Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[btcsmlcmnr]

It seems to me that the team needs to start rebuilding. We need to look for young and promising players. After all, Ronaldo will not be able to play forever. In 5 years it should be a completely different club. And I would probably sell Ronaldo, he is too old for football. Besides, there are a lot of options to replace him with. Holland is much more promising now.

Did they try to rebuild their team with De Ligt, Chiesa, Kulusevski, McKennie, etc.?

Ronaldo can be helpful for Juventus but the club can not rely on him to win every match. You can not find many players who can score more than 20 to 30 goals every seasons like Ronaldo. In the next one or two seasons, Juventus will get their strength back and they will dominate the Serie A again.

I dont now if im exaggerated but i believe ronaldo is one of the reason that can make the club lose its game style...the style that allowed juve to dominate the serie 1 for many years...i dont mean the player itself but the way that the other player react with him in the pitch

Ronaldo brings troubles to his striker team-mates. Higuain has to leave Real Madrid and Juventus because of Ronaldo. The greed and selfish to play as a core striker, the destination of all key passes cause troubles. It can break down the confidence of other strikers. It is difficult to find a striker like Benzema who readily to sacrifice and help Ronaldo but still don't lose confidence and finishing skills.

[AakZaki]

~snip~
Try to revolutionize and keep Ronaldo and get rid of the more experienced Pirlo car and that will make a difference for Juve in the next season.

I see the squad now is quite good, it's just that the tactics are not as beautiful as you imagine.

According to the news i heard, Ronaldo put forward conditions to Juve if Juve still want to need his strength. He asked Juve to buy 2 new players next season. This means that currently Ronaldo is not finding good friends on the field with Juve. I don't know who the 2 players are, maybe someone knows? Indeed, Ronaldo is like a failed purchase by Juventus. The UCL target this year failed to hit, but remember this is a team we can't blame just one player. I think Ronaldo can last another year for Juve, he is still a great player at his age.

[StartupAnalyst]

Ronaldo can be helpful for Juventus but the club can not rely on him to win every match. You can not find many players who can score more than 20 to 30 goals every seasons like Ronaldo. In the next one or two seasons, Juventus will get their strength back and they will dominate the Serie A again.

Of course, there are not many players who score 20-30 goals a season. There are very few of them in every championship. You say that in two seasons Juvernus will dominate, maybe it will, but they have competitors Inter and Milan. In two years Ronaldo will be 38 years old. I think he'll be a little less productive by then.

[abderrazak belkhir]

It seems to me that the team needs to start rebuilding. We need to look for young and promising players. After all, Ronaldo will not be able to play forever. In 5 years it should be a completely different club. And I would probably sell Ronaldo, he is too old for football. Besides, there are a lot of options to replace him with. Holland is much more promising now.

Did they try to rebuild their team with De Ligt, Chiesa, Kulusevski, McKennie, etc.?

Ronaldo can be helpful for Juventus but the club can not rely on him to win every match. You can not find many players who can score more than 20 to 30 goals every seasons like Ronaldo. In the next one or two seasons, Juventus will get their strength back and they will dominate the Serie A again.

I dont now if im exaggerated but i believe ronaldo is one of the reason that can make the club lose its game style...the style that allowed juve to dominate the serie 1 for many years...i dont mean the player itself but the way that the other player react with him in the pitch

Ronaldo brings troubles to his striker team-mates. Higuain has to leave Real Madrid and Juventus because of Ronaldo. The greed and selfish to play as a core striker, the destination of all key passes cause troubles. It can break down the confidence of other strikers. It is difficult to find a striker like Benzema who readily to sacrifice and help Ronaldo but still don't lose confidence and finishing skills.

I agree with that and this is not the first bad season for juventus...the past season was also bad comparable to the seasons before ronaldo transfer...i believe if inter or milan was in a good situation juve would not won the trophy

[LittleBitFunny]

Ronaldo brings troubles to his striker team-mates. Higuain has to leave Real Madrid and Juventus because of Ronaldo. The greed and selfish to play as a core striker, the destination of all key passes cause troubles. It can break down the confidence of other strikers. It is difficult to find a striker like Benzema who readily to sacrifice and help Ronaldo but still don't lose confidence and finishing skills.

You are right. Ronaldo is very selfish and greedy in the match. He only thinks about his own score. Although he is an extraordinary player. However, without the cooperation of other players in the team, it is not possible to achieve the expected performance as a team.

According to the news i heard, Ronaldo put forward conditions to Juve if Juve still want to need his strength. He asked Juve to buy 2 new players next season. This means that currently Ronaldo is not finding good friends on the field with Juve. I don't know who the 2 players are, maybe someone knows? Indeed, Ronaldo is like a failed purchase by Juventus. The UCL target this year failed to hit, but remember this is a team we can't blame just one player. I think Ronaldo can last another year for Juve, he is still a great player at his age.

We can't just blame Ronaldo for the fact that Juventus have fallen out of the Champions League. One player cannot control the entire game alone. Juventus' defense should be strengthened a bit more.

[btcsmlcmnr]

Ronaldo brings troubles to his striker team-mates. Higuain has to leave Real Madrid and Juventus because of Ronaldo. The greed and selfish to play as a core striker, the destination of all key passes cause troubles. It can break down the confidence of other strikers. It is difficult to find a striker like Benzema who readily to sacrifice and help Ronaldo but still don't lose confidence and finishing skills.

You are right. Ronaldo is very selfish and greedy in the match. He only thinks about his own score. Although he is an extraordinary player. However, without the cooperation of other players in the team, it is not possible to achieve the expected performance as a team.

Ronaldo is good in goals but his time to decide every matches is far away. With him, Juventus will have a safe source of goals but to win trophies, they can not rely on only Ronaldo. Chiesa plays very well in his first season in Juventus and I think that guy will improve more. He is a future of Juventus but they will need to have 2 or 3 good transfers to increase the strength of the team.

In matches Ronaldo can not score, they need other players to show up their quality and contributions with GOALS. I think they will need productive wingers than productive strikers to avoid conflicts of interests with Ronaldo.

[Pokapoka124]

Ronaldo brings troubles to his striker team-mates. Higuain has to leave Real Madrid and Juventus because of Ronaldo. The greed and selfish to play as a core striker, the destination of all key passes cause troubles. It can break down the confidence of other strikers. It is difficult to find a striker like Benzema who readily to sacrifice and help Ronaldo but still don't lose confidence and finishing skills.

I do not think Ronaldo is the problem. Ronaldo, although he started off as a winger, is a striker now and we must appreciate that he is one of the best at it. We all applaud Van Persie, Suarez, Aguero  for their single-mindedness as strikers but call Ronaldo selfish. Nobody calls Messi or Lebron James selfish for always demanding the ball. What Juventus needs a functional front line that plays to Ronaldo’s strength. Rooney is always regarded as one of the best strikers to ever play the game but he was never too 9 at United and I don’t think he ever finished 1st on the goalscoring charts. He played as a supporting striker to Tevez, Berbatov, Van Persie and even Owen. Dybala plays the same role but can’t seem to find a regular starting position in Juventus and that isn’t Ronaldo’s fault. We must also point our that Juventus is the first team to play Ronaldo as an out and out striker. He scored from the wings for Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Portugal (with strikers like Van Nistelrooy, Rooney, Tevez, Benzema, Gomis), so why is Juventus trying so hard to fix what wasn’t broken?

[babo]

These are really too optimistic predictions.    I think we may get surprising results in Atalanta-Udinese and Bologna-Inter matches. I think Atalanta-Udinese could end in a draw. And I also have a feeling like Inter could lose points this time after many weeks.

football always has surprises of course
if you remember Ranieri's Leichester won against all odds
Greece won a European Championship with a ridiculous team

let's say they are probable, indeed, more probable .. but they are not certain
and that's part of the fun

[ShowOff]

For the rest of the season, I hope that AC Milan will stay in the top 4 at least and compete in the UCL competition next season. I expect their participation there every season, but they don't seem consistent enough. Serie A will restart on Saturday and AC Milan will be the league opener after the international break. The match between AC Milan vs Sampdoria is expected to be a momentum for AC Milan to rise for the rest of the season. I don't expect them to take the main position from Inter Milan, it's very difficult. But at least they have to be consistent for the rest of the season.

[swogerino]

These are really too optimistic predictions.    I think we may get surprising results in Atalanta-Udinese and Bologna-Inter matches. I think Atalanta-Udinese could end in a draw. And I also have a feeling like Inter could lose points this time after many weeks.

football always has surprises of course
if you remember Ranieri's Leichester won against all odds
Greece won a European Championship with a ridiculous team

let's say they are probable, indeed, more probable .. but they are not certain
and that's part of the fun

Inter has in hands to win a title this year.Conte will not tolerate anything to win the title together with the players.The memory of Lazio vs Inter ending 4-2 for Lazio in the year 2000 making Inter lose their title in this last game may look distant but no one has ever forget.I think everyone at Inter will not make the same mistake as that year and they will win at Bologna without problems.

[Furious 7]

For the rest of the season, I hope that AC Milan will stay in the top 4 at least and compete in the UCL competition next season. I expect their participation there every season, but they don't seem consistent enough. Serie A will restart on Saturday and AC Milan will be the league opener after the international break. The match between AC Milan vs Sampdoria is expected to be a momentum for AC Milan to rise for the rest of the season. I don't expect them to take the main position from Inter Milan, it's very difficult. But at least they have to be consistent for the rest of the season.

The Sampdoria opponent might be said to have won although it is not certain to be consistent, but with second place when I am sure AC Milan can definitely keep it in the top 4 and this will start again in UCL competition next season so I think this hope is still so big for Milan to stay in table 2.

Just one defeat in Milan's last 5 games can make the squad stronger meaning they are more solid against any opponent towards the end of the season, but now it is much better than a bad start to the season as is the case with Inter so there is still a change in between 2 teams

[alegotardo]

For the rest of the season, I hope that AC Milan will stay in the top 4 at least and compete in the UCL competition next season. I expect their participation there every season, but they don't seem consistent enough. Serie A will restart on Saturday and AC Milan will be the league opener after the international break. The match between AC Milan vs Sampdoria is expected to be a momentum for AC Milan to rise for the rest of the season. I don't expect them to take the main position from Inter Milan, it's very difficult. But at least they have to be consistent for the rest of the season.

I haven't been watching the games of that championship, but I take-me now to look at the table and the statistics...

Statistically, Milan isn't far from Inter, but I recognize the difference in the level of play that exists between these two clubs.
In any case, Milan shouldn't have too many difficulties to beat Sampdoria in this restart of the championship and remain at least in the top four.

I'll try to look at this championship more closely and maybe make some bets too.

[Pokapoka124]

For the rest of the season, I hope that AC Milan will stay in the top 4 at least and compete in the UCL competition next season. I expect their participation there every season, but they don't seem consistent enough. Serie A will restart on Saturday and AC Milan will be the league opener after the international break. The match between AC Milan vs Sampdoria is expected to be a momentum for AC Milan to rise for the rest of the season. I don't expect them to take the main position from Inter Milan, it's very difficult. But at least they have to be consistent for the rest of the season.

Pioli is doing an amazing job at AC Milan. His recruitment has been deliberate and spot-on, he has found a perfect balance in the team, blending the old guard and the new boys together and his tactics have be spot-on. Keeping ZLATAN fit and firing on all cylinders has been immensely important for their title charge this season and now that is season is down the home stretch, he must be keep at top condition.

[perfect999]

I do not think Ronaldo is the problem. Ronaldo, although he started off as a winger, is a striker now and we must appreciate that he is one of the best at it. We all applaud Van Persie, Suarez, Aguero  for their single-mindedness as strikers but call Ronaldo selfish. Nobody calls Messi or Lebron James selfish for always demanding the ball. What Juventus needs a functional front line that plays to Ronaldo’s strength. Rooney is always regarded as one of the best strikers to ever play the game but he was never too 9 at United and I don’t think he ever finished 1st on the goalscoring charts. He played as a supporting striker to Tevez, Berbatov, Van Persie and even Owen. Dybala plays the same role but can’t seem to find a regular starting position in Juventus and that isn’t Ronaldo’s fault. We must also point our that Juventus is the first team to play Ronaldo as an out and out striker. He scored from the wings for Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Portugal (with strikers like Van Nistelrooy, Rooney, Tevez, Benzema, Gomis), so why is Juventus trying so hard to fix what wasn’t broken?

It is never about just one guy. Ronaldo is a great player and that is why the success or the failure will always be because of him according to some people, but it is not always about him. I always give the same answer to these type of one guy things, Haaland is a great player who scored more goals than anyone except Lewa, that should mean that Dortmund is at the top or close by right? Wrong, they are 5th in bundesliga because rest of the team is not as good as him, but he does whatever he can.

It is never about one guy and Ronaldo is a great player, however he shouldn't be forced to win the games for his team all the time, he should be helping of course but a win or loss shouldn't be depending on how he plays, it should depend on every player, he could cause them to lose once or twice or win once or twice but all losses or all wins can't be attributed to them alone.

[Pokapoka124]

For the rest of the season, I hope that AC Milan will stay in the top 4 at least and compete in the UCL competition next season. I expect their participation there every season, but they don't seem consistent enough. Serie A will restart on Saturday and AC Milan will be the league opener after the international break. The match between AC Milan vs Sampdoria is expected to be a momentum for AC Milan to rise for the rest of the season. I don't expect them to take the main position from Inter Milan, it's very difficult. But at least they have to be consistent for the rest of the season.

Who knows, AC Milan may be grateful that they are out of the Europa League. Their defence hasnt been the most spectacular this season but the squad is top heavy with quality strikers and high-impact forward players beaming with confidence and belief. For AC Milan, the next ten league games are all cup finals. How they end this season would play a very important role to determine how they kick-off the next.

[ILuckyGuyI]

For the rest of the season, I hope that AC Milan will stay in the top 4 at least and compete in the UCL competition next season. I expect their participation there every season, but they don't seem consistent enough. Serie A will restart on Saturday and AC Milan will be the league opener after the international break. The match between AC Milan vs Sampdoria is expected to be a momentum for AC Milan to rise for the rest of the season. I don't expect them to take the main position from Inter Milan, it's very difficult. But at least they have to be consistent for the rest of the season.

I think they will manage to finish the league at the 2nd place at least. Juventus made a very simple mistake by getting a huge defeat against Benevento the last and the point difference is 4 now. Atalanta are right after them with the same points. I think Milan will maintain a good form from now on and keep their hopes up for a championship chance. While they are doing it, it won't be easy for Juve and Atalanta both to keep up with Milan.

[Theb]

For the rest of the season, I hope that AC Milan will stay in the top 4 at least and compete in the UCL competition next season. I expect their participation there every season, but they don't seem consistent enough. Serie A will restart on Saturday and AC Milan will be the league opener after the international break. The match between AC Milan vs Sampdoria is expected to be a momentum for AC Milan to rise for the rest of the season. I don't expect them to take the main position from Inter Milan, it's very difficult. But at least they have to be consistent for the rest of the season.

If we are talking here honestly Serie A only has 1 consistent UCL qualified team and that is Juventus before 2021 you will see teams like Napoli, Roma, Atalanta, Inter and even Lazio battle it out for 2nd-4th spot. Milan being fortunate enough to have a good start for the season is something that I don't think Milan is ready off, they will be like other Serie A teams who only last until the group stages and that is it for them. Like what I have said during the start of the season they really didn't have any major upgrades in their roster and for me the team they have is not good to go up above the group stages.

[BITCOIN4X]

But at least they have to be consistent for the rest of the season.

This is a very difficult task for AC Milan and many other team. Maintaining consistency in winning is not as easy as it says and AC Milan is not as good as it was at the start of the season. These are the condition in which AC Milan must be in totality in every match if they still want to stay in second place in the standing and compete at UCL next season.

We no longer need to expect AC Milan to win first place and win the scudetto. Although it is not impossible, this difficulty is now getting bigger because the distance between AC Milan and Inter is quite far.

[hahay]

After the elimination of Milan from the EL competition, of course Milan will be able to focus more for the end of the season in the top four. However I personally believe Milan will return to compete in the UCL competition next season, and there is no need to worry about Milan being inconsistent because so far Milan are still looking good at least to maintain their position in the top four. So for the next match against Sampdoria I'm just sure Milan will win whatever the situation, considering Sampdoria when playing away from 14 matches and Sampdoria taking 7 defeats and vice versa about Milan, that's a good record for Milan.

[Spack17]

After the elimination of Milan from the EL competition, of course Milan will be able to focus more for the end of the season in the top four. However I personally believe Milan will return to compete in the UCL competition next season, and there is no need to worry about Milan being inconsistent because so far Milan are still looking good at least to maintain their position in the top four. So for the next match against Sampdoria I'm just sure Milan will win whatever the situation, considering Sampdoria when playing away from 14 matches and Sampdoria taking 7 defeats and vice versa about Milan, that's a good record for Milan.

Milan also have a good chance to catch up with Inter for the championship. There is a 6-point gap and Inter have one missing match. If Inter start struggling and Milan use that chance very well, things could change suddenly.

But like many people, I'm also aware of that Milan's job is very hard on this.