Re: Serie A Thread - 2009/10 Season
milanista said:
Not sure if Del Neri is the right man for Juve. I think they are aiming too low with their current signings.
if anything that's a good news ste. juve has been going for "high profile" signings for the last few years, and we all saw the result of this policy. the only thing that matters is to find the right players for the team, regardless how hyped they are.
to be fair i'm very impressed by marotta's moves so far.
bonucci would be an amazing signing, as he would be the perfect partner for chiellini. they would complement each others as no other cb couple in italy imo (just consider how well bonucci and ranocchia did in bari this season, and consider how similar ranocchia and chiellini are). bonucci would be "the brain" and chiellini "the muscle"... pretty much like vidic and ferdinand... actually it's even better and more harmonious than that, as chiellini is left-footed and bonucci is right-footed.
then i heard about
motta for the right side. now if marotta manages to pull this off, juve's troubles on the right side will be over for good. also the timing of the signing would be perfect as roma will have to deal with udinese to renew the co-ownership in a few weeks... and given how good cassetti has been this season, they might decide to let him leave.
then i heard some rumours about
krasic.... can't really talk about this signing though, as i haven't seen the player enough to express a fair opinion.
as for del neri, he's no prandelli, but he's a very good coach.... and a much more appropriate choice than benitez imo.
rfu said:
ABout Prandeli, could be the pressure got to him. Much was expected this past season, he didn't quite deliver, perhaps he's taking time off. I remember when his wife died, not long after, he was back on the job. I am surprised though. I expected he would either move to a bigger club or remain at Fiore. Although I don't think he has the temperament suited for a big side. Like Ben said, he's a team builder. What big team wants to wait 3/4 seasons to win something?
i didn't talk about 3\4 seasons mate. if a coach doesn't build the team he wants in 3 years, then he failed (as that's the average life-cycle of a team nowadays). prandelli never took more than 1 season to build his teams

besides i don't think prandelli didn't deliver this season. he had an amazing run in champions league, going out against bayern (and we all remember
how they were eliminated by bayern

), and he had a good run in the league, considering how good were fiorentina's contenders this season.... also take into account that palermo, samp, napoli and genoa had only the domestic league to care about.
rfu said:
As for Benitez, I wish he would fuck off. Who wants a manager who waits until his team is 3 goals down before making changes?
i do understand your concerns about rafa (given what he's done this season)..... but i think u picked the wrong argument to be pissed off at rafa..... let's be honest, talking about "in-game substitutions" mourinho is much, much worse than benitez

(hell, in this department, mourinho is worse than any coach i can think right now). and, being an inter fan, i'm sure u know what i'm talking about.
anyhow concerning moratti's decision to hire rafa (and with this i'm also replying to u, abhi), i still believe pellegrini would have been a more appropriate pick..... but, other than pellegrini, i can't think of many others available coaches better than rafa to be honest... actually i can't think of any available coach who is better than rafa right now, but i might be forgetting someone.
besides, even though benitez has done some terrible mistakes in the last season, i don't think that's enough to change my mind about him as a coach.
sure it's gonna be interesting to watch him in serie a, as it'll give me a chance to know him better. after the "mourinho experience" i realised u can't really say u "know" a coach until u watch him working in your own country (and in your own league).
PLF said:
As for Ranieri, I agree with all that but wouldn't say he has 'huge' charisma.
yeah, actually u're right, "huge charisma" is a bit of a stretch. what i meant to say is "he has much more charisma than one would expect". the thing is charisma usually walks along with ego (just think about lippi, mourinho, ferguson), so when u see a "low-profile", selfless, modest man like ranieri, u don't really expect him to be a charismatic person.... or at least that's how it works for me. and infact, i didn't really consider ranieri as a charismatic coach until his experience in parma.
however the point is, he has enough charisma to "gel" the players and turn them into a team in just a few weeks, and that's what counts for a national team coach.
