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Colombo gathers and Colombo shoots and scores a screamer.

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Just five minutes after missing a penalty,

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Lorenzo Colombo opens his account in Serie A.

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Hello and welcome back to Serie A Spotlight Season 2 Episode 6.

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We're your host, Jake and Matt, back to take a look at Italy's finest 20 clubs

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and how they have looked in the first five opening games of the season.

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We covered matchday 2 in our last episode, but that was three games ago.

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30 matches took place between the 26th of August and the 5th of September.

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It's been jam-packed.

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With regards to our goal of the week, we chose Colombo's snapshot against Napoli from a distance.

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There was absolutely no run-up for that one.

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That was the uncontested goal of the round for us.

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Goal of the last three rounds, actually.

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Probably.

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Yeah.

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Other honorable mentions to Coupe Miners, Giroud, Matsoki, Barela, Liao.

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There were quite a few amazing goals, bro.

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100%.

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But I think Colombo is the goal of the season so far.

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Yeah, definitely.

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It must be.

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So don't forget, guys, to follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter.

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We'll have some cool content coming out over there.

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And rate us five stars wherever you're listening and reach out to us.

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You'll be seeing us doing this new segment, not new segment, but new thing this week,

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whereby we got people who specialize in certain football clubs like Empoli and Sassuolo.

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They sent us voice notes about their takes on their season so far.

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And we'll be sharing them on the podcast, reacting to what they had to say and discussing together.

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Yeah, some amazing takes over there.

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We encourage you to do the same, guys.

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Reach out, send your voice notes.

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Say us, spotlight slips.

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More like, say us, sewage slops, bro.

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We've lost four in a row.

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We're down to 8 euro and 24 cents from our original 20 euros.

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And hopefully we'll be bouncing back.

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That is my dog, Bully, drinking in the background.

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It's currently half past one in the morning and he's drinking.

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He's 15 years old, which basically means he's an old man and he's definitely going to piss himself.

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He's not 15.

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He's like 15.

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No, he's around 12, I guess.

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No, I think he's older than 12.

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We got him in 2009 when we got back from Manchester.

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He's like 13.

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He's going to be 13 this December.

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He's an old man, that's what he is.

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He's a very old man.

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Now that he's done, we can move on, shall we?

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It's difficult when it comes to predictions this time round.

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I mean, it's always, betting is always difficult, but normally we have much better success.

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So Serie A really is unpredictable this time round.

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It really is.

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It's quite demoralising seeing something crazy happen every week.

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I'm like, okay, I don't trust Roma to beat Udinese, but I trust them enough to not lose

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4-0.

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What's going on?

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It's like a bet that you can't talk about.

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You know, it's public.

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It's there on Instagram.

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It's stapled.

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It's so annoying.

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We put our, what do you call it, on the line quite often.

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Pride?

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Our dignity?

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Our dignity.

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Our dignity.

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We give people a lot of reason to talk shit.

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There's a lot of fuel.

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They could make one of those compilations very easily with that.

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But speaking of the moments, we promised you guys that we'd put our 20 goalkeepers in

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the league from best to worst and rank them this episode.

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We've done just that.

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We haven't taken a look at each other's lists yet.

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Should we do it?

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You read yours and I read mine, or should we say number one and we say it together?

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Number two, we say it together?

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No, I think you should read yours and I read mine, man.

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Yeah, let's just do that.

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Go for it.

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Shall I start?

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Yes.

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Okay, so first of all, it has to be said that this was a very, very, very difficult task.

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Very difficult.

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The best keeper in the league, in my opinion, is Manon and that was the easiest one.

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The top and the bottom were the easiest ones for me because I know who I trust most and

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goal, that's Manon.

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I know who I trust least.

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That's obvious, I think.

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Wait, just read your list.

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So it's Manon at the top.

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Second, controversial, Shesny.

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I went Shesny.

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I like the way he commands the area.

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I like the way that he deals with penalties and the way he intimidates his opponent.

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Second for me, Musso next, followed by Rui Patricio, Silvestri and then Skorupski,

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followed by Meret, followed by Providel, Handanovic, Monte-Paul.

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At this point, this was, I didn't know what to do with Handanovic, man.

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Every time I'm like, really, I'm just going to keep lowering.

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There's no way Monte-Paul starts ahead of me.

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I like Monte-Paul, but to be honest with you, you take the veteran, right, in that situation.

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Golini after Monte-Paul, just because I don't rate him that much.

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Consigli because he's dipped a bit.

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Audero who's been quite impressive, Vania, Vicario, Dragovski, Sepe, Di Gregorio, Falcone and Radu.

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That's my top 20.

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Yes.

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I, bro, we're disagreeing on one big time over there.

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Radu.

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No, no, no, no, no.

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Falcone.

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Yes, bro.

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I like Falcone.

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We're going to disagree big time on that one.

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Sure.

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No problem.

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Big time.

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Let's do it.

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So I have number one, Manon.

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He's been the best keeper in the league for the past two seasons and I think he's one

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of the best goalkeepers in the world.

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Second, Skorupski.

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Last season he showed that he did that top five.

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This season he's maintained just that.

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He's had the best saves of the season so far and he's remained consistent after his slow

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start last season.

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He's really picked up after that and he hasn't slowed.

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Form-wise Skorupski's top and he's been fucking good for a while.

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He made it quite high up on my list, but not second.

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Number three, Rui Patricio.

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I think he has the perfect combination of experience and then just agility, form and

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everything it takes to be a good shot stopper and a good goalkeeper at once.

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I think he's one of the most complete goalkeepers in the league.

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He just needs to stop snorting Ritalin before the net.

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Agreed.

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In fourth, I have Mussa.

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Shortly followed by Falcone.

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Okay, wow, you put them really high up.

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Yep, followed by Szczesny, Handanovic, Koncilji, Silvestri, Monte Po, Meret, Vekario,

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Provedel, Audero, Dragovski, Golini, Vanya, Radu, Sepe, Di Gregorio.

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Wow, okay.

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Reactions, thoughts?

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So I think Skorupski is too high up on yours.

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You really think so?

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I genuinely think he's the second best goalkeeper in the league.

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Like if you had to build an 11, a proper football team, you're going to take Skorupski over

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Szczesny as your keeper?

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Yes.

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Or over Mussa?

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What is it about him that you really like?

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I think when it comes to being a shot stopper, he beats most shot stopping as a man between

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the sticks.

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But he's got the odd there in him.

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Don't look at him like the first opening five games, like last season as well.

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He had a few blunders in him as well.

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Szczesny.

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It's true, you're right.

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You're absolutely right.

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I would take Skorupski over there, man.

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I would take Skorupski in second.

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I get what you mean because Patricio has a wild history of being a great goalkeeper in

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the Premier League for Portugal and then Mussa's been doing it for Udinese, he's been doing

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it for Atalanta.

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But I think Skorupski is something special.

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I think he's a fantastic man.

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Yeah, he's a great goalkeeper, don't get me wrong.

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But I'm a bit hesitant to pick lower tier goalkeepers over the top teams because they

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can easily look good because they face many shots, you know what I mean?

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So it's easier for them to pull off saves.

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Granted that it's also easier for them to get humiliated.

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Yeah.

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But you know, that's my point.

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I thought Vicario was quite low on your list as well.

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Honestly, bro, I just think that the goalkeeping quality in Italy is so high.

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Like you look at, for example, Di Gregorio, in my opinion.

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He's great.

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He's benching Kranjola.

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He's fucking good.

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He's not the worst keeper in the league at all.

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Radu is worse.

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Radu is a good shot stopper, for example, but how can you trust that guy anywhere near your net?

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No, no.

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And to be honest, I was either putting him last or exactly where I put him, which is

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third before the last reason being he has some spectacular performances.

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Man.

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Yes.

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He has some really good matches.

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I think the first five matches of the season, he's been great in them.

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That one blunder, but that one blunder is all it takes, man.

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It's true.

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Did you know he's Google's Corpuskes age, by the way, to get back to him?

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Did you know that he's 31 years old?

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Okay.

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I thought he was a little bit younger.

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I was like 28 or something.

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A little bit younger than that.

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Interesting.

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But yeah, that's our top 20.

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Let us know how you think we performed.

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It's a tough task, so go easy on us.

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Basically what we're going to do in this matchday, guys, since obviously we couldn't

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possibly record three episodes over the course of what?

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Five days, six days.

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Honestly, between the 26th of August and the 5th September, there were 30 matches.

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So we thought that we would rather give you one piece of content that is totally up to date and

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isn't completely irrelevant after two days.

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And rushed.

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Yeah, and completely rushed.

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And we'd have to miss other games in order to record it.

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Exactly.

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So we're considering this as like a landmark in the Serie A season, in Serie A 2022-2023.

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Five matchdays in, we're going to be going through the league table.

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We're going to be going through each team from top to bottom and how they've performed

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in their last five matches, where we think they are right now.

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And yeah, where we kind of see them going and our thoughts on the team.

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So the way it's going to work, I think maybe you could start with Atalanta, dude.

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Sure.

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Who first?

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Let's do that.

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Atalanta currently sit in first with 13 points.

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They have won four out of their five games and draw on one.

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They won the first match against Sampdoria quite convincingly with a 2-0 victory away

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from home.

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The next game came against Milan at home, which they drew 1-1.

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The next game after that was against Verona away at Taffa Fé and that was Coupe Miners,

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who won them the game 1-0, his first goal of the season.

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Then he went on to score another three goals against Torino on a 3-1 victory, first hat

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trick for him in Serie A. And their most recent game was a 2-0 away victory to Monta.

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Goals by Hoiland and an own goal by Santos.

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Atalanta, bro.

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So for me, they have looked pretty good overall.

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They do dominate their opponents.

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Like, for example, they did dominate Torino, they dominated Monza, they dominated Sampdoria,

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they dominate the sides that are worse than them, as they always have.

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But I do notice one difference about Atalanta compared to last season and the previous editions

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of Atalanta that we have had over the years.

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They can actually change their approach to games nowadays, like just as we saw, for example,

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against Milan.

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Yeah, exactly, where they sat a bit more defensive with a lower line.

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Exactly.

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They know how to win 1-0, they know how to win 2-0, they know how to force a draw.

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They don't always attack, attack, attack anymore.

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They look different, they look more defensively stable, they look quite efficient nowadays.

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Do you think that them being first is just a first five kind of matches thing, or do you

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think that they can hang around the top four, potentially even go all the way?

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Who knows?

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No, I don't think that they have what it takes.

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Now, what I can judge of is obviously the first five matches of the season and how they

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did last season, where they finished eighth and it was incredibly disappointing, especially

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in the second half of the season.

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It's all something new that Atalanta performed very well at the start of the campaign.

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Have we ever seen them dismantle Torino that way so convincingly, three goals to one?

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Probably not.

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Maybe them 7-1.

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When?

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Two seasons ago when Illichute scored from half-page.

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Two seasons ago when Torino were fucking fighting relegation.

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Come on, this is a brand new Torino.

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Have we ever seen Atalanta get a convincing victory like that in the past two seasons

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against a side like Torino?

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No, not in the past two seasons.

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They clearly took a step up and like you said, they can take a different approach to games.

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It's not always the same system in different matches.

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They look really good.

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They look like a team that wants top four, they look like a team that's going to fight

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for top four and they look like a team that could very much get top four.

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Could they go all the way?

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No, not yet.

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I still think that there are some pieces in the team that are either due replacements

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or could simply be working more efficiently.

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Like the whole having Zapata and Muriel as your top two strikers is a little bit outdated now.

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That would get me excited two seasons ago, perhaps not this season, not for a top four

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challenging team.

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So they still have some key pieces to work on and they definitely don't look as dangerous

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as other sides going forward.

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But they're a bogey team and Atalanta make it tricky and with their brand new approaches

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they're going to be a force to be reckoned with.

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I think Gasparini is finally accepting that maybe they've let go of too much.

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They've let go of too much from that 3-5-2 attack, attack, attack, 3-4-3 attack, attack,

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attack, attack, attack team. Like they no longer have Freuler, who was the heart and soul of

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that team. They've lost so many centre backs over the years.

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Every single centre back was a breakout season with Atalanta leaves basically.

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They've lost so many important players and they're now merging into this team that knows

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how to close off games and can force its opposition into problems.

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But I still think they'll struggle to get top four.

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Okay, yeah, very tight. I mean, like we said, just the first five matches of the season,

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but it does show that they've improved from last year so far.

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Yes, yes, yes. I do agree.

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Do you have a prediction for where you see them finishing?

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Do you have any hot takes, predictions?

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Or just outside the top four?

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I see them outside the top four. I haven't prepared my table, but

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no, I don't see them. I think they're better than Fiorentina nowadays.

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They look more street smart than Fiorentina. Maybe a Conference League spot for Atalanta.

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Conference League, not even Europa League.

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Conference League, I think.

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Okay, I think their goal of the bat is that top four spot initially and they'll find themselves

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in first place. Okay, it's only five matches in, but four wins and one draw and they haven't had

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the easiest of fixtures either. Okay, they haven't had the hardest fixtures either, to be fair,

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but it's a convincing place to be and it will be interesting to see how they perform.

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They've got Cremonaizer coming up, which should be pretty straightforward in inverted commas

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because all the three teams that came up with the exception of Monza have looked quite threatening

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and then they've got Roma away from home and then they've got Atalanta at home.

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So sorry, Fiorentina at home. So those are going to be quite creamy fixtures.

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Creamy.

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I don't think there's a better word to use.

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They're definitely going to be creamy. Keep an eye on Hoyland, their new striker.

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He just came out of nowhere, 19 years old. He came in and scored as they always do for this Atalanta

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side. Other than that, you know, Coupe Miners has looked fantastic, even better than last season.

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He had a very good season last season for his first year in Italy and now he looks better than ever.

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You see him slotting in in that three at the back. You'll see him slotting in as a holding

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with Fielder, attacking with Fielder as a winger, as a secondary striker. So excited.

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And also, Lukman has looked very interesting.

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He comes on and he just scares the shit out of me, Lukman, man. He's fucking quick. He's quick and

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he's strong.

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They have so many of those XXX tentacion looking, you know, more like a

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XXX tentacion looking, you know, motherfuckers. You know what I'm saying?

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Name another one, Bogami.

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Sopi, Brandon Sopi, Duvan Zapata, you know, there's this guy, what's his name, Lukman.

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You know, at a point there was a corner and they were next to each other. I'm like,

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look at that. They all have the same flow.

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Brilliant. That's Atalanta for you, the up and coming boy band featuring XXX tentacion and Duvan

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Zapata. Should we move on maybe to the team that sit in second now? Sure. Let's do it. Brilliant.

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So in second, it's Napoli, level on points with Milan, but they actually have a better goal

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difference. Classic, classic Napoli. They're on 11 points, so just two points behind Atalanta.

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So they won their first match of the season, which was a 5-2 victory over Verona. They then followed

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up after that and beat Monza four goals to nil. So those were two opening matches that were quite,

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you know, on the easier side for them. Verona aren't quite the side that they were last year

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and Monza have looked dreadful, probably the worst team in the league so far. And then after those

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two opening easy matches, they drew to Fiorentina, nil-nil in Florence. And then after that, they drew

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to Lecce, 1-1 thanks to goals by Elmas and a screamer by Colombo that we covered in the intro.

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And you could even say that Napoli might have been a bit lucky over there with the retake of

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the penalty in place with Colombo missing the retake but scoring the screamer shortly after.

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Bro, but will Napoli bounce back? Will Napoli bounce back? Yes is the answer,

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because Lazio did open the scoring against Napoli in the next match through Zaccani,

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but goals by Minje and Gvaracelja. That was nice pronunciation.

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I'm not even sure how it's meant to be pronounced anymore nowadays.

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They managed to get... Sorry. No, no, no, honestly, I've heard so many different versions of it,

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I've forgotten the origin. It's either Gvaracelja or Gvaracelja, but I feel like Gvaracelja is the

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lazy version because you just get all those consonants next to each other and you say okay.

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So you need to kind of hit the tsk in the middle. Gvaracelja. Okay, that sounds good. Gvarra. Yeah.

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Gvarra has looked insane and Napoli have looked the most high pressure team in Serie A, the quickest

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team with the most fluid transitions and subsequently that has led them to last night,

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well at least when this podcast is aired, last night they beat Liverpool 4 goals to 1 in Naples.

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They tore them apart. So they're not fucking around man Napoli this year. They're not fucking

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around. For one flatters Liverpool. Literally. Like it should have been more. There was a missed

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penalty by Ozymen. Ball cleared off the line by Virgil van Dijk after a pass by Ozymen took Gvarac.

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Gvaracelja had an open goal and Van Dijk cleared it off the line. What has stood out for you? I

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think I know where this is going. What has stood out the most for you for Napoli? So their ability

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to lose star players and remain a solid unit is the thing that stood out to me the most. Like for

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example the fact that Kim has stepped up and proven to be quite a massive, massive character

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for Napoli already. Like the loss of Koulibaly is already difficult enough. Massive. This guy comes

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in, boom instantly makes you kind of forget, you know, same thing with Gvaracelja or whatever.

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He came in for Insinia. Who the fuck is Insinia? You know, who's Insinia? This guy's doing 360s

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and smacking it from out of the box and hitting the post. Isn't it like, I mean I've seen him play

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what six matches now. I had never seen him play before that and I can pretty much conclude. I

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mean the guy is among the best players in the world. He's fucking incredible. He was signed,

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let me tell you, he was signed for 10 million. He has a fake passport. He's 29 years old and has been

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playing for his entire life. Napoli have struggled. Yes, he's, there is no way, like they're going to

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make such a massive profit off him eventually. I can't even imagine him staying for more than

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three seasons. The amount of media attention he's getting already since the Liverpool game especially.

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You know, people are making memes of him walking Trent Alexander on.

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A year ago was touted to be the best fullback in world football. Over Kaffu. So I bet right now

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De Laurentiis is licking his lips, frothing at the bit, you know. No, he has so many different ways to

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beat his man. So many different ways. Like he knocks the ball around one end and goes around the other

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end. Step overs, 360s, quick turn of pace. He can cut in and shoot. He can stay wide and tram the

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ball into the middle. He's so versatile in that left wing role and so refreshing because their

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time under Insigne, it was almost predictable every single thing Insigne was going to do because he

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wants to cut in onto his favourite right foot and play in an early cross or play in an audacious

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attempt. With Gvarad it's different. With Gvarad it's like, oh what the fuck is he going to do now, bro?

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I would stand up whenever he got the ball. The only predictable thing about it is danger. Exactly.

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It's like sharing a cell with a murderer, you know, or a psychopath. Like you know something's going

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to happen, you're just not sure what. But you know what's going to be bad. You know what's going to be bad.

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Yeah, he's insane. He might as well be a mass murderer to be fair. I am petrified of the man.

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There's also the midfield maestro that is Stanislav Lobotka who's been fucking amazing.

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You've been undressing Iñesta, bro. Iñesta, bro, honestly. He's looked so good. His ability to take

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people on in those tight spaces to just move the ball around and keep the momentum of the game

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flowing. He's the metronome. He's really good. Him and the two people around him, bro. Zambuanguisa.

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Zambuanguisa has been incredible this season, particularly in the past three matches. He's been

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really, really good. And against Liverpool, the commentators couldn't stop talking about him. Now

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this was a man who was at Fulham and would barely get playing time at Fulham. Goes to Napoli and

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the man can do it all. What are these of you on? I just think it's like the second you find

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yourself in an environment that's so unbelievably passionate. Spalletti is the man. It brings the best out of you.

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Spalletti is the guy in charge. A guy who obviously... The stadium is right next to fucking Pompeii.

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Napoli fans losing their shit over you. And you know that if you have a good season, you're going to have

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framed pictures of yourself with candles underneath it for a while. You're blessed.

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Unless you have a terrible drug habit, you live to your 90 if you play for Napoli.

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I strongly believe that. Zieliński as well has just been... I mean this guy, I feel like I always

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wait for him to dip, but that dip never really comes, man. He's so consistently good and then he

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just has brilliance to him. Like every five games, he just comes up with a master class.

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He is underrated when it comes to the conversation of the best midfielders in the league.

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Zieliński. He has to do it for a whole season, just as you said. You said you're waiting for the dip.

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There's a reason you're waiting for the dip. It's because man always dips. He's always been kind of

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like... Czarlanoglu was with Milan. He'll have like a good two months, a good month, a very good month.

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And then he'll stay quiet and everyone kind of excuses him because they know what he's capable of.

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Zieliński needs continuity. He needs longevity to him. I think if he has a good season, it'll

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really help his confidence as well. Yeah, agreed, agreed. So we both said that, you know,

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before the first match of the season, we both had Napoli outside the top four. Has your opinion changed?

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Damn. Well, to be fair, this is the one I'm covering, so I should probably answer first

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because I'll put you on the spot twice in a row. No, no, no. Well, on the site, Amon, it says

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Napoli's nickname is Elucciuccarelli, which means the little donkey. I did not know that was their

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nickname. But anyway, do I think that Napoli will finish outside of the top four as my original

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prediction suggested? Look, I... Oh my God. You thought long and hard about this. I thought it

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was a straight answer. No, no, no, it's not a straight answer because at the end of the day,

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it's... Look, I don't think Inter are going to dip as hard as people are saying they're going to

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dip. Like Inter are in the top four guaranteed, right? Agreed. Milan are in the top four guaranteed.

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Okay. Well, relax. Like, yes, but touch wood for the love of God. Look at the kit you're wearing.

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That leaves Juve, who I find it difficult to believe that they won't finish outside the top

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four with the squad they have. They always pick it up. Come on, let's pick it up. Exactly. They'll

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pick it up. So that leaves literally Roma or Napoli. And between the two, I find it really

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difficult to pick, man. I think eventually I'm going to have to back Mourinho over Spalletti.

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I'm going to have to say that Roma are going to be street smart. They're going to nail it. They're

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going to just win 1-0, 2-1. Just 1-0s and 2-1s all the way to the finish line, like fourth place.

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There is no parallel universe this season where Napoli don't get top four. So you think over Roma?

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Either over Roma or over Juve. It could be the season where Juve don't get top four.

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It could be it. It could be it. It totally could be it, but that would be a disaster for them,

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especially financially. I mean, yes, and I can't remember the last time it fucking happened to

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Juve, even when they were not up to top four standard and they still managed to find their way.

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But I don't see a reason as to why Juve finish above Roma and Napoli so far. At some point during

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the season, they're going to have Pogba, Chiesa, Di Maria all back and healthy and playing together.

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And now there's Paredes and they would have never played together before. It's true, bro, but I think

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players of that quality, man. Yeah, I don't know. And Allegri has a knack of just getting these guys,

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plugging them in and getting them going, man. Hasn't that always been his thing? He found what

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Conte had and he just kept winning with it. Yeah, but I mean, we're arguing this is how good Juve are,

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this is how good Napoli are. I think you plug in stars to Juve and they get, they do get better,

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obviously. But with what Napoli have going on, with the level of continuity that they have and the

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fine little key pieces that they've brought into the team with Spalletti at the helm,

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Gvaram, Minjez, Jelinski, Ossimen, Politano, Lozano, all these guys, Anguissa, Lobotka.

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I don't see them not getting top four. I don't think there's a world this season where they

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don't get top four. The thing that sells it to me most for Napoli isn't, it's not even the roster,

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it's not even the lineup, it's Spalletti. Spalletti always gets top four, always. Like,

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check it out, check out his last manager gigs. I can't remember the last time he finished in the

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top four. True. But then again, the competition is Allegri and Mourinho, which by the way,

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beautiful. Very beautiful. I'm very curious to see how this plays out, brother. Same here, same here.

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I think we could move on to the next team. The next team is Milan, who currently sit in third

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with 11 points. They have won three games and drawn two. Finally, man. The first game was against

439
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:19,520
Odinezza, 4-2 victory for Milan. Goals by Theo Hernandez, Rebic, scoring twice, and Brahim Diaz.

440
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:25,360
They then drew to Atalanta, the goal by Benassir. They beat Bologna 2-0 as always. Leao Anjouroos

441
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scored, by the way, Sinisa Mihailovic has just been sacked from his position at Bologna. We'll

442
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:36,320
talk more about that when it's time to discuss Bologna. They drew to Sassuolo 0-0 away from home

443
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:43,040
and then beat Inter Milan at home 3-2, most recently, which I cannot believe it took us

444
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:50,160
this long to mention, brother. We did get a comment from one of our listeners who said that

445
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:57,200
we are kind of anti-Inter or the Inter hate is real. He said, I don't feel like the Inter

446
00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:02,800
hate is that real. Is it? Inter hate is real. Really, we got a comment saying that. Yeah, it was.

447
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:10,800
Wow, I always thought we spoke highly of Inter's quality. To anti-Nerazzurri, Max Kamenleri.

448
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:16,800
Oh, this is when we said, when we were discussing the top two strikers,

449
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:21,200
Lauke Shandosman, because Lautaro wasn't mentioned. I mean, Chiro wasn't mentioned.

450
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:27,040
Yeah, and that's way more criminal. And Lukaku perhaps is arguably more criminal to not mention.

451
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:34,480
100% not anti-Inter, not when it comes to talking football, brother. If I had to speak to you on a

452
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:42,240
personal level, I might talk a little bit of shit in a humorous way about the club, but respect

453
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:46,800
to all 20 teams within the league. And I can have a very honest conversation about each and every

454
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:53,280
team. Inter have been fantastic. They were outdone by Milan against the Derby Della Madonnina. What a

455
00:30:53,280 --> 00:31:00,080
performance that was by Milan. It was an amazing performance. It started off well for Inter, to be

456
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:06,480
honest, Brozovic, catching Milan on the break. But then Milan reacted very well and managed to score

457
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:11,280
three goals on the trot between the 28th minute and the 60th minute layout, particularly, was just

458
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:17,200
on fire. He was unstoppable. Liao is unplayable on his day. He is, man. Like people right now are

459
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:24,400
going on about Guevara, Guevara, Guevara, but Liao is actually unplayable. Like if you put a defender

460
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:30,480
against Liao, like he can't out muscle him and he can't keep up with him. There's no way. He makes

461
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:35,920
everyone look rubbish. Liao makes everyone look like shit. And he does. He makes you look like shit

462
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:43,200
while he smiles. Yeah. People are saying that Scrinia has been terrible. No, he hasn't. Liao

463
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:48,240
just didn't. Exactly. De Vries hasn't been great. De Vries, Bustoni and Scrinia, which is arguably

464
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:52,880
the best defense in Italy, look terrible. Individually for sure. And not even individually,

465
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:59,600
because as a unit as well, you know, it's Milan and Inter when it comes to the defense. It's that

466
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,840
back four of Milan, that back three of Inter. By the way, shout out Max Kamaleri. Thanks all for

467
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,920
listening, brother. We love you. Of course. I have to bring up the comment to see. I know,

468
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,760
I know Max personally, he's a, he's a lovely guy. We've worked together. Tell him,

469
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:23,040
Davon Avita, Lo Cantiamo. Milan recently have drawn to Salzburg, 1-1 away from home, their first

470
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:27,760
game in the Champions League. Of course, from that group, Chelsea lost actually to Dynamo,

471
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:32,960
Zagreb goal by Orsic. Milan so far this season, bro, I think they look better than last season,

472
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:40,640
to be honest with you. I think one of the major changes that I've seen is in the level of not

473
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:45,360
fluidity. I wouldn't use the word fluidity, but when it comes to controlling possession and moving

474
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:50,640
the ball around and taking full command of where the game goes. Now Milan did that against the

475
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:55,040
teams that are worse than them, but I feel like the season, they still did against Atalanta and

476
00:32:55,040 --> 00:33:01,600
they still did it against Inter. They don't get against tougher opponents. And I think a big part

477
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:06,640
of that is having two ball playing midfielders playing in a double pivot in Tonali and Ben Nasser.

478
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:12,560
I love that combination. So, so mobile, so fluid. It's true. And they don't shy away from Atalanta,

479
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:18,720
either of them are fucking, they will break your fucking leg. And this is like, Adli hasn't even

480
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:25,280
been incorporated into this team yet. You know what I mean? Once Adli gets going, I feel like Milan

481
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:29,360
are going to have some serious depth in that double pivot, even with Pobjega available. And

482
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:34,000
Andrade Kroenich, of course, who can put in a shift. Not to mention the Czechos are all now,

483
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:40,160
there's a CDK who looks so good. He looks incredible. Yeah. He looks like he can be a

484
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:46,720
very good player with some time in this league. Brahim Diaz as well, who can still put in a shift,

485
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:51,200
especially coming over the bench. On the right, there's still that problem with Salah Makariz

486
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:54,640
or Messias, but apparently Salah Makariz is an extremely meta player and in Europe he works.

487
00:33:54,640 --> 00:34:02,000
So he's playing safe for Europe. He literally just plays Messias. It's a very clear, I see why

488
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:08,160
Piolli would want the likes of both of those players to have both Messias and Salah Makariz.

489
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:15,280
They're different. Exactly. It's not a direct swap. It is you either bring a more defensive

490
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:22,000
approach and a safer approach in Salah Makariz, where you have essentially a wing back, probably.

491
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:29,760
Output a little bit weak, but very strong going back and tracking back. Or else you literally have

492
00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:37,440
almost a right forward in Messias. Very offensive player. He's constantly in the corner of the box.

493
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:42,000
I feel he's constantly placed over there. He's a natural finisher as well, that Messias. He is,

494
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:47,600
man. He is. I mean, I'm not going to give him too much praise when it comes to his output,

495
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:52,560
because still when it comes to his decision making and his output at times, it still needs

496
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:58,640
a lot of work. And that has a lot to do with the fact that he is an incredibly raw talent that has

497
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:08,080
made it to the top by working hard. But yeah, that is where I see Milan still having a slight

498
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:15,120
weak point is down that right flank. I mean, against a swan, they were invisible, both options.

499
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:21,120
It's true. That's definitely the weak point of the team. Will De Ketamine start playing

500
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:25,680
on the right winger? No, no, I don't think De Ketamine will start playing on the right.

501
00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:32,560
I think he'll keep playing centrally and he'll keep deploying. Maybe Dest, huh? Maybe Dest. Dest

502
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:37,840
was mentioned. I'm not too sure what Dest can provide on the right. I'm not sure. We've seen

503
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:43,840
minutes of him. Minutes only. He looks very flashy. Very young, still very young. He's

504
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:48,560
very explosive, like has a little flair to him. There was a lot of exploding forward and passing

505
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:55,120
the ball back. So it shows that he wants to, but he's not quite obviously not used to it yet. But

506
00:35:55,120 --> 00:36:02,480
the fact that he was called up for the Champions League spot ahead of Adli already is quite a

507
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:07,200
large task. Can you please pass me one? Here you go, brother. I'm not going to mention the

508
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:11,280
company because we don't have any sponsors, but today... Moretti?

509
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:18,640
No, as in like the brand that got us the Moretti. But basically today, Jake and I felt like having

510
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:25,200
the taste of Italy. Whenever we go to Italy, we've been to Bologna together, we've been to Milan

511
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:29,920
together, we've been to a bunch of places together, we always get fucked up off Moretti. It's like

512
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:36,240
drinking water and getting fucked up. Not even water, love juice is what I would call it. And

513
00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:40,960
we felt like it. So we looked up places in Malta that have it and that deliver it and they got

514
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:47,680
delivered to our door within 20 minutes. Ice cold. We drank it and suddenly we're in the sun, zero,

515
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:52,160
watching Milan at Atlanta last year. They were scoring after taking on six men.

516
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:58,640
Yeah, it's nice to be honest. Very good. We can plug them in, why not? Boo's Wagon.

517
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:02,160
Boo's Wagon. Shout out to Tom and Mark.

518
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:07,600
Shout out to legends. Origi, man, when Origi adapts, I feel like Milan can give Giroud the rest he

519
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:11,520
needs. When Rebic comes back, Milan are going to be better. Of course, Rebic is always a good option

520
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:15,360
off the bench, no matter what you think of him, he always brings something different. The work

521
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:20,160
rate is fantastic. Milan play a pressing game and Rebic is a type of player who presses

522
00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:27,280
relentlessly. So that's a weapon that's kind of being missed right now at Milan.

523
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:32,880
Rebic is a great fucking option to have off the bench. What do you think, bro? An interesting

524
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:36,640
point, the center back depth. What do you think of that? Do you think that, for example, if

525
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:43,280
Kalulu or Tomori get injured, Kier and Gabia are adequate replacements?

526
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:48,240
Kier's been out for it. So Gabia, no, I definitely don't think Gabia is an

527
00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:53,840
adequate replacement, especially when Milan wants to reclaim gold in Serie A and advance

528
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:59,360
more in the Champions League. Gabia is not an option over there. As a fourth choice, not even?

529
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:06,400
No, man, not really. I think he needs to know how to play, man. I think he needs a full season.

530
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:10,960
He's not even that young anymore, Gabia. I remember as a midfielder. Really? I remember

531
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:17,120
with the Primavera, he was a midfielder and he's 22 years old. Again, he still has plenty of time.

532
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:25,600
As a fourth option to have a 22 year old homegrown players and the worst thing in the world, but I

533
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:32,880
feel like whenever he comes on, he never shows me enough. It's never a smooth tackle or commanding

534
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:38,160
the defense or commanding defense, maybe not for a 22 year old Primavera player. But he never does

535
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:44,560
anything spectacular to me that stands out or bounces off his partner. I think sometimes he looks

536
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:48,880
solid in certain moments, especially when called upon last season, for example, he didn't really

537
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:53,760
make any mistakes, which is a good thing for a 22 year old center back who never plays. But I feel

538
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:59,600
like he would have really benefited from a loan move. Yeah, agreed. But I'm happy Milan kept there.

539
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:05,520
I'm happy that Milan kept starting Kalulu. Agreed. Like imagine, Buttman arrived and Kalulu was

540
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:12,720
benched and Gabia was sold. You kind of, you know. Fuck that, man. Yeah, literally. Reward the people

541
00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:18,960
who gave you glory and Kalulu gave Milan glory. 100 percent. I mean, and all that to get absolutely

542
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:25,360
fucking shafted by Salzburg. They were running the man inside out. The poor thing was having a bit

543
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:35,360
of a mare against Salzburg. When it comes to Kier, Kier is solid as fuck, but he's a recovering ACL,

544
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:42,880
these are recovering torn ACL 35 year old Viking. He's got the heart, he's got the soul, bless him.

545
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:47,840
He's got the experience, he's got the knowledge, he's got the skill, he's got the leadership.

546
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:54,000
Does he have the legs though, man? Is the question. He does look a touch slower than he did. I think

547
00:39:54,000 --> 00:40:01,600
he got injured when he came on last year. Yeah, shit. But we'll see how that develops. Yeah,

548
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:06,400
and my final question about Milan before moving on, bro, is that with the Calabria, people are

549
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:12,000
saying that because he stormed off against Salzburg when replaced, that he isn't fit to be captain

550
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:17,120
because he made the whole fuss about it. I think this is absolutely ridiculous. He was obviously

551
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:22,000
upset about his own performance, you know, and he said so after the game as well. Give me a captain

552
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:28,000
that shows emotion when shit is going wrong. And he's, people love to shit on Calabria, but in

553
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:33,520
reality, like you're getting the guy who's been through it all with us. Yeah. Calabria has been

554
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:39,760
through the struggle with every single Milan fan in the past seven years. He's been there the entire

555
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:44,800
time and he's always found minutes. He's always had time to play since the days of Abbate. He was

556
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:51,280
a fucking, he was there like, I think he's worthy of the captain's arm, but I think he's worthy of

557
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:55,920
the starting position at Milan. Do I think that Milan can win the Champions League one day with

558
00:40:55,920 --> 00:41:01,040
Calabria's ride back? Probably not, but that's why you bring in hot talents like Dest to compete

559
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:07,440
with him, but until they actually overtake him, then it's Calabria. You know, let the others prove

560
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:12,080
themselves, let them develop, let them overtake him. But right now he's the guy. Because Calabria's

561
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:17,600
been drafting since we've been shit. Since Milan have been shit. He's been there. He's been the constant.

562
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:24,240
We were crying for him to get the captain's armband over Romagnoli. Now the second he has it and

563
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:28,880
Romagnoli is gone. And we're seeing the likes of Tonali playing well and committing his future to

564
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:33,520
Milan. We're like, ah, pass it on, pass it on. And we always want to find that weakest link. And we

565
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:40,240
want to single a guy out. Calabria shouldn't be the man that is singled out. If anything, let's focus

566
00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:45,280
on the right wing department. I don't believe we'll have a problem in the right back department. And

567
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:51,840
if we do, we have a fantastic young man in Dest, two year loan, option to buy, will be completely

568
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:59,520
fine. And Calabria out of the starting 11 is the only man worthy of the armband. I mean,

569
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:08,080
no, but like, for example, Teo's worthy of it. Tonali is worthy of it for sure. But like you're

570
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:14,240
saying seniority wise for someone who's been there from fucking day one. And you look at the people

571
00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:19,040
who had been there with him for a while, you know, you see, for example, they've not even been there

572
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:24,560
for as long as he has, but Donnarumma left on a free, for example. You look at, I don't know,

573
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:28,880
Shalanoglu was there for a while as well. Kessy was there for a while as well. Granted, all after

574
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:34,320
Calabria. They all left. Romagnoli had been there with Calabria for a while. Again, left on a free.

575
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:40,320
Calabria has never given any problems to the club. The three young players were Calabria,

576
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:46,240
Locatelli and Cutrone back in the day. And he was the strongest one. And he was I think slightly

577
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:53,600
older than them as well. Could be, could be a little bit. But yeah, Davide, to say the Capitano,

578
00:42:54,160 --> 00:43:06,080
the De Noi. De Noi, no? Si. So, ah-ha, Tiamo, brother. Keep being you. Keep being you. One more thing I

579
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:14,320
want to say about Milan and particularly Milan against Inter game. I want to speak about Daddy.

580
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:20,480
I want to speak about Giroud a little bit as well because we didn't get into Oli G. I think it's safe

581
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:27,680
to say that we can start referring to Oli G, referring to Olivier Giroud as Mr. Madonnino.

582
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:33,680
He never misses in the derby, bro. Brother, it's something different against Inter, this fucking

583
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:38,800
sight. Not only against Inter because we saw, for example, against Oswolo last year to seal the deal

584
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:46,640
for Milan. It seems like when shit matters, Giroud steps the fuck up as the veteran that he is.

585
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:55,840
Link up play against Inter, 10 out of 10. Finishing against Inter, 10 out of 10. Attitude

586
00:43:55,840 --> 00:44:01,920
against Inter, 10 out of 10. Celebrations against Inter, 10 out of 10. Sticks his tongue out every

587
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:09,120
time he scores a game. Straight to the camera. Straight to the fans. Last season Giroud played

588
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:17,280
22 games for Milan, starts. He scored 11 goals and got three assists. That's solid. Now, in the

589
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:23,040
season, he's played three games in the league, three starts, two goals, one assist. The guy's

590
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:28,880
output is very good. He just needs someone to help him out in that role. Therefore, there's Rebic and

591
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:34,080
there's Origi. I just have to pray to God that they remain fit. You made me laugh last time when I

592
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:39,200
came downstairs and I noticed you were a bit quiet on the sofa, like you were thinking about something.

593
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:44,000
All of a sudden you go, a jurukit, I'm getting mad. I think I'm in love with him.

594
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:53,200
He's made me so happy, man. Honestly, like the emotions he's made me feel during the derby,

595
00:44:53,200 --> 00:45:00,080
man. Honestly, the second he was confirmed to Milan, we're both like, yes, yes, yes, yes.

596
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:05,840
For me, the options for him, it's the toughest it's ever been for me to buy a Milan kid.

597
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:11,120
Like, who's kid do you buy? It's tight for me. It's between at the moment, Theo,

598
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:16,800
Theo Hernandez, 100%. Calabria, Tonali. I'm going to say juruk, because you're getting a juruk once,

599
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:23,520
I have to be unique. And then there's Ben Nasser as well. And then there's Caludo.

600
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:28,320
Every single player in the starting 11 didn't even mention Leo. Leo is the obvious one. Leo

601
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:32,640
is the investment. If you're smart, if you're wise, you get a layout kit. Why am I going to

602
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:38,640
get a layout kit when he's leaving on a free two-week jersey? That's at the back of my mind as well.

603
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:46,400
And then there's obvious, motherfucking anti-Rebic. Anti-Rebic, bro, as well. The number 12.

604
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:51,920
Oh my God, oh, he's sweet, but a psycho. A little bit psycho. Kurt, Sultan, a shout out to him,

605
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:58,320
got me a Croatia kit of Rebic. Oh, what a legend. One of those fake Tenuro ones. Ah, legend, Kurt.

606
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:05,360
All the kids you can see in our snippets are original, in fact. Yes,

607
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:13,280
ah, yes, of course they are. Shall we move away, bro? Yes, so off to the little zebras,

608
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:19,120
the zebrette in Odinese. By far the biggest surprise of this season. Not a surprise because

609
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:24,240
they were shit last season, because they weren't shit last season, but the change of management

610
00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:30,160
and everything, them getting Sotel on board and the fact that instantly they've improved so much

611
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:35,760
is redonk-a-donk. Opening match of the season, they lose against Milan. They manage to get two

612
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:42,240
past them, the classic Bekao goal in the second minute. Every season, every single time against

613
00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:47,360
Milan, but Milan still managed to win that. Next game was a 0-0 draw against Salernitana. It was

614
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:53,200
made hard for them due to the new Imperiget card in the 49th. In the next game, they edged past

615
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:59,920
Monza 2-1 away from home, thanks to goals by Udo G and Beto. They beat Fiorentina 1-0, and this is

616
00:46:59,920 --> 00:47:05,840
where it started. They beat Fiorentina 1-0 in a very tough encounter at home through a goal from

617
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:13,760
Beto, and then dismantled Mourinho's Roma, four goals to nil. Another goal by Udo G, spectacular

618
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:20,960
goal from wonderkid Samaricic. Pereira scored as well, one of, not one of the best midfielders in

619
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:26,480
the league, but a fantastic fucking midfielder, very attacking minded, and a goal by Lovric as

620
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:31,760
well in the 82nd minute. What surprises me most about Pereira, bro, is his work rate.

621
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:36,800
The type of player he is, you wouldn't expect him to have that work. Because I instantly,

622
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:41,600
when I think of Pereira, I think of the the tarraptes, for example, that are very skillful,

623
00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:47,040
but are kind of laze balls, you know what I mean? Who focus their energy mostly on attacking movement,

624
00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:52,720
but that's so not the case with him, man. He's so industrious. Absolutely, man, absolutely. And

625
00:47:52,720 --> 00:47:59,440
Udinese are a team that, we've always said this, so firstly they're incredibly physical, and what

626
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:06,000
they did against Roma, so let's not take away from their fucking Barcelona tiki-taka football that

627
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:11,440
they were playing, and that every single one of their players was an absolute 10 out of 10.

628
00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:17,760
But they are very capable of, okay, you have a better team than us, let's make this physical,

629
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:22,800
let's make this a scrap. They turn it into a scrap, and not only are their players big, bro,

630
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:27,920
but their players can't fucking perform and keep a cool head in a scrap. And that's what they do,

631
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:33,280
man, Udinese, that's how they grind, that's how they get points, and there's flow to them,

632
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:41,200
and they keep that shape nicely in that 3-5-2. Honestly, bro, apart from all this as well,

633
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:46,240
they have some decent depth as well. Like in the 63rd minute against Roma, they brought on,

634
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:52,720
listen to this, okay, so they took out Isaac Success, Tolga Arslan, and Lazar Samardze, okay?

635
00:48:52,720 --> 00:48:58,560
They brought on Jean-Victor Mackengo, who's a very good midfielder. That's his name, Mackengo.

636
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:03,920
Jean-Victor. They brought on Sandy Lovridge, who's a very exciting player, came on and scored

637
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:10,480
instantly, in fact, and Beto, who is so used to scoring in Serie A, like, so that's a triple

638
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:15,600
substitution at the one-hour mark that probably improved their team. Probably, man. You know?

639
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:22,880
So, yeah, and they have a good manager, Andreas Sotil, who did wonders at Ascoli and is totally

640
00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:27,120
living up to his reputation with Udinese right now, to be honest with you.

641
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:34,720
100%. I mean, I see absolutely no reason, should Udinese keep this up, top-10 team. You know what

642
00:49:34,720 --> 00:49:41,840
I mean? They would normally rank them, we'd normally say Bologna, Udinese, and Verona are

643
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:48,640
all of similar quality. I'd say Verona and Udinese are better than Bologna and have been better than

644
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:56,160
Bologna recently. Exactly, but Verona, so Bologna even more so now, kind of, they're going through

645
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:59,120
a change of manager that's going to affect everything, especially with the relationship

646
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:07,600
they had with Sinisa. Verona are still a very dangerous side, particularly with that front, too,

647
00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:14,240
but they have stepped down, especially after losing to Dor, and Udinese have taken a significant

648
00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:20,000
leap forward. You can't beat Fiorentina and Roma, back-to-back matches, man, with five days in

649
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:26,320
between, four days in between, and you beat Fiorentina and then Roma. Crazy, crazy stuff, man.

650
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:30,560
This is the interesting thing about teams like Udinese and Atalanta this season, they're playing

651
00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:38,480
once a week, and they have the potential to beat any opponent in front of them, so give them a hard time at least.

652
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:44,320
Udinese right now are very exciting. As you're saying, I totally see them as a

653
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:49,600
10th place side, you know what I mean, like bang mid-table, probably a bit better.

654
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:55,360
The thing is, can they keep this up? I really hope they can, because shades of when Milan won the

655
00:50:55,360 --> 00:51:01,280
league in 2011, I think Udinese got Champions League that year. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

656
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:06,720
That was nice to see, so hopefully that can repeat itself. And when Udinese are playing right now...

657
00:51:06,720 --> 00:51:12,960
It won't repeat itself, but maybe... No, I mean, we were wondering between Roma, Napoli, and Uwe,

658
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:19,200
who's going to get Champions League, it's Tosin Udinese as well. So do you think Udinese can stay in fourth, man?

659
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:28,080
They have Sasuolo coming up next, which is quite a dirty one.

660
00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:34,080
I'm away against Sasuolo, I mean, it's like being at home against Sasuolo as well.

661
00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:40,320
I don't know where I was going with that. Then Udinese at home against Inter, so it's nice that Udinese

662
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:46,080
basically played Fiorentina, and Udinese were home. They played Roma, and Udinese

663
00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:50,880
were home. Now they're playing Inter, and Udinese are home. That is nice for the first half of the season,

664
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:54,880
but for the second half of the season, that might bite them in the ass a little bit.

665
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:59,680
They suddenly have all those away games against the top fucking seven teams in the league.

666
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:06,160
Thankfully Milan will be at home for them because they've already played Milan away.

667
00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:12,720
And then after that game, they have Verona away, which is also a very, very tasty encounter over there.

668
00:52:12,720 --> 00:52:19,120
I have a question for you.

669
00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:19,920
Sure.

670
00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:27,280
Rank these teams from best to worst.

671
00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:31,280
Udinese, Verona, Torino, right now.

672
00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:40,640
Okay, so Verona are last. It's then between Torino and Udinese.

673
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:44,240
I might...

674
00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:56,240
So I would have to go with Udinese for the timing, and Torino have looked excellent, man.

675
00:52:56,240 --> 00:53:03,040
And Torino might have more longevity in them because this is their second full season under Juric.

676
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:10,000
And they lost Bellotti, and they lost Bremer, and they stayed in a very good place.

677
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:14,720
They've brought in Mirancuk, who I'm guessing will do bits for them. They lost fucking Pobega as well.

678
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:24,400
But due to their management and due to their play style, they might have more longevity in them

679
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:29,760
than Udinese. But at the moment, Udinese are better. At the moment of those two were to play each other,

680
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:31,760
I would...

681
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:35,760
The four nil makes it difficult to go against Udinese.

682
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:37,760
What do you think?

683
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:44,640
I rate Juric more than I do Sotil, but that's simply because I know him better.

684
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:51,040
I've seen more of Juric, and I am aware of what he can do over the stretch of a season.

685
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:54,720
I'm not too sure about Sotil and what he can do when the going gets tough.

686
00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:58,480
It's his first season in Serie A at the end of the day.

687
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:04,800
So is it really magical? I'm not sure. I would say that Torino are the best of these teams so far.

688
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:08,640
Torino, Udinese, Hellas. And it's very tight between Torino and Udinese.

689
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:12,560
The reason as well I might say Udinese, not I might say I said Udinese,

690
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:16,800
is because they have literally... Bro, you look at their team,

691
00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:20,960
and there's essentially a part from Molina's departure last year.

692
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:21,360
Yeah.

693
00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:22,640
Nothing really new, bro.

694
00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:24,800
Yeah.

695
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:28,080
They've been the same motherfuckers like Udinese.

696
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:30,400
Udinese have been the same motherfuckers.

697
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:30,880
That's true.

698
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:33,280
They know how to play together. They know the system.

699
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:35,360
Bring in a new man. Can you motivate us?

700
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:39,200
Yes, this is how we play. This is how we play under you. We move.

701
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:40,960
Yeah, true.

702
00:54:41,760 --> 00:54:44,800
And they look fucking good, man. They look delicious.

703
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:46,720
Agreed. Shall we move on to Roma?

704
00:54:46,720 --> 00:54:47,920
Go for it, King.

705
00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:53,120
So Roma. Roma have played five games. They've all played five games.

706
00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:59,520
They have 10 points. They've won three, drawn one, and lost one.

707
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:04,800
Their only loss being their very recent 4-0 loss to Udinese.

708
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:09,360
They beat Monza 3-0 the match before. Came 1-1 to Juventus away.

709
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:13,840
Beat Cremona as a 1-0 and beat Salernitana 1-0 as well.

710
00:55:13,840 --> 00:55:16,480
So it's usual Molina stuff here. So you have 1-0.

711
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:19,840
1-0s against the bottom tier sides, Cremona as in Salernitana.

712
00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:24,720
Their goals from the large bodied Chris Smalling and Brian Cristante.

713
00:55:24,720 --> 00:55:26,080
You know what I mean? The set pieces.

714
00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:28,800
Don't think twice about it. Their set pieces.

715
00:55:29,840 --> 00:55:33,760
Then they went away to Juventus, which proved to be a tough task for them.

716
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:36,640
They'd have been happy with a draw.

717
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:40,960
They conceded early. They managed to equalise in the 69th minute through Tommy Abraham.

718
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:44,560
Their 3-0 victory over Monza. I feel like anyone can beat Monza right now.

719
00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:47,680
Deballa started stat-padding a bit that game.

720
00:55:49,120 --> 00:55:54,240
And then the 4-0 loss to Udinese was the one that kind of tilted everything onto its head.

721
00:55:54,240 --> 00:55:57,120
Everything was going swimmingly for Roma.

722
00:55:57,120 --> 00:56:02,640
But as Mourinho said, it's better to lose 4-0 once than to lose 1-0 four times.

723
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:05,440
And he's right. As ridiculous as a statement as that is,

724
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:10,320
knowing the context of what's just happened and how bitter the fans must be.

725
00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:13,760
Yes, he's right. At the end of the day, they lost three points and that's it.

726
00:56:13,760 --> 00:56:15,360
So they can easily recover.

727
00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:18,240
You know, the thing is, how much of a mental strain did this have?

728
00:56:18,240 --> 00:56:20,480
Mourinho took an unusual approach for him.

729
00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:23,200
You know, he praised Deballa after the loss.

730
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:25,280
Now, typically, he throws his players under the bus.

731
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:27,840
This time he said that his man of the match was Paolo Deballa.

732
00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:30,480
100% of course, he didn't actually mean it. He's just saying...

733
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:32,080
I think man of the match was Pereira.

734
00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:34,960
Of course. Man of the match was anyone but Udinese.

735
00:56:34,960 --> 00:56:36,960
Definitely not one of Roma's players.

736
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:42,000
But anyway, yeah, bro. Roma look like they can do something this season.

737
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:45,360
This against Udinese was kind of a one-off.

738
00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:46,400
I do feel like it was a one-off.

739
00:56:46,400 --> 00:56:49,520
It was a slap in the face to Mourinho. I don't think it'll happen again.

740
00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:52,480
You could see him shaking Sothil's hand at the end of the game.

741
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:58,160
Like, well done. I think he's the only coach to ever beat him 4-0.

742
00:56:58,160 --> 00:56:59,200
Could it be?

743
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:01,200
Could very much be.

744
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:04,560
I don't know that 5-1 loss for Roma.

745
00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:09,120
That 5-1 loss for Real Madrid against Barca was under Mourinho.

746
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:14,400
Probably wouldn't be a man knowing how little Mourinho tends to concede

747
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:16,320
because of his more conservative style of play.

748
00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:18,240
That's it. This was shocking, 4-0.

749
00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:21,680
4-0 against the Mourinho side is mental.

750
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:26,880
It says a lot about the day as well, rather than the teams.

751
00:57:26,880 --> 00:57:29,120
It only happened because we bet on Romo Oidro.

752
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:30,240
For sure.

753
00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:32,400
There's no other reason it's going to happen.

754
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:34,640
If I was a manager, I was thinking about this last day,

755
00:57:34,640 --> 00:57:37,920
one plea I would have to the fans is if you have any superstitions,

756
00:57:37,920 --> 00:57:40,640
please stick to them and be careful.

757
00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:44,480
If you hold your piss in and we score, keep holding your fucking piss in.

758
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:46,880
Get bladder disease. I don't give a shit.

759
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:54,160
I think this game was literally a downward spiral after an early Karsdorp mistake.

760
00:57:54,160 --> 00:57:56,080
I feel like Karsdorp fucked the entire game.

761
00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:58,400
Okay, that's one way to look at it.

762
00:57:58,400 --> 00:58:01,840
Bro, honestly, in the fifth minute he tried to interest the ball down to Rui Patricio

763
00:58:01,840 --> 00:58:04,080
with Doggy came flying in and scored immediately.

764
00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:05,600
That forced Roma to panic a bit.

765
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:08,480
Suddenly they were attacking with Dineza, Sadback wasted.

766
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:11,680
Not wasted, they played conservatively.

767
00:58:11,680 --> 00:58:14,080
Defended the 1-0 for a whole half, pretty much.

768
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:17,360
Then in the second half, they managed to get them again in the 56th

769
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:19,920
with some hards pitch, a moment of brilliance, and then it was wide open.

770
00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:23,120
Romo was just committing really good, especially from a distance.

771
00:58:23,120 --> 00:58:25,840
Committing men forward and then Pereira on the 75th

772
00:58:25,840 --> 00:58:29,040
and Lovric with the killer in the 82nd. 4-0.

773
00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:32,640
4-0. I have a couple of points to make about Roma.

774
00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:35,600
You said they look like they could do something this year.

775
00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:41,200
I think on paper, they definitely look like they could do something this year.

776
00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:43,600
At the end of the day, they're a Mourinho team.

777
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:47,040
They're a good team. They have that solid tree at the back.

778
00:58:47,040 --> 00:58:49,920
They have Pellegrini in midfield, one of the best midfielders in the league,

779
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:51,440
maybe not this season so far.

780
00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:56,880
Obviously, bringing in Devala, bringing in Wijnaldum,

781
00:58:56,880 --> 00:59:00,480
bringing in Matij, bringing in these key pieces that would make them a better

782
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:05,680
and more versatile team. However, I have not seen anything yet this season

783
00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:10,160
to me from Roma that proves that they are a better side than they were last season.

784
00:59:10,160 --> 00:59:14,400
I think what we mentioned about that gap between the defense and the midfield is still there.

785
00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:16,880
We thought it would be sorted out by playing two holding midfielders.

786
00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:20,240
They've played two holding midfielders. That hasn't done them any favors.

787
00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:27,360
They just looked less fluid and Pellegrini was invisible in the more attacking role.

788
00:59:27,360 --> 00:59:32,560
Will Roma pick it up? 100% they will pick it up and they will be fighting for that top four spot.

789
00:59:32,560 --> 00:59:38,080
But for now, bro, I can't say it with confidence because Pellegrini has been shocking.

790
00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:41,200
Tammy Abraham up front has been fucking shocking as well.

791
00:59:41,200 --> 00:59:44,400
I think at the end of the day, Tammy Abraham is a man that,

792
00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:51,440
because of his natural abilities, suits the team's style more than him being the best

793
00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:57,200
choice talent wise. I feel like he's more of a fit to the team rather than a unique talent

794
00:59:57,200 --> 01:00:00,800
that they brought in because he's been missing some sitters, man.

795
01:00:00,800 --> 01:00:04,640
Tammy Abraham needs to work on his hold up play.

796
01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:07,600
You can't be that tall and be that bad at hold up play.

797
01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:11,760
Like you look at the other strikers of his stutter.

798
01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:19,360
Like, for example, Giroud, Duvan Zapata, Vlaović, they all excel at hold up play.

799
01:00:19,360 --> 01:00:22,080
Even Ciro? Even Ciro, of course.

800
01:00:22,080 --> 01:00:26,160
And even the lower center of gravity ones like Ciocaputo was very good at holding the ball up.

801
01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:28,400
Exactly. In the last episode.

802
01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:34,320
Tammy Abraham needs to build some muscle and work on waiting for his teammates.

803
01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:38,800
Because he has Debala, Spinazzuolo, those guys running in behind, Zaniolo.

804
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:40,880
He can totally get some things done over there.

805
01:00:40,880 --> 01:00:43,600
But I feel like he needs to improve a little bit.

806
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:48,800
Many things need to improve on the Seramo side, to be fair, including Karsdorp.

807
01:00:48,800 --> 01:00:51,280
I feel like needs to be dropped for Ciro completely.

808
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:54,400
Yeah, I think Ciro has looked very good to be fair.

809
01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:55,280
Ciro has looked good.

810
01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:59,440
I'm excited to see what Bellotti will be able to bring up front as well.

811
01:00:59,440 --> 01:01:02,000
He's got another player who's very good at hold up play.

812
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:03,360
Very good at hold up play.

813
01:01:03,360 --> 01:01:07,920
And when a team is struggling, because fuck me, have we seen Torino struggle in the past couple

814
01:01:07,920 --> 01:01:13,040
of years, he was the man. He was the man still getting four shots away a match,

815
01:01:13,040 --> 01:01:15,920
three shots away a match and really trying to carry a team forward.

816
01:01:15,920 --> 01:01:21,840
So when the going gets tough, bringing on a motherfucker like Andrea Bellotti

817
01:01:21,840 --> 01:01:24,640
isn't a bad shout for Mourinho at all, man.

818
01:01:24,640 --> 01:01:26,080
Definitely. Definitely not.

819
01:01:28,240 --> 01:01:33,360
I'm not too confident about Roman in top four that much because...

820
01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:36,160
They haven't been tested. There was a statistic last year.

821
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:39,280
They haven't been tested, but you look at the results,

822
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:43,040
like 1-0 against Salernitano. OK, Salernitano have been impressive.

823
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:47,520
1-0 against Cremonaese. OK, 1-1 against Juve. OK, 3-0 against Monza.

824
01:01:47,520 --> 01:01:48,960
And then you lose 4-0 to Udinese.

825
01:01:48,960 --> 01:01:54,720
So the first four games, in my opinion, are the best case scenario.

826
01:01:56,320 --> 01:01:59,200
When you look at these games, you say, OK, we have Monza, we have Cremonaese,

827
01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:04,320
we have Salernitano, we have Juve. Can we get three wins in the draw?

828
01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:07,040
Yeah, that would be good. Absolutely.

829
01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:08,640
Three wins in the draw. Absolutely.

830
01:02:08,640 --> 01:02:12,960
It's just this against Udinese. Was it a fluke or not? We'll see.

831
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:17,680
In the Fonseca days, Roma were criticised because they could not

832
01:02:17,680 --> 01:02:19,680
do anything against the top seven side.

833
01:02:21,440 --> 01:02:23,600
They lost every time, pretty much.

834
01:02:23,600 --> 01:02:26,800
I think they were two draws and just were all losses in the whole season.

835
01:02:26,800 --> 01:02:29,760
Let's see what happens when these guys take on the likes of Inter.

836
01:02:29,760 --> 01:02:32,000
Let's see what happens when they play Fiorentina even.

837
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:35,440
Let's see what happens when these guys play Milan.

838
01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:37,760
It's still very early days.

839
01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:43,600
But I think that Mourinho can get his team to be quite street smart

840
01:02:43,600 --> 01:02:45,440
and they can close the game out as well.

841
01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:48,720
Maybe against Udinese, there was an element of complacency as well.

842
01:02:48,720 --> 01:02:49,680
Things are going well.

843
01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:53,280
They weren't like a honeymoon phase and this was a slap in the face.

844
01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:54,320
Let's see how they react.

845
01:02:55,520 --> 01:02:58,880
It was a slap in the face from Inter that woke Milan up last year

846
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:00,800
and led them to winning the league.

847
01:03:00,800 --> 01:03:02,400
Very true.

848
01:03:02,400 --> 01:03:03,120
Coppa Italia, three in a loss to Inter.

849
01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:07,680
That is what pissed Milan off and they went on to not losing another game after that.

850
01:03:08,320 --> 01:03:08,880
Very true.

851
01:03:09,760 --> 01:03:10,320
We'll see.

852
01:03:10,320 --> 01:03:13,360
Let us know, guys, if you think Roma are a top four side,

853
01:03:13,360 --> 01:03:17,040
particularly after that four in a loss and how they'll bounce back.

854
01:03:18,560 --> 01:03:21,040
And I will see them moving forward.

855
01:03:21,680 --> 01:03:24,480
The next team we're going to be covering are Torino.

856
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:28,720
So Torino won their opening match of the season away from home against Monza.

857
01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:29,760
Two goals to one.

858
01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:32,560
They then drew 0-0 against Lazio at home.

859
01:03:32,560 --> 01:03:34,800
They beat Cremona as a 2-1 away from home

860
01:03:34,800 --> 01:03:38,480
thanks to an own goal by Bianchetti and a goal by Radonjic.

861
01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:41,360
They then lost to Atalanta, three goals to one,

862
01:03:41,360 --> 01:03:44,880
and Torino looked a shadow of what they were in the beginning of the season over there.

863
01:03:45,600 --> 01:03:50,480
And then Torino went on to beat Lecce 1-0 thanks to a Vlasic goal.

864
01:03:50,480 --> 01:03:52,640
What are your thoughts on Torino so far this year?

865
01:03:53,280 --> 01:03:54,800
They look surprisingly solid.

866
01:03:54,800 --> 01:04:00,320
Once again, we have a team over here that has lost every single important player that it had.

867
01:04:00,320 --> 01:04:03,360
So one of their weaknesses was the goalkeeping department.

868
01:04:03,360 --> 01:04:05,520
No, it's because they had Vania and they had Berisha

869
01:04:05,520 --> 01:04:07,600
and they had to choose between one of those.

870
01:04:07,600 --> 01:04:08,480
That's still the case.

871
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:11,200
Granted, I rate Vania.

872
01:04:11,200 --> 01:04:12,480
For them, he's OK.

873
01:04:12,480 --> 01:04:13,520
Even Berisha isn't bad.

874
01:04:14,240 --> 01:04:17,280
They could have done with an upgrade, but it's not the worst thing in the world.

875
01:04:17,280 --> 01:04:20,800
Losing Bremer, losing Pobjega, losing Balotti, however, is the worst thing.

876
01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:21,680
That's the spine, man.

877
01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:23,120
Yes, you lose your entire spine.

878
01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:25,040
However, they have adapted well.

879
01:04:25,040 --> 01:04:30,640
They've brought in these interesting midfield players like Vlasic, Radonjic,

880
01:04:30,640 --> 01:04:35,320
who can do quite a lot from outside the area, especially who can create a Mirantxuk

881
01:04:35,320 --> 01:04:36,320
who saw early on before his injury.

882
01:04:36,320 --> 01:04:38,080
He looked very good, very fluid.

883
01:04:38,800 --> 01:04:41,040
They're still lacking that striker.

884
01:04:41,760 --> 01:04:42,560
Agreed.

885
01:04:42,560 --> 01:04:45,200
They have Sanabria, but they're still lacking that striker.

886
01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:45,840
Agreed.

887
01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:46,800
I get that.

888
01:04:46,800 --> 01:04:50,720
I get that Sanabria gets goals and Torino still score goals,

889
01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:54,640
but sometimes the lack of a number nine to actually get the ball to as a

890
01:04:55,680 --> 01:04:57,520
as a final goal for the midfielders.

891
01:04:57,520 --> 01:05:01,840
OK, play it to this guy and just to show it, he's going to put the ball in the back of the net.

892
01:05:01,840 --> 01:05:05,920
Obviously, they're going to miss that after losing Balotti and not directly replacing him.

893
01:05:05,920 --> 01:05:07,920
We've seen it time and time again.

894
01:05:07,920 --> 01:05:12,480
Juve last season for the opening six months had no one up front

895
01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:14,560
and they were shambolic for the first six months.

896
01:05:14,560 --> 01:05:18,320
And then Vlaović kind of fixed that issue a little bit.

897
01:05:18,320 --> 01:05:21,600
We're seeing it with Chelsea this year, for example, the fact that they're playing

898
01:05:22,160 --> 01:05:25,840
fucking Raheem Sterling in a false nine is weird as hell.

899
01:05:26,560 --> 01:05:30,560
So I think also with City for Idris, Piri Zalad.

900
01:05:30,560 --> 01:05:31,600
True, true.

901
01:05:32,880 --> 01:05:35,200
And then City, let alone their City.

902
01:05:35,200 --> 01:05:37,040
So they they managed to make it.

903
01:05:37,040 --> 01:05:38,560
They managed to make it work.

904
01:05:38,560 --> 01:05:41,200
But I think Torino are due a number nine.

905
01:05:41,200 --> 01:05:45,120
That would be kind of the only area of criticism I have for them.

906
01:05:45,120 --> 01:05:47,840
I mean, if you look at their squad, it's very easy to pinpoint.

907
01:05:47,840 --> 01:05:52,080
Certain areas where they could have better players.

908
01:05:53,280 --> 01:05:54,240
But it works, man.

909
01:05:54,240 --> 01:05:58,320
And it works because of the class manager that they have in Ivan Juric.

910
01:05:58,320 --> 01:06:02,400
Ivan Juric, you give him scraps and he'll make a car like, you know what I mean?

911
01:06:03,040 --> 01:06:04,800
He's a fantastic manager, man.

912
01:06:04,800 --> 01:06:06,160
Honestly, I really rate him.

913
01:06:06,160 --> 01:06:09,440
I think he's one of the better ones in the league, especially in that lower.

914
01:06:09,440 --> 01:06:11,360
In the lower pool, he's the best.

915
01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:12,320
Yeah, for sure.

916
01:06:12,320 --> 01:06:12,800
Agreed.

917
01:06:12,800 --> 01:06:13,760
Outside the top seven.

918
01:06:13,760 --> 01:06:19,040
We should do what we did with the goalkeepers, with managers.

919
01:06:19,040 --> 01:06:23,040
I did one recently with Santi, if you want me to pull it up.

920
01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:24,400
OK, do it.

921
01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:27,120
I rated every single I did very quickly.

922
01:06:27,120 --> 01:06:27,840
I was at work.

923
01:06:27,840 --> 01:06:30,240
Let's just go through it quickly.

924
01:06:31,760 --> 01:06:36,320
So my number one is Piolli.

925
01:06:38,720 --> 01:06:39,440
Wait a sec.

926
01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:40,480
OK, so I have Piolli.

927
01:06:41,040 --> 01:06:43,680
Now, this is difficult again, because it's like, are we talking about all time?

928
01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:49,760
Or right now, I was focusing more on like, right now, in the past three years.

929
01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:51,600
So I put Piolli first.

930
01:06:52,240 --> 01:06:53,520
I put Mourinho second.

931
01:06:54,640 --> 01:06:56,000
I put Allegri third.

932
01:06:56,880 --> 01:06:58,560
I put Sarri fourth.

933
01:06:58,560 --> 01:07:00,240
I'm not even sure about this anymore.

934
01:07:00,240 --> 01:07:05,920
I put Nzaghi fifth, followed by Spalletti, Gasperini, Italiano, Juric, Dionisi,

935
01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:12,480
Nicola, Mihailović, Goti, Gianpaolo, Cioffi, Alvini, Sotil, Zanetti, Baroni and Strappa.

936
01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:15,360
I disagree with a few there.

937
01:07:15,360 --> 01:07:16,640
I'm not going to lie.

938
01:07:16,640 --> 01:07:17,600
Which ones?

939
01:07:17,600 --> 01:07:18,800
You think Nzaghi is too...

940
01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:20,800
Like Allegri is too high up.

941
01:07:20,800 --> 01:07:23,840
I think Mourinho might be a little too high up.

942
01:07:23,840 --> 01:07:26,000
I think Nzaghi is second, for example.

943
01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:27,120
Nzaghi is second?

944
01:07:27,120 --> 01:07:28,400
I think Nzaghi is second.

945
01:07:29,600 --> 01:07:30,960
For almost winning the league?

946
01:07:31,680 --> 01:07:32,880
No, but I mean the way...

947
01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:35,360
Yeah, that's right, Max!

948
01:07:35,360 --> 01:07:39,680
No, he's a great manager and the fact that he made Inter tick so quickly

949
01:07:39,680 --> 01:07:45,840
and the fact that they just narrowly missed out on winning the league with a brand new manager

950
01:07:45,840 --> 01:07:49,600
and losing certain key pieces like Lukaku in the team.

951
01:07:49,600 --> 01:07:56,480
And he took over, implemented this similar but very different system to the one they had under Andrea Conte

952
01:07:56,480 --> 01:07:58,320
and he still managed to get them that far.

953
01:07:59,440 --> 01:08:01,520
And then plus he's a very experienced manager.

954
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:06,240
In the league he knows how to win a fucking game, bro. He knows how to win those weird ones against Juve.

955
01:08:06,960 --> 01:08:09,600
He's kicked Milan's ass before.

956
01:08:09,600 --> 01:08:11,280
He's a great manager.

957
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:18,160
Italiano, and then I feel like is one that could be slightly higher up.

958
01:08:18,160 --> 01:08:20,960
Over Gasparini, Spalletti and Nzaghi, sorry.

959
01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:24,560
100% over Allegri. I don't know why Allegri was put that high.

960
01:08:24,560 --> 01:08:28,080
Allegri was put that high simply because of his accuracy.

961
01:08:28,080 --> 01:08:31,840
Simply because of what he's won.

962
01:08:31,840 --> 01:08:35,440
But then if you look at like past two seasons, if you're looking at his return to Juve

963
01:08:35,440 --> 01:08:39,520
rather than what he did at them before, he'd be way further down.

964
01:08:39,520 --> 01:08:42,640
But then you have to take into consideration as well the Juve team he inherited.

965
01:08:42,640 --> 01:08:47,120
It was dog shit. Rabiot on the highest salary, Ramsey on the highest salary.

966
01:08:47,120 --> 01:08:48,720
It was an absolute mess.

967
01:08:48,720 --> 01:08:53,440
And to be honest, him qualifying for Champions League for example

968
01:08:53,440 --> 01:08:58,240
over Napoli that one season for example was a miracle.

969
01:08:58,240 --> 01:09:00,240
Was that him? That was him, right?

970
01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:02,320
I'm not sure.

971
01:09:02,320 --> 01:09:05,280
It was him who got fourth in the last day of the season.

972
01:09:05,280 --> 01:09:06,320
Or was that Pirlo?

973
01:09:07,360 --> 01:09:08,320
That was Pirlo.

974
01:09:08,320 --> 01:09:09,440
That was Pirlo.

975
01:09:09,440 --> 01:09:13,600
He was introduced last year and he got them to third.

976
01:09:13,600 --> 01:09:16,880
Exactly. Which is impressive in itself to be honest with you.

977
01:09:18,880 --> 01:09:20,560
Yeah, that's a joke.

978
01:09:20,560 --> 01:09:23,600
Okay, I might counter you in the next episode.

979
01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:26,000
To be honest, I'd like to refine this list a little bit.

980
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:30,000
I don't like certain...

981
01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:32,000
Towards the bottom I feel like it would be a bit reckless.

982
01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:34,000
I mean, you do the work.

983
01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:36,000
Exactly, I do the work.

984
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:38,000
Just typing on my keyboard.

985
01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:42,000
Someone comes by, I just minimise maximum.

986
01:09:44,000 --> 01:09:46,960
But that's pretty much Torino for you guys.

987
01:09:46,960 --> 01:09:50,960
A couple shout outs.

988
01:09:50,960 --> 01:09:57,520
I mean, how can I not shout out the man, the myth, the legend in midfield?

989
01:09:57,520 --> 01:10:00,160
That is the great Samuel Erici.

990
01:10:00,160 --> 01:10:02,720
He's been phenomenal for them this year.

991
01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:05,360
One of their best players if not their best player.

992
01:10:07,040 --> 01:10:11,680
Classic, they have obviously very good wing backs that have been doing bits for them as well.

993
01:10:11,680 --> 01:10:17,200
Whether it's bringing Voivoda in off the bench or starting with Singo.

994
01:10:17,200 --> 01:10:19,520
Richie is injured by the way.

995
01:10:19,520 --> 01:10:20,800
He has a month out I believe.

996
01:10:20,800 --> 01:10:23,440
A month? Even Miranchuk is injured now?

997
01:10:23,440 --> 01:10:25,440
Miranchuk got injured in the second match there.

998
01:10:27,920 --> 01:10:30,560
It's going to be exciting to see what Torino can do.

999
01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:33,120
Whether they'll end up pushing for that conference league spot.

1000
01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:37,120
Or whether they like very much like last season will end up pushing for top 10 again.

1001
01:10:38,160 --> 01:10:39,040
Very good.

1002
01:10:39,040 --> 01:10:43,920
In seventh place we have Juventus with nine points.

1003
01:10:43,920 --> 01:10:48,400
They won two games and drew three and they haven't lost a game yet.

1004
01:10:49,520 --> 01:10:50,400
Respect.

1005
01:10:50,400 --> 01:10:51,040
Respect.

1006
01:10:51,040 --> 01:10:55,040
It all started with their game against Asuolo which they won convincingly 3-0.

1007
01:10:55,040 --> 01:10:58,560
The Di Maria debut and end of love which show right after.

1008
01:10:58,560 --> 01:11:03,680
3-0 a very convincing opening game and then they went away to San Pettoria and drew 0-0.

1009
01:11:03,680 --> 01:11:09,920
In a very unconvincing display they had an expected goals average of 0.48 in that game.

1010
01:11:09,920 --> 01:11:10,560
Disgusting.

1011
01:11:10,560 --> 01:11:10,960
Terrible.

1012
01:11:10,960 --> 01:11:13,440
So they didn't even look to attack like against San Pettoria.

1013
01:11:14,560 --> 01:11:15,920
Then they played against Roma.

1014
01:11:15,920 --> 01:11:19,360
They got an early goal that game then they conceded one in the 69th.

1015
01:11:19,360 --> 01:11:20,400
1-1 over there.

1016
01:11:20,400 --> 01:11:22,400
Fair result to be honest with you.

1017
01:11:22,400 --> 01:11:25,200
Roma attacked more once again they looked like the livelier side.

1018
01:11:26,160 --> 01:11:31,200
Then Juve played against Spezia and they beat them 2-0 goals by Vlavic and Millek who arrived

1019
01:11:31,200 --> 01:11:32,480
quite recently actually.

1020
01:11:32,480 --> 01:11:36,160
Fiorentina won, Juventus won over here once again.

1021
01:11:36,160 --> 01:11:40,560
So Juventus scoring early in the 9th minute, Quama scoring in the 29th and then at the

1022
01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:44,000
end of the game you see Alegris screaming for the referee to blow the final whistle

1023
01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:46,320
so they can get the one point at Fiorentina.

1024
01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:55,280
It's quite crazy how time and football is so different to time as we know it.

1025
01:11:56,000 --> 01:11:57,760
One year can change so many things.

1026
01:11:57,760 --> 01:12:05,280
Juve were the most dominant team in Italy for nine years in a row up until recently.

1027
01:12:05,280 --> 01:12:10,720
Now you look at them and you look at for example Alegris and his reputation right now it's

1028
01:12:10,720 --> 01:12:11,680
so different.

1029
01:12:12,800 --> 01:12:17,360
Then they went to PSG in the Champions League, fun fact, away from home and they lost 2-1

1030
01:12:17,360 --> 01:12:19,360
and they had a chance to equalise at the end of the game.

1031
01:12:19,360 --> 01:12:23,040
Actually PSG were very wasteful and they allowed Juve to get back into it.

1032
01:12:23,040 --> 01:12:24,880
They held their own to be honest with you there.

1033
01:12:24,880 --> 01:12:26,880
Thoughts on Juventus bro?

1034
01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:40,880
So if there's a couple positives I can point out about Juve and justifications obviously

1035
01:12:40,880 --> 01:12:44,880
they are struggling a little bit when it comes to injuries.

1036
01:12:44,880 --> 01:12:46,880
Yes that's very important to mention.

1037
01:12:46,880 --> 01:12:52,880
Chiesa being out for a while, Di Maria was in and out this year as well.

1038
01:12:52,880 --> 01:13:00,880
So it is tough for Juve to adapt to a situation like that especially with so many new players

1039
01:13:00,880 --> 01:13:02,880
in the team.

1040
01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:06,880
They're trying to figure each other out and Pogba obviously has been injured as well.

1041
01:13:08,880 --> 01:13:10,880
Vlaović has been incredible for them.

1042
01:13:10,880 --> 01:13:16,880
Milik has come in and shown that when Vlaović isn't on the pitch he can do it as well.

1043
01:13:16,880 --> 01:13:18,880
Be it starting against Fiorentina which was weird by the way.

1044
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:22,880
Figo played against Barca you know what I mean?

1045
01:13:24,880 --> 01:13:30,880
So he's like the game against PSG we're not really ready for it but I'm going to rest my best players for a year.

1046
01:13:30,880 --> 01:13:32,880
Exactly.

1047
01:13:34,880 --> 01:13:36,880
A tactical genius.

1048
01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:42,880
I think that and I've said this time and time again about Juve.

1049
01:13:42,880 --> 01:13:48,880
Juve wanted something fresh which is why they loosened their ties with Allegri a couple of seasons ago

1050
01:13:48,880 --> 01:13:52,880
when they got Pirlo and then they got Sarri and then Pirlo.

1051
01:13:52,880 --> 01:13:58,880
And then they ended up getting Allegri back which halted that kind of progression into being a more modern football

1052
01:13:58,880 --> 01:14:00,880
with more positive football.

1053
01:14:00,880 --> 01:14:04,880
They're back to this kind of...

1054
01:14:04,880 --> 01:14:06,880
Scrappy.

1055
01:14:06,880 --> 01:14:10,880
Yeah that style of football it's like three points is all that matters.

1056
01:14:10,880 --> 01:14:20,880
It's the kind of football it should be a safe system but I have never seen someone utilize it more dangerously than Allegri.

1057
01:14:20,880 --> 01:14:30,880
Opening the scoring in the ninth minute and hanging on for a 1-0 victory is simply never ever ever sustainable.

1058
01:14:30,880 --> 01:14:34,880
Especially in such a high scoring league you can't be the exception over here.

1059
01:14:34,880 --> 01:14:38,880
And your defence and midfield definitely isn't good enough to be doing that man.

1060
01:14:38,880 --> 01:14:42,880
What Juve need to be is a high pressure football team.

1061
01:14:42,880 --> 01:14:46,880
Once they have Pogba on the pitch I think that could change to the better.

1062
01:14:46,880 --> 01:14:48,880
Having Pogba and Di Maria kind of.

1063
01:14:48,880 --> 01:14:50,880
Pogba pinging balls down the wing.

1064
01:14:50,880 --> 01:14:52,880
Di Maria with the forward.

1065
01:14:52,880 --> 01:14:56,880
Allarans, Chiesa as well carrying the ball forward as he did last year.

1066
01:14:56,880 --> 01:15:00,880
Vlaović making those runs of the ball that can actually be spotted.

1067
01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:07,880
Things can change for Juve because obviously it would be very unfair for us not to mention the injury troubles

1068
01:15:07,880 --> 01:15:09,880
that they're having.

1069
01:15:09,880 --> 01:15:13,880
A ray of light for them has been Miretti.

1070
01:15:13,880 --> 01:15:15,880
Miretti has been super, super player.

1071
01:15:15,880 --> 01:15:17,880
He's so good Miretti.

1072
01:15:17,880 --> 01:15:19,880
He's so good.

1073
01:15:19,880 --> 01:15:21,880
He's 19 years old.

1074
01:15:21,880 --> 01:15:24,880
Should be one of the first names on the team sheet to me man.

1075
01:15:24,880 --> 01:15:29,880
That's true he's one of the only ones with attacking prowess in that midfield.

1076
01:15:29,880 --> 01:15:32,880
Switching of play is really good as well.

1077
01:15:32,880 --> 01:15:34,880
He's very active, always available.

1078
01:15:34,880 --> 01:15:35,880
I like him a lot man Miretti.

1079
01:15:35,880 --> 01:15:37,880
If you play like that at 19, play him.

1080
01:15:37,880 --> 01:15:38,880
Just play him.

1081
01:15:38,880 --> 01:15:40,880
Let's see what happens.

1082
01:15:40,880 --> 01:15:43,880
That's what I was saying last time bro.

1083
01:15:43,880 --> 01:15:45,880
He is playing him to be fair to him.

1084
01:15:45,880 --> 01:15:49,880
Criticism towards Allegri in the past has been that he doesn't deploy youth.

1085
01:15:49,880 --> 01:15:50,880
Can't be said now.

1086
01:15:50,880 --> 01:15:53,880
He's starting a 19 year old midfielder more often than not.

1087
01:15:53,880 --> 01:15:58,880
The question for you is will he continue to do so when Paredes, Pobega and McKennie are all fit to play and Rabiot.

1088
01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:05,880
I don't know too much about Paredes and what he's going to do for Juve.

1089
01:16:05,880 --> 01:16:07,880
I mean Paredes is one of those midfielders.

1090
01:16:07,880 --> 01:16:09,880
Kind of like an all round player.

1091
01:16:09,880 --> 01:16:10,880
Very good at everything.

1092
01:16:10,880 --> 01:16:12,880
Great CV.

1093
01:16:12,880 --> 01:16:14,880
He was playing PSG.

1094
01:16:14,880 --> 01:16:16,880
He starts for sure though.

1095
01:16:16,880 --> 01:16:17,880
He's that type of player.

1096
01:16:17,880 --> 01:16:18,880
He plays for sure.

1097
01:16:18,880 --> 01:16:20,880
No he'll start 100%.

1098
01:16:20,880 --> 01:16:25,880
I'm wondering how much of a positive slash negative impact it have on Juve.

1099
01:16:25,880 --> 01:16:33,880
Because normally you look at a team that struggles in the midfield and maybe other players come to mind rather than Paredes.

1100
01:16:33,880 --> 01:16:38,880
We've seen them make odd decisions when it comes to signing midfielders.

1101
01:16:38,880 --> 01:16:43,880
We saw the removal of Pjanic and the signing of Artur.

1102
01:16:43,880 --> 01:16:50,880
We saw them bring in Zakaria who now I believe either has an obligation or an option at Chelsea.

1103
01:16:50,880 --> 01:16:52,880
I believe it's a fucking obligation.

1104
01:16:52,880 --> 01:16:55,880
Paredes will see how he does.

1105
01:16:55,880 --> 01:16:56,880
It's a loan as well.

1106
01:16:56,880 --> 01:16:58,880
It's a season long loan with an option to buy.

1107
01:16:58,880 --> 01:17:03,880
They just took advantage of the opportunity there that they saw when PSG needed to make room under books.

1108
01:17:03,880 --> 01:17:04,880
That's it.

1109
01:17:04,880 --> 01:17:05,880
That's very true.

1110
01:17:05,880 --> 01:17:07,880
Fair enough.

1111
01:17:07,880 --> 01:17:13,880
How do you see Juve progressing?

1112
01:17:13,880 --> 01:17:14,880
Slow start.

1113
01:17:14,880 --> 01:17:18,880
Their next match is they have Salernetana which is no easy fixture.

1114
01:17:18,880 --> 01:17:21,880
Then they have a midweek against Benfica.

1115
01:17:21,880 --> 01:17:23,880
Then they return away against Monza.

1116
01:17:23,880 --> 01:17:29,880
So their next three fixtures are relatively on the easier side.

1117
01:17:29,880 --> 01:17:35,880
They do face Milan later on after their midweek fixture to Maccabi Haifa.

1118
01:17:35,880 --> 01:17:38,880
Then they have the derby against Torino.

1119
01:17:38,880 --> 01:17:43,880
Then things get a little bit easier again until they face Inter and Lazio.

1120
01:17:43,880 --> 01:17:45,880
How do you see them bouncing back after this start?

1121
01:17:45,880 --> 01:17:48,880
You have five matches in, two wins, three draws.

1122
01:17:48,880 --> 01:17:49,880
Not exactly ideal for you.

1123
01:17:49,880 --> 01:17:51,880
How do you see Juve bouncing back?

1124
01:17:51,880 --> 01:17:52,880
Not ideal.

1125
01:17:52,880 --> 01:17:54,880
It could be worse of course.

1126
01:17:54,880 --> 01:17:56,880
They could have lost but not the worst.

1127
01:17:56,880 --> 01:17:58,880
How do I see Juve bouncing back?

1128
01:17:58,880 --> 01:18:03,880
All these years of sitting on my ass and watching Serie A have taught me something.

1129
01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:05,880
Juve always come back.

1130
01:18:05,880 --> 01:18:06,880
Always.

1131
01:18:06,880 --> 01:18:08,880
Even when they're down in Serie A.

1132
01:18:08,880 --> 01:18:10,880
Even when they're down in Serie A but you can't get rid of them.

1133
01:18:10,880 --> 01:18:11,880
They're always back.

1134
01:18:11,880 --> 01:18:16,880
Juve are the herpes of the league.

1135
01:18:16,880 --> 01:18:19,880
They always come back with a vengeance.

1136
01:18:19,880 --> 01:18:21,880
Especially under Allegri.

1137
01:18:21,880 --> 01:18:22,880
There was one nil.

1138
01:18:22,880 --> 01:18:24,880
They started stacking them up.

1139
01:18:24,880 --> 01:18:26,880
It's insane to see.

1140
01:18:26,880 --> 01:18:29,880
I don't know if it was last year or the year before.

1141
01:18:29,880 --> 01:18:31,880
They had a terrible start to the season.

1142
01:18:31,880 --> 01:18:32,880
Terrible.

1143
01:18:32,880 --> 01:18:33,880
Last year probably.

1144
01:18:33,880 --> 01:18:34,880
Last year.

1145
01:18:34,880 --> 01:18:38,880
They bounced back bro and didn't lose a game for so long.

1146
01:18:38,880 --> 01:18:42,880
Last year they were on a 17 or 16 match on beat and run.

1147
01:18:42,880 --> 01:18:47,880
Until the match against Inter that we went to watch at Monelli's.

1148
01:18:47,880 --> 01:18:52,880
That's what had ended it with the weird penalty of Hakan.

1149
01:18:52,880 --> 01:18:53,880
The retake.

1150
01:18:53,880 --> 01:18:55,880
Yeah there we go man.

1151
01:18:55,880 --> 01:18:57,880
I see them bouncing back.

1152
01:18:57,880 --> 01:18:59,880
I see them in the top four.

1153
01:18:59,880 --> 01:19:00,880
Interesting.

1154
01:19:00,880 --> 01:19:05,880
Everything tells me historically look at Juve in the top four.

1155
01:19:05,880 --> 01:19:11,880
I think this season is going to be one of their toughest tests to date.

1156
01:19:11,880 --> 01:19:21,880
Which is interesting because in the beginning of the season with the additions of Bremer, Di Maria, Kostic and Pogba.

1157
01:19:21,880 --> 01:19:29,880
I had them in third but in my mind there was a high possibility that they would be in first as well.

1158
01:19:29,880 --> 01:19:35,880
I thought at a point during pre-season when I looked at their team they hadn't even signed Bremer yet.

1159
01:19:35,880 --> 01:19:39,880
And I looked at their lineup with Di Maria, Chiesa, Vlaović, Pogba.

1160
01:19:39,880 --> 01:19:41,880
I was like Jesus Christ these guys.

1161
01:19:41,880 --> 01:19:43,880
And with Alec you know how to win smart.

1162
01:19:43,880 --> 01:19:45,880
I was like these guys can totally win the league.

1163
01:19:45,880 --> 01:19:48,880
Their team is like selecting Adidas 11 on FIFA.

1164
01:19:48,880 --> 01:19:56,880
But the thing is they're still struggling with injuries so you can't really get to see that team in theory in real life.

1165
01:19:56,880 --> 01:20:00,880
So realistically right now I don't think they have what it takes to win the league.

1166
01:20:00,880 --> 01:20:02,880
Yeah fair enough.

1167
01:20:02,880 --> 01:20:05,880
I think we're safe to move on to Inter.

1168
01:20:05,880 --> 01:20:10,880
So Inter sit in eighth at the moment, five matches played and they are on nine points.

1169
01:20:10,880 --> 01:20:13,880
So they had three wins and two losses.

1170
01:20:13,880 --> 01:20:19,880
They started off the season with late drama and managed to beat Lecce away from home 2-1.

1171
01:20:19,880 --> 01:20:22,880
Thanks to a 95th minute goal by Dumfries, last kick of the game.

1172
01:20:22,880 --> 01:20:27,880
They then dismantled Spezia three goals to nil, absolutely demolished them.

1173
01:20:27,880 --> 01:20:34,880
And then after that one that we surprisingly again haven't mentioned is losing to Lecce away from home.

1174
01:20:34,880 --> 01:20:36,880
And three goals to one.

1175
01:20:36,880 --> 01:20:41,880
It goes by Philipp Anderson, a screamer, fucking screamer by Luis Alberto.

1176
01:20:41,880 --> 01:20:45,880
That, Jesus, that is a shout for one of the goals of the season as well.

1177
01:20:45,880 --> 01:20:48,880
I instantly downloaded that goal, the video.

1178
01:20:48,880 --> 01:20:50,880
I put it on InShot.

1179
01:20:50,880 --> 01:20:52,880
I trimmed it, you know I did it up.

1180
01:20:52,880 --> 01:20:56,880
Got on TikTok, search Metallica.

1181
01:20:56,880 --> 01:20:58,880
Instantly.

1182
01:20:58,880 --> 01:21:00,880
Simple as that.

1183
01:21:00,880 --> 01:21:04,880
Inter Sandman, boom, done.

1184
01:21:04,880 --> 01:21:07,880
It was a screamer, did take a slight deflection.

1185
01:21:07,880 --> 01:21:11,880
But straight into the top corner, it was beautiful man, and him coming on.

1186
01:21:11,880 --> 01:21:12,880
Wow.

1187
01:21:12,880 --> 01:21:21,880
Pedro scored in the 86th and Lautaro Martinez had an equalizer in the 51st, but that was far more than enough.

1188
01:21:21,880 --> 01:21:24,880
Sorry, it wasn't enough at all for Inter.

1189
01:21:24,880 --> 01:21:28,880
And they then beat Cremonaise, three goals to one and Correa scored.

1190
01:21:28,880 --> 01:21:35,880
So that was weird. And then they lost in the derby de la Madonina against Milan, three goals to two, where they were technically away from home.

1191
01:21:35,880 --> 01:21:41,880
And now last night they just lost against Bayern Munich with the score of 2-0 at home in Milan.

1192
01:21:41,880 --> 01:21:46,880
So before I talk about Inter, I kind of want to cover the Lacio game a little bit with you.

1193
01:21:46,880 --> 01:21:48,880
Thank you.

1194
01:21:48,880 --> 01:21:55,880
Because simply, Inter had a stretch of time in that game where they were doing Inter stuff.

1195
01:21:55,880 --> 01:22:01,880
They were controlling possession, they were moving the ball around, they were having some nice moments.

1196
01:22:01,880 --> 01:22:10,880
But then Lacio in the second half completely dominated the game and convincingly won 3-1.

1197
01:22:10,880 --> 01:22:15,880
And I don't think, I think that is a very fair result considering how the match went.

1198
01:22:15,880 --> 01:22:19,880
What do you have to make of this game?

1199
01:22:19,880 --> 01:22:24,880
I was surprised, to be honest with you, about this game.

1200
01:22:24,880 --> 01:22:30,880
I did not expect Lacio to destroy Inter in this manner.

1201
01:22:30,880 --> 01:22:35,880
Especially looking at Lacio's starting 11 and the midfield.

1202
01:22:35,880 --> 01:22:40,880
You have Milinkovic, Savage there. And then you have certain players who do not belong there.

1203
01:22:40,880 --> 01:22:43,880
Vecino, you have Cataldi.

1204
01:22:43,880 --> 01:22:49,880
They're okay, but they shouldn't be starting for a team in the top seven in Italy, in my opinion.

1205
01:22:49,880 --> 01:22:55,880
This happened literally last year though. Inter lost to Lacio 3-1 last year as well.

1206
01:22:55,880 --> 01:23:01,880
What's his name? The number three of Lacio jumped on...

1207
01:23:01,880 --> 01:23:03,880
Oh, Patrick. No, no, no.

1208
01:23:03,880 --> 01:23:06,880
He has Ramos on the back of his shirt. What the hell is his name again?

1209
01:23:06,880 --> 01:23:10,880
Felipe... No, stop it.

1210
01:23:10,880 --> 01:23:15,880
Luis Felipe. Luis Felipe jumped on Korea and there was a whole drama.

1211
01:23:15,880 --> 01:23:18,880
Korea can't take a joke, man. 26 million.

1212
01:23:18,880 --> 01:23:20,880
But yes, it's crazy to think about this.

1213
01:23:20,880 --> 01:23:28,880
Providel, Marisil, Schirman, Ioli, Patrick, Lazari, Vecino, Cataldi, Milinkovic, Savage, Zaccani, Imobile and Felipe Anderson beat Inter 3-0.

1214
01:23:28,880 --> 01:23:30,880
Sorry ball, baby. Sorry ball.

1215
01:23:30,880 --> 01:23:36,880
And the thing is they allowed Inter to have possession and they allowed Inter to make mistakes.

1216
01:23:36,880 --> 01:23:44,880
They dispossessed Inter 11 times this game. They capitalized on their errors and they punished them for them.

1217
01:23:44,880 --> 01:23:47,880
I don't know what there is to say about it.

1218
01:23:47,880 --> 01:23:51,880
They had Gagliardini in the middle, Inter didn't look the part.

1219
01:23:51,880 --> 01:23:53,880
Barela completely absent this game as well.

1220
01:23:53,880 --> 01:23:57,880
And Brozovic was not as good as he should be.

1221
01:23:57,880 --> 01:24:03,880
And Lukaku, man, didn't look good at all. It looked so static.

1222
01:24:03,880 --> 01:24:11,880
Yeah, Lukaku is for now, at least from what I've seen, he's half the player that he was last than the last season.

1223
01:24:11,880 --> 01:24:14,880
We saw him in Serie A at Inter two seasons ago.

1224
01:24:14,880 --> 01:24:18,880
And I think that leads me to my points of criticism on Inter so far.

1225
01:24:18,880 --> 01:24:23,880
So obviously they still are one of the best teams in the league by a landslide.

1226
01:24:23,880 --> 01:24:26,880
Inter are so dangerous.

1227
01:24:26,880 --> 01:24:32,880
But they do have a few inconsistencies at the moment with the team.

1228
01:24:32,880 --> 01:24:38,880
We're looking at that back three that was among the best defenses in the league.

1229
01:24:38,880 --> 01:24:40,880
The best, probably.

1230
01:24:40,880 --> 01:24:42,880
For years on years on years.

1231
01:24:42,880 --> 01:24:49,880
And this season, it seems like whether they're trying to break down an attack or whether they start one of their own,

1232
01:24:49,880 --> 01:24:53,880
something can go wrong somewhere along that line, somewhere along that defensive line.

1233
01:24:53,880 --> 01:24:57,880
Either they pass it out and it literally doesn't, the ball doesn't make it to Brozovic.

1234
01:24:57,880 --> 01:25:05,880
Or when they have people running at them, Liao being a prime example that they're not able to stop them in the one on one.

1235
01:25:05,880 --> 01:25:09,880
So their defense has definitely been a little bit shaky this year.

1236
01:25:09,880 --> 01:25:18,880
They have a little bit of a situation on the left hand side where Gorssens isn't seeming like a preferred option at all,

1237
01:25:18,880 --> 01:25:19,880
which kind of leads to...

1238
01:25:19,880 --> 01:25:23,880
They almost saw them. They almost saw them. The management had to block it.

1239
01:25:23,880 --> 01:25:25,880
To fucking Leverkusen.

1240
01:25:25,880 --> 01:25:32,880
The weirdest shit ever. They would have lost Perisic and Gorssens in the space of a month, like two months.

1241
01:25:32,880 --> 01:25:39,880
So they have a weird situation down the left hand side as well.

1242
01:25:39,880 --> 01:25:42,880
And then Lukaku was a shadow of his former self.

1243
01:25:42,880 --> 01:25:47,880
So it seems like they have, they suddenly, in there, have a few areas to work on, man.

1244
01:25:47,880 --> 01:25:54,880
It seems that first of all, this 4-3-3 really works well against a 3-5-2 of Anzagi.

1245
01:25:54,880 --> 01:26:03,880
I feel like Sarri can tear the system apart by getting in the spaces left between the players.

1246
01:26:03,880 --> 01:26:10,880
I agree with your point about the defense being shakier, particularly Devri.

1247
01:26:10,880 --> 01:26:14,880
Devri has, in the past two years, to be honest, declined.

1248
01:26:14,880 --> 01:26:21,880
And I would say that three years ago, Devri was the best out of these three centerbacks, even better than Skriniou.

1249
01:26:21,880 --> 01:26:32,880
When there were interviews with him, it was said that he was a perfectionist and that he would watch clips of himself relentlessly, try to work on himself.

1250
01:26:32,880 --> 01:26:40,880
I hope he's not doing that anymore, quite frankly, because watching those layout clips over and over again, that would be really bad for him.

1251
01:26:40,880 --> 01:26:42,880
Lead him to a nearly grave.

1252
01:26:42,880 --> 01:26:49,880
But yes, man, I think that inter, to be honest, just needs some time to get back into shape.

1253
01:26:49,880 --> 01:26:55,880
Like Lukaku needs to kind of readapt to his environment.

1254
01:26:55,880 --> 01:27:02,880
You have Gossens, who needs to kind of get back into it as well.

1255
01:27:02,880 --> 01:27:04,880
He hasn't done anything at Inter yet.

1256
01:27:04,880 --> 01:27:07,880
And you look at DiMarco. DiMarco is really trying.

1257
01:27:07,880 --> 01:27:13,880
And he's had good games, to be honest. He's had games where he was the main offensive output for them.

1258
01:27:13,880 --> 01:27:16,880
But it's safe to say that things aren't ticking as efficiently as they were.

1259
01:27:16,880 --> 01:27:23,880
Could it be it's because the Conte days are even further back than they used to be?

1260
01:27:23,880 --> 01:27:25,880
Maybe they're losing their weight?

1261
01:27:25,880 --> 01:27:35,880
Conte was one hell of a motivator, man, so I wouldn't be surprised if that plays a part.

1262
01:27:35,880 --> 01:27:41,880
It just seems like something is not quite ticking for Inter.

1263
01:27:41,880 --> 01:27:47,880
They could still win the Kreml and Hezer matches, the Spezia matches, the Lecce matches.

1264
01:27:47,880 --> 01:27:52,880
But it almost seems like every time they faced a bit of a test, they've lost.

1265
01:27:52,880 --> 01:27:54,880
So far, yes, that's been the case.

1266
01:27:54,880 --> 01:27:57,880
I mean, Lecce gave them a test and they won, to be fair.

1267
01:27:57,880 --> 01:28:03,880
But when you look at two matches against the top seven teams, potential six points and they get zero.

1268
01:28:03,880 --> 01:28:10,880
That is concerning for Inter, both away from home and both against bogey teams in recent history.

1269
01:28:10,880 --> 01:28:15,880
Lazio and Milan, you can consider those bogey teams for Inter.

1270
01:28:15,880 --> 01:28:23,880
Coming up, they have a home match against Torino and away match against Victoria Plizan or whatever the fuck that team name is.

1271
01:28:23,880 --> 01:28:25,880
And then they're away to Udinese.

1272
01:28:25,880 --> 01:28:31,880
So that will be quite a tough test for them.

1273
01:28:31,880 --> 01:28:34,880
But I do see them bouncing back very, very quickly.

1274
01:28:34,880 --> 01:28:36,880
They have Roma after that as well.

1275
01:28:36,880 --> 01:28:41,880
We have Roma and then Barcelona and then Sassuolo, then Barca again.

1276
01:28:41,880 --> 01:28:43,880
So that's pretty fucking mad for Inter.

1277
01:28:43,880 --> 01:28:47,880
But I do see them bouncing back very quickly.

1278
01:28:47,880 --> 01:28:50,880
They still have some positive notes for them.

1279
01:28:50,880 --> 01:28:59,880
Of course, our Lautaro Martinez, he's been excellent, really stepping up and carrying that momentum for the past three seasons, past four seasons.

1280
01:28:59,880 --> 01:29:04,880
He's been such a consistent leader for them, Lautaro Martinez.

1281
01:29:04,880 --> 01:29:12,880
And like we said, there's few strikers in the world that can play in a double pivot up front the same way that Lautaro Martinez does.

1282
01:29:12,880 --> 01:29:15,880
And he has a good green top out him as well.

1283
01:29:15,880 --> 01:29:17,880
I'm a big fan of the guy.

1284
01:29:17,880 --> 01:29:25,880
Other positives would be the midfield still seems quite fluid going forward.

1285
01:29:25,880 --> 01:29:27,880
It still seems quite dangerous.

1286
01:29:27,880 --> 01:29:33,880
That combination of Brozovic, Barela and Chalanoglu is still quite dangerous.

1287
01:29:33,880 --> 01:29:35,880
But imagine one of them is tired.

1288
01:29:35,880 --> 01:29:37,880
Who do you bring on?

1289
01:29:37,880 --> 01:29:38,880
Gagliardini.

1290
01:29:38,880 --> 01:29:40,880
Gagliardini. That's the thing.

1291
01:29:40,880 --> 01:29:41,880
They needed a midfielder.

1292
01:29:41,880 --> 01:29:42,880
What about?

1293
01:29:42,880 --> 01:29:44,880
They have, of course, they have Aslani.

1294
01:29:44,880 --> 01:29:45,880
Aslani.

1295
01:29:45,880 --> 01:29:46,880
They haven't really played him, have they?

1296
01:29:46,880 --> 01:29:49,880
They haven't utilized him as much as maybe they should have.

1297
01:29:49,880 --> 01:29:52,880
Well, to be honest, they shouldn't rush him into the fray.

1298
01:29:52,880 --> 01:29:54,880
But I think they might have to.

1299
01:29:54,880 --> 01:29:56,880
He's a good player, to be fair.

1300
01:29:56,880 --> 01:29:57,880
Like he's a very good player.

1301
01:29:57,880 --> 01:29:59,880
I think he'd do a better job than Gagliardini would.

1302
01:29:59,880 --> 01:30:00,880
Yeah, for sure.

1303
01:30:00,880 --> 01:30:08,880
And then obviously they have Miketarian who came on and gave us a heart attack in the derby, the Lama Donnina as well.

1304
01:30:08,880 --> 01:30:10,880
That guy can push it out.

1305
01:30:10,880 --> 01:30:12,880
He's one not to be ignored.

1306
01:30:12,880 --> 01:30:19,880
He's not to be underestimated as well because he's kind of a joke among some fan bases.

1307
01:30:19,880 --> 01:30:21,880
But he's very good.

1308
01:30:21,880 --> 01:30:22,880
He has a lot of flair.

1309
01:30:22,880 --> 01:30:25,880
He can drive well, cover a lot of ground and play a clever ball.

1310
01:30:25,880 --> 01:30:26,880
Yeah.

1311
01:30:26,880 --> 01:30:31,880
And lastly, for Inter, what do you make of the whole Handanovic versus Onana situation?

1312
01:30:31,880 --> 01:30:35,880
I think Onana hasn't played in a while, so it only makes sense that Handanovic is playing.

1313
01:30:35,880 --> 01:30:39,880
But I think eventually Onana is bound to replace Handanovic.

1314
01:30:39,880 --> 01:30:41,880
And I wouldn't be surprised if it happens this season.

1315
01:30:41,880 --> 01:30:42,880
OK.

1316
01:30:42,880 --> 01:30:43,880
You?

1317
01:30:43,880 --> 01:30:44,880
Cool.

1318
01:30:44,880 --> 01:30:51,880
Same, I'm still waiting for Handanovic to have his couple of blunders.

1319
01:30:51,880 --> 01:30:53,880
And Onana will start being introduced.

1320
01:30:53,880 --> 01:31:03,880
I think what we'll start seeing is maybe Onana playing in the Coppa Italia or Onana playing in the Champions League.

1321
01:31:03,880 --> 01:31:06,880
He has decent Champions League experience for Ajax as well.

1322
01:31:06,880 --> 01:31:12,880
So it's a matter of comparing the two, comparing their performances and moving forward.

1323
01:31:12,880 --> 01:31:20,880
But obviously, when it comes to goalkeepers, it's a little bit tricky because you want to play the young guy to build his confidence

1324
01:31:20,880 --> 01:31:26,880
and to understand the team better and to maximise his performances moving forward.

1325
01:31:26,880 --> 01:31:29,880
But at the same time, you want as much experience as possible.

1326
01:31:29,880 --> 01:31:35,880
But sometimes experience with Handanovic means being a bit lazy when it comes to stopping attempts.

1327
01:31:35,880 --> 01:31:38,880
And yeah, we've spoken about Handanovic's issues.

1328
01:31:38,880 --> 01:31:40,880
Being rooted to the spot.

1329
01:31:40,880 --> 01:31:41,880
Exactly.

1330
01:31:41,880 --> 01:31:43,880
Moving on to Lazio.

1331
01:31:43,880 --> 01:31:45,880
Yes, sir.

1332
01:31:45,880 --> 01:31:52,880
They sit in ninth currently with eight points, they have won two games, drawn two games and lost one game.

1333
01:31:52,880 --> 01:31:59,880
They started off against Bologna, the match where their new goalkeeper Luis Maximiliano.

1334
01:31:59,880 --> 01:32:01,880
I keep saying Maximiniano.

1335
01:32:01,880 --> 01:32:03,880
I said Maximiliano.

1336
01:32:03,880 --> 01:32:05,880
That's a mistake.

1337
01:32:05,880 --> 01:32:07,880
Stupid.

1338
01:32:07,880 --> 01:32:10,880
Luis Maximiliano.

1339
01:32:10,880 --> 01:32:12,880
Stupid.

1340
01:32:12,880 --> 01:32:15,880
So, yes, Luis Max.

1341
01:32:15,880 --> 01:32:19,880
Fortunately, we never saw him again after the sixth minute of the first game of the season

1342
01:32:19,880 --> 01:32:25,880
because he got sent off and we've just seen Providel since I think Sarri might have locked him up

1343
01:32:25,880 --> 01:32:28,880
and he's just putting out cigarettes on him constantly.

1344
01:32:28,880 --> 01:32:37,880
That game ended 2-1 to Lazio thanks to a Sao Mauro red card that allowed Lazio to get back into the game over there.

1345
01:32:37,880 --> 01:32:44,880
Then they came 0-0 away to Torino followed by a 3-1 victory over Inter, which we have just discussed.

1346
01:32:44,880 --> 01:32:52,880
They drew away to Sampdoria 1-0 thanks to a Chirom, Mbila goal and Gabbiadini lost second equalizer.

1347
01:32:52,880 --> 01:32:59,880
And then they took the lead early on against Napoli at home but lost thanks to a Mingjay goal and a Guevara Xeria goal.

1348
01:32:59,880 --> 01:33:00,880
The two new boys.

1349
01:33:00,880 --> 01:33:04,880
Yes, the two new boys scoring for Napoli.

1350
01:33:04,880 --> 01:33:08,880
But bro, I'm going to keep it short and sweet with Lazio, man.

1351
01:33:08,880 --> 01:33:11,880
I think they're still missing pieces to be a competitive side.

1352
01:33:11,880 --> 01:33:18,880
I think they're a team that can cause problems to some teams, especially on their day.

1353
01:33:18,880 --> 01:33:21,880
And they're not playing more than once a week.

1354
01:33:21,880 --> 01:33:23,880
I think their midfield isn't too standard.

1355
01:33:23,880 --> 01:33:25,880
I think their fullbacks aren't too standard.

1356
01:33:25,880 --> 01:33:28,880
And I think they're very Chirom, Mbila and Reliant, quite frankly.

1357
01:33:28,880 --> 01:33:29,880
Agreed.

1358
01:33:29,880 --> 01:33:31,880
Agreed 100%.

1359
01:33:31,880 --> 01:33:32,880
Their fullback is definitely need work.

1360
01:33:32,880 --> 01:33:38,880
Their fullbacks pisses me off how they haven't been addressed by Lazio.

1361
01:33:38,880 --> 01:33:41,880
How they still have Lazari and Maricic.

1362
01:33:41,880 --> 01:33:44,880
How they haven't sorted that fucking shit out yet.

1363
01:33:44,880 --> 01:33:50,880
And then things aren't going well and the fullbacks are clearly struggling and they bring on Hisai.

1364
01:33:50,880 --> 01:33:53,880
Literally, man. It's fucked.

1365
01:33:53,880 --> 01:33:55,880
And they have Radu in their squad still.

1366
01:33:55,880 --> 01:33:57,880
Yeah. That Radu.

1367
01:33:57,880 --> 01:34:00,880
Radu. Their Radu. The Lazio.

1368
01:34:00,880 --> 01:34:03,880
He's still there, believe it or not.

1369
01:34:03,880 --> 01:34:10,880
That being said as well, it does seem like there's a lot going on internally for Lazio.

1370
01:34:10,880 --> 01:34:15,880
A little bit of, not favouritism, but it seems like there's a bit of politics going on.

1371
01:34:15,880 --> 01:34:21,880
The fact that Cataldi is starting, for example, is a massive one.

1372
01:34:21,880 --> 01:34:22,880
Oh, for who?

1373
01:34:22,880 --> 01:34:24,880
Why would you say that?

1374
01:34:24,880 --> 01:34:26,880
Sorry, not Cataldi. Vecino.

1375
01:34:26,880 --> 01:34:30,880
Cataldi I get because he's the replacement for Lucas Leyva.

1376
01:34:30,880 --> 01:34:32,880
He's the guy that moves the ball around.

1377
01:34:32,880 --> 01:34:36,880
You're talking about the whole Luis Alberto thing. Yes, yes.

1378
01:34:36,880 --> 01:34:39,880
The Luis Alberto thing is fucked.

1379
01:34:39,880 --> 01:34:41,880
And I think Sarri is a bit of a petty man.

1380
01:34:41,880 --> 01:34:47,880
I think he's a very old school man that if you fuck with me, you get a punishment.

1381
01:34:47,880 --> 01:34:52,880
I think he's that kind of boss and that's not very motivating.

1382
01:34:52,880 --> 01:34:57,880
I think everywhere is shit apart from the front three, quite frankly.

1383
01:34:57,880 --> 01:35:04,880
With the obvious exception of Milinkovic Savic in midfield, best midfielder in the league.

1384
01:35:04,880 --> 01:35:09,880
Luis Alberto hasn't been great as well, but he hasn't been getting minutes as we just said.

1385
01:35:09,880 --> 01:35:11,880
The defence hasn't been great.

1386
01:35:11,880 --> 01:35:15,880
Providel has been decent after stepping in.

1387
01:35:15,880 --> 01:35:20,880
They have all round, everything is OK from their management to their players.

1388
01:35:20,880 --> 01:35:22,880
But that is as far as Lazio goes.

1389
01:35:22,880 --> 01:35:25,880
They're far too inconsistent.

1390
01:35:25,880 --> 01:35:28,880
Great, beating Inter 3-1.

1391
01:35:28,880 --> 01:35:31,880
Massive man, genuinely massive.

1392
01:35:31,880 --> 01:35:38,880
But drawing to Sampdoria straight after, drawing to Torino just before that.

1393
01:35:38,880 --> 01:35:43,880
You know, still a lot of work to be done for Lazio to be...

1394
01:35:43,880 --> 01:35:46,880
I had them in eighth in the beginning and I still have them there.

1395
01:35:46,880 --> 01:35:52,880
I don't see them remotely getting anywhere close to Europe if they keep on having the performances that they do.

1396
01:35:52,880 --> 01:35:56,880
There's nothing exciting and there's nothing stable about it.

1397
01:35:56,880 --> 01:36:01,880
I see a lack of investment as well over here.

1398
01:36:01,880 --> 01:36:04,880
Yes, man, I agree with you.

1399
01:36:04,880 --> 01:36:07,880
I think they leave a lot to be desired.

1400
01:36:07,880 --> 01:36:12,880
I don't think there's much else to say, to be honest about Lazio, dude.

1401
01:36:12,880 --> 01:36:14,880
It's just underwhelming.

1402
01:36:14,880 --> 01:36:23,880
But to be fair with the tools that Sarri has, he has still made the work against Inter.

1403
01:36:23,880 --> 01:36:27,880
So we will be seeing impressive Lazio results and impressive Lazio performances.

1404
01:36:27,880 --> 01:36:33,880
The thing is they just don't have what it takes to finish in the top four simply because they can't do it across a whole season.

1405
01:36:33,880 --> 01:36:36,880
Yeah, that's fair enough.

1406
01:36:36,880 --> 01:36:40,880
Next team we're going to be covering is Salernitana in tenth.

1407
01:36:40,880 --> 01:36:45,880
Probably the highest they've ever been in Serie A history, man, up in tenth over there.

1408
01:36:45,880 --> 01:36:50,880
They currently have six points out of five matches.

1409
01:36:50,880 --> 01:36:54,880
Those included...

1410
01:36:54,880 --> 01:36:58,880
One, two, three, four. Apologies for that.

1411
01:36:58,880 --> 01:37:02,880
So the opening match of the season, they lost 1-0 at home against Roma.

1412
01:37:02,880 --> 01:37:04,880
See the alphabet now.

1413
01:37:04,880 --> 01:37:10,880
And after that, there was a 0-0 away draw against Odinese that in hindsight proved to be a fantastic result.

1414
01:37:10,880 --> 01:37:12,880
They killed Salvadoria.

1415
01:37:12,880 --> 01:37:18,880
Four goals to nil. Goes by DIA, Bonazzoli, Villana and Botham.

1416
01:37:18,880 --> 01:37:21,880
Fantastic performance by Salernitana over there.

1417
01:37:21,880 --> 01:37:26,880
They drew away against Bologna, Arnautovic opened the scoring from the spot again.

1418
01:37:26,880 --> 01:37:29,880
And then DIA got the equaliser.

1419
01:37:29,880 --> 01:37:33,880
And then they drew 2-2 to Empoli in a match that they perhaps should have won.

1420
01:37:33,880 --> 01:37:35,880
Satriano opened the scoring.

1421
01:37:35,880 --> 01:37:37,880
Mazzocchi got the equaliser.

1422
01:37:37,880 --> 01:37:40,880
DIA then scored again. DIA has been on fucking fire, man.

1423
01:37:40,880 --> 01:37:43,880
And then Lammers equalised for Empoli.

1424
01:37:43,880 --> 01:37:46,880
Lammers has also been quite good for Empoli.

1425
01:37:46,880 --> 01:37:49,880
Salernitana, what are your thoughts?

1426
01:37:49,880 --> 01:37:51,880
They're flying quite high after last season.

1427
01:37:51,880 --> 01:37:54,880
I'm off my ass on Salernitana right now, bro.

1428
01:37:54,880 --> 01:37:55,880
I love these guys.

1429
01:37:55,880 --> 01:37:58,880
The way they play football is so fucking fun to watch, man.

1430
01:37:58,880 --> 01:38:02,880
The way their shape, their structure, the way they move the ball around is so simple.

1431
01:38:02,880 --> 01:38:05,880
It's so efficient. It's not flashy.

1432
01:38:05,880 --> 01:38:08,880
It's fucking just fun to watch, man.

1433
01:38:08,880 --> 01:38:14,880
And they have the potential to tear opponents apart as we saw with Sampdoria, for example.

1434
01:38:14,880 --> 01:38:17,880
They tore them an absolute new one over there.

1435
01:38:17,880 --> 01:38:22,880
I really like the movies that they made in the market, particularly the signings of Mazzocchi.

1436
01:38:22,880 --> 01:38:25,880
And DIA has proven to be a great partner to Bonad Soli.

1437
01:38:25,880 --> 01:38:27,880
It's just what he needed up front over there.

1438
01:38:27,880 --> 01:38:31,880
And the signing of Congevo hasn't even really...

1439
01:38:31,880 --> 01:38:33,880
hit the ground running, maybe.

1440
01:38:33,880 --> 01:38:38,880
I mean, he's been fine looking at them, but output-wise, he has a lot left.

1441
01:38:38,880 --> 01:38:41,880
He hasn't even got started.

1442
01:38:41,880 --> 01:38:45,880
This season with Samp last year when he was one of the best right-wingers in the league.

1443
01:38:45,880 --> 01:38:47,880
It's a fair point.

1444
01:38:47,880 --> 01:38:48,880
So they look amazing, man.

1445
01:38:48,880 --> 01:38:49,880
Vilhena looks good.

1446
01:38:49,880 --> 01:38:51,880
Bothheim looks good.

1447
01:38:51,880 --> 01:38:52,880
Mazzocchi.

1448
01:38:52,880 --> 01:38:58,880
Lassana Colibali looks like a different player to last season, the way he moves in that midfield.

1449
01:38:58,880 --> 01:39:02,880
Frank Ribéry, I think, is somewhere there still, somewhere in that team.

1450
01:39:02,880 --> 01:39:06,880
And not to mention as well, Dylan Braun at the centre-back looks really good.

1451
01:39:06,880 --> 01:39:08,880
He's 27 years old, from Tunisia.

1452
01:39:08,880 --> 01:39:10,880
Very good player.

1453
01:39:10,880 --> 01:39:13,880
OK, so I'm quite high on Salernitana.

1454
01:39:13,880 --> 01:39:17,880
I originally was torn between them and Spezia to get relegated.

1455
01:39:17,880 --> 01:39:24,880
I must say that I think that they look much better than Spezia will ever look this season, to be honest.

1456
01:39:24,880 --> 01:39:30,880
They're a tough, energetic, very physical team to play against.

1457
01:39:30,880 --> 01:39:38,880
I don't want to take away how tactical they are because they are a team that is very capable of keeping their shape

1458
01:39:38,880 --> 01:39:45,880
and being very mature with when to explode, when to sit back, when to attack, when to defend, when to play the ball around.

1459
01:39:45,880 --> 01:39:47,880
They're quite a mature side.

1460
01:39:47,880 --> 01:39:53,880
They've kept their main goal, must have been keeping the momentum that was brought towards the end of last season.

1461
01:39:53,880 --> 01:40:01,880
Well, at the end of last season and taking it into this season, it was key that they managed to keep David and Nicolas at the helm.

1462
01:40:01,880 --> 01:40:09,880
There were a lot of rumours saying that this guy is just going to do the same thing with Cremonaise and XSR, or with Monza and XSR, for example.

1463
01:40:09,880 --> 01:40:15,880
But he's showing that he's not only a manager that's good at saving teams for relegation,

1464
01:40:15,880 --> 01:40:23,880
or he's good at that because he's genuinely a very good manager and he can work with a very average starting XI.

1465
01:40:23,880 --> 01:40:28,880
That's what they're doing. Like you said, they onboarded a couple of players very cleverly,

1466
01:40:28,880 --> 01:40:35,880
like Madzoki, Kandreva and DIA, to me, are three absolute superstars in that team.

1467
01:40:35,880 --> 01:40:42,880
I see them being a bogey team for many teams this year. They're very, very capable of getting points this year.

1468
01:40:42,880 --> 01:40:49,880
Perhaps they should have gotten a couple more victories like the one against Empoli. Maybe they should have gotten some more out of that.

1469
01:40:49,880 --> 01:40:56,880
Capitalising on new impairs is Red Card, which has been quite cool against Odinosa, but that's a tough ask at the moment.

1470
01:40:56,880 --> 01:41:03,880
But yeah, they're in a good place right now and I see them staying up this year.

1471
01:41:03,880 --> 01:41:07,880
It's still very early, but at this rate, I do see them staying up.

1472
01:41:07,880 --> 01:41:16,880
A team that's so organised with a dressing room that's probably as chill as they are right now, honestly, because there's no reason to stress.

1473
01:41:16,880 --> 01:41:22,880
I think that they can work in harmony and they can get the best out of their qualities and I think they'll survive.

1474
01:41:22,880 --> 01:41:31,880
Yeah, well, they haven't faced, well, the only top seven team they've faced are Roma. They do have Juve coming up this weekend away from home as well.

1475
01:41:31,880 --> 01:41:35,880
They have Lecce coming up and Sasual away from home as well.

1476
01:41:35,880 --> 01:41:44,880
To be honest, apart from the Juve match, it looks like they can get something out of the Lecce game and it seems like they can get something out of the Sasualo game.

1477
01:41:44,880 --> 01:41:49,880
After that, Verona as well, something they can get a couple of things out of.

1478
01:41:49,880 --> 01:41:55,880
So yeah, it's all about keeping the momentum now for Salernitana and hopefully their key pieces can stay fit, man.

1479
01:41:55,880 --> 01:41:58,880
Yes, I agree. Shall we move on to Fiorentina?

1480
01:41:58,880 --> 01:41:59,880
Yes, sir.

1481
01:41:59,880 --> 01:42:08,880
La Viola, they have six points and they currently sit in 11th. They have won one, drawn three and lost one.

1482
01:42:08,880 --> 01:42:13,880
Safe to say, quite a disappointing start to the season for these guys.

1483
01:42:13,880 --> 01:42:19,880
Now, the first game of the season was against Cremonaese in a 3-2 victory.

1484
01:42:19,880 --> 01:42:23,880
The goals came through Bonaventura, Jovic and Mandragora.

1485
01:42:23,880 --> 01:42:28,880
Mandragora with a very late winner over there. Okerec and Biancetti scoring for Cremonaese.

1486
01:42:28,880 --> 01:42:34,880
They also drew 0-0 to Empoli away from home. Luperto got sent off in the 66th minute.

1487
01:42:34,880 --> 01:42:36,880
That game at Fiorentina still couldn't close it out.

1488
01:42:36,880 --> 01:42:44,880
Another 0-0 followed that one against Napoli where Fiorentina did not look like creating anything to be honest that game.

1489
01:42:44,880 --> 01:42:57,880
Followed by the 1-0 loss away to Widenese, goal by Beto on the 17th and then a 1-1 draw at home to Juventus when they managed to equalise after an early Mille goal.

1490
01:42:57,880 --> 01:43:05,880
I see a Fiorentina team that plays well but can't quite finish off their movements.

1491
01:43:05,880 --> 01:43:10,880
It's a similar problem that they had last season when they let go of Lovic.

1492
01:43:10,880 --> 01:43:13,880
They brought in Cabral and they had Piontek as well.

1493
01:43:13,880 --> 01:43:18,880
They were still getting goals every now and then but there were certain games where they couldn't break the deadlock.

1494
01:43:18,880 --> 01:43:23,880
And I feel like that happens more often than not with them and we can see it in certain games here.

1495
01:43:23,880 --> 01:43:29,880
The Juventus game, the Mude Nese game, they couldn't score against many teams yet.

1496
01:43:29,880 --> 01:43:32,880
They couldn't even score against Napoli. They were down to 10 men.

1497
01:43:32,880 --> 01:43:41,880
That's shambolic. If you're a team that's fighting in Europe and your ambition is Europa League, you have to do better there.

1498
01:43:41,880 --> 01:43:51,880
Agreed. I see a couple of things with Fiorentina that are halting them getting some decent points.

1499
01:43:51,880 --> 01:43:56,880
Number one is they 100% missed Aurera in that midfield for sure.

1500
01:43:56,880 --> 01:43:59,880
The lack of creativity that they have could be linked to that.

1501
01:43:59,880 --> 01:44:04,880
The fact that they're playing a player like Malé, I still don't rate it as much.

1502
01:44:04,880 --> 01:44:07,880
Malé would be the direct replacement.

1503
01:44:07,880 --> 01:44:13,880
Mandragora would be the direct replacement but as well, it leaves a lot to be desired at the moment.

1504
01:44:13,880 --> 01:44:15,880
I feel like their midfield leaves a lot to be desired.

1505
01:44:15,880 --> 01:44:21,880
There's zero to no creativity there at the moment and especially with Malé.

1506
01:44:21,880 --> 01:44:25,880
I can't quite put my finger on what Malé is good at.

1507
01:44:25,880 --> 01:44:31,880
Malé reminds me a bit of Mathieu Fernandez. Remember Mathieu Fernandez back in the day?

1508
01:44:31,880 --> 01:44:34,880
Yes, he had five star skills on FIFA.

1509
01:44:34,880 --> 01:44:38,880
He went to Milan towards the end of his career and was number 22 I believe.

1510
01:44:38,880 --> 01:44:41,880
Exactly. I don't know if he was 22 but I remember that.

1511
01:44:41,880 --> 01:44:49,880
Malé kind of reminds me of that. He's kind of okay at everything but not particularly exceptional at anything.

1512
01:44:49,880 --> 01:44:53,880
I'm curious about his age. I believe he's about 24 years old.

1513
01:44:53,880 --> 01:44:55,880
He's 24 years old.

1514
01:44:57,880 --> 01:44:58,880
That was sexy.

1515
01:44:58,880 --> 01:44:59,880
Thanks man.

1516
01:44:59,880 --> 01:45:02,880
He's a Moroccan international.

1517
01:45:02,880 --> 01:45:11,880
Hashish?

1518
01:45:11,880 --> 01:45:17,880
Yes, he can grow into something I think. I'm extremely impressed though.

1519
01:45:17,880 --> 01:45:23,880
Amrabbat man. Amrabbat for me is a fantastic midfielder. One of the best in the league in his position.

1520
01:45:23,880 --> 01:45:35,880
Amrabbat is very good obviously but that does lead me to my second issue which is a little bit of Gasperini last season.

1521
01:45:35,880 --> 01:45:42,880
That probably has to do a lot with their tight schedule like most teams but they obviously also have Europe this time round.

1522
01:45:45,880 --> 01:45:47,880
It's constantly changing things around Italiano this time.

1523
01:45:47,880 --> 01:45:48,880
Yes man.

1524
01:45:48,880 --> 01:45:58,880
Some questionable decisions man. I heard that Nico Gonzales has a heel injury and that's why he hasn't been being utilised so that explains it.

1525
01:45:58,880 --> 01:46:00,880
Please stop playing Iconi.

1526
01:46:00,880 --> 01:46:03,880
Iconi bro, my god, can he get any worse?

1527
01:46:03,880 --> 01:46:06,880
That's a massive one to stop playing for.

1528
01:46:06,880 --> 01:46:14,880
It does seem like when it comes to their personnel, there are certain games where you shouldn't start Sampo Nara.

1529
01:46:14,880 --> 01:46:16,880
Yes obviously.

1530
01:46:16,880 --> 01:46:24,880
And it doesn't seem like he has that filter. It's like I have all these motherfuckers and I'm going to utilise them as hard as I can. It's fair enough.

1531
01:46:24,880 --> 01:46:30,880
I think he focuses a lot on condition. How they are physically maybe.

1532
01:46:30,880 --> 01:46:34,880
I go for personality more than anything man.

1533
01:46:34,880 --> 01:46:36,880
I go for the bunda.

1534
01:46:36,880 --> 01:46:48,880
The thing is bro, I feel like sometimes Fiorentino overcomplicate simple manoeuvres. I feel like sometimes with their transition they can be a bit quicker.

1535
01:46:48,880 --> 01:46:51,880
Like finding a new kit and they change their badge.

1536
01:46:51,880 --> 01:46:57,880
Exactly, there we go. No honestly I feel like they overcomplicate things.

1537
01:46:57,880 --> 01:47:07,880
Jovic hasn't really made himself as available as a striker. Cabral looks overweight after pre-season quite frankly.

1538
01:47:07,880 --> 01:47:15,880
It's quite a disappointing sight to be honest. Look at this guy who banged down on how many goals in the Europa League last season.

1539
01:47:15,880 --> 01:47:22,880
In half a season to be honest with his team before. Who was his team before? Cabral, who did he join from?

1540
01:47:22,880 --> 01:47:24,880
He joined from Brazil I think.

1541
01:47:24,880 --> 01:47:27,880
He spanked a bunch of them. No, no, no, in the Europa League.

1542
01:47:27,880 --> 01:47:29,880
Oh right, you're right.

1543
01:47:29,880 --> 01:47:35,880
And Fiorentino. Let's see.

1544
01:47:35,880 --> 01:47:40,880
He was with...

1545
01:47:40,880 --> 01:47:41,880
Basel dude.

1546
01:47:41,880 --> 01:47:42,880
Ah yeah Basel.

1547
01:47:42,880 --> 01:47:48,880
Basel. He smacked a bunch of goals in for Basel. He was at Palmeiras before them though. You're right.

1548
01:47:48,880 --> 01:47:49,880
Brazil?

1549
01:47:49,880 --> 01:47:55,880
He scored a bunch of goals for them in the Europa League and to be honest with you I thought that he could replicate that form.

1550
01:47:55,880 --> 01:48:04,880
Now it seems that Jovic is finding it difficult to adapt and Cabral isn't someone they can depend on right now.

1551
01:48:04,880 --> 01:48:08,880
So they're playing with two struggling strikers right now.

1552
01:48:08,880 --> 01:48:18,880
Their best winger is out and their best currently available winger Sotil seems to have not figured out his end product yet.

1553
01:48:18,880 --> 01:48:22,880
He seems to always make the wrong decision at the end. He does everything perfectly apart from the wrong decision.

1554
01:48:22,880 --> 01:48:25,880
By far one of their strongest points at the moment.

1555
01:48:25,880 --> 01:48:30,880
Yes, I would say he's the most positive thing on that team apart from Amr Abat right now.

1556
01:48:30,880 --> 01:48:31,880
Yeah.

1557
01:48:31,880 --> 01:48:35,880
Because Amr Abat for me is the way he dominates the midfield on his own is exceptional.

1558
01:48:35,880 --> 01:48:44,880
Yeah, true. Inconsistency seems to be quite a theme with Fiorentino this season thus far.

1559
01:48:44,880 --> 01:48:51,880
It's hard to blame the players when you see such a consistent change in personnel every single match.

1560
01:48:51,880 --> 01:49:01,880
It seems like there is a different combination of players in the starting eleven and then you can't blame the coach for making those decisions when they have such a tight schedule.

1561
01:49:01,880 --> 01:49:10,880
So the more the team grows into each other and the more the substitute players learn how to play with the starting eleven and vice versa, the stronger they will get.

1562
01:49:10,880 --> 01:49:14,880
But at the end of the day, they got Conference League last year.

1563
01:49:14,880 --> 01:49:20,880
So in an ideal world, they'd be looking for something a little bit higher that are at least retaining that this year.

1564
01:49:20,880 --> 01:49:27,880
And to me, at least right now, that doesn't look like I really see the goal for Fiorentino for where they are right now this season.

1565
01:49:27,880 --> 01:49:32,880
Unless they get knocked out of Europe and then they can put their full focus on Serie A.

1566
01:49:32,880 --> 01:49:39,880
Yeah. But I think now that they're in, they just need to try to go all the way because there's no guarantee that they'll be in again next year.

1567
01:49:39,880 --> 01:49:41,880
Yeah, yeah, that's true.

1568
01:49:41,880 --> 01:49:50,880
The next team we're going to be covering are Sassuolo, so a team that have had quite an uninspiring start to this campaign.

1569
01:49:50,880 --> 01:49:56,880
So they started the season off by losing 3-0 at the hands of Juventus.

1570
01:49:56,880 --> 01:50:02,880
They then went on to beat Lecce one goal to nil thanks to a super goal by Domenico Berardi.

1571
01:50:02,880 --> 01:50:05,880
They went on to draw 2-2 against Spezia away from home.

1572
01:50:05,880 --> 01:50:12,880
It was Frattesi and Pinamonti who scored. And that first Spezia was Bastoni and Insola from the spot.

1573
01:50:12,880 --> 01:50:16,880
And they then went on to draw nil-nil against Milan, which is a fantastic result for them.

1574
01:50:16,880 --> 01:50:19,880
When they saw the injury of Berardi that game.

1575
01:50:19,880 --> 01:50:23,880
Yep, they saw a devastating injury for Berardi that game as well.

1576
01:50:23,880 --> 01:50:28,880
And then they went on to draw nil-nil to Cremonaia, probably because it's Sassuolo without Berardi.

1577
01:50:28,880 --> 01:50:37,880
Now, I know there's a lot that we both want to say, but I think we should leave a lot of it up to our very active listener and great friend of ours, Luke Mintov.

1578
01:50:37,880 --> 01:50:43,880
Because at the end of the day, he does support, sorry, he's Sassuolo and he knows much more about them than we do.

1579
01:50:43,880 --> 01:50:45,880
So take it away, Mint.

1580
01:50:45,880 --> 01:50:56,880
Morning, gents, and happy Serie A spotlight is banging on in season two. Good luck, boys. Hope you keep growing.

1581
01:50:56,880 --> 01:51:08,880
With regards to Sassuolo, to keep it short and simple, I think there are aspects where they have actually improved.

1582
01:51:08,880 --> 01:51:16,880
Funnily enough, apart from the Juve game, which was pretty much horrendous defensively,

1583
01:51:16,880 --> 01:51:26,880
the games afterwards were far better. At least less goals were conceded.

1584
01:51:26,880 --> 01:51:33,880
I think basically they were more compact and they were giving away less balls.

1585
01:51:33,880 --> 01:51:36,880
And it seems like Dionisi really wants to play from the back.

1586
01:51:36,880 --> 01:51:43,880
So the fact that Ehrlich's there instead of Kirikis or Aihon, I think helps a lot.

1587
01:51:43,880 --> 01:51:50,880
I still think that defensively they need to improve, at least maybe perhaps signing a few new players.

1588
01:51:50,880 --> 01:51:56,880
But on that side of things, they've conceded less and they're less leaky at the back.

1589
01:51:56,880 --> 01:52:02,880
You have to consider that last year, within the first 20 minutes, Sassuolo would usually concede a goal,

1590
01:52:02,880 --> 01:52:06,880
albeit they would then come back because they played such good attacking football.

1591
01:52:06,880 --> 01:52:11,880
But that's not happening anymore, which is a good sign, at least from my perspective.

1592
01:52:11,880 --> 01:52:17,880
On the other side, attacking-wise, it's looking quite bleak, especially now that Barardi is out,

1593
01:52:17,880 --> 01:52:25,880
which is a massive blow. Probably if you don't want one player to be injured, it's him.

1594
01:52:25,880 --> 01:52:36,880
Unfortunately it is. And yeah, it showed against Cremona that we were scratching our heads.

1595
01:52:36,880 --> 01:52:42,880
I don't know how bad it will be. There are a couple of new players like Antiste and Laurenti,

1596
01:52:42,880 --> 01:52:47,880
probably I butchered his name, who look promising.

1597
01:52:47,880 --> 01:52:53,880
Penamonti, on the other hand, he's not looking great.

1598
01:52:53,880 --> 01:52:58,880
And that's a bit worrying because he was the star signing of the summer,

1599
01:52:58,880 --> 01:53:03,880
especially considering we've lost Raspaldorio and Skangaka in one transfer window,

1600
01:53:03,880 --> 01:53:06,880
who scored more than half our goals last year.

1601
01:53:06,880 --> 01:53:10,880
So I'd like to see Dionisi change the squad a bit.

1602
01:53:10,880 --> 01:53:16,880
I'd like to see Alvarez play a bit more, especially because he wasn't bought for peanuts.

1603
01:53:16,880 --> 01:53:22,880
He was bought for $13 million. He's only come on the last five, ten minutes of a football game.

1604
01:53:22,880 --> 01:53:26,880
So I'd like to see him give in a game to show his skills,

1605
01:53:26,880 --> 01:53:29,880
because in the preseason he was actually scoring a couple of goals.

1606
01:53:29,880 --> 01:53:35,880
So I feel like that should be at least given some thought.

1607
01:53:35,880 --> 01:53:41,880
But yeah, overall, defensively Soswala have improved.

1608
01:53:41,880 --> 01:53:45,880
Unfortunately, attacking-wise they haven't,

1609
01:53:45,880 --> 01:53:49,880
which has always been something that Soswala like to boast,

1610
01:53:49,880 --> 01:53:52,880
that they play really good, attractive attacking football.

1611
01:53:52,880 --> 01:53:57,880
So it feels like they're really focused on cleaning up the defence,

1612
01:53:57,880 --> 01:54:00,880
and they've kind of abandoned the attack in a way.

1613
01:54:00,880 --> 01:54:05,880
And I think that one other key factor on this,

1614
01:54:05,880 --> 01:54:07,880
who will be massive when he returns,

1615
01:54:07,880 --> 01:54:10,880
Traore will be fundamental once he comes and if he comes back,

1616
01:54:10,880 --> 01:54:12,880
because he's still injured.

1617
01:54:12,880 --> 01:54:18,880
And I think he gives quite a big impact on the left-hand side of the game,

1618
01:54:18,880 --> 01:54:20,880
on the left-hand side of the pitch, sorry,

1619
01:54:20,880 --> 01:54:22,880
just as Barajas has that impact on the right.

1620
01:54:22,880 --> 01:54:24,880
So things aren't great,

1621
01:54:24,880 --> 01:54:29,880
but we have to also consider that there are quite a few key injuries as well.

1622
01:54:29,880 --> 01:54:32,880
However, I'd say, you know,

1623
01:54:32,880 --> 01:54:38,880
I'd rate out of 10, Soswala have a six on ten so far from my perspective.

1624
01:54:38,880 --> 01:54:43,880
Interesting, interesting, interesting about Soswala.

1625
01:54:43,880 --> 01:54:45,880
What do you make of Mintov's comments?

1626
01:54:45,880 --> 01:54:51,880
So I do agree with Mintov that they have focused a lot on the defensive aspect of their game.

1627
01:54:51,880 --> 01:54:55,880
Dionisi highlighted at the beginning of the season that he wants to concede less goals

1628
01:54:55,880 --> 01:54:58,880
and really tighten it up at the back.

1629
01:54:58,880 --> 01:55:02,880
And I feel like they've done so from the fixtures so far.

1630
01:55:02,880 --> 01:55:05,880
You know, you look at the results, they've conceded way less than they typically do.

1631
01:55:05,880 --> 01:55:07,880
It's just a shame that going forward,

1632
01:55:07,880 --> 01:55:11,880
they're not quite the same anymore due to the departures, of course,

1633
01:55:11,880 --> 01:55:15,880
of Skamaka and Rospadori who had really good going over there.

1634
01:55:15,880 --> 01:55:19,880
The new arrivals of Pinnamonti and Alvarez are, of course, going to need time.

1635
01:55:19,880 --> 01:55:22,880
It's a shame that Pinnamonti didn't hit the ground running,

1636
01:55:22,880 --> 01:55:24,880
as many people thought he would.

1637
01:55:24,880 --> 01:55:27,880
He's a local in Serie A.

1638
01:55:27,880 --> 01:55:30,880
You know, you think there's just a new change of environment, boom,

1639
01:55:30,880 --> 01:55:32,880
and it hit the ground running.

1640
01:55:32,880 --> 01:55:38,880
But on his debut, he wrote down important points at a difficult stadium,

1641
01:55:38,880 --> 01:55:41,880
and they were playing at home.

1642
01:55:41,880 --> 01:55:44,880
So I'm not quite sure.

1643
01:55:44,880 --> 01:55:46,880
Yeah, he needs some time to adapt.

1644
01:55:46,880 --> 01:55:50,880
And I mean, they've been very unlucky in the sense that obviously we all expected

1645
01:55:50,880 --> 01:55:54,880
that they would lose those two key pieces in Rospadori and Skamaka,

1646
01:55:54,880 --> 01:55:55,880
but they lost them.

1647
01:55:55,880 --> 01:55:58,880
And then above and beyond that, they came into the season with Char injured,

1648
01:55:58,880 --> 01:56:01,880
and now their captain and best player, Domenico Berardi,

1649
01:56:01,880 --> 01:56:03,880
has picked up a devastating injury as well.

1650
01:56:03,880 --> 01:56:10,880
So, sure, defending, they've improved significantly, like you said.

1651
01:56:10,880 --> 01:56:15,880
And like Mintov said, they've conceded in the opening five games, five goals,

1652
01:56:15,880 --> 01:56:18,880
and those came in two matches, one against Pézi and one against Juve,

1653
01:56:18,880 --> 01:56:20,880
to be fair to them.

1654
01:56:20,880 --> 01:56:25,880
I love watching them, particularly when Lopes is on the pitch,

1655
01:56:25,880 --> 01:56:29,880
the way he moves the ball around, and his movement is very unique,

1656
01:56:29,880 --> 01:56:32,880
and he's a genius man, he's a genius.

1657
01:56:32,880 --> 01:56:36,880
And coupled up with Mathews Henrique nowadays, bro, Henrique is really good,

1658
01:56:36,880 --> 01:56:39,880
very similar to Maxime Lopes, the way he plays.

1659
01:56:39,880 --> 01:56:42,880
Yeah, they bounce off each other well, those two men.

1660
01:56:42,880 --> 01:56:46,880
Sasuolo, again, started the season off quite slowly,

1661
01:56:46,880 --> 01:56:49,880
and it's probably through no fault of their own,

1662
01:56:49,880 --> 01:56:50,880
they're going through massive change.

1663
01:56:50,880 --> 01:56:53,880
It's good that they managed to keep their hands on Dionisi,

1664
01:56:53,880 --> 01:56:58,880
and they didn't make any rash decisions quickly.

1665
01:56:58,880 --> 01:57:02,880
I see them picking it up, particularly when those two wingers are back into the team,

1666
01:57:02,880 --> 01:57:05,880
and Pena Monti starts finding his feet a little bit more.

1667
01:57:05,880 --> 01:57:10,880
And then that exactly completes what they're looking to complete at the end of the day,

1668
01:57:10,880 --> 01:57:12,880
because they've tackled the defence.

1669
01:57:12,880 --> 01:57:16,880
Now once they get their best men back in, in the attacking region,

1670
01:57:16,880 --> 01:57:21,880
then that's when they can take it to phase two and start competing for that top-10 spot.

1671
01:57:21,880 --> 01:57:28,880
Yeah, let's hope that Beraide is back soon, and that Trauer is back soon too,

1672
01:57:28,880 --> 01:57:32,880
because towards the end of last season we saw Trauer doing some top stuff.

1673
01:57:32,880 --> 01:57:34,880
Magical stuff. Yeah.

1674
01:57:34,880 --> 01:57:37,880
But thank you very much, Minto, for the voice note.

1675
01:57:37,880 --> 01:57:40,880
We can move on thanks to your very capable hands.

1676
01:57:40,880 --> 01:57:43,880
Verona in 13th.

1677
01:57:43,880 --> 01:57:49,880
So they've got five points in 13th, they've won one game, they've drawn two, and they have lost two.

1678
01:57:49,880 --> 01:57:53,880
Their first match of the season was a 5-2 home loss to Napoli.

1679
01:57:53,880 --> 01:57:58,880
They gave them a few problems, and they started off fairly by taking the lead through Kevin Lasagna.

1680
01:57:58,880 --> 01:57:59,880
Then they conceded two goals.

1681
01:57:59,880 --> 01:58:04,880
Then in the second half they equalised through Thomas Onri, I almost made a mistake.

1682
01:58:04,880 --> 01:58:10,880
And then from the 55th to the 79th, Zilinski, Lobotka and Politano just stole the show.

1683
01:58:10,880 --> 01:58:19,880
They then went away from home to Bologna and drew 1-1, which by their standards is a disappointing result,

1684
01:58:19,880 --> 01:58:24,880
but the performance was there, they attacked a lot, they were unlucky to be honest to come up with a draw from this one.

1685
01:58:24,880 --> 01:58:30,880
They then lost to Atalanta away from home, 1-0 thanks to a coupe-miner's goal.

1686
01:58:30,880 --> 01:58:38,880
Napoli won, Verona won right after that, Baldanzi with the goal, and Cologne with the goal for Verona.

1687
01:58:38,880 --> 01:58:48,880
And then once again a 2-1 victory at home against Sampdoria, thanks to an Auderao goal and a Doig goal at the end of the first half.

1688
01:58:48,880 --> 01:58:49,880
I have to pronounce it, bro.

1689
01:58:49,880 --> 01:58:52,880
They absolutely destroyed Sampdoria though, they tore them apart.

1690
01:58:52,880 --> 01:58:55,880
Yeah, the 2-1 really doesn't do the game justice.

1691
01:58:55,880 --> 01:58:57,880
Verona, bro.

1692
01:58:57,880 --> 01:58:59,880
Verona, I mean...

1693
01:58:59,880 --> 01:59:00,880
Worse than last season, huh?

1694
01:59:00,880 --> 01:59:03,880
Worse than last season for sure, for sure, for sure.

1695
01:59:03,880 --> 01:59:14,880
And it's almost like if I had a graph and I had the last three seasons, it's constantly going downwards, it is constantly moving downwards.

1696
01:59:14,880 --> 01:59:18,880
They've lost massive key pieces to their team, bro.

1697
01:59:18,880 --> 01:59:20,880
Every season they lose more and more.

1698
01:59:20,880 --> 01:59:22,880
Every season they lose their stats up there.

1699
01:59:22,880 --> 01:59:26,880
We'll play a game, I name one and then you name another and we keep going until we run out.

1700
01:59:26,880 --> 01:59:28,880
Okay, you're gonna win, but sure.

1701
01:59:28,880 --> 01:59:30,880
Let's go, Rahmani.

1702
01:59:30,880 --> 01:59:32,880
Zakani.

1703
01:59:35,880 --> 01:59:36,880
Di Marco.

1704
01:59:36,880 --> 01:59:38,880
Barak.

1705
01:59:38,880 --> 01:59:40,880
Amrabat.

1706
01:59:41,880 --> 01:59:43,880
Cholito.

1707
01:59:43,880 --> 01:59:45,880
Good one.

1708
01:59:48,880 --> 01:59:49,880
Five.

1709
01:59:49,880 --> 01:59:50,880
Four.

1710
01:59:50,880 --> 01:59:52,880
Wait, don't do that.

1711
01:59:52,880 --> 01:59:53,880
It's a podcast, man.

1712
01:59:53,880 --> 01:59:57,880
They dare, they dare. It's our podcast, we decide.

1713
01:59:57,880 --> 01:59:58,880
No, I'm kidding.

1714
01:59:58,880 --> 01:59:59,880
Who is that there?

1715
01:59:59,880 --> 02:00:01,880
Yeah, they're there, oh yeah.

1716
02:00:01,880 --> 02:00:03,880
They're called keepers.

1717
02:00:03,880 --> 02:00:06,880
No, but basically as they've lost so many key pieces, bro.

1718
02:00:06,880 --> 02:00:07,880
So many key pieces.

1719
02:00:07,880 --> 02:00:10,880
And they are getting worse and worse and worse.

1720
02:00:10,880 --> 02:00:14,880
Trophy right now looks like he's capable of keeping them afloat.

1721
02:00:14,880 --> 02:00:16,880
It doesn't take much to keep them afloat.

1722
02:00:16,880 --> 02:00:19,880
There's still quite a bit of talent over there.

1723
02:00:19,880 --> 02:00:23,880
I like the signing of Thomas Henry.

1724
02:00:23,880 --> 02:00:26,880
I like the way he's being utilised as well.

1725
02:00:26,880 --> 02:00:29,880
And the fact that Juric is the alternative off the bench.

1726
02:00:29,880 --> 02:00:32,880
You can also put in a shift over there.

1727
02:00:32,880 --> 02:00:35,880
Very similar qualities to Ondri, to be honest.

1728
02:00:35,880 --> 02:00:36,880
But yeah.

1729
02:00:36,880 --> 02:00:44,880
I mean, you look at their starting 11 and you can tell off the bat that they've significantly fucking downgraded.

1730
02:00:44,880 --> 02:00:51,880
Ilici Veloso, Lazovic in the middle with Dujg out wide and Terracciano out wide as well.

1731
02:00:51,880 --> 02:00:54,880
Ondri and Lasagna up front.

1732
02:00:54,880 --> 02:00:59,880
Their back three is just constantly terrible.

1733
02:00:59,880 --> 02:01:08,880
Verona, I mean, then this in their most recent match where they beat Sampdoria, they had Davidovic, Hien and Coppola.

1734
02:01:08,880 --> 02:01:14,880
I mean, is that enough at the end of the day to be competing in Serie A?

1735
02:01:14,880 --> 02:01:19,880
And then they have the likes of Gunther, I guess.

1736
02:01:19,880 --> 02:01:22,880
Is Farahoni injured?

1737
02:01:22,880 --> 02:01:23,880
He must be injured.

1738
02:01:23,880 --> 02:01:25,880
Because he hasn't featured.

1739
02:01:25,880 --> 02:01:27,880
He must be injured.

1740
02:01:27,880 --> 02:01:34,880
And Tamez probably as well would be injured because he would make that starting 11 over the likes of Miguel Veloso.

1741
02:01:34,880 --> 02:01:36,880
Tamez has been playing.

1742
02:01:36,880 --> 02:01:38,880
Maybe he came on this.

1743
02:01:38,880 --> 02:01:39,880
Well, no, he didn't play this match.

1744
02:01:39,880 --> 02:01:41,880
No, he came on in the 73rd.

1745
02:01:41,880 --> 02:01:43,880
He came on the 73rd.

1746
02:01:43,880 --> 02:01:44,880
Should really be starting.

1747
02:01:44,880 --> 02:01:45,880
Wow. OK.

1748
02:01:45,880 --> 02:01:46,880
It depends.

1749
02:01:46,880 --> 02:01:47,880
There's always rotation, right?

1750
02:01:47,880 --> 02:01:49,880
Especially so early on in the season.

1751
02:01:49,880 --> 02:01:53,880
I think, like you said, they have enough to stay afloat.

1752
02:01:53,880 --> 02:02:01,880
But the thing is, I'm looking at future seasons and seeing are they going to continue dipping because if they are in the next two seasons, they're down.

1753
02:02:01,880 --> 02:02:02,880
No, you're right.

1754
02:02:02,880 --> 02:02:03,880
That's a very fair point.

1755
02:02:03,880 --> 02:02:07,880
Trajectory wise, it's not looking promising for them in the long run.

1756
02:02:07,880 --> 02:02:08,880
Something needs to happen.

1757
02:02:08,880 --> 02:02:13,880
There needs to be some kind of ambition shown in the transfer market.

1758
02:02:13,880 --> 02:02:15,880
I mentioned this every single episode.

1759
02:02:15,880 --> 02:02:19,880
Uriach left because of no ambition over there in the transfer market.

1760
02:02:19,880 --> 02:02:21,880
It seems to be the case again.

1761
02:02:21,880 --> 02:02:22,880
Now there's Choffy there.

1762
02:02:22,880 --> 02:02:24,880
We'll see how long Choffy lasts.

1763
02:02:24,880 --> 02:02:31,880
You know, they have some talent over there that can be snapped up as Montepo, Faroni, Henri, Illich.

1764
02:02:31,880 --> 02:02:34,880
You know, these are all guys that can do bits elsewhere.

1765
02:02:34,880 --> 02:02:39,880
So it would be a shame, really, to see them continue to decline.

1766
02:02:39,880 --> 02:02:40,880
Hashtag save Verona.

1767
02:02:40,880 --> 02:02:42,880
Hashtag save Verona.

1768
02:02:42,880 --> 02:02:49,880
Maybe they can split themselves in half and team up with Kevo Verona.

1769
02:02:49,880 --> 02:02:55,880
Kevo Verona apparently are back and they're all the way down to like the amateur leagues for now working their way up.

1770
02:02:55,880 --> 02:02:56,880
I heard something.

1771
02:02:56,880 --> 02:02:58,880
The flying donkeys.

1772
02:02:58,880 --> 02:03:00,880
Yeah, flying again.

1773
02:03:00,880 --> 02:03:02,880
Spezia.

1774
02:03:02,880 --> 02:03:06,880
Spezia, Spezia, Spezia.

1775
02:03:06,880 --> 02:03:07,880
Is it yours, my dog?

1776
02:03:07,880 --> 02:03:08,880
It's yours.

1777
02:03:08,880 --> 02:03:09,880
It's yours? Apologies.

1778
02:03:09,880 --> 02:03:11,880
It's yours.

1779
02:03:11,880 --> 02:03:13,880
Why did you say it like that?

1780
02:03:13,880 --> 02:03:16,880
Because you said I told you it's yours and you told me it's yours.

1781
02:03:16,880 --> 02:03:17,880
Apologies.

1782
02:03:17,880 --> 02:03:19,880
You didn't say it's mine.

1783
02:03:19,880 --> 02:03:21,880
All right, dog.

1784
02:03:21,880 --> 02:03:24,880
Next up, Spezia.

1785
02:03:24,880 --> 02:03:28,880
One win, two draws, two losses for them.

1786
02:03:28,880 --> 02:03:33,880
So they started the season off with a victory over Empoli, very much against the run of play,

1787
02:03:33,880 --> 02:03:36,880
but they managed to get that one-nil victory through an Enzo Lagol.

1788
02:03:36,880 --> 02:03:41,880
They then went on to lose three-nil at the hands of Inter Milan.

1789
02:03:41,880 --> 02:03:44,880
They got a draw against Sassuolo at home.

1790
02:03:44,880 --> 02:03:46,880
It was quite a shootout over there, two goals to two.

1791
02:03:46,880 --> 02:03:51,880
They then lost two-nil to Juventus after Vlaović and Milik scored.

1792
02:03:51,880 --> 02:03:54,880
And Marley's licking my foot.

1793
02:03:54,880 --> 02:04:00,880
And then they drew two-two against Bologna, where Arnautovic got a doppietta and Basto on his goal,

1794
02:04:00,880 --> 02:04:04,880
alongside Jeremy Schouten's own goal, was enough to seal the draw.

1795
02:04:04,880 --> 02:04:07,880
That's what got Mihailović sacked.

1796
02:04:07,880 --> 02:04:09,880
Ah, this two-two.

1797
02:04:09,880 --> 02:04:12,880
Because they went winless in their first five.

1798
02:04:12,880 --> 02:04:14,880
Jesus. No, wait.

1799
02:04:14,880 --> 02:04:16,880
Winless in their...

1800
02:04:16,880 --> 02:04:20,880
They won their first match of the season against Empoli.

1801
02:04:20,880 --> 02:04:21,880
Oh, did they?

1802
02:04:21,880 --> 02:04:22,880
Yes.

1803
02:04:22,880 --> 02:04:23,880
How much was that, remind me?

1804
02:04:23,880 --> 02:04:25,880
One-nil against the run of play.

1805
02:04:25,880 --> 02:04:29,880
But then after that, they failed to get points.

1806
02:04:29,880 --> 02:04:31,880
Now, let's go.

1807
02:04:31,880 --> 02:04:35,880
No, I was going to go straight to Mihailović, but we'll do that when we're at Bologna.

1808
02:04:35,880 --> 02:04:38,880
Spezia, I mean...

1809
02:04:38,880 --> 02:04:43,880
downgraded from last year, I would say.

1810
02:04:43,880 --> 02:04:46,880
However, they haven't had the easiest of starts at all.

1811
02:04:46,880 --> 02:04:49,880
Downgraded? Why do you think they downgraded?

1812
02:04:49,880 --> 02:04:53,880
They're not as good as they were last year, in my opinion, from what I've seen.

1813
02:04:53,880 --> 02:04:55,880
They've been weaker than they were last year.

1814
02:04:55,880 --> 02:05:01,880
I think it's fair enough that Thiago Mota's Spezia were a trickier side to face than this Spezia.

1815
02:05:01,880 --> 02:05:05,880
But they're racking up some decent points, huh?

1816
02:05:05,880 --> 02:05:06,880
I mean...

1817
02:05:06,880 --> 02:05:10,880
They go five points, it's a team that barely ever gets points.

1818
02:05:10,880 --> 02:05:14,880
A draw against Bologna that are struggling.

1819
02:05:14,880 --> 02:05:17,880
A point against Suswala that are struggling.

1820
02:05:17,880 --> 02:05:19,880
And three points against Empoli against run of play.

1821
02:05:19,880 --> 02:05:21,880
That's a six-pointer.

1822
02:05:21,880 --> 02:05:26,880
Spezia were never the team that looked good there, but they were always very good at getting...

1823
02:05:26,880 --> 02:05:30,880
Getting these three points here and there to give them a float.

1824
02:05:30,880 --> 02:05:34,880
As you said, they survived for three seasons in a row.

1825
02:05:34,880 --> 02:05:39,880
It's difficult to relegate them this year, to actually say that they're going to get relegated.

1826
02:05:39,880 --> 02:05:45,880
I think joining the Spezia and the Salernitana conversation, there's Empoli as well.

1827
02:05:45,880 --> 02:05:48,880
They might be a candidate for relegation.

1828
02:05:48,880 --> 02:05:52,880
Spezia right now, they have something, they have experience, right?

1829
02:05:52,880 --> 02:05:58,880
They know how to suffer and they know how to get something out of the suffering.

1830
02:05:58,880 --> 02:06:00,880
We'll see what they can do.

1831
02:06:00,880 --> 02:06:09,880
Personally, personally, personally, I think they don't quite have what it takes for me to say they survived.

1832
02:06:09,880 --> 02:06:12,880
Spezia?

1833
02:06:12,880 --> 02:06:15,880
Yes, because...

1834
02:06:15,880 --> 02:06:18,880
It's difficult to say.

1835
02:06:18,880 --> 02:06:21,880
It's difficult to say because they can't get the points, man.

1836
02:06:21,880 --> 02:06:26,880
Yes, because in the stretch overall, a season is very long.

1837
02:06:26,880 --> 02:06:30,880
And you look at the guys that came up, for example, Lecce and Cremones.

1838
02:06:30,880 --> 02:06:35,880
So let's assume that Lecce and Cremones are going back down.

1839
02:06:35,880 --> 02:06:36,880
And there's Monza.

1840
02:06:36,880 --> 02:06:44,880
Monza look terrible right now, but the team with those players, I can't see them, to be honest with you, getting relegated.

1841
02:06:44,880 --> 02:06:48,880
Like, you know, like their team, we've talked about it a million times.

1842
02:06:48,880 --> 02:06:49,880
We've gone through the players a million times.

1843
02:06:49,880 --> 02:06:51,880
I can't see them getting relegated.

1844
02:06:51,880 --> 02:06:55,880
There's more team, there's more talent on Monza than there is on Spezia.

1845
02:06:55,880 --> 02:06:56,880
For sure.

1846
02:06:56,880 --> 02:07:03,880
So I guess if they manage to make it four seasons in a row without getting relegated, I'd be super impressed by Spezia.

1847
02:07:03,880 --> 02:07:05,880
100%.

1848
02:07:05,880 --> 02:07:11,880
I mean, you look at their squad and they're definitely on paper one of the weakest squads there is in the league.

1849
02:07:11,880 --> 02:07:12,880
For sure.

1850
02:07:12,880 --> 02:07:20,880
Kovalenko, Borabja, Bastoni, Recaholm, Nzola, Giasi, Christoph Kiwior, Nikolao, Czagovski.

1851
02:07:20,880 --> 02:07:23,880
I mean, it's nothing to write home about at all.

1852
02:07:23,880 --> 02:07:28,880
However, like we said, these guys are very used to each other and they're used to playing together.

1853
02:07:28,880 --> 02:07:29,880
They've been through it all.

1854
02:07:29,880 --> 02:07:31,880
They've been under the Italiano system.

1855
02:07:31,880 --> 02:07:34,880
They've been under the Mota system.

1856
02:07:34,880 --> 02:07:39,880
And again, they're capable of oddly getting a point.

1857
02:07:39,880 --> 02:07:45,880
Like they got three points against Empoli and they didn't exactly deserve it.

1858
02:07:45,880 --> 02:07:47,880
And they managed to get points out of Sassuolo.

1859
02:07:47,880 --> 02:07:49,880
They managed to get points out of Bologna.

1860
02:07:49,880 --> 02:07:51,880
And will we see Cremonaia do this?

1861
02:07:51,880 --> 02:07:52,880
Will we see Lecce do this?

1862
02:07:52,880 --> 02:07:53,880
Will we see Monza do this?

1863
02:07:53,880 --> 02:07:56,880
Will we see Empoli do this?

1864
02:07:56,880 --> 02:08:00,880
That's where I start thinking maybe Spezia do have what it takes to stay up.

1865
02:08:00,880 --> 02:08:05,880
But they are 100% nothing more than relegation candidates.

1866
02:08:05,880 --> 02:08:06,880
Exactly. Every season.

1867
02:08:06,880 --> 02:08:09,880
And it's like they don't do anything to help themselves either.

1868
02:08:09,880 --> 02:08:10,880
You look at the team, it's the same every year.

1869
02:08:10,880 --> 02:08:13,880
There's a random addition here and there.

1870
02:08:13,880 --> 02:08:17,880
But it's never a particularly impressive one.

1871
02:08:17,880 --> 02:08:19,880
I like that they have Gotti now.

1872
02:08:19,880 --> 02:08:21,880
I read Gotti as a coach.

1873
02:08:21,880 --> 02:08:24,880
It's funny that out of all the players he chose to bring along,

1874
02:08:24,880 --> 02:08:28,880
Egedal with him already got a red card this season.

1875
02:08:28,880 --> 02:08:29,880
So yeah, that was interesting.

1876
02:08:29,880 --> 02:08:31,880
And there's Daniel Maldini over there as well.

1877
02:08:31,880 --> 02:08:32,880
Fun fact.

1878
02:08:32,880 --> 02:08:33,880
Yeah.

1879
02:08:33,880 --> 02:08:34,880
He hasn't featured that much yet.

1880
02:08:34,880 --> 02:08:35,880
At all.

1881
02:08:35,880 --> 02:08:37,880
I don't think he's played a single game.

1882
02:08:37,880 --> 02:08:40,880
So the Coppa Italia he played and he scored, but that's it.

1883
02:08:40,880 --> 02:08:42,880
Aha.

1884
02:08:42,880 --> 02:08:45,880
So that's Spezia for you.

1885
02:08:45,880 --> 02:08:46,880
Next up, dude.

1886
02:08:46,880 --> 02:08:49,880
Let's move on to Empoli.

1887
02:08:49,880 --> 02:08:54,880
Empoli currently sit in 15th and they've got four points.

1888
02:08:54,880 --> 02:09:02,880
The first game of the season was against Spezia where they lost 1-0 away from home.

1889
02:09:02,880 --> 02:09:06,880
They then took on Fiorentina at home, this is when they got the red card in the 66th minute,

1890
02:09:06,880 --> 02:09:08,880
but they managed to hang on.

1891
02:09:08,880 --> 02:09:09,880
0-0.

1892
02:09:09,880 --> 02:09:11,880
They then took on Lecce away from home.

1893
02:09:11,880 --> 02:09:12,880
They came 1-1 over there.

1894
02:09:12,880 --> 02:09:14,880
They then took on Verona at home.

1895
02:09:14,880 --> 02:09:15,880
They came 1-1 over there.

1896
02:09:15,880 --> 02:09:19,880
They then went away to Salernitana where they came 2-2.

1897
02:09:19,880 --> 02:09:22,880
So it's four draws and one loss for Empoli.

1898
02:09:22,880 --> 02:09:25,880
Who have some very interesting pieces?

1899
02:09:25,880 --> 02:09:29,880
I was speaking to our friend and listener, Mattias, on Instagram.

1900
02:09:29,880 --> 02:09:37,880
He decided, well, I asked him to send us a voice note actually of his take on Empoli this season.

1901
02:09:37,880 --> 02:09:38,880
He follows them very closely.

1902
02:09:38,880 --> 02:09:43,880
He's a Roma fan actually, but he follows Empoli quite closely and he clearly knows what he's saying.

1903
02:09:43,880 --> 02:09:45,880
So just hear him out.

1904
02:09:45,880 --> 02:09:48,880
Hello, Matt and hello, Jake.

1905
02:09:48,880 --> 02:09:53,880
Some points about Empoli's start to the season.

1906
02:09:53,880 --> 02:09:58,880
It has been disappointing, but interesting.

1907
02:09:58,880 --> 02:10:03,880
It's been disappointing in the sense that Empoli has had problems winning games.

1908
02:10:03,880 --> 02:10:07,880
They have lost one and then drawn four games.

1909
02:10:07,880 --> 02:10:13,880
So they are undefeated for four games, but they only have four points after five games.

1910
02:10:13,880 --> 02:10:25,880
And that's a problem for Empoli because they will need more points to stay out of the relegation barrel.

1911
02:10:25,880 --> 02:10:35,880
Some problems which I found that Zanetti had last year, his old team, Venezia, have carried over to his spell at Empoli.

1912
02:10:35,880 --> 02:10:39,880
They play good. They have a fluid midfield.

1913
02:10:39,880 --> 02:10:48,880
They have a way of incorporating a lot of good, talented players, especially midfielders into the team.

1914
02:10:48,880 --> 02:10:50,880
They lack a bit of a killer instinct.

1915
02:10:50,880 --> 02:10:58,880
They have problems winning the games and sort of locking up the wins.

1916
02:10:58,880 --> 02:11:01,880
The defense is a bit better than what Zanetti had at Venezia.

1917
02:11:01,880 --> 02:11:09,880
I think that Luperetto and Ilicani are better central defenders, but they have made some mistakes.

1918
02:11:09,880 --> 02:11:17,880
The goals that they led in against the Salahamitana last games were a bit problematic.

1919
02:11:17,880 --> 02:11:20,880
They can be a bit passive at times.

1920
02:11:20,880 --> 02:11:29,880
And offensively, they rely on a very good sort of midfield game to win possession and create chances.

1921
02:11:29,880 --> 02:11:32,880
And the amount of chance they have created is not good enough.

1922
02:11:32,880 --> 02:11:46,880
They have had problems creating good quality chances, but they have good offensive players who can make the most of what they actually achieve offensively.

1923
02:11:46,880 --> 02:11:56,880
I think especially good have Sam Lambert who has been shown a little bit of that killer instinct, actually trying to score with every chance he gets.

1924
02:11:56,880 --> 02:12:05,880
I think he's going to be very important in their attempts to actually create offense over the coming season.

1925
02:12:05,880 --> 02:12:15,880
Satriano and Destou are good offensive players, but they are more those types of players who finish the already created chances rather than create them themselves.

1926
02:12:15,880 --> 02:12:25,880
But the very interesting part of Empolive and their squad is the amount of good quality young Italian players they produce.

1927
02:12:25,880 --> 02:12:36,880
We have already seen them sell Samuel Larici in the January transfer window, and this summer they also sold Cristiano Slani and Mattia Vitti.

1928
02:12:36,880 --> 02:12:51,880
They have Parisi, their left back, who's one of their best players, and they have a generation of good young players who were inaugural in winning the Primavera championship a couple of seasons ago.

1929
02:12:51,880 --> 02:13:02,880
Most importantly, I would say Tommaso Baldanzi, who played for Italy in the under-19 this summer and who's been getting a couple of starts and a goal before he was injured.

1930
02:13:02,880 --> 02:13:10,880
He has some of that attackive directness, which I think is going to be crucial for Sanetti's Empolive.

1931
02:13:10,880 --> 02:13:21,880
He looks a little bit like Aramu did in Venezia last year with his possibility of playing as a type of tequatista and actually creating and finishing chances.

1932
02:13:21,880 --> 02:13:38,880
And on the bench they have had a Kong and a Swedish attacker who were with them when they won the Primavera championship, as well as Giacobbo Fassini, another good central midfielder.

1933
02:13:38,880 --> 02:13:46,880
So they are very interesting to continuously watch, even if I think that they are going to have a little bit of problems this season.

1934
02:13:46,880 --> 02:13:57,880
They have five kind of tough fixtures coming up. Home against Roma, home against Milan, they have away games at Bologna and Torino.

1935
02:13:57,880 --> 02:14:03,880
Those types of away games, which requires a lot of physicality from the midfield.

1936
02:14:03,880 --> 02:14:12,880
And I'm doubtful that Empoli can find that. And then in matchday 10, they face Monza at home.

1937
02:14:12,880 --> 02:14:23,880
And we don't know which state Monza will be in at that point, but it's looking like that we at most will see Empoli with one, perhaps two wins after 10 games.

1938
02:14:23,880 --> 02:14:32,880
And that's obviously tough. They should have been able to win against Lecce or Spezia earlier in this season.

1939
02:14:32,880 --> 02:14:39,880
But it's always interesting to see their young players. And I think that watching Empoli is always a good litmus test.

1940
02:14:39,880 --> 02:14:45,880
Because they play quite differently from the traditional Serie A teams.

1941
02:14:45,880 --> 02:14:52,880
So it's a good way of looking for teams like... If you want to look at Hellas, for instance,

1942
02:14:52,880 --> 02:14:59,880
and it's kind of uninteresting to see Hellas play with an AC, because it's two teams who play three at the back.

1943
02:14:59,880 --> 02:15:06,880
But Empoli play four at the back and they try to be more fluid. So you get this clash of styles, which is always very interesting to watch.

1944
02:15:06,880 --> 02:15:10,880
So I always recommend watching Empoli for that and for their young players.

1945
02:15:10,880 --> 02:15:17,880
And hopefully Baldanzi can get back from his injury and he could perhaps have a breakout season this year.

1946
02:15:17,880 --> 02:15:22,880
Thank you for the good podcast, for the great podcast and talk to you soon. Bye.

1947
02:15:22,880 --> 02:15:33,880
Absolutely spot on there by Matthias. I particularly like the parallels he drew, or he has drawn rather to Venezia, to Zanetti's Venezia.

1948
02:15:33,880 --> 02:15:43,880
Comparing as well Baldanzi's role to Aramu back there. They look good, like Venezia looked good.

1949
02:15:43,880 --> 02:15:48,880
But they struggle to win games like Venezia struggled to win.

1950
02:15:48,880 --> 02:15:54,880
At the end of the day, I mean, you look at why Genoa were relegated last year as well.

1951
02:15:54,880 --> 02:16:02,880
And it's because for the first around 25 matches of the season, they had only won one game.

1952
02:16:02,880 --> 02:16:07,880
And if Empoli aren't careful, then they can very much fall in the same trap.

1953
02:16:07,880 --> 02:16:11,880
It's as simple as that. You could play good football, man. And Empoli do play good football.

1954
02:16:11,880 --> 02:16:19,880
You could do that all you like. If you don't get the three points, then you're going to be battling relegation.

1955
02:16:19,880 --> 02:16:26,880
So that's what I fear for Empoli. It sucks because like Matthias was saying, they are a very entertaining sight to watch.

1956
02:16:26,880 --> 02:16:30,880
They're a little bit different to the way other teams operate.

1957
02:16:30,880 --> 02:16:36,880
He compared them, for example, a lot of the bottom tier teams playing three at the back, they settle with a four at the back.

1958
02:16:36,880 --> 02:16:43,880
That makes them quite different. They have a very good midfield and then they have an explosive striker like Destra up front.

1959
02:16:43,880 --> 02:16:54,880
But they can't seem to get the ball to him. And when it does go to him, he'd still have a little bit too much work to do.

1960
02:16:54,880 --> 02:16:57,880
So there's some ironing out to do over there.

1961
02:16:57,880 --> 02:17:08,880
There is. But certainly an interesting sight, especially with the young strikers they have with Satriano and Lammers to fill in the boots of Destra when he isn't quite at the races.

1962
02:17:08,880 --> 02:17:16,880
And I love Parisi, by the way. He's right. He's the best player. Parisi is great. And you like him on your Fanta culture.

1963
02:17:16,880 --> 02:17:20,880
Oh, I love him on my Fanta culture, brother.

1964
02:17:20,880 --> 02:17:24,880
Shall we? Yes. Bologna. How long have we been rolling?

1965
02:17:24,880 --> 02:17:31,880
Been rolling for two hours 20. Holy fucking shit. Yeah. OK, let's go. Let's go. Good content, though.

1966
02:17:31,880 --> 02:17:41,880
So the next team we're going to be covering is Bologna. So they started the season off losing 2-1 against Lazio at the Olympico.

1967
02:17:41,880 --> 02:17:52,880
They then went to Verona and well in Bologna, but they played against Hellas Verona at home and they came 1-1 thanks to goals from Rana Otović and Thomas Henry.

1968
02:17:52,880 --> 02:18:00,880
They traveled to Milan to face the champions and they lost 2-0 thanks to goals from Liao and Giroud. Very straightforward victory there.

1969
02:18:00,880 --> 02:18:06,880
They were then held at home by Salernitana, Otović scored a penalty and Dia equalized.

1970
02:18:06,880 --> 02:18:14,880
And then that 2-2 draw with Spezia that we've mentioned already. Two goals by Rana Otović, a goal by Bastoni and an own goal by Schouten.

1971
02:18:14,880 --> 02:18:21,880
That is what led Bologna to sack Sinisa Mihailović five days in. What do you think of that decision?

1972
02:18:21,880 --> 02:18:30,880
So this is regular listeners to the podcast know that we've kind of expected this for a while.

1973
02:18:30,880 --> 02:18:32,880
We suggested it a while ago.

1974
02:18:32,880 --> 02:18:39,880
It should have come last season, but of course due to the complications with Mihailović's health, they kept him on board.

1975
02:18:39,880 --> 02:18:48,880
Saputo, I believe, gave Mihailović the opportunity to terminate his contract. He did not take that opportunity, so he was forced to sack him.

1976
02:18:48,880 --> 02:18:57,880
Going winless in your first five with the teams that Bologna have facing teams like Spezia, Salernitana, Verona.

1977
02:18:57,880 --> 02:19:02,880
You have to get a point against those guys. You have to get a win. You have to beat one of them.

1978
02:19:02,880 --> 02:19:10,880
Arnautovic has been their saving grace. He scored three goals for them already this season. He looks on form. He looks inspired. He looks amazing to be honest.

1979
02:19:10,880 --> 02:19:23,880
More than three goals, I think. Four goals, five goals. Five goals this season. Two against Spezia, one against Salernitana, one against Verona and one against Lazio.

1980
02:19:23,880 --> 02:19:31,880
Yes, he's got five goals already this season. He's on fire. He's been on absolute fire. But that doesn't stop the problems. They have discipline problems as well.

1981
02:19:31,880 --> 02:19:40,880
They have two red cards this season. They make mistakes. The play sometimes looks good. They score some really nice team goals as well.

1982
02:19:40,880 --> 02:19:41,880
But it's just gone.

1983
02:19:41,880 --> 02:19:44,880
Gary Medel whooping out the assists nowadays, by the way.

1984
02:19:44,880 --> 02:19:51,880
It's become so stale with Mihailović and I look forward to seeing who they employ. Hopefully it's not Thiago Mota.

1985
02:19:51,880 --> 02:20:05,880
Agreed. I find it a bit odd that they made the decision five matches into the season because what they've done now, unless they bring in someone that hits the ground running instantly,

1986
02:20:05,880 --> 02:20:17,880
which is a rarity for managers, particularly for a side like Bologna, is they have fucked their season. They have fucked a large chunk of their season because they didn't get significant points in their opening five matches.

1987
02:20:17,880 --> 02:20:27,880
Now they need to go through the process of changing manager, changing system, getting players used to the system, adapting, so on and so forth.

1988
02:20:27,880 --> 02:20:37,880
And then suddenly your match day 12 and you need to get points. You're in that position where you're like, OK, guys, now we need to turn up the heat.

1989
02:20:37,880 --> 02:20:40,880
They should have given someone a preseason, right?

1990
02:20:40,880 --> 02:20:46,880
They should have given someone a preseason. It's as simple as that. And you know what worries me, man?

1991
02:20:46,880 --> 02:20:56,880
The fact that they've held on to Sinisa for so long and they gave him the sack after the five opening match days.

1992
02:20:56,880 --> 02:21:06,880
Could it be there's something we don't know about Sinisa's health taking a turn for the worse? And that's why they have parted ways.

1993
02:21:06,880 --> 02:21:10,880
Maybe there's something like that going on. I certainly hope that's not the case.

1994
02:21:10,880 --> 02:21:13,880
There could be. I think it's more a results based thing, though.

1995
02:21:13,880 --> 02:21:17,880
But after five matches and after they kept the ball for a last season on the half.

1996
02:21:17,880 --> 02:21:22,880
Maybe they said, let's see, let's see what you can do this season. We'll give you a go. Boom. Five games.

1997
02:21:22,880 --> 02:21:26,880
And to be fair, Bologna did pick up towards the end of last season. They were great towards the end of last season.

1998
02:21:26,880 --> 02:21:31,880
But that's because his condition worsened again. It's always the same thing with these guys.

1999
02:21:31,880 --> 02:21:37,880
They play for their manager depending on his health, as horrible as it is to say.

2000
02:21:37,880 --> 02:21:46,880
At least looking at it positively now, they will have a new manager. I don't know who the new manager is going to be.

2001
02:21:46,880 --> 02:21:56,880
It's rumored to be Mota. My God. At least they'll have a more concrete system in place and hopefully a more modern way of playing football as well,

2002
02:21:56,880 --> 02:22:02,880
because it was kind of torture watching Bologna play over the past couple of years.

2003
02:22:02,880 --> 02:22:07,880
But I turn for the better, hopefully for them. And we wish the best to Sinisa.

2004
02:22:07,880 --> 02:22:12,880
And I hope next season he'll be managing another club in Serie A, because he definitely has it in him.

2005
02:22:12,880 --> 02:22:22,880
So to be honest, I don't want to say too much about Bologna, because it's all about how they will adapt under new management.

2006
02:22:22,880 --> 02:22:26,880
They definitely have it in them to win games. They're by no means a relegation battling team.

2007
02:22:26,880 --> 02:22:32,880
So it's all about getting those points now and shifting the momentum a little bit.

2008
02:22:32,880 --> 02:22:40,880
Letria, up next, have played five games, have got two points, two draws and three losses.

2009
02:22:40,880 --> 02:22:48,880
The first game was against Inter at home. They almost equalised that game but lost at the end thanks to a Dumfries 95th minute winner.

2010
02:22:48,880 --> 02:22:55,880
They then went to the Mappé Stadium to take on Sassuolo, where they lost 1-0 thanks to the Berardy wonder goal.

2011
02:22:55,880 --> 02:23:00,880
They drew 1-1 to Empoli at home thanks to a Streffetza goal over there.

2012
02:23:00,880 --> 02:23:07,880
They drew to Napoli away from home thanks to a Colombo wonder goal, the one we covered in our intro after he missed the penalty.

2013
02:23:07,880 --> 02:23:13,880
So Colombo, that game, scored the penalty, was asked to retake it because the referee hadn't whistled, missed it and then scored a worldy.

2014
02:23:13,880 --> 02:23:22,880
And then they lost 2-3, no 1-0. So this is a side that's very difficult to beat, bro. They've only lost so far by one goal margin.

2015
02:23:22,880 --> 02:23:26,880
That was against Inter, Sassuolo and Torino.

2016
02:23:26,880 --> 02:23:31,880
Yeah, exactly. And they've held Napoli, they've held Empoli, I mean held Empoli.

2017
02:23:31,880 --> 02:23:33,880
Respect.

2018
02:23:33,880 --> 02:23:42,880
They look like a decent side that's come off very well organised, well structured. They have some, again, nice pieces over there like Streffetza.

2019
02:23:42,880 --> 02:23:49,880
I'm a big fan of Streffetza, they do a lot of work. Even Cissé and Colombo are interesting choices up front.

2020
02:23:49,880 --> 02:23:54,880
They have a very nice team and it's going to be fun watching them play as well this season. What do you think about them?

2021
02:23:54,880 --> 02:24:05,880
I agree, man. Initially I had them in last, which I mean could still very much be the case, but they're an exciting side to watch, let's say.

2022
02:24:05,880 --> 02:24:12,880
It feels like they kind of have that Empoli feel to them from last season whereby they come into a game and they play.

2023
02:24:12,880 --> 02:24:14,880
Yeah, they play against you no matter what.

2024
02:24:14,880 --> 02:24:22,880
They attack against Inter, you know what I mean? They really brought the game against Inter. They didn't give them that low defensive line, blah, blah, blah.

2025
02:24:22,880 --> 02:24:31,880
Well, they did when they ended up playing with a right back and a central midfielder as their two defenders. That's when they started stacking back a little bit.

2026
02:24:31,880 --> 02:24:33,880
Now they've got big Sam Umtiri.

2027
02:24:33,880 --> 02:24:45,880
Exactly. But they moved the ball forward, man. Like you said, they have nice pieces up front with Cissé and Colombo. They still have a lot to prove. De Francesco has a nice piece as well.

2028
02:24:45,880 --> 02:24:47,880
Manuel Mand in the middle like Gallow.

2029
02:24:47,880 --> 02:24:49,880
Even Pezella out wide is alright.

2030
02:24:49,880 --> 02:24:59,880
Pezella. Falcon obviously the goalkeeper. I had him in like fifth or something. He's a fantastic goalkeeper.

2031
02:24:59,880 --> 02:25:11,880
Lecce, if they pick it up, I do see them capable of survival. Lecce.

2032
02:25:11,880 --> 02:25:18,880
They certainly have what it takes. But they would need a disaster from one of the teams above them. That's it.

2033
02:25:18,880 --> 02:25:25,880
That's the type of season they would need to survive. They'd need like Spets, who never win.

2034
02:25:25,880 --> 02:25:32,880
They'd need Genoa from last season and they survive. Genoa and Caliari from last season and they survive.

2035
02:25:32,880 --> 02:25:35,880
Exactly, with a hint of Parma from the season before.

2036
02:25:35,880 --> 02:25:43,880
But let's see. If they improve, it's going to be very good. They've already got a solid foundation over there.

2037
02:25:43,880 --> 02:25:49,880
So we'll see how they develop as the season progresses. There's no reason for them to not be confident right now.

2038
02:25:49,880 --> 02:25:55,880
That's true. I'd be confident after that first encounter with Inter. Man, to be fair, he loses with the last kick of the game.

2039
02:25:55,880 --> 02:25:58,880
And you have someone in Sargi celebrating the way that he did.

2040
02:25:58,880 --> 02:26:01,880
My god, he was sweating profusely.

2041
02:26:01,880 --> 02:26:06,880
He always is. Next up we're going to be covering Sampdoria.

2042
02:26:06,880 --> 02:26:12,880
Samp started of the season losing at home against Atalanta. Two goals to Nelthal and Lukman.

2043
02:26:12,880 --> 02:26:19,880
They then held Juventus at home, which was crazy considering Sampdoria.

2044
02:26:19,880 --> 02:26:27,880
In the next match, they lost 4-0 at the hands of Salernetana thanks to goals by Diabona, Zoli, Villena and Botham.

2045
02:26:27,880 --> 02:26:36,880
Draw 1-1 to Lazio the following week at home. Goals by Ciro, Móbile and Gabbi Addini getting a nice little return over there.

2046
02:26:36,880 --> 02:26:48,880
And most recently they lost 2-1 against Verona away from home. Goes by Caputo for themselves but an Audero own goal and a Drogh goal was enough to sink the ship.

2047
02:26:48,880 --> 02:26:57,880
Is Sampdoria, right? Yes. Sampdoria. They have been shit.

2048
02:26:57,880 --> 02:27:10,880
Not this year but overall in the past year and a half to two years they have been shit. Sampdoria. They were shit last year as well.

2049
02:27:10,880 --> 02:27:20,880
I think Sampdoria were at their best recently. So let's exclude Jean-Paulos 4-3-1 to Sampdoria from back in the day that got them to move to Milan a few years ago.

2050
02:27:20,880 --> 02:27:22,880
That was the best Sampdoria team in a while.

2051
02:27:22,880 --> 02:27:29,880
After that I think the best Sampdoria was one with Keita Baldé. The Móbile Sampdoria.

2052
02:27:29,880 --> 02:27:40,880
Nowadays you look at this team. They have Caputo upfront isolated or they have fucking Qualiarella upfront isolated.

2053
02:27:40,880 --> 02:27:47,880
Or Gabbi Addini upfront isolated. Those are three players in their 30s who can't move quite frankly.

2054
02:27:47,880 --> 02:27:53,880
So there are many problems with this team when it comes to getting the ball to the striker.

2055
02:27:53,880 --> 02:28:02,880
They have Sabiri in the middle who I feel like a lot of the work he does is often wasted because of the fact that the striker can't reach the ball.

2056
02:28:02,880 --> 02:28:07,880
So that's the most frustrating thing about Sampdoria in my opinion. The lack of mobility upfront.

2057
02:28:07,880 --> 02:28:17,880
Sampdoria 100% were capable of relegation last year and they're capable of relegation this year as well.

2058
02:28:17,880 --> 02:28:19,880
I still think they're too alone.

2059
02:28:19,880 --> 02:28:29,880
Oh come on. I'm looking at their starting 11 right now and Jesus Christ man. They're not the team that they used to be.

2060
02:28:29,880 --> 02:28:34,880
I mean you look at their squad. Audero, Breszynski, Ferrari, Cali, Augello. That's decent.

2061
02:28:34,880 --> 02:28:35,880
That's alright.

2062
02:28:35,880 --> 02:28:41,880
That's alright. It goes to shit. Rincon, Viera, Verre, Sabiri, Qualiarella, Caputo. That's not good enough.

2063
02:28:41,880 --> 02:28:45,880
They need another offensive piece. One with a bit of play.

2064
02:28:45,880 --> 02:28:50,880
Even in the midfield man Rincon, Viera, Verre doesn't sit well with me.

2065
02:28:50,880 --> 02:28:56,880
I think Ronaldo, Viera had a few decent games. Or one decent game to be honest with you.

2066
02:28:56,880 --> 02:28:59,880
Perhaps. Nothing spectacular. Maybe I don't watch enough of them.

2067
02:28:59,880 --> 02:29:07,880
They've also brought Gonzalo Villar in from Roma who hasn't looked great and Juri Fisch was a bit of a trusty as well.

2068
02:29:07,880 --> 02:29:08,880
Juri Fisch is very moody.

2069
02:29:08,880 --> 02:29:09,880
To shake off the rust.

2070
02:29:09,880 --> 02:29:11,880
And Harry Winks.

2071
02:29:11,880 --> 02:29:13,880
Harry Winks?

2072
02:29:13,880 --> 02:29:14,880
Harry Winks bro.

2073
02:29:14,880 --> 02:29:16,880
How fucking funny. Winks.

2074
02:29:16,880 --> 02:29:18,880
Winks. Harry Winks.

2075
02:29:18,880 --> 02:29:27,880
Harry Winks. Excellent. So Samp, where do you see them kind of fitting in?

2076
02:29:27,880 --> 02:29:29,880
Just outside relegation pool.

2077
02:29:29,880 --> 02:29:33,880
Just outside relegation. We talk in 16th, 15th.

2078
02:29:33,880 --> 02:29:37,880
15th. Yes 15th.

2079
02:29:37,880 --> 02:29:41,880
Your upcoming games now.

2080
02:29:41,880 --> 02:29:54,880
17th, 16th. I think 16th is the highest that they can go to.

2081
02:29:54,880 --> 02:30:03,880
Samp's next match is against Milan. They then take on Spezia away and then Monza at home.

2082
02:30:03,880 --> 02:30:08,880
Out of that they need to get three points from somewhere.

2083
02:30:08,880 --> 02:30:10,880
So they lose to Milan.

2084
02:30:10,880 --> 02:30:12,880
They have to beat Monza right?

2085
02:30:12,880 --> 02:30:18,880
They have to either beat Monza, maybe draw to Spezia or beat Spezia.

2086
02:30:18,880 --> 02:30:25,880
These fixtures are what say the most about Sampdoria because at the end of the day you're better than the teams you beat.

2087
02:30:25,880 --> 02:30:27,880
And you're going to be above the teams you beat.

2088
02:30:27,880 --> 02:30:32,880
So they need to make quick work of these teams. They have to do what it takes to get three points.

2089
02:30:32,880 --> 02:30:39,880
And that will give them the momentum to keep building off that and it will break the momentum of the opposing team.

2090
02:30:39,880 --> 02:30:43,880
So it's solely about getting results now for Sampdoria.

2091
02:30:43,880 --> 02:30:46,880
Yes sir. Shall we move on to Cremonaizer?

2092
02:30:46,880 --> 02:30:47,880
Yes sir.

2093
02:30:47,880 --> 02:30:52,880
Cremonaizer have one point thanks to one draw. They also have four losses.

2094
02:30:52,880 --> 02:31:00,880
They seem to be a team that can give you a bit of a headache again but not to the extent that Lecce can.

2095
02:31:00,880 --> 02:31:05,880
Not to the extent that many other teams in Serie A can in my opinion.

2096
02:31:05,880 --> 02:31:10,880
Like for example, let's get to it. They lost 3-2 to Fiorentina on the opening day.

2097
02:31:10,880 --> 02:31:12,880
Granted the opening day they just wanted to get it out of the way.

2098
02:31:12,880 --> 02:31:16,880
They did very well though Cremonaizer, scoring two goals away to Fiorentina.

2099
02:31:16,880 --> 02:31:19,880
And they lost because of the Rado Blonde there.

2100
02:31:19,880 --> 02:31:24,880
Yes, that's true. I forgot about that. Mandrake or a goal.

2101
02:31:24,880 --> 02:31:31,880
Roma, 1-0 loss away from home again. Then they lost to Torino at home.

2102
02:31:31,880 --> 02:31:35,880
Again, three very difficult games to start off with. Fiorentina, Roma, Torino.

2103
02:31:35,880 --> 02:31:41,880
And then they had Inter right after that where they lost 3-1.

2104
02:31:41,880 --> 02:31:46,880
Then they had Sassuolo where they got their first point. They drew 0-0 Sassuolo better than them during the game.

2105
02:31:46,880 --> 02:31:49,880
But they managed to hang in there and get a goal.

2106
02:31:49,880 --> 02:31:55,880
Probably fortunate that many of their attacking threats were not present.

2107
02:31:55,880 --> 02:31:59,880
They're going to have a bit of an easier run where we can gauge and get to know them a bit better.

2108
02:31:59,880 --> 02:32:02,880
I don't want to say shit about Cremonaizer right now. It's so unfair.

2109
02:32:02,880 --> 02:32:08,880
I mean they've scored goals against good teams because they've also conceded.

2110
02:32:08,880 --> 02:32:14,880
Even Fiorentina, when they played Fiorentina in the opening match in the 43rd minute, Cremonaizer got a red card.

2111
02:32:14,880 --> 02:32:18,880
Escalante. Difficult to really tell what they can do.

2112
02:32:18,880 --> 02:32:29,880
And it would be like I'm leaning more towards praising them slightly for really bringing it against big teams.

2113
02:32:29,880 --> 02:32:36,880
For Ocareque scoring against Inter. For Ser Nicola scoring against Torino.

2114
02:32:36,880 --> 02:32:43,880
Ser Nicola of Assisi.

2115
02:32:43,880 --> 02:32:47,880
For Ocareque and Bianchetti scoring against Fiorentina.

2116
02:32:47,880 --> 02:32:54,880
They've been showing us that there simply isn't an easy game this year.

2117
02:32:54,880 --> 02:32:58,880
And Cremonaizer are no exception to that.

2118
02:32:58,880 --> 02:33:04,880
But then again, like we said, we need to see them have a bit of an easier run in.

2119
02:33:04,880 --> 02:33:08,880
Because that's... Oh my god, they have Atalanta next.

2120
02:33:08,880 --> 02:33:12,880
Bro, they have Atalanta next and then Lazio.

2121
02:33:12,880 --> 02:33:15,880
And then they have Letchia, Lazio, Napoli.

2122
02:33:15,880 --> 02:33:18,880
Holy fuck, what a baptism of fire.

2123
02:33:18,880 --> 02:33:21,880
But then they can get a few points on the stretch here.

2124
02:33:21,880 --> 02:33:24,880
Because then they have Spezia, they have Sampdoria.

2125
02:33:24,880 --> 02:33:27,880
Udinese might still be gods by then.

2126
02:33:27,880 --> 02:33:29,880
And Salernitana, they can get a few points there maybe.

2127
02:33:29,880 --> 02:33:31,880
That's really the telling point of the season.

2128
02:33:31,880 --> 02:33:33,880
Milan and Pogliub.

2129
02:33:33,880 --> 02:33:35,880
So when they're on a high they'll play against Milan.

2130
02:33:35,880 --> 02:33:40,880
But anyway, Monza, the final team, let's end this three day episode.

2131
02:33:40,880 --> 02:33:43,880
It's currently half past four in the morning.

2132
02:33:43,880 --> 02:33:46,880
For those of you who have made it this far.

2133
02:33:46,880 --> 02:33:52,880
Right, so Monza, they started off the season losing 2-1 at home to Torino.

2134
02:33:52,880 --> 02:33:57,880
They then lost 4-0 away against Napoli.

2135
02:33:57,880 --> 02:34:02,880
They then lost at home 2-1 to Udinese, goes by Bertaudo Gi and Colpani.

2136
02:34:02,880 --> 02:34:10,880
They lost 3-0 against Roma, 2-0 by Deval and 1-0 by Ebanez.

2137
02:34:10,880 --> 02:34:16,880
They then lost 2-0 at home against Atalanta and 1-0 by Santos and a goal by Hoiland.

2138
02:34:16,880 --> 02:34:19,880
I mean, their fixtures have been quite tough as well.

2139
02:34:19,880 --> 02:34:31,880
I mean, Torino, Napoli, Udinese, Roma, Atalanta is as tough as the run-in that Cremonese had in all fairness.

2140
02:34:31,880 --> 02:34:37,880
And above and beyond that, new management, a bunch of new players.

2141
02:34:37,880 --> 02:34:39,880
Monza have the same manager.

2142
02:34:39,880 --> 02:34:41,880
The same manager? Apologies, my mistake.

2143
02:34:41,880 --> 02:34:44,880
Stropa is the guy that got them promoted.

2144
02:34:44,880 --> 02:34:47,880
But Berlusconi has been shitting on him in public.

2145
02:34:47,880 --> 02:34:48,880
Yes.

2146
02:34:48,880 --> 02:34:53,880
Saying that he's not doing a great job basically.

2147
02:34:53,880 --> 02:34:57,880
Berlusconi talks so much, I would hate to work for him.

2148
02:34:57,880 --> 02:34:58,880
Berlusconi...

2149
02:34:58,880 --> 02:35:01,880
Unless I was a big-titted stripper, then I'd love it.

2150
02:35:06,880 --> 02:35:07,880
Berlusconi is a character.

2151
02:35:07,880 --> 02:35:11,880
There's a weird element of respect because of what he did at Milan,

2152
02:35:11,880 --> 02:35:16,880
but then there's like everything else ever in the world that makes me despise him a little bit.

2153
02:35:16,880 --> 02:35:19,880
But we won't get into politics really.

2154
02:35:19,880 --> 02:35:22,880
Now Monza have Lecce, that is a little bit easier.

2155
02:35:22,880 --> 02:35:28,880
They have Juve, that's a little bit easier.

2156
02:35:28,880 --> 02:35:31,880
Then they have Samp, Spezia, Empoli.

2157
02:35:31,880 --> 02:35:35,880
So hopefully we could see them start doing something.

2158
02:35:35,880 --> 02:35:37,880
At least like, you know, you have all those players.

2159
02:35:37,880 --> 02:35:41,880
I'm dying to see Caprari cut in and shoot and not get into the top picks.

2160
02:35:41,880 --> 02:35:44,880
Monza are going to, at one point, tear it up, bro.

2161
02:35:44,880 --> 02:35:46,880
It's going to gel for them eventually.

2162
02:35:46,880 --> 02:35:49,880
When are they? Because they're finishing 12th.

2163
02:35:49,880 --> 02:35:52,880
It has to stop.

2164
02:35:52,880 --> 02:35:55,880
I mean, Caprari, man, like...

2165
02:35:55,880 --> 02:35:57,880
Look at their team, honestly.

2166
02:35:57,880 --> 02:35:59,880
You can't tell me this team gets relegated again.

2167
02:35:59,880 --> 02:36:01,880
I mean, we say the same thing about...

2168
02:36:01,880 --> 02:36:04,880
Caliari, Genoa, Asreal.

2169
02:36:04,880 --> 02:36:08,880
It's true, but these guys come from actually like solid teams.

2170
02:36:08,880 --> 02:36:09,880
Like, you know what I mean?

2171
02:36:09,880 --> 02:36:12,880
They have Petani who came from Napoli, they have Sensi who came from Inter,

2172
02:36:12,880 --> 02:36:17,880
Pesina who came from Atalanta, Ranocchia who came from Inter, granted he's not great.

2173
02:36:17,880 --> 02:36:21,880
You know, good players, man.

2174
02:36:21,880 --> 02:36:23,880
So I do think that eventually they'll gel.

2175
02:36:23,880 --> 02:36:26,880
Maybe they'll change their coach and they'll have a bit of a spell,

2176
02:36:26,880 --> 02:36:27,880
but it doesn't take much to survive.

2177
02:36:27,880 --> 02:36:29,880
You just need to win a couple of games.

2178
02:36:29,880 --> 02:36:31,880
Were they clever signings though?

2179
02:36:31,880 --> 02:36:34,880
I think they were clever because they were mostly domestic.

2180
02:36:34,880 --> 02:36:35,880
The second, that's true.

2181
02:36:35,880 --> 02:36:39,880
The second I thought that it wasn't that clever is when they onboarded Petania.

2182
02:36:39,880 --> 02:36:45,880
Because I'm like, Petania, like Grima had brought up very well,

2183
02:36:45,880 --> 02:36:48,880
is the kind of player that needs a system to be built around him for him to work.

2184
02:36:48,880 --> 02:36:52,880
In a completely new system where you need to get used to your teammates

2185
02:36:52,880 --> 02:36:54,880
and you need to build something with them.

2186
02:36:54,880 --> 02:36:59,880
Is a static structure like Petania the ideal striker to bring in?

2187
02:36:59,880 --> 02:37:02,880
Or would it be someone a bit more mobile that can link up?

2188
02:37:02,880 --> 02:37:03,880
They brought in Caprari as well.

2189
02:37:03,880 --> 02:37:08,880
Bro, and Caprari is that mobile attacking threat that can set up goals as well.

2190
02:37:08,880 --> 02:37:12,880
They're technically the perfect partner for Petania on paper.

2191
02:37:12,880 --> 02:37:14,880
And they have Pesina behind them as well.

2192
02:37:14,880 --> 02:37:16,880
So it's not like they're extremely mobile because of Petania.

2193
02:37:16,880 --> 02:37:20,880
But what they're going to do is give the ball to Caprari who crosses it to Petania who finishes.

2194
02:37:20,880 --> 02:37:22,880
It makes them very predictable.

2195
02:37:22,880 --> 02:37:27,880
I mean, Qualierla beat Ronaldo to the Capo Canonieri race by doing that literally.

2196
02:37:27,880 --> 02:37:29,880
In a 4-3, 1-2.

2197
02:37:29,880 --> 02:37:32,880
A 4-3, 1-2 literally with fast players around him.

2198
02:37:32,880 --> 02:37:34,880
And that's it.

2199
02:37:34,880 --> 02:37:38,880
Just a system that was built around literally feeding him.

2200
02:37:38,880 --> 02:37:42,880
Qualierla now granted Qualierla's offensive prowess

2201
02:37:42,880 --> 02:37:44,880
and his instinct is much better than Petania's.

2202
02:37:44,880 --> 02:37:47,880
But Petania has the physicality to make up for it.

2203
02:37:47,880 --> 02:37:51,880
The ability to out-muscle most defenders in the league.

2204
02:37:51,880 --> 02:37:57,880
So in reality, you put him in the correct position and you play the ball on this guy's head.

2205
02:37:57,880 --> 02:37:59,880
He might do something and you have a few good players to do so.

2206
02:37:59,880 --> 02:38:05,880
If it's not one of the new ones, you can get Birindelli to cross the ball.

2207
02:38:05,880 --> 02:38:07,880
Birindelli looks really good, for example.

2208
02:38:07,880 --> 02:38:10,880
Milan with Patrick Cutrone.

2209
02:38:10,880 --> 02:38:14,880
Always Suso cross to Cutrone, Cutrone header.

2210
02:38:14,880 --> 02:38:16,880
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

2211
02:38:16,880 --> 02:38:18,880
They have more to this.

2212
02:38:18,880 --> 02:38:20,880
Not more than Milan, obviously.

2213
02:38:20,880 --> 02:38:22,880
But for a team, that's...

2214
02:38:22,880 --> 02:38:24,880
I don't know.

2215
02:38:24,880 --> 02:38:27,880
I see that there are many options for them going forward.

2216
02:38:27,880 --> 02:38:30,880
No, I mean, they have them.

2217
02:38:30,880 --> 02:38:33,880
That's it. They have them.

2218
02:38:33,880 --> 02:38:35,880
Can they utilise them?

2219
02:38:35,880 --> 02:38:36,880
Can they utilise them?

2220
02:38:36,880 --> 02:38:40,880
And is Petania the right guy to build an entire new system around?

2221
02:38:40,880 --> 02:38:43,880
I don't know. I guess time will tell.

2222
02:38:43,880 --> 02:38:45,880
It is still very early.

2223
02:38:45,880 --> 02:38:47,880
It's five matchdays in.

2224
02:38:47,880 --> 02:38:50,880
It's been fucking crazy so far.

2225
02:38:50,880 --> 02:38:55,880
Incredibly mental, some might even say.

2226
02:38:55,880 --> 02:38:58,880
And hopefully you guys thought this episode was mental.

2227
02:38:58,880 --> 02:39:00,880
Albeit it was very long.

2228
02:39:00,880 --> 02:39:02,880
We're pushing two hours, four, eight minutes now.

2229
02:39:02,880 --> 02:39:06,880
But everything you need to know about the first five matches of the season

2230
02:39:06,880 --> 02:39:10,880
and about the teams and the table, so on and so forth.

2231
02:39:10,880 --> 02:39:17,880
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2232
02:39:17,880 --> 02:39:18,880
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2233
02:39:18,880 --> 02:39:23,880
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2234
02:39:23,880 --> 02:39:33,880
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