Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[ndutndut]

Osimhen is an excellent player. And Osimhen has already proved his mettle. He performed brilliantly in the 2022-23 season. And that's why Napoli dominated Serie A. Napoli dominated Serie A and won the title. And Osimhen's contribution to this was the greatest.

Napoli management wanted to sell Osimhen at a very high price. Many clubs agreed to buy Osimhen for 100 million. But the Napoli management wanted to make more money. And finally Napoli failed to sell Osimhen. Napoli suffered great losses financially. I would say this was definitely a big mistake by Napoli management.

True. It is undeniable that Osimhen was the best striker that season, he even managed to bring Napoli to win Serie A. However, between Napoli Management and Osimhen, the problem that occurred can be said that both parties suffered losses. Osimhen could not move to an elite team in Europe and Napoli also suffered losses. From this incident, Napoli can learn a lesson in the future not to sell players too expensively, hoping to make a big profit from the sale, finally all the teams that were initially interested withdrew, and the club's dream was gone. And this is also a lesson for Osimhen to change his attitude. If he doesn't change, he will become Balotelli volume two because of the player's high ego. If he quickly realizes it and is ready to change, then he might be able to return to his perfect career at an elite club, don't be easily offended, and don't be reckless because of emotions.

But whatever it is, everything has happened, and Napoli is finally coached by Conte and is able to get a replacement for Osimhen by bringing in Lukaku quickly. Now it is proven that Napoli has performed impressively so far even though at the beginning of the season they had bad results, but after that Napoli began to improve so that they could perform consistently which made them at the top of the Serie A standings for now. Napoli's next match will be against Empoli, on paper Napoli will easily win this match. Napoli is very lucky this season because they do not have a busy schedule so they can focus on pursuing the Serie A trophy this season.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Italian football has its greatest art of defense and success of their clubs in Europe and their national team are mainly based on their strong defense. It's their strongest strength but in the past, they had many great attacking players who helped them winning titles.

Recent years, Italy lack of good players in both defense and attacking areas and quality of Serie A and national team fall a lot. Italian clubs must focus and invest more into their academies to get new generations of youth players, who will be foundations for their success in future. They are no longer rich in finance compares to clubs in Spain and England so having good youth academies is only way to succeed and competitive to clubs in La Liga and Premier League.

Yes, and I didn't know that Italy has those problems. I know that in countries like Brazil they have that problem, the players are no longer trained, they don't play like before, the children are only on their phones and there is no longer that desire like before, that is a problem that is becoming global. I think that technology has helped and hurt in a certain way The good thing about countries like Italy is that they have a technique and a style of playing very much their own, as you say, good defense and attack, but the players from before are no longer there, and it is serious that that is lost.

[Raflesia]

But for now I still feel that Juventus will try to give Pogba a chance even though their relationship was quite complicated before.
Just like Tonali at Newcastle I think Pogba and Juventus will also do the same scheme especially for now they don't need to bother to bring Pogba back to Turin because his status is certainly now a free agent so there won't be many obstacles for Motta to provide space in his coaching for Pogba.

Although in the end we know that he needs more adaptation because it has been a season and a half that he has been banned from entering the field for official situations but in the end this will not be too difficult when Pogba is still maintaining his body condition although there will definitely be a habituation situation that must be done but I think he will still be able to adapt. As for him not being able to contribute better than other players, I think that's a later matter, the most important thing for now is that Pogba will definitely be at Juventus first when he returns to the pitch and completes his ban.

I pretty much rule out the idea that Juventus Turin would give Pogba another chance. There is no reason for them to do that. His list of injuries has been endlessly long before he got caught with his doping scandal. So on the one hand they would give a player a chance who is injured most of the time, and on the other hand they would give a player a chance who has been caught doping. It's bad for their financials, it is bad for their reputation, it is bad for the perception within the team and they are a huge club in the world.

If Pogba was a 23 years old super talent, then maybe that would have made sense. But I am sure that Pogba still wants to make big money and that's where Juventus Turin will definitely draw the line.

Indeed, when looking at the previous situation this will be difficult but I don't think it's wrong to try especially for now Juventus are quite energetic under Motta so it is possible that he can maximize the talents that Pogba is missing. But in this case of course we also have to look at some of the possibilities that can occur because in the end all decisions are at Juventus, especially Motta whether Pogba can be there and fit into his plans or not.

Interestingly now after the news about Pogba's reduced ban period for now various kinds of rumors have started to exist for this player including rumors for a reunion with Manchester United and rumors about Marseille trying to approach Pogba. To be back at Manchester United I think here is a little complicated but it is still possible when Marseille starts trying to approach and I think besides Juventus the possibility of Marseille is the other biggest when he returns to being an athlete and is free from the ban.

[KTChampions]

Inter have a weak defence this season, conceding 9 goals in 7 games. In comparison, they conceded 22 goals in the whole of last season. So theoretically Roma have a choice of how to play, maybe an aggressive game with an emphasis on attack will be a surprise for Inter and they won’t be able to find an answer, who knows. But as I wrote earlier, it looks like this game will end with Inter winning 2-1.

I don't think it is as a result of a weak defense that inter Milan have conceded much goals this season because if you had noticed then you would have seen the circumstances that led to them conceding those goal. It is normal for teams to concede goals because some of these teams they may face some teams with good scoring abilities and at such conceding goals could be inevitable due to the nature of the team they are up against but the most important thing is for them to keep winning and then try to reduce the deficit.

Are you serious? Ok, I looked at the goals Inter conceded: 2 goals from Genoa, 1 goal from Monza, 2 from Milan, 2 from Udinese, 2 from Torino and two more games without conceding a goal. Do you think that 7 games is not enough of a sample to draw conclusions and they were "just unlucky" 9 times? Please note that all but Milan here are pretty mediocre teams. You are probably either a big optimist or an Inter fan.

[ginsan]

Indeed, when looking at the previous situation this will be difficult but I don't think it's wrong to try especially for now Juventus are quite energetic under Motta so it is possible that he can maximize the talents that Pogba is missing. But in this case of course we also have to look at some of the possibilities that can occur because in the end all decisions are at Juventus, especially Motta whether Pogba can be there and fit into his plans or not.

Interestingly now after the news about Pogba's reduced ban period for now various kinds of rumors have started to exist for this player including rumors for a reunion with Manchester United and rumors about Marseille trying to approach Pogba. To be back at Manchester United I think here is a little complicated but it is still possible when Marseille starts trying to approach and I think besides Juventus the possibility of Marseille is the other biggest when he returns to being an athlete and is free from the ban.

I think Pogba will prefer Marseille as his new team because from various news sources that I read, Juventus is reluctant to give Pogba a chance this season, meaning Juventus doesn't want Pogba on team and the only way Pogba has to find another team in his next career. Joining Ligue 1 is also a pretty good choice because he can appear in the Champions League or Europa League if Marseille manages to close the season at the top this season.

Pogba is indeed a great player but he has faced many problems so that his career is getting worse. He has to leave Serie A and that's the best way to start over. To rejoin Manchester United is certainly an impossible choice because Manchester United doesn't want to gamble a second time after they bought Pogba at a fairly expensive price.

[mvdheuvel1983]

Victor Osimhen is a young player whose potential can still continue to develop even better. So many teams want to have him. If Napoli had not set a high transfer price then in fact Osimhen would probably already be in one of the big teams in the Premier League or Legue 1. Unfortunately, Napoli made the transfer price for this player so high that even a big club like PSG had to give up in the transfer market yesterday. .

Osimhen has proven his quality at Napoli when he was still coached by Spalletti. And now he has also proven his quality at Galatasaray. Dan has made several goals and several assists after he joined the club. I am sure that next season Osimhen will find a bigger club that will buy him from Napoli permanently.

The Nigerian is a good player but his major problem is injuries. He a player that is not safety conscious. He can take any risk just to ensure he gets goals. Some of the long-lasting injuries he has suffered, which include the fracture of his cheekbone were because of his zeal to score.

If he is fit he would score more goals in Galastataray. With his quality, he might compete for the highest goal scorer in the Turkish League. And if that happens, his worth will increase, and top clubs will compete fiercely to get his attention in January.

But Victor Osimhen is not an injury player anyways despite fracture of his cheekbone injury which made him to constantly put on mask when he is playing but for his zeal to score goals I think playing for Napoli he played with all his heart, body snd soul looking at how he always took risk to score goals especially his style of lifting which reminds me of C. Ronaldo. Victor Osimhen will be back soon and he may still be the highest goal scorer in the league and by the end of the season offers will definitely come for him from big clubs because he is young and vibrant.

[AYOBA]

AC Milan  football team has good position on points table and it is at 6 position and that team played seven matches from which that team won 3 matches and two matches were draw and that team lose 2 matches. That team has 11 points and we are expecting good performance from that team in future. Inter Milan position is strong on on 2nd position but Juventus football team will try to occupy that position because Juventus team also played 7 matches and won three matches and 4 matches were draw  but the positive thing is that they didn't lose any game ,So there are more chances of their win next match . But the thing that should be noted , Juventus,Udinese,Lazio teams have equal points and these teams have ability to get second position on points table.

The team is also try to meet up this season since there able to won 3 matches out of the seven that they’ve played, it shows that that AC Milan can do much better this season to occupy severals position, but for now Napoli has generally occupied the top of table; The team has a great season but I can see the Inter Milan didn’t given chances Napoli only ahead of the inter Milan with just two points which in their next match if they put much effort they can able to over take Napoli from the top table.

[imamusma]

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I think Pogba will prefer Marseille as his new team because from various news sources that I read, Juventus is reluctant to give Pogba a chance this season, meaning Juventus doesn't want Pogba on team and the only way Pogba has to find another team in his next career. Joining Ligue 1 is also a pretty good choice because he can appear in the Champions League or Europa League if Marseille manages to close the season at the top this season.

Pogba is indeed a great player but he has faced many problems so that his career is getting worse. He has to leave Serie A and that's the best way to start over. To rejoin Manchester United is certainly an impossible choice because Manchester United doesn't want to gamble a second time after they bought Pogba at a fairly expensive price.

Because Ligue 1 is not as competitive as Serie A, Pogba has the hope to rediscover his best form, although we realize Pogba needs a little time to adapt. Juventus, currently coached by Thiago Motta, has shown signs of releasing him, besides the club finances will also be disrupted if Poga is included in the squad again. Joining Marseille, has the potential to make Pogba get another call from Didier Deschamps to strengthen the French National Team at the upcoming 2026 World Cup. In terms of age, Pogba still seems to have something to offer, the main obstacle to recruiting him lies in his relatively high weekly salary agreement. Meanwhile, I don't see Manchester United providing a way home for their former player.

[Sexylizzy2813]

With a new season, new manager that has history in winning trophies, do you think Napoli are back to the form they were when they won the league title in the season 22/23? To me that was an impressive display we saw back then. Now we have Napoli topping the league after a failed start up this very campaign and no one thought they would be at the top till this very moment, out of 7 games 5 wins 1 draw and 1 loss. That's a good one from Conte, doesn't it mean that the new manager is going to transform the club to be a much stronger title contender this season? What are we to expect from Napoli?

[BitcoinHunt3r]

With a new season, new manager that has history in winning trophies, do you think Napoli are back to the form they were when they won the league title in the season 22/23? To me that was an impressive display we saw back then. Now we have Napoli topping the league after a failed start up this very campaign and no one thought they would be at the top till this very moment, out of 7 games 5 wins 1 draw and 1 loss. That's a good one from Conte, doesn't it mean that the new manager is going to transform the club to be a much stronger title contender this season? What are we to expect from Napoli?

For now yes Napoli have a chance but overall not yet I mean we cannot conclude anything based on 7 matches while 31 matches are still waiting based on schedule, we don't know what will happen next, especially when the transfer window is opened at the beginning of the year. As we see now at least 4-5 teams are competing there with a fairly close point difference and each team has advantages, Napoli still dominated from the last few matches and Inter Milan are trying to return to the track while Juventus still holding a record never lost well we can mention it in tight competition but we are also waiting for which team will slip. Anyway, we haven't seen them in a safe position.

[TelolettOm]

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Paul Pogba still have future in football, he have a lot of memories to share with his fans because he is a world class player I must always say because of his world class passes and finishes as a midfielder and he had good records with big teams before getting ban.

He just needs to get used to the field again for a few months, until he can really return to his good form before getting a sanction. He is still 31 years old, so he still has the opportunity to develop his career again at his new club later. Especially if it is to Marseille, it is a club that is quite developing this season, which will make Ligue 1 even more competitive. And if he can shine again in the future, it is possible that there will be other top clubs that will be interested in him. This is a transition period for him, and he still has the chance to shine in football if he can optimize it later.


Source: Paul Pogba

It seems like we're just waiting for the contract signing.

[Rengga Jati]

Osimhen is an excellent player. And Osimhen has already proved his mettle. He performed brilliantly in the 2022-23 season. And that's why Napoli dominated Serie A. Napoli dominated Serie A and won the title. And Osimhen's contribution to this was the greatest.

Under Luciano Spalletti's management, Osimhen became a star player. Yes, he performed very impressive in the season 2022-2023. At that time, it was true that Napoli dominated Serie A and won the Scudetto (Serie A title). However, Napoli was getting weaker after Spalletti left the club and Osimhen begin to get many difficulties to maintain his good performance. He has the intention to leave the club, too. Unfortunately, Napoli board always becomes the obstacle.

Napoli management wanted to sell Osimhen at a very high price. Many clubs agreed to buy Osimhen for 100 million. But the Napoli management wanted to make more money. And finally Napoli failed to sell Osimhen. Napoli suffered great losses financially. I would say this was definitely a big mistake by Napoli management.

Correct. Napoli management is too greedy. They expect to get huge money by selling Osimhen. Napoli management sets a too high transfer fees. That's why many clubs failed to sign Osimhen. Sure, the main problem is Napoli management, they become too greedy. They hope to get more than 100 million, it is too high fees.

[Sexylizzy2813]

With a new season, new manager that has history in winning trophies, do you think Napoli are back to the form they were when they won the league title in the season 22/23? To me that was an impressive display we saw back then. Now we have Napoli topping the league after a failed start up this very campaign and no one thought they would be at the top till this very moment, out of 7 games 5 wins 1 draw and 1 loss. That's a good one from Conte, doesn't it mean that the new manager is going to transform the club to be a much stronger title contender this season? What are we to expect from Napoli?

For now yes Napoli have a chance but overall not yet I mean we cannot conclude anything based on 7 matches while 31 matches are still waiting based on schedule, we don't know what will happen next, especially when the transfer window is opened at the beginning of the year. As we see now at least 4-5 teams are competing there with a fairly close point difference and each team has advantages, Napoli still dominated from the last few matches and Inter Milan are trying to return to the track while Juventus still holding a record never lost well we can mention it in tight competition but we are also waiting for which team will slip. Anyway, we haven't seen them in a safe position.

For now all the teams in the top 4 have done perfectly well for hanging on till this time and it has never been an easy win in their previous games, until they play some difficult games that's after coming from the break with some tired legs that alone can tell which team is ready to keep that spot on the log. Inter I never expected them to get their form back too soon and Juventus has been outstanding because they don't look like a team that has what it took to be in that position with how poor they were last year.

[tiCeR]

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Indeed, when looking at the previous situation this will be difficult but I don't think it's wrong to try especially for now Juventus are quite energetic under Motta so it is possible that he can maximize the talents that Pogba is missing. But in this case of course we also have to look at some of the possibilities that can occur because in the end all decisions are at Juventus, especially Motta whether Pogba can be there and fit into his plans or not.

Interestingly now after the news about Pogba's reduced ban period for now various kinds of rumors have started to exist for this player including rumors for a reunion with Manchester United and rumors about Marseille trying to approach Pogba. To be back at Manchester United I think here is a little complicated but it is still possible when Marseille starts trying to approach and I think besides Juventus the possibility of Marseille is the other biggest when he returns to being an athlete and is free from the ban.

Then I should probably reiterate. There are two parties to a deal and one party is Pogba and the other party is some club, obviously. Pogba doesn't have much to offer at this point unless he would be willing to take big cuts in the salary. If he expects a club to pay him as if he was in his prime, this is not going to happen under any circumstances. As I said, the injury list is long, the reputation is down the toilet and there is no good reason for a club to contract him unless the value for the money is good. This would only be the case if Pogba says he is fine with a low salary.

I disagree with you about maximizing Pogba's talent. The guy is 32 years of age. There is no maximizing the talent. When a player is 32, you want to bring him on and immediately expect the best. But this unrealistic given his whole situation. What is Pogba's chance really to make it into the first line squad for Manchester United? I can't see how this would be possible and as long as he wants to earn a high salary, the risk-reward ratio is trash for any club. If he says he is going to play for 3.5 million a year, then maybe a club takes the risk and accepts that if is only sitting on the bench, it doesn't hurt financially.

[OcTradism]

I disagree with you about maximizing Pogba's talent. The guy is 32 years of age. There is no maximizing the talent. When a player is 32, you want to bring him on and immediately expect the best. But this unrealistic given his whole situation. What is Pogba's chance really to make it into the first line squad for Manchester United? I can't see how this would be possible and as long as he wants to earn a high salary, the risk-reward ratio is trash for any club. If he says he is going to play for 3.5 million a year, then maybe a club takes the risk and accepts that if is only sitting on the bench, it doesn't hurt financially.

Some players have best times in their career when they are old but very few players have such late shining career. Pogba is not such a player because he achieved many things when he was young and he lack of necessary professionalism to succeed in his old ages.

Some players were unknown when they were young, but became best scorers in a domestic league when they were very old, became star players too but I don't have such hope with Pogba. He loves party and with this personal hobby, his career will continue falling down more severely.

Serie A Capocannoniere history of winners

Dario Hübner
Antonio Di Natale
Luca Toni
Fabio Quagliarella

They are Capocannoniere winners when they were very old and many people did not know about Dario Hübner before a season he won Capocannoniere in big surprise.

[Xcode7]

For now all the teams in the top 4 have done perfectly well for hanging on till this time and it has never been an easy win in their previous games, until they play some difficult games that's after coming from the break with some tired legs that alone can tell which team is ready to keep that spot on the log. Inter I never expected them to get their form back too soon and Juventus has been outstanding because they don't look like a team that has what it took to be in that position with how poor they were last year.

I don't think so, some top Serie A teams are currently not showing their best performance and they also haven't been able to maintain their team's consistency, basically Serie A teams are like that and I'm not surprised by what happened because almost every season they struggle at the beginning of the season but slowly there will be positive changes so that will also happen again this season.
Regarding the impact of the international break I don't think it will be significant, it will still happen as usual but for the top Serie A teams I think they still need a lot of changes and improvements and maybe in the middle of the season we can see which teams are really strong and consistent.

[mamesso]

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I don't think so, some top Serie A teams are currently not showing their best performance and they also haven't been able to maintain their team's consistency, basically Serie A teams are like that and I'm not surprised by what happened because almost every season they struggle at the beginning of the season but slowly there will be positive changes so that will also happen again this season.

In my opinion, currently only Napoli is the most consistent in maintaining its performance, after the surprising defeat from Hellas Verona in the opening match, Napoli continues to show its quality with 5 wins and 1 draw. Inter fate was not yet stable, but the defeat from Milan was the beginning of their revival with two consecutive wins.
I doubt Juventus quality, even though they are unbeaten in Serie A, but 4 draws from 7 matches indicate that they are not in their best form. Almost every Serie A season there is always a surprise, this season maybe we will see a new Champion like what happened in the last 4 seasons.

[G_Besar]

In my opinion, currently only Napoli is the most consistent in maintaining its performance, after the surprising defeat from Hellas Verona in the opening match, Napoli continues to show its quality with 5 wins and 1 draw. Inter fate was not yet stable, but the defeat from Milan was the beginning of their revival with two consecutive wins.
I doubt Juventus quality, even though they are unbeaten in Serie A, but 4 draws from 7 matches indicate that they are not in their best form. Almost every Serie A season there is always a surprise, this season maybe we will see a new Champion like what happened in the last 4 seasons.

I also hope there will be a new champion this season so that Serie A can be more interesting in terms of competition and for Juventus itself I think the team will also try to improve so that they can compete fiercely with other teams and with Napoli who have started to show their quality at the beginning of this season. But if we look at the next match for these two teams, of course Juventus will get a rather tough opponent than Napoli so in this case it could be that Napoli will continue to excel if they can get full points this weekend.

[Farma]

In my opinion, currently only Napoli is the most consistent in maintaining its performance, after the surprising defeat from Hellas Verona in the opening match, Napoli continues to show its quality with 5 wins and 1 draw. Inter fate was not yet stable, but the defeat from Milan was the beginning of their revival with two consecutive wins.
I doubt Juventus quality, even though they are unbeaten in Serie A, but 4 draws from 7 matches indicate that they are not in their best form. Almost every Serie A season there is always a surprise, this season maybe we will see a new Champion like what happened in the last 4 seasons.

I also hope there will be a new champion this season so that Serie A can be more interesting in terms of competition and for Juventus itself I think the team will also try to improve so that they can compete fiercely with other teams and with Napoli who have started to show their quality at the beginning of this season. But if we look at the next match for these two teams, of course Juventus will get a rather tough opponent than Napoli so in this case it could be that Napoli will continue to excel if they can get full points this weekend.

In my opinion in the fight for the Serie A title I put Juventus aside because they are not so solid at the moment, they have Motta and brought them this far but it seems like there are still many obstacles that Motta must overcome or learn because Juventus often waste opportunities until they lose points several times and have to share them.

but I see Inter Napoli they are both quite good and have a good strategy from the coach both teams have a strong soul especially the champion Inter they certainly don't want to miss out this season they want to defend the title, and I think that can happen if they can block Napoli's path because currently Conte is a good coach in giving titles if Inter wants to get it then Napoli is their rival.

[Hirose UK]

Most people are quite busy talking about Pogba and Juventus, now there is surprising rumor about Balotelli who wants to return to Serie-A, he is reported to be close to Alberto Gilardino, the coach of Genoa who most likely really has an interest in Balotelli to be able to enter his squad.

There is actually not much to talk about Pogba. Because he will most probably say goodbye to Juventus soon. Because the team seriously thinks of releasing him and Pogba also doesn't make difficulties for them. 

When it comes to Balotelli, I already indicated that I wouldn't have any problem with seeing him back in the Serie A. But I'm curious how much Genoa will pay for him. If it isn't reasonable then just there is no need.

Lastly what do you think about the probable champion of this season? Will it be Napoli you think?    After all that progress with Conte I really started to believe in them honestly.

For the continuation of how the players will continue, we will just have to wait for the decisions of each team and what steps will be taken in the future.

Regarding the candidates for the Serie-A champion this season, I think there will be Scudetto or could say new champion because the possibility of Inter Milan being able to defend the title is not an easy matter considering the development of each team that looks quite significant which is Inter Milan competitor in competing for the title.
What is clear is that Napoli is temporarily at the top of the standings under Antonio Conte and he is also coach who is truly very experienced in Italian football which will greatly help Napoli to continue to develop and compete with other teams until they can win the Scudetto again like in the 2022/23 season.
I have three team names and they are Napoli, Inter Milan and also Juventus, they are the top three teams but I can't really choose one of them because the competition will continue and Serie-A often shows surprises in determining who wins the title, if you choose Napoli then that good.