Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 230. (Read 866344 times)

Honestly, I also thought that with the way Napoli's performances are going on currently, if care is not taken, they will fail to take the league this season because a lot of people are starting to lose hope from them after they were defeated in two matches, and as it stands now, Atalanta don't want to give them any single chances they wanted to overtake Napoli from the top of the standings. Since they are only 1 point ahead of the Atalanta, the need to improve if they really want to dominate the league this season is better for them to fill up their energy.

I have to tell you with a little regret that yes and this season is particularly competitive.
i am making a lot of wrong bets because the matches are really uncertain
In fact, i am evaluating and thinking about betting more in other eassier championships, such as La Liga
currently it's really difficult to understand who wins or not

Initially, during their unbeaten streak, I thought that Napoli is back and better but it seems that is not true, because from the look of their performance recently, it shows that they were playing with mediocre clubs in those nine games. Look at how they performed when they played with Atalanta and Inter, their performance wasn't that impressive as expected. Two teams that I think might continue to be in the title race are Atalanta and Fiorentina, because as the league gets farther, they get stronger.

I don't think Erik Ten Hag will adapt easily. When things went badly in Manchester, he didn't change the squad or the plan. Managers need to find out what the problem is after a bad game and fix it. Some managers keep making the same mistakes after seeing that the team is failing and the team continues to fail.

Every manager has to improve themselves and try to fix their mistakes after losing a game. Being a manager is not the hardest job in the world and I think it's made out to be a very big job. Big clubs give big budgets to managers but the result is failure and the managers are responsible for this success.

Montella is doing a good job at the helm of the Turkish national team and I don't think he will leave the team unless he receives a high salary before his contract ends.

La Gazzetta dello Sport commented that ten Hag refused to lead Roma (he cited the chaos that was happening in the team as the reason), in fact, he was one of the possible candidates, and it is not clear how true this information is.

As far as I understand from what is being written now, one of the most likely candidates for the post of head coach now may be Vincenzo Montella. But Montella is currently heading the Turkish national team, and his contract is valid until the summer of 2026, they are ready to let him go if Roma pays him a six-month salary. Roma now looks very weak, only a brave coach will agree to lead such a team.

Napoli recent games have been very worrisome especially their 3-0 loss which was shocking setback. Their confidence is now shaken putting their position at risk. Atalanta five game winning streak is major threat as they could surpass Napoli if they do not improve quickly. Tie against Inter Milan adds to Napoli worries. To regain momentum Napoli must fix their weaknesses and rebuild confidence and find consistency. Their coach needs to change strategy and motivate players and turn season around. Next games are critical so let's see what will Napoli do in that matches.

I think  Napoli full strength football team need to focus on their weaknesses because their last two matches performance is very bad. In second last match, they lose the match by 3-0 and that kind of lose we did not expect by  Napoli team.  Napoli team has lose their confidence in last matches and if they could not win next matches then they will lose their position and Atalanta will get their position because they won last 5 matches abc their players are in full form . Napoli team played last match against Inter Milan and they could not win this match and that is bad sign by Napoli team and they have to work on their weak points.

We shouldn't blame Napoli because they lost these points playing against two of the best teams in Seria A. Atalanta and Inter Milan are strong contenders for the top spot. The Antonio Conte side are even lucky to get a draw because Inter Milan missed a penalty. Maybe they will recover their form and win more games. Or it could also be that their performance has started declining.

Lukaku had a good game even if he had not scored in two games. He gave a clear goalscoring pass to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia but it was clear by an Inter defender. The Seria A is closely contested with four teams almost having the same points.

I congratulate and appreciate Fiorentina's hard work in 12 Serie A matches this season so that they can perch in an ideal position or maybe become the leader of the standings or vice versa will drop again, who knows the end of the season is still far away, no one can guess the future. For now, let's just enjoy this tight competition. This also applies to Napoli, the leader of the standings or other strong candidate teams that currently have the same points in the top 5 circle.

I am not sure about Erik Ten Hag that he is able to coach AS Roma well and improve AS Roma's performance so that they can compete at the top. Ten Hag once failed to bring success when coaching in the Eradivisie with Ajax, and moved to the English league with Manchester United. This shows that as a coach, Ten Hag is unable to adapt to a different league. Meanwhile, Serie A is a new place for Ten Hag, because he has never had experience coaching a club in Serie A. So in my opinion, Ten Hag is not the right coach for AS Roma.

And if I may recommend, with his wealth of experience coaching in Serie and having won Serie A several times with the clubs he coached, Roberto Mancini should be on the radar of new coaches sought by AS Roma. Some time ago Mancini was fired from the Saudi Arabian national team, because the Saudi national team was unable to perform optimally in the Asian zone World Cup qualifiers, after the dismissal he immediately returned to Italy, and currently Mancini has not returned to coaching any club or national team. So maybe AS Roma could consider Mancini to fill the vacant coaching seat.

That's right, friend, currently Juventus is experiencing a significant decline in performance. This is proven by Juventus' current match record which can be said to be quite bad, and also its position which is currently continuing to be shifted by other teams in Serie A. Even currently a team like Fiorentina has been able to beat Juventus in terms of points scored in Serie A. The reason is, currently Fiorentina is in 3rd place with 25 points and Juventus is in 6th place with 24 points. So if you look clearly, Juventus' current condition is really not good. I also don't really understand where Juventus' current problems lie, because if you look at the squad, you could say that Juventus' current players are also quite good. Then if you look at the coach's side, Juventus currently also has a good coach, namely Thiago Motta. But strangely, even though Juventus has all of that, currently Juventus' performance has actually dropped drastically.

Maybe as you assume, it would be better if Juventus was sold. Because it could be that the problem currently facing Juventus lies in its management not being good at managing Juventus so that it can become a great team again. Because it's quite hard to believe, a team like Juventus has been absent from winning the Scudetto trophy for 4 seasons.  In fact, as we know, Juventus is a team that often wins Serie A. Likewise, in international competitions such as UCL, Juventus has always been able to be a team that is highly regarded in these competitions. But currently Juventus is really experiencing a pretty bad situation. And this season, if you look at Juventus' current situation, I think this could be the worst season for Juventus. Therefore, Juventus must act quickly to fix this problem.

Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag attracts AS Roma’s interest

Erik ten Hag has reportedly emerged on AS Roma’s radar following his exit from Manchester United.

The Dutchman is without a club after the United board pulled the trigger on him, owing to the Red Devils’ disastrous start to the season.

Ten Hag was sacked in late October after his side’s 2-1 defeat at West Ham United. However, it seems the club’s hierarchy had kick-started their process to replace him way before they formally showed him the exit door.

Within days of his departure, United struck an agreement with Ruben Amorim to leave Sporting CP mid-season to spearhead their project.

The Portuguese has already arrived at Carrington and will manage his first game as United manager after the international break.

It seems the ex-Ajax coach is also unlikely to spend too much time away from the touchline.

Source link: https://thepeoplesperson.com/2024/11/12/former-manchester-united-manager-erik-ten-hag-attracts-as-romas-interest-287570/

This season Fiorentina has changed, they have won seven of their twelve league games, drew four, and lost just one. Fiorentina, who are now in third place in the league, the same point as Atalanta and one point behind Napoli, has already secured their place in the Champions League. Although we don't know what will happen before the season ends. I'm sure Fiorentina will finish in the top four and earn a spot in the next Champions League if they can continue to win their games.


It seems like the Napoli players have run out of energy at this point. When Napoli was 10 games undefeated, I thought they were ready to take over the league this season. However, after losing their last two games to Atalanta, they are now one point ahead of Atalanta. On the other hand, Lukaku has only scored 5 goals for Napoli in all competitions this season, 4 were in Seria A and the other 1 in Coppa Italian. Since Lukaku is unable to contribute in any of their games as a striker; I don't think that this team will win the league title this season, because of their inconsistent striker.

Juventus are gradually declining slowly as one of the best amongst the elites in the Italian seria A, over the years the club has continued to experience a downward trend even in the champions league they haven't been performing as well as they were in the past when Fabio Capello was the coach, when Pavel Needed, Alexandro Del Pierrot, and rest of them were playing for Juventus, it's been a long time we even saw them at the semis of the champions league, the likes of Atalanta are gradually taking the place of Juventus, I think the best thing that will happen to Juventus right now is for the club to be sold to some private investors just as inter Milan, Manchester city and PSG, only then will the club begin to be competitive once again because 6 draws and 6 wins and no loss doesn't seem too good for a club like Juventus especially now that they have more rivalries, so its time they start planning for the future.

What you are pointing at regarding Lukaku in an important thing to be considered because a point is not enough for them to sit on the top of the table, among the top fivein the table Napoli are the only one with a less goals, this alone show that they can't hold that place for a long time if they don't have a very strong striker that can give them more goals, I like Lukaku but I think he is not in the right position to lead the team, he's old and they shouldn't depend on him to do all the work, losing against atalanta with almost 3 goals was a total disgrace because it clear that even their defence line are also having issues not only the strikers and if this can't be fix then the will lose the top.

Juventus has the potential can to be a competitor in the top 4 this season but I see that at the moment Juventus is still not strong, stable and has the mentality that we expect after the change of coach, although currently they are able to be ranked in the top 6 but it seems that they no yet adapted with the methods and tactics by motta, if talking about the Milan vs Juventus match later, so far Juventus has dominated the win in every game against Milan, especialy  we saw from performance of both teams, Juventus may be slightly favored in the match, but the international break may bring a lot of uncertainty, especially regarding the physical condition and also the players injuries after returning from international matches later.

I understand and also agree with what you said, no one knows what will happen after the international breaking so nothing can be said for now regard their next match. Let see how the two have gone this season, the both are closed in the table, Juventus in 5th place with 24 points while Milan are in 7th place with 18 points but still have an outstanding match against the team behind them which is Bologna with equally the same points as Milan too, regarding their match definitely the match is going to be tough but not as many thoughts, Milan victory against Real Madrid in champion league give many hope that Milan are in form but am not convinced with that because I still have hope for Juventus but let that day come.

This match is still a long way off, right after the international break, many players from both teams will be going to their respective countries, and therefore we never know if there will be any injuries or not. If we talk about it now, then I think this match will belong to Juventus or at least have a draw. I wouldn't bet on this match, there's too much risk.

Napoli last 2 matches are considered very detrimental to losing because they lost 3 points from Atalanta and shared points with Inter making the points difference in the standings thin. If you look at the current status there are 4 clubs that have collected 25 points namely Atalanta, Fiorentina, Inter, and Lazio so that Napoli can be pulled from the top of the standings at any time if they lose 3 more points. Have Napoli's players run out of gas to step on the gas? Lukaku, who was made the main striker, did not score a goal in his last 2 matches.

Holding Inter Milan to a draw at home to Inter Milan was a really good result that Napoli managed to get. because it shows that Inter Milan was not able to beat Napoli even though Inter Milan played as hosts in that match.

And regarding Roma, I actually saw that Jose Mourinho at that time was only at a dead end because the club didn't seem to have bought many of the players that Jose Mourinho needed or that matched what Jose Mourinho expected. So Rome couldn't develop better at that time. But at the start of last season Roma was really bad. So at that time I also understood why Roma fired Mourinho. And then De Rossi improved it until the end of the season. But I quite disagree with De Rossi's dismissal which was considered too hasty. So, I wouldn't be surprised if Rome is currently in decline due to these rapid changes.