Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 786. (Read 823197 times)

I agree with you that Napoli could not qualify for the next season's UEFA Champions League with the way they are performing now. I don't know what went wrong for Napoli this season, everyone was expecting Napoli to defend their title this season, but they failed to do so, and Napoli is not even certain of making it to the top four of Serie A this season.

A bad blunder made by the napoli owner has had an impact on their performance this season. Napoli have lost their strength as the strongest team in serie A this season because they were unable to maintain their status as defending champions this season. Napoli have suffered many defeats this season and even bad situations have also hit their players, Such as lack of enthusiasm and the players mentality has also been greatly affected by the bad results they have received. If management wants to see bigger changes, Of course they have to give Walter mazzarri a lot of time.

Well, Rudi garcia dismissal was also considered hasty, But that's what happened, under mazzarri coaching, Napoli also didn't go as expected. For this reason, mazzarri must of course be given time to develop the quality of his players, Especially osimhen. This season, Napoli may find it difficult to make it to the top 4 if they don't manage to get out of the downturn they are currently experiencing.

I think Inter will probably win the Serie A title this season. Because I don't see any other team showing a better performance than them recently. Juventus are the closest about that but even they are not as good as them honestly. The match between them in Turin ended up with a draw you know. It is really difficult for Juventus to keep up with them until the final moments as long as they don't get more productive as for scoring goals in the league.

They showed an example of improvement in the Coppa Italia though. That Salernitana match was spectacular.    I would like to see this dedication in the Serie A as well.

Yes, of course because of the penalties they received last season which had a big impact on their number of points and their position, this is the reason why Juventus is trying even harder this season. They are also very focused on making better game progress so that they have managed to be runners up for now. and the goal is to win the Serie A title. However, it won't be easy because Inter is currently still at the top of the standings. That's why Juventus must not be careless and must collect the full 3 points in each match.
And the result of the match Salernitana vs Juventus 1 - 2, Juventus could win it quite satisfayingly, although I think they would be able to create more goals. But, that is enough.

Oh may, what happen to Napoli so far.
they weren't even able to score a single goal. and even they couldn't withstand attacks from Torino well. so that Torino was actually able to score 3 goals in an absolute victory without any reply from Napoli. this is really very disappointing. Napoli's hopes of being much better after changing coaches apparently didn't go well. Because however, since Mazzarri trained them, the results turned out to be the same, in fact I think it was worse.
Next week Napoli will face Salernitana, we will try to see whether Napoli will repeat the mistake again and in the end lose or will receive the full 3 points. Currently it is truly unpredictable regarding the outcome of the Napoli match.

That's the power of the coach! It simply indicated that Luciano Spalletti is the reason why Napoli performed very strong in the last season. Luciano Spalletti knows well how to build Napoli to be a strong team. After Luciano Spalletti left the club, unfortunately Napoli management failed to hire a proper coach as the successor.

For this season, Napoli may target to finish in UCL zone only. But it seems not easy to return to the top 4. I even doubt Napoli to finish this season at the top 5 if they always performed poorly.

Indeed. Without Spalletti, Napoli becomes a weak team, they even got some defeats against small teams. The main problem of this team is they failed to hire a proper coach to replace Spalletti. It is a mistake to sign Rudi Garcia as the successor of Spalletti. If Napol management could hire a better coach, Napoli may not experience this bad season.

It is the sign that Napoli players feel frustrated with their current condition. They need some changes, they need a better coach with reputable records. I don't know why Napoli sign random coach.

I don't trust these elite teams because they fold up anytime without proper history. They lack the consistency to continue been in good form and that's really terrible. Napoli decline in performance because the board are not patient enough to deal with their current problems, sacking of coaches have become the orders of the day for Napoli. The current coach, Walter Mazzarri needs to be given more time to construct his own strategy and style of play. Napoli surprises everyone with their terrible performance in matches, not a welcome idea to watch a defending Champs of the scudetto not able to win average teams.

Looking at Napoli's condition, it is difficult to imagine why last season they fell so quickly, their game was very strong and they managed to win Serie A. This season for Napoli, even competing in the top four is difficult, let alone defending the title, it feels very impossible.

Napoli's decline is very clear, without Spalleti it's like a chick losing its mother, Napoli's game is not solid and without a vision and mission. Napoli's next mistake was being too quick to fire Rudi Garcia as Spalleti's replacement at that time. Even though the match results were quite good, even though they were less consistent. Still able to compete in the top 4, now Napoli with a new coach is even worse for Napoli, star players are important but the chemistry between players and coach is more important. In fact, in the last three matches, Napoli recorded 3 red cards, against Roma, Monza and Torino.

A championship that comes years later is a legendary season, I'm sure that the collapse that comes after is hard for the fans. In fact, it seems interesting what could be the reason why the chemistry of the team, which still has very productive players, suddenly deteriorated so much.

It is not normal for them to have such difficulty in defending, Min Jae-Kim leaving the team was very difficult for the team, maybe even the club managers would not have expected this much.

You know, Juventus currently has the second best defense in the Serie A if we compare how many goals they have conceded so far. They have only conceded 12. But the problem is the team that is ahead of them which is Inter, has been able to defend better. Inter has conceded three goals less compared to Juventus. And the biggest worry for Juventus should be that they were able to score 15 goals more compared to Juventus.

So either Juventus will have to defend far better. Or they will have to start scoring more goals. Otherwise, it is going to be a problem for them when they go up against Inter in my opinion. Well not only when they go up against Inter, but if they do not improve further, they will not be able to get ahead of Inter. And that is the biggest problem for them. Because whatever they are saying, I know that they want to win the title.

Napoli's dominance last season was eye-popping. This team has performed well since the beginning of the season. And they managed to secure the title long before the end of the season. The team performed brilliantly throughout the season. And the players were in pretty good rhythm too. But this season their performance is poor. And they don't have the talent to win the title. Napoli's points gap with Inter Milan is 20. No one expected such a decline for Napoli this season. Everyone expected Napoli to fight for the title this season as well as last season.

To be fair, their defense is so rock solid that, they do not really feel the need to score a lot, Inter is doing better on that front to be fair, but I think Juventus is close to them for a reason and I think that should be an important case. I believe that there are a few things that Juventus does better, but defense is definitely one of them and should be an important deal.

I think it would not be all that simple to handle the workload the team has this season, they are focusing way too much on the league and they will try to win it no matter what happens. This creates a bit more stress for the players, because every single game matters, it feels as if every game is a finals of something and they need to win it.

That's right, there is no doubt for me that Juventus will definitely win. And it's true, in the end Juventus was able to win and get the full 3 points. Perhaps what expectations were slightly less achieved was the number of goals scored. I think there will be at least 3 goals for Juventus considering how they did in the Copa. However, this is also not a problem and is very sufficient, what is important is the 3 points. For technical matters, I'm sure their coachare very familiar with that.

And again, very disappointing results from Napoli. In fact, the situation is much worse than when Garcia was before. This season, Napoli have really been very disappointing. Not only are they unable to fight against other strong teams, but some small teams, like you, used to win easily, but now, they are just the opposite. lost badly without a single goal in return, especially now that they often get red cards in every game they play. This is really bad.

poor Napoli fans, a year ago they were happy, now Napoli also risks being left out of the serious cups
What a fate, how the wheel of a team can change in a very short time, really crazy
recovery is far away now..

Yes I agree with you, Romero Lukaku has proven to be a very valid player and a valid professional
Without him Roma wouldn`t be so far ahead, clearly a big question mark opens up for next year: if I remember correctly the loan is for 1 year only. Big question for next year.

Napoli's performance recently is very abysmal. Who would have said that they are the defending champions right now after losing to Torino with that margin and drawing with Monza? They are currently in 9th position and the way things are looking right now, they are not even going to play in the Uefa Conference League.

I actually don't think they will be winning the game between them and Barcelona either. I know Barcelona themselves are struggling but Napoli's current situation is very dire. Maybe they can do something about their bad performance in the January transfer market.

They are a far cry from their amazing performance last year. The defeat against Torino was humiliating for them. I expected them to be better this year because they mostly managed to maintain the champion squad. However, some external factors must have changed the squad completely. This year Napoli is unrecognizable. They are having a difficult season.

Napoli last match, they lost to Torino 3-0 which was very dissapointing and frustrating on Napoli end, they would barely recover from this heavy loss. What's wrong with the reigning scudetto champion? They have no ground this season, not good enough to win matches and this is hardly a worst season for Napoli. The president have fought so hard to reclaim the good features and formidable form of the club but it seems nothing is working. Napoli current form is complicated because they've failed to win the important matches and inconsistent in their choice of matches.

There was no doubt in my mind that Juventus was going to win against Salernitana. Because it was the second team in the table against the last. So it was always going to be 3 points for Juventus. But I was a little surprised to see Juventus conceding in this match. To be honest, was also surprised to see the score 1-0 not in favour of Juventus. But Juventus was able to turn things around. And it is not going to be wrong to say that Juventus was actually a little lucky to be able to get 3 points by scoring after 90 minutes in the match.

If we talk about Juventus saying that they are not very serious about the title, they are just saying that to divert the mind of their opponent to some other team because there is no reason for them to say that otherwise. Especially when they are in 2nd position. I also think that they are saying that to make sure if they face any kind of disaster later on they can say that winning was not their plan and they wanted to fix other problems first, kind of like damage control.

It's strange to see a defending champion sitting 9th in the league standings. The string of losses and the current 9th position in the league indeed indicate they have been losing character as a team who won the league just last season. Falling behind in the race for Champions League qualification adds the concerns. It's a tough situation for Napoli and their fans. The competition in the league is intense, and recovering from the current position will require a significant turnaround in form.

The probability of securing a Champions League spot may seem distant at the moment. Giving up on their chances entirely might be premature, but it's clear that Napoli needs to address the issues affecting their current form and focus on everything that hinders their improvement. The upcoming matches will likely need a strategic and tactical reassessment to improve their chances of achieving European qualification.

I wasn't in support of Gracia to succeed Spalleti because he has no good record of victory in his coaching career, as if I saw this coming. It is quite unfortunate that Napoli did the wrong choice by allowing Spalleti to go, because he is the one that understands these players strength and capacity in various wings and positions, since he was the one that built these players and achieved victory with them, it means he knows how to bring out the best in them.

Osimhen not in the club currently, is another problem to Napoli because he is one of their goal scoring machine that makes use of any good opportunitiy that comes his way to net the post. Napoli should learn from their mistake and make it right next season because I don't see them putting themselves back in the top four this season.