Re: Serie A Thread
Inter having no competition = saying Inter are the best and deserve to be the best.
Ajax had no competition between roughly 1966 and 1974 (although Feyenoord won ECI in that period).
Real Madrid had no competition in the fifties.
AC Milan had no competiotion between roughly 1988 and 1994.
Man, i understand what you're saying, but, even when "ajax" had no competition, Feyenoord still was there, playing with them, trying to take the leadership. I mean, in those years, Ajax was the best..... but how can u say they where the best? quite clear, coz' they were better than their rivals in the title challenge (feyenoord, i assume).
the same can be said for milan, barca, liverpool, juve, and even for "la grande inter" of mazzola, suarez, facchetti....
What people blame now is that inter is winning a title that just them could win. Juventus is in serie b, milan and fiorentina started their championship from - o points, Lazio is starting to regain his place among the biggest (but they still need a few years), Rome is doing really well, but they haven't the depth chart that u need to win serie a (as long as they got no injured players, they can stay beside inter, but it's impossible, to avoid injuries, especially when u play 3 competitions - champions, serie a and coppa italia -).
To say that u're the best you have to prove yourself, u have to challenge the greatest, what is not happening to inter this year. Of course is not their fault; it's juventus fault, it's fiorentina and milan's fault..... but this doesn't change the situation; this year inter is playing a "one team league". As long as Rome doesn't have injuries trouble we can have the illusion of a competitive league, but when totti, or chivu, or mexes, or de rossi will get hurt (i REALLY hope it doesn't happen

) we will se the difference betweeen inter and roma: their subs.
Take a look to lyon. They're a great team; they got very good players, some great players, and (most important) a great football organization and a wise management. everyone will agree that they're a great team. But how much "great" are they??? I mean they carry some kind of prejudice, coz' they play in a league with no competition...... and that's why they aim so much the champions league. Because that is the only "battlefield" where they can prove they really deserve to be named among the greatest of europe.
Imo that's what Inter has to do this year. They have to aim for the champions, to shut the mouth to everybody who criticize them now. But if they will fail, they will be remebered like the team who win a league without opponents.
They won ECI only twice and both victories are tainted (Heysel and drugs).
What has Juventus to do with Heysel. :shock: It was not they're fault what happened. This is quite unfair :roll:
And about drugs mate, do you really think drug is just a juve problem? Do you really think that no one takes drugs in barca, milan, real, lyon, inter, arsenal, chelsea, palermo, saragozza, charlton, empoli.........?
do u wanna know what i think? the only difference between juventus and real madrid (just to make an example) is that here in italy we have serious controls (since a few years now).
Capello (who fight against drugs in football since 10 years) says that in spain drugs controls are ridiculous. he made a lot of interviews telling that each country in europe should use tha same standards italy uses in drugs controls, because right now the situation is absolutely out of control (his words).
Juventus is only a big team in Italy not in Europe. They won ECI only twice
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Manchester utd and Barca won the champions league just twice. would u say that they're not great in europe??
Moreover, to win the champions u have to win the final match. It's a single match... everything can happen.... i don't think this is the right way to judge how good a team did.
It would be better if u take a look to the clubs that managed to PLAY the final match, not only the winner.
Well u'll discover that the club that played more finals in the last 10 years is not barca, not manchester utd, not real madrid...... is juventus. 4 finals played in the last 10 years. According to the numbers, they where a "big team" in italy and in europe"..... actually they were the greatest in europe in the last 10 years.
You only have to look at the way the television money is divided...that is not fair...there is no real fair competition.
totally agree with u :applause: :applause:
I personally would prefer a "fair" competition with teams like Palermo, Atalanta (to name my favourite teams, but also) Catania, Reggina, Livorno and the likes of Sampdoria to a serie A dominated by the same " teams amidst allegations of fraud.
once again :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: