fiorentina, Roma, Napoli, Inter and AC Milan, Cagliari and a few others are at various stages of planning/building their own grounds.Udinese also own their ground albeit its a 99 year lease 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Jim White reporting that Ashley Young(!) joining Inter Milan for £1.3m 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DAVIDB69 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Why are aging players always in demand with Italian clubs. The average age of some squads must be really high. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 39 minutes ago, DAVIDB69 said: Why are aging players always in demand with Italian clubs. The average age of some squads must be really high. Because traditionally Italian football is much more technical than the EPL and played at a much, much slower pace where a more intelligent player is much more valuable to a club than a speed demon. Not sure that necessarily explains Young though... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Juan Mata’s first touch here is utter filth: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Tunbridge Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Commentator saying the referee has been encouraged to use the pitch side monitor today. Would that not go against the point that they can’t change how they use VAR halfway through a season? Or has the option always been there and the FA/Whoever just decided the farce we’ve endured until now was a better option? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Got to laugh at the booing and chants just now at Watford v Spurs. The problem is with the referee’s communication system in general and has nothing to with VAR. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Got to laugh at the booing and chants just now at Watford v Spurs. The problem is with the referee’s communication system in general and has nothing to with VAR. I thought the same, but then realised that the fans probably had no idea what was going on, so it's understandable that they'd assume it was a VAR intervention. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Watford goal line clearance. Oh my 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Ooft. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Tosun scoring for Palace at Man city. Excellent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 LoL @ Southampton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 City slip up at home. League pretty much over. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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