99: The Power of Efficiency (Full Matchday 11 Coverage)

Ibrahimovic, that's a great effort, it's a brilliant goal. He had one disallowed in the first half but Marvin Cuni has scored with a cheeky flick. Hello and welcome to episode 99 of Say A Spotlight. I'm your host, Jake, on Tuesday, the 7th November where we will be covering matchday 11. Please remember to follow, like and rate our podcast and if you wish to support our content that is Patreon, it's only £3.99

a month. Today I am not joined by my brother as he's still in Australia dealing with some personal issues but I am joined by the unemployed Luke Mintoff. That is correct, hello and welcome to Say A Spotlight. Thank you, Mintoff you have been a patron for how long now? It's been about four or five months. And please tell people about your experience as a patron. So as a patron I can definitely say that those four years are not worth it. No, jokes aside,

it's a lovely little experience. The WhatsApp group is really wholesome, everyone there is really invested in the group and everyone seems to be getting together and usually WhatsApp groups can be a bit risky because you get all kinds of characters involved. The Chescos

of this universe? The Chescos of this universe who never ceased to amaze me in all the wrong ways but besides that it's a nice little initiative you've got yourself going and I'm sure that there's going to be some more content and things coming underline from the two gents. Yes, you can bet your sweet ass. Mintoff has a reputation of being unhinged so this episode might be... R-rated. R-rated, exactly. As for our goal of the week we've already disagreed.

Mintoff and I disagree way more than my brother and I do. That is very true. My goal of the week was definitely Truni because it was purely instinctive, it was a back heel flick. My goal of the week contenders were Elmas Lautaro, Colombo's second Goodman since goal and Miretti's goal for the build up play of course. What do you think? I will agree that Truni's goal was really good. I think it was... you need to have a certain

skill set to be able to perform things like that. Some players just don't have it and the instinct that he saved to score a goal and flick a back heel into the near post. I would say it's the second best goal of the week but I still think Lautaro is the best. Purely off the fact that he faced a very good team. Atalanta weren't in bad form and from the angle he shot and where he received the ball which was basically on the edge of the

box. He had to cut in, did not have a great angle on goal and still managed to just curl it round all the defenders into the top corner without Moussa having a single chance to save it. I think to me it just shows the season he's having, it shows how consistent he's been and the score goes like that in the big games which he didn't usually use to do in the past. Maybe I'm biased, probably I am but for me it's still a fantastic goal and the quality of the opponent is still very consistent here.

Of course yes, very fair point. The quality of the opponent is very important because if you look at the individual goal itself it was quite similar to Colombo's but Colombo had a lot more left to do in my opinion. That's why I would rank Lautaro's goal. But he was given much more space as well. Yes he was, he's just quite having four defenders between him and the goal. What kind of defenders are they though? Fair point, they were Hellas Veranas, fantastic defenders. Fantastic defenders, yes.

Davidovic, he and they're not bad to be honest, they're pretty good. Very good. But anyway, let's get into the action. We said that the planet's gonna fall off. Yeah and it fell off. Shall we just run with it? I don't know how this would affect audio quality and for those listening our door has just collapsed. Our door is a makeshift cardboard box that's duct taped to the wall but I think we can go on no problem. Yes, I mean the quality of the studio is not of the highest calibers.

Not yet, but it's definitely better than how we record it back at home. Back in the day when we used to record next year TV in an open room with bully moaning all the time. Yeah, exactly in the background. Our OG listeners will remember that sound in the background. Many people thought we had a woman locked in the basement or something.

Now a quick rundown before we get into it, we're going to be talking about matchday 11 where Inter beat Atalanta away from home 2-1, Juventus beat Fiorentina away from home with a score of 1-0, Udineza upset Milan with a score of 1-0, Bologna upset Lazio with a score of 1-0, Napoli beat Salernitana with a score of 2-0, while Roma bested Letra in the final minutes of the game with a score of 2-1, Monsa destroyed Helas Varano with

a score of 3-1, Torino beats Osvalo 2-1 yesterday to Mintoff's despair, Kaliari beat Genoa 2-1, another comeback for them, Frasino and El, displayed their class to beat Empoli 2-1 and then we will deal with your questions. Today's menu, a la carte, but we'll be starting with the Nerazzurri derby, Atalanta 1-2, which took place on a rainy, windy Saturday night, so Inter continuing their undefeated run against Atalanta. The last time Atalanta beat Inter was in 2018.

For me the kids took some getting used to this game, for a second it seemed as though Skamaka hadn't snubbed Inter in the summer and was playing for them. As for the starting 11's, Simone and Zaghi sprung one surprise into the starting 11 when he benched Alessandro Bastoni in favour of Stefan De Vrij and moved that derby over to left centre back.

As for Atalanta they lined up with the usual 3-4-1-2 formation without any crazy changes but Zappaco started turning to the starting 11 as for the key events of the game and the 40th minute which Alainoglu scored the penalty, extending his flawless record from the spot to 10. 10 out of 10 penalties in Serie A, in his career he scored 32 penalties and missed 4.

In the 57th minute Lautaro Martínez scored the goal of the week contender and in the 61st minute Atalanta broke away after Lukman had dispossessed De Marco and set up Skamaka to make the score to 1. The 62nd minute Tolói came on and was sent off in the 92nd minute for his second yellow. So brother, let's get into this game. This game in my opinion could be seen as an unstoppable force against an immovable object.

You have Inter who had scored 25 goals in 10 games while Atalanta hadn't conceded a single goal at home coming into this game. So it was kind of a stark contrast over there. Very weird Atalanta how they moved away from their scoring 7 goals to not conceding anymore. It shows Gasperini's adaptability as what I think with the team he has.

I think nowadays their main strength is the balance they have in the team, the fact that they've got good depth all round and many players who feel that they could be starters and they have a role to play in this team. Before it was only offense. You concede two goals but no problem because you score five.

They are very consistent and they don't have depth that many teams probably are envious of because they have players to replace anyone in any position almost which is very luxurious in this area. Of course they are not really playing any Champions League football so that does make a difference of course because in these kinds of big games you're going to differently incur an injury or two.

You're going to probably exert yourself much more and that's going to obviously tax a team more but that's the fact of the matter. When you don't play Champions League football the next season you're going to probably do much better in the local league. So it's just the way it is.

What I would say is I think that the more Insaga stays at Inter and they give him chances to become a long-term coach, I think the more I understand his team the more he knows how to tactfully make decisions for lineups and in the game. I think making that decision to drop Bastogna for a chairbie, bringing someone experienced and having three really staunch big defenders at the back to sort of quell the incoming Scamaca was the right decision.

It turned out to be and I was surprised because Bastogna is a key player for it. He's a bit more fragile I think. Then a chairbie and a referee at the back. Super ball Zimouva. Yeah I think so but I think he's a fan favourite to bench him in a big game. I think a chairbie does have the experience that is unmatched and even at his later years he's still showing he can play. Definitely. They suffered an injury, Pavard fell injured in the 30th minute.

He suffered what appeared to be a serious knee injury after landing quite awkwardly. He did however manage to walk off the pitch but it has been confirmed that he'll be out for two months. Big miss for them right? Quite a big miss that's going to be felt. That's probably the first start to the fortress being crumbled a bit especially because Quadrada is not ready yet I believe to come back. So they're going to have to start seeing how they're going to assimilate the second team again.

Maybe he's going to step up, maybe he's not ready yet. That's going to be a big one for them. Of course in a way what's lucky for them is that January is coming up so they need an emergency transfer they could get somebody in. I see them going through to the next round of the Champions League so they'll have a bit more money to maybe get a long move, maybe get a chief defender from this area. Someone relatively expect. The likes of Luperto, 28 years old, seasoned defender.

I can see that happening. Maybe they steal a bascarotto. Really expensive but I do see him fitting in quite well on a team like that. I'm not even sure it would be very expensive to be honest because Leptreth tend to sell cheap. But yeah regarding Inter we can't talk about Inter without talking about Lautaro Martinez. Lautaro Martinez is having the season of his life.

He's having a monster season and mathematically he's on track to challenge for the old time goal scoring record in Serie A. So the highest ever scoring seasons were by Immobile and Iguain where they scored 36 goals. In the first 11 games Immobile had 13 goals and the first 11 games Iguain had 8 goals. In 11 games Lautaro has 12 goals so he's on track. The question is can he keep it up? I think if they play Champions League and Serie A till the end I don't think he's going to.

I think there's going to be too much on him. I think he's going to get tired. Eventually Lautaro always does become a bit inconsistent. Now if he manages to prove me wrong and become consistent for the whole season then fair enough the man's got balls of steel then. But I don't know, I really like him but I can't see him continually scoring this consistently till the end of the season.

Yeah, typically he doesn't do it and we've discussed on this podcast how he always has kind of a two month hiatus where he doesn't score. However, however, this season there's a different air around him. This season Lautaro has this kind of aura, this leader kind of vibe because he's giving off this champion aura almost. You know he's a man who's won the World Cup now at the end of the day. Yeah, he does feel a bit more. He's from a cock to an alpha. Here we go, here we go. Raise yourselves.

But not really, and truly Martinez has really showed some maturity this year. Now even if he starts to get into a bit of a lull, he's already won them so many games and he's already done quite a bit more than he has at the beginning of seasons because usually what happens is Martinez will start, he starts to score a few goals and he'll go to this period where he barely scores and he'll come back again and so far he's just non-stop scored.

So I think we have to give him quite a bit of credit and say that so far so good. Absolutely. And another player I have to really say and I know Jason has started screaming inside is Hakan. Hakan, Shalana Noglu has been a fantastic register. Another mature player, another player who the longer he plays into, the longer he stays with Nzagi, I see him just improving. But improving in a way where you don't automatically say, wow, he's like that I don't know.

He's frigging the new layout in terms of flashiness and all these things, different player of course. But there's a maturity around him. So same as Martinez and I think that Nzagi, I think this is where it's going. I think he has really found a way to improve his band management skills a bit as well. And I think it's showing because there's a lot of coherence even when things are going a bit rough for the team.

Like they're not scoring or it's a tough game or they had lost this as well but then they immediately bounced back. In the past when they lost the game, then the next few games until they got their footing again, you saw the shakiness and you don't see that shakiness anymore. You see a bad game and then they come back again and they're sort of not back to square one but they're way more consistent.

First of all regarding Shalana Noglu, I agree completely he had the big shoes to fill of Brozovic and it's not only his industry that I value when it comes to Shalana Noglu, his defensive contribution is fantastic. But he's a hard tackler and he tackles very well and he's always willing to recover. His vision is fantastic and his ability to slow the tempo down and to dictate the tempo has been very good when I saw him as more of a mezala before.

He's adapted to this position perfectly, complimenting Barell on his right and then Mikitarian who's proving to be still one of the best. Barell is quite disappointed in this year. He had his first good game in a while against Atalanta I think. It was quite a move. Still you don't see the same Barell or a few seasons ago. I feel like maybe the system isn't really good to really show his affordability but maybe something's off with him.

I can't put my finger out it but there is something off with him. He seems a little bit distracted at times. I'm surprised that Fratiz doesn't play more. I feel like Fratiz when he comes on he's way more dedicated. I see at least this is the body language I see. Way more of a dedicated player willing to just get stuck in and try to commit himself. Maybe a bit too eager to prove a point but I think that's also a good thing.

I mean definitely no absence of depth for Inter in that midfield position. Yeah it's all coming together for Inter. They look like the clear favourites at the moment and they're kind of building a bit of breathing room at the top as well. Regarding Atalanta first of all I wanted to hail and to praise Ederson who has slotted into this double pivot beautifully and it's a new position for him.

Last season he was introduced to this position and he was kind of hit or miss but this season he seems to have settled and he's playing a great game and I'm very happy for him because the first season at Atalanta is never a good one and it can always be the most.

It can always be the most unless you look at him when you have the biggest cock in the world but when you've got to adapt to Atalanta system it takes a lot to get used to and I think now he's slowly but surely showing why they purchased him from Salernitan on the first place and I'm very happy with him. I still think he has room to improve but he's definitely having a much better season as you're saying he's slowly but surely coming into that position much better.

A player I had marked down for a little bit of a disappointment is Mousseau to be honest. I feel like he's been a bit reckless this season and it's okay in this occasion it was a really terrible decision to come out and just absolutely rocked the tackle Darmeon which is you know first of all it came at a really bad time but it was on the brink of half time and secondly there was no clear intent to even get the boy who was so late. Can one argue that the weather conditions influence this?

Could be, could be but then as a keeper you have to also keep it in mind. I mean you know you have to have some brain cells to make those decisions. I guess the Udin Hazem was much better. I do too. I'm not sold on him to be honest with you. I think the more I see him the more I don't see him long term being a real top. No he'll be a good keeper and I see him staying in Syria but I can't see him in the big clubs. Yeah or in the national team.

No. Not when you have done a rumour of Foucairio, De Gregorio, Mera. Mera hasn't had the greatest of seasons so when you have all these other other keepers I just can't see him being too critical. It's only the 11th matchday but I'm not that sold on him. I think they made their own decision to sell Sportier Lowe as well. They could have used the front of the season I think. I mean he was playing more games than they ever thought he would every season so yeah definitely a miss over there.

But then again they have Karnasekki right? Karnasekki who was a fantastic substitute. He might display someone there. I have a feeling it would happen very soon. Like this season you can't keep making decisions like that. That was a huge turning point in the game. To come in half time losing 1-0 when you were about to come in 0-0 and Inter did not have that many chances beforehand that were clear. I think there was one chance at the beginning of the game where they almost scored Inter.

Forgot to shut it. Not a part of that. There was no real clear goal. They say oh my god they are really pressing on Atalanta. That decision really skewed the result then. Then you have to go into half time knowing you are 1-0 down. Knowing you have to push yourself back into the game. And against Inter that's like the worst case scenario. Because then you start playing their game. Then you start pushing.

Then they come on the counter attack and you have DeMarco Dumfries both demonizing down the flanks. What can they do? And I wanted to also highlight the fact that I don't know about you but towards the end of the game I thought Atalanta could have easily equalized. The laps and concentration in the end. Oh my god Inter collapsed at the end. They were lucky to not have Atalanta score on them.

Because at the end when Hattibur had that header and he attempted to go for a goal I don't know what the hell he was thinking. A player with so much experience all he had to do was play the ball across the goal. They have skamaka waiting for it over there. His hair got in the way. His hair got in the way maybe. His luscious prince charming, beautiful hair. Maybe his luscious looks. I can score this for my club. For my club! Yeah, no no. Atalanta at the end did turn on the gear.

And it reminded me of Atalanta of the past where they did this unrelenting force just wanting another goal. They can still turn the ball now. They can still turn it on but I think someone had a very good second half. He made some really key saves. And I think that really made the difference. Darmyon made an insane tackle on skamaka's shot when he had skamaka went down the left hand side of the box. And he was going to try and cut it back into goal.

And then Darmyon just flunked himself onto the ball and just blocked it from a goalside opportunity. I really like Darmyon. He's a fucking insane player. Darmyon was a player who had high hopes as a youth player. Became average for a while. When he got it, got depressed as everyone does. Then came back home. And now he's blown up. He's become a late bloomer, super consistent and just a solid squad player to have anyone would be happy to have. I really, really like him.

As for the lead standings, Inter are first with 28 points while Atalanta are fifth with 19 points. And we can move on to the next game, which is Fiorentina nil Juventus 1 as Juventus manager. A clean 1 nil away victory against Fiorentina despite having 32% ball position. Four shots compared to Fiorentina's 25, an exugy of 0.19 and two corners to Fiorentina's 9. Shesney's comments summed up the game perfectly. He said, today we went through some tough moments, about 89 minutes of tough moments.

Now listen to this bro, Allegri's men have now had their best 11 games start to a season since winning the Scudetto in 2019-2020. That's a hot stat and a half. Is he doing it again this year? Oh my god, I don't know man. Imagine with that team dude. With that team. Let's just go through the lineup quickly. How he lined up away from home against pretty much full force Fiorentina. Yes. Shesney in goal. Rugani, Bremer and Gatti at the back. Now, okay, Rugani a bit of a weird one nowadays.

Hailed a flop. Bremer was defender of the air a few seasons ago and Gatti was a Serie A player a few seasons ago on a construction worker before that. McKenny on the right. You think he used to catcall Garzio? Probably. Oh, Kebela. Ciao, Bella. Miretti, Locatelli and Robbio on the middle with Kezan Keen up front. Now, okay, it's not a bad team but a title winning team. That's winning. Absolutely not. But I like it as weird things man. It does, right? What was Fiorentina?

Fiorentina had, I mean, full force pretty much. They had granted Ranieri was that centre back. Beltran, Sevenzola was a key decision. Okay, this is a point I would like to make. Okay, make this point. So first of all, before we get into that, I just want to say that the goal for Juventus came the tenth minute through Miretti, who finally got the goal after Al-Legri had been calling for Miretti to score more goals for a while now. He was set up by Kostich after a beautiful team manoeuvre.

For me, this was one of the goal of the week contenders because of how Juve moved the ball around for a split second becoming Guardiola's man city and then just resorting to Summione as Atletico for the rest of the game. Your question about Beltran and Insola, for me Fiorentina have had this problem with their strikers since Italiano's appointment. You look at the first season where they had Jovic and they are bad. They aren't bad players. Don't get me wrong, but there is something wrong.

There is something wrong in the system. You can't blame all these players. It's impossible. It's true. Even Jovic, I know you hate him. I know you have a thing for him with Mido as well now. He's shit, bro. Jovic is shit. That's what I'm going to say. I have never said that from the podcast about him. You're going to tell me Jovic is worse than Oregi. No, you're a delusion. No, no, no. But you will see. Oregi managed. One of the worst strikers. Oregi managed to get two goals in the last season.

Oregi played far more games. Let's see what happens with Jovic. But listen to this. I think the fact that Italiano doesn't have a proper starting nine affects the fact that they don't get enough continuity affects the performances. The fact that you give a half to back in the day Jovic and then you give a half to Cabral, you're not letting anyone set it. It's the same thing this season where you're trying to balance in Zola and Beltran.

Okay, so you start off with Beltran who touched the ball 12 times in the first half. Then you bring on in Zola, who touched the ball 14 times. What the fuck? You're not letting anyone grow into the team. You're not letting anyone gel with the team. You need to pick a starter and stick with him. Probably he doesn't know. He doesn't know, right? For me it's Beltran at the moment. For me, yes. Wow, really? I think that for a whole that play, okay, you can play in Zola.

In Zola was good at Spetzia for example where you need to play the ball on the field. Zola was going the run, bro. Yes. He was going the run, shoveling a defender off the ball. Just like Holo Kopu at Sporz this week and just trying to go on the counter. That's where Zola thrives. Beltran is more adapt to this style of fear and Dina where his movement in the box is very smart. He's quite good at hold up plays with the flick on's and things like that.

He's not an imposing figure but he's very smart and he knows how to attack the space in the box. I feel like that is more what they need with the attack. I have theory. Please, I would love theory. I think they all have Vlahavic syndrome. They're all trying to live up to this beast of a person who he himself is not managing to do the same things he did in Fiorintino. I think that the way when they sign a new striker, I think that even the owners and the coach, they give them this praise.

They give them this entitlement that they deserve. They're a good striker, they come into a good team but it automatically comes with pressure. It's a bit like United. When you come to United, you think that I'm going to a big club, there are so many great players in this club. It's full of history, it's full of good fans and all these things. But then it also comes with a problem.

It comes with a lot of pressure which I think the types of strikers they go for probably that's something they don't look for. They don't look for someone who can deal with that kind of pressure. Jovic couldn't, Kaobral couldn't. Beltran hasn't yet but I'll give them credit. It's his first season. In Zola count. I mean even the profiles they brought. In Zola came from a relegation team and Beltran came from South America. There's a very big gap.

I think they would need a season experienced player up front. They never buy these seasoned strikers for whatever reason. It's true. I don't know why, there must be a reason behind it but they all go for them. Anyway, Juve have kept six clean sheets in a row now. Impressive. And Cresney was definitely in the mood this game making some fantastic saves, right? I think he's in his son of his best form I've ever seen him in. Yes, however a few games ago he had a game I can't quite remember a game.

So we discussed this yesterday but I can't remember who still. We made two mistakes and he basically gave them the game. But you expect these on a keeper sometimes. But then the last three games against Milan in this game, he has single handed they won them the game bro. Against arguably better opposition. It's true. So, okay yes, you have a bad game, everyone has a bad game. I wake up sometimes in the morning and I feel like other shit and I want to kill myself. But at the same time. How often?

Once a week. But he had some killer saves in this game. There was one save he made, point blank range. He stopped it from going into the goal. Even on the free kick man. He went on the free kick and against Milan as well. There was that like fingertip save he made from Giroud. Oh yeah. I mean he fucked up a couple of games ago but at the same time he's playing some amazing football as well. I think he's the best keeper so far. So far this season yes.

I don't even think there's anyone close to him at the moment. No one close to him. Here we go. This is the money on point you were talking about. Of course bro. Or are you saving enough for the next game? But they save enough for Milan. Okay. I can't wait. I'm going to get a few DMs. What did this guy say about money on point? Oh my god. Please be careful with the guests you bring on the show. You can all suck my ass. There's a reason I spent 100 credits on my Fanta Calcio on Shesney but yes.

He's been good so far. Yes. Very good. But yeah I think we can move on to Milan. Yes. Milan Nill. One last thing. Please. I think Rogan has really stepped up. Rogan has stepped up and he had to. And he had to and he has. I think Allegri thrives with this defensive solidarity. This defensive unit where players don't need to be individually brilliant. But the team has to be good. Exactly. And I think anyone who says even you and this fan to say Allegri out are all delusional at the moment.

Honestly. Delusional. Like go fucking stick your head in a bucket of water in minus 20 degrees and wake the fuck up. Because if there's nobody on the market you're going to find who's better than that. He's also but. The team he has. It's true. The team is a joke. When you look at it. When you look at it. This is Juventus. This is not friggin Atalanta with barely any money. Okay. They've had their issues money wise and all these scandals and everything sure.

They can't be spending as much money as before. Granted. But their team should not be second place. Yes. It's like when I told you last year with Lazio they shouldn't be second place when they were you know competing. But they were. And that shows. I think that's when you see the quality of a coach. When you give him this team. When you give him a bunch of like when a baby has all those building blocks and you have to put them in the right spots.

And probably they're not the best building blocks in the world. But somehow he manages. He's not far from being a football genius. I think he is. Generally speaking. Generally. He's a great right. When you look at his accolades he's great. And even the fact that he's got a set of balls man. He benches Vlaovic for Moise Keane. Rewards before. This is your fuck bro. Yes. Keane deserves to be playing. Of course. It's a simple as that. Vlaovic has been. I've heard this.

My girlfriend hates him because she doesn't want to come on our fantasy team. That's another one. That's a whole different topic. We'll end up speaking for 15 minutes. But you have to. You can't just make. Oh he's so good. He's a star. We have to play. No. No. If he's playing better you play him. If you want your spot back you come back and you play and you take your spot back. Keane has been incredible man. Keane has been. Back to his former self.

Yes. Now if he can start scoring goals well and good. He deserves to bench Vlaovic for the whole season in my opinion. If he can't then yeah then you put Vlaovic back in and you see Vlaovic. Keane is the only one up there who deserves to stay up front in my opinion. Because okay Keane doesn't score goals game in game out. His energy. But his energy and his passion and his grit is there every game. That's true. Sometimes Vlaovic looks like he does not give two flying fucks. Even Millik.

Millik comes in half ass sometimes so he scores a good goal. Same thing. Keane is the type of player. He's got that drive and that kind of tonality he had at Milan. You know that playing for the shirt. There's this passion man. He can't explain it. It's true. He's a bundle of energy for them and they're lucky to have him considering the fact that they were so close to losing him. But even the fact that he deploys McKenney on the wing for example. He's smart man on the wing.

He can totally get the best out of the players he has. But yeah and that's why he made the cover of this episode. The scary man on the cover is a leg reviewer. He didn't recognize me. But yes. Let's go to Milan Nil. Odineze won. Yes. Oh yes. Mintoff is a notorious Milan hater. Unfortunately for me because I'm about to go through hell over here.

Odineze grabbed their first win of the season on a windy rainy night away to Milan who tried to spice things up with a formation change shifting to a 4-4. Can you repeat that sentence please? Nope. It was business as usual for Odineze. They deployed their 3-5-2 with Pereira partnering Isaac's success up front while his first ever good game. Super physical and industrious team all around. Solid team. Solid strikers.

What's really cool about Odineze is that they have had this season 7 draws of coming into this game. Zero wins and 3 losses. 7 draws. So there's something in the team that's hard to beat and with Odineze it has always been their physicality in recent history. Their size. All around from top to bottom this team is fucking powerful. And then you have the likes of for example Samaradzic who is in the strongest but then he's very technical.

But the players around Samaradzic are all either very industrious or very strong. Even Isaac's success and Pereira are very hardworking and pressed to oblivion. So Pialli's idea at the counter this was to play a 4-4-2. I have a very, I have a very, I have a very, I have a very, I have a very, I have a very public concentration about that to go on. We'll speak about this one. Okay, okay. It's actually a praise. It's praise. Can you believe it? I can't, I can't actually but we'll see.

So it was a 4-4-2. Theo Hernandez fell injured right before the game but then knocked his ankle. Rumor has it he sprained his ankle coming off the team bus. I'm not sure that's true. So Florenci took his place at left back. Calabria obviously started at right back with Tomoria and Chavez center backs. Leao was on the left and Musa was on the right with Reinders and Cronage up front.

He started Cronage to match the physicality and then to get more physical players in the box he put Jović and Jiru up front together which gave me a nice reminder of the Sampdoria days where they had Gabi Adini and Kualiara Lop front together and I used to call them the two trees of Sampdoria up front because that's exactly what it was like over here. In the 62nd minute Adli tripped, I can't remember who in the box, Adli tripped someone in the box. It wasn't success right?

I think it might have been success. I'm not sure. Don't quote. What caba c'est-de? He tripped someone in the box. It was a bit of a darker nature. Oh God. Yes. Pereira converted the penalty sending money on the wrong way and I'm sure you're going to have something to say about that. So what's your take on the 442 plan? I don't think it was the wrong decision. What about the execution? I also don't think it was wrong either. So what was the problem?

I think the problem was that I just thought I think that losing Theo before the game started was humongous. That is like saying I have a shotgun but I forgot to get my shotgun bullets from home. So I can't basically shoot my gun. But Theo hasn't even been on grade 4.

Sure, but I think in a game like this someone like him would run circles around players who are arguably slightly slower and probably can't contain with Leo and Theo down the left flank because Leo on his own was creating huge problems. Having them bowed down the same flank would cause the team at the Ergains to really strategize on focusing that flank.

Whereas then other players on your team have more of an opportunity to open themselves up to different sides of play and different opportunities up front and defensively of course. But losing half a flank, so to speak, a quarter of it, I think that just generally really affects the way you've been training for a game all week. So you can't, I think it's very unfortunate. It is. I think it's a free-caxing, that doesn't mean you happen fucking right before a game. At the end of the day this was...

And you have so many injuries. I think you're very hard on Purely, all of you at the moment. You have the worst record of it. I saw a statistic, it is terrible. It is, you want to be used to having this. And somehow that's also Purely's fault according to some fans. I have always been a Purely apologist almost. I like to play the devil's advocate. When he does well I praise him and I give him his flowers, but when things don't go quite well I do criticize him.

I think Ophelia would have suffered here, why bro? It's not only about Oka for a man, it's... I don't know man, I don't like the fact that... Why are you starting Jovich? What does Jovich give you? Please, tell me what Jovich gives you as a player.

In a game like this, a player who's just arrived at Milan, who hasn't scored a single goal, who hasn't looked involved in any of the games he's played, Oka for granted, okay, maybe it wasn't the game for him, but he's come on three times and in a few minutes he's had, he scored three goals. So why are you playing Jovich? Is it simply because of the physicality? Because I saw, I watched the game and I see how Jovich approaches these 50-50s. Jovich isn't big enough to cross to.

He's not quick enough to play through. And he's not dirty enough to poach in the box or to win the 50-50s or to nudge a man off and go to finish. He doesn't even have the grit or the grit that Jirou gives you, for example. He pisses me off because I don't know, I feel like we're a man down when Jovich is playing. Wow. I mean, listen, to be honest with you, he's definitely not having the best of starts.

I really thought that this was a purely, this should give him a vote of confidence to sort of inspire him. That's how I saw it, giving him a start, giving him an opportunity to set himself up for a good game against a team which is arguably not doing so good this season. I think this was the best platform for a player who's not doing too well to potentially start the upturn of a good season.

Arguably they didn't pan out as it went, but I don't think that making that simple, like for like a decision to get Okofar instead would have changed the game too much. I think Okofar would have suffered much more, I think such big, big and tough defenders like him. I don't know, I don't think it's even possible to suffer more than Jovich suffered in this game. Yeah, he didn't have a medium. Pundits are saying that no, this isn't purely his fault, this is the team's fault.

A few pundits are saying, they've said that when you look at the statistics and when you look at the chances Milano created, it's a case of the fact that they're not converting their chances. They always dominate the game, they always out-shoot their opposition. It's the fact that the finishing has been off, that's the only thing Milano has to do. There were four shots on target, Sylvesterie had a few good saves especially towards the end. Yes, he had a double game.

There were phases in the game where Milano just weren't really creating man, just a whole stretch of nothing. Yeah, but you also have a lot of people who, with players out that you'd rather have on the team who are causing a lot of problems. Now for Milano take on PSG tonight, Chouquets should be back for example, that's a good player to have on the right. I think Poulis 6 back. So it is looking up.

The fact that you have to play Moussa on the right kind of gives you the same problems that you had last season. Moussa is young, his show is good potential. And the Salamac is essentially... For now. Yeah, no disrespect to Moussa but the Salamac is at the center, he still has time. He still needs time. So you have that you afford the double man Lea and leave more space on that side because he's not going to do much. That's because he's young and inexperienced and he's not going to do much.

So a lot more pressure falls on Lea. If you have Poulis 6 on the other side or Chouquets, you can't leave them unoccupied. Because they are quite dangerous. I think Adley had a bad game as well. Adley entered badly. Every player who's coming to this quad, given a chance by Piolli, has not been showing up. That's where Piolli is looking a bit problematic in his decision making as a man manager though. Because of the fact that he's giving these confidence votes to these players.

And I think fair enough an argument can be made for you which is well, where maybe they aren't in the right mindset. You're talking about newcomers in general? Newcomers in general, you know, players who have been on the side legs and they're coming into the team. Piolli, Pellegrino, Jovic, those are the three players coming into my mind at the moment. They've all had this nervousness around them. And I think that's where maybe you can say a coach should be looking into that a bit more.

Going into the psychology of these players a bit more before making these decisions. I think adapting to Italy, not in Jovic's case because Jovic has been in Italy for a while but you look at the likes of Moussa and Rinders. This is their first season in Italy. And Chouquette is with Oka 4 so it's going to take them some time to jet. Polisic is a player who came in and did pretty well in the league.

Look at the likes of Chou, for example, since his introduction last season he was pretty much flawless last season and this season he's making a few mistakes. So I think it's pretty much hit or miss. He has a case 4 and a case against the introduction of new players. I have two other points before we can move on if we have a bit more time. One of them is Colombo talking point. Colombo? I have one of them also. Isiqaian back? No, honestly, Isiqaian coming back. It's going to be a point.

Ah, no, I don't think so. No, you don't think we don't make a decision like that? I don't think it ever happens. You can, it's a long move. You can, yes, but... Sure, you pay a bit of money but... Honestly, I would. I totally would right now. You have the parallel opposite of Jovic at the moment. You have a player who's so driven and a player who's so motivated. The second goal of Monsa, this matchday, he was played the ball on the halfway line. He knew what he was going to do.

The second he got the ball, he charged down the wing. He cut inside. He took one step back, evading the defenders. He had four defenders between him and the goal. And then he curved it into the back of the net. The first goal as well. Colpani holding the ball up brilliantly. Fucking Colombo sprinting into space. He's in a 50-50 with the man. He misses the ball but he hits it with so much zest that he manages to get it into the back of the net anyway.

Colombo has the hunger and the drive that Jovic doesn't have. I'm worried that one Colombo comes to me and I have the same problem though. He might but... I have a big hunch about that. I like the fact that he's on loan at Monsa. He's on loan at a fantastic team with a great project and plays a very positive brand of football.

Colombo's loan spells right now have been pretty much perfect for his development, working with some good coaches as well and scoring a few goals and really getting used to being a main figure. Ideally I think Milan would leave him there for the season but... That's your own detriment. Exactly, that's the problem though. That's the problem right? The fact that Jovic isn't... But Jovic is there as a panic buy.

Jovic is there because Colombo was loaned out to bring in Tarremi, Medi Tarremi at the time from Porto. Jovic looks like a real scapegoat in my opinion. It's not very fair. I don't know if it's a scapegoat. Because you're not buying a player who has been proven. He's been a shaky start to this year yeah? So I think it's a little bit unfair to then expect this play to explode. Okay sure, sure, sure.

I mean the problem is more on the management who brought him in and failed to close the Tarremi deal but it's not quite their fault. Personal terms we agreed with Tarremi. Colombo went out on loan to Monsa. Tarremi's agent started playing hardball. Milan or Tarremi backed out. I'm not sure which one it was. I can't quite remember. And then Milan suddenly had a few hours to find a replacement and took that few and enough.

I've just brought in Beltran and Nuzla and Jovic was kind of falling out of favor and they snatched them up. Now I don't know if they've watched them last season because I couldn't believe it when Milan bought Jovic. I'm not a fan at all. But it was a panic buy and fuck it Milan are stuck. Fair enough. Last point please. I think Manean is having a very shaky season. I know why. Why?

Because he hasn't had good games but I see decisions he's making in games which to me don't look like a keeper who's confident. For example? For example there were a couple of opportunities in this game where Manean in the past if he saw a log ball coming in he would fucking go for it and clear it up to high heaven. And this year I see this hesitance around him and there was a few times in this game where he did that. But could it be the weather again?

And remember the weather was fucking awful bro this game. Raining. But it's something in the game I see him making these uncertain decisions. There was a game I think it was the last game in the game before that where Manean was looking extremely shaky as well. And there is this shakiness about him. This lack of confidence which I can't really say I saw last season. And this year I do see these second guessing himself. I see him as a less certain keeper than he was last year.

I think it might be simply a case of there's low confidence all around when it comes to this Milan team. And I think he might be suffering as well. Manean is rumoured to be asking for 7-8 million euros a year. I say walk on. I say no. If it were up to me I wouldn't give him 7-8 million. It fucks up the balance of the entire team not because Manean isn't a good goaler. If you're PSUGG or Real Madrid or Manchester City sure give him that amount but Milan don't afford to have a luxury goalkeeper.

That salary should be on someone who's making the difference on the pitch up front because he scores goals. He players like Lea. Ok Lea was on 6 million a year. Why not invest in a third quarter so that's of a high quality that you can give a good salary to. A right winger, a striker. You know I think those are the positions you need to invest. But then last year Manean won you games.

Yes yes he did totally totally totally but the fact that Manean on 8 million a year for example and then Sportia Lone 1 million a year. Are they very different? No but then if you don't have Sportia who do you have then? No ok sure but I mean. If you sell Manean who do you have? But then you can bring up. Who do you get? The Gregorio. It's so bad. I mean you can pay him 2 million a year. I can see that. I can see that. You know there are so many good goalkeepers. I would agree with that.

I don't know I think there are other areas where you can invest and I love Manean and I think he's amazing but it's just it's not a rumor thing again. You can't afford to pay a goalkeeper that much when you're a team that's wage bill is so tight. You're highest earner is on 6 million. You're going to make your goalkeeper your highest earner doesn't make any sense. It fucks the balance completely. But anyway. I don't know if there's anything else you want to say. No that was it.

I have one question for you. Oh god. A party slot has been rumoured to be taking on a role as kind of a coordinator between the players and the management for Milan. And the whole thing is his presence as a motivator to keep the motivation and morale high. What do you think of this? Do you think this can actually make a difference? I mean I would usually say no. But I've been so wrong about that in the past so many times that I have to say it might make a difference.

I do feel like that might be a problem in its own self. A solution and a problem. A solution because I do think it might actually motivate the players again and bring them back on track. But a problem in the sense that it might not be addressing the real issues. Which are? Which are I think there's this lack of confidence in the coach.

I mean at the end of the day, the season that was won, the turning point was the introduction of Zlatan and I feel like purely and Zlatan maybe together make it work. Zlatan gives that certain authority that maybe purely doesn't quite instill that certain motivation, the ability to motivate players. But you look at so many teams that have a player like a legend from the past in the dressing room to make a difference. I say do it. I say do it. Give them whatever they want.

Give them an amazing office space. It's fucking low and I don't care man. Everything like Zlatan needs to be there. I think Milan with Zlatan present is a different team. But yeah, we'll see. Moving on to the next game. Bologna won Lazio Nel brother. Now this was Bologna continuing to impress. Yes. Because they bested the Lazio side who have been pretty moody since the start of the season but they seem to have things figured out.

For the lineups Calafiori, the full back was partnering Bocaema at the back for Bologna. It's the usual thing. They've been doing this for a while. The usual lineup for Mota. Posh came back and he replaced Decile Vestri as he returned to the bench after serving Nobli. Castellanius got the nod ahead of Immobile for Lazio while Pedro was preferred to Zacani and Rovela started as the register.

There was an underwhelming first half with Bologna's first shot coming in the 39th minute and on Lazio's front Castellanius wasted 2g bounce in the first half. The second half took fewer than 30 seconds to see Ferguson scoring a one touch finish after being set up by Xerxes. He becomes the highest ever Scottish goal scorer and say, holy shit. Congrats my bro, I did. And then they managed to hold out and they won 1-0.

For me the most impressive thing about this Bologna side is their adaptability and the fact that sometimes you see them totally dominate games creating so many opportunities. They play really nice football. And sometimes they take a pragmatic approach and they defend and they close out games beautifully. They seem like a very experienced side. What do you think about them? I'm very impressed by Bologna. I know that in the past you used to hate Mota. Yes, I used to.

I think you have to really take back your words. Totally. He is a good coach. Given a budget and given a decent team, I think he can definitely make the team work, which is what we're seeing. Last year he made them come back from a point where they looked out of despair during the Mahayelevich era. And now this year with a relatively unchanged squad with a few more additions, they look quite solid. Will they get conference league? Maybe. Maybe. I think they partially deserve it.

But even if not, even if they get another top side finish and they slowly but surely add a few more additions to that squad whilst keeping the core, I think they have a good chance to build a very solid team in this area. And I think the coach is definitely a strong part of it. I think the players they've brought in and given them time like Xerxes for example, shows that there is a plan for the way forward. Ferguson as well, some of the players. I really like the way they play football.

As you're seeing, they have this dominance about them where they can really flick a switch and really start to turn on the show. But they can also defend really well as well. And overall I really have quite a few compliments to Bologna as opposed to Glacio, who I feel are really bipolar. They are bipolar. That's the best way I can describe them. They are literally bipolar. And that's no disrespect to the coach.

I think that the additions they've made and the squad that they have, I don't think can expect miracles in all honesty. There's a lack of investment. There's a lack of investment. And there's this idea that the players we have are enough. You've just lost SMS. You've just lost your engine. You just started your car and you're wondering why it's so turning on. Well, good morning. Your engine's out there. What do you expect to do?

And I feel like I don't totally agree with the start patterns of Zacani. Zacani does not have a very good season as well. Which is a slightly worrisome because at least last year, Luter had immobile misfiring. But they had Zacani on top form. Now they have them both misfiring whilst bringing new players into the team who haven't yet solidified themselves as either core starters or core key players who can make a difference. Castelanos, I don't see it. I'm not seeing it. He don't see it?

I'm not seeing it. Oh, I disagree strongly. Granted, this game is fired. This is Lazio. Yes. This is not Boronio. But because Castelanos was new to the league, he came from the USA. He came from the American league. And he's already showing flashes of his so involved and he seems to be a very dangerous outlander. I think at least he's a golden assistant. But you don't have time to... No, you don't. You don't have time to slowly make your point.

You don't have time to slowly insert your setting into a team. This is not Milan. It's not Inter where you have other players who can come in, other experienced players who can come in and sort of lay off the pressure. This is Lazio. Who don't have much options. Doesn't the profile make sense for Lazio to bring in a guy like Taty Castelanos? If they look at this player who in his career has scored a goal every other game. He's played in Spain and he's played in the USA.

Granted, the USA was scoring every game pretty much. They brought him in. He's 25 years old and he was meant to be the understudy of Immobile. Who is meant to be... Who is a club legend, the greatest striker ever. No time. There's no debate. There's no debate. And he was meant to be learning from Immobile and introducing to the squad slowly. That kind of profile makes sense. Makes much more sense than the previous signing of, for example, what was his name? The guy from Corsival.

I can't remember his name. The big guy. I know who he means. You know who I mean. That's gonna come in. He's a top-notch. Super tall. Muri-i. Muri-i. Muri-i. Muri-i. Yes. That was a wet five that I've ever seen one. That was a wet four by the Lazio management. By Claudio Lothito. But yes, I do back Castellanos to do well. I like what I've seen so far, contrast to you.

The decision to start Pedro perhaps was questioned, but Zacani's form has not been great and Pedro has always made a difference when coming on. So I guess you should reward that type of performance. But yeah, Bologna. Super. They sit in sixth with four wins, six draws and one loss. They've scored 12 goals but only conceded eight and only you, Van Inter, have conceded fewer than them. Where will they finish? I think they'll finish eighth. Eight? Eight is not conference league, right? No, seven.

Depends how that ends up. So you don't think they can push for a European spot? I don't know, I think if Zerksi starts to fall off, I don't see it. Or gets injured. Or gets injured or just has a bad spell. He's so good, man. He's very good. He's very, very good. I could be wrong. I mean, it's one of those I'm not really sure about, but they could make it, they could. I think it's going to be fine margins.

Yes, if anything happens to Zerksi, then unfortunately I don't see anything happening up front for Bologna. I think the placement for Zerksi, I believe, is Van Khoudji-Donk, or whatever the fuck his name is. Van Khoudji-Donk. Thank you. Khoudji-Donk, is it? Of course. Van Khoudji-Donk. You want Zeruzji-Donk, because Zeruzji-Donk.

But yeah, the players behind Zerksi compliment them very well, but I think Zerksi is so good at like, when there's a tight space and when there's chaos around him, he tends to play that beautiful pass, like no shellantly. He's so good, man. And so technical as well. And he's at the goals to this game. He's super. And also what prays to Skorupski, who's been fantastic this season. Maybe Matthew was on to something when he... Maybe he was, man.

Maybe when he caught him the best goalkeeper in the league. After all the fights he's been spending, he finally gets something, right? Poor guy, man. He's going through it, man, at the moment. So, Salernisana. Nila, wait, the position in the table? You said Boronius in six. Oh, the nice area. And Lutzi is in? Well, now you've shafted me. You've totally bamboozled me. And you're all the way down in tenth with 16 points. Yes, Boronius in obviously six with 80 points. Caramba's. Caramba indeed.

The next game we're going to be covering is the Derby della Campania. Quite possibly the most one-sided derby in Serie A. This is Salernisana against Napoli, which finished 2-0 for the visitors. As for the lineups, it was a 4-3-3 for Napoli with Raspadori starting up front and Oliveira starting ahead of Mario Rui. For Salernitana it was Iquameza starting up front. Dia was also there with Cicuna. Have you heard of Cicuna? I have not. Cicuna is a youngster.

He's a young talent for Salernitana that is very highly praised. But other than that, it was business as usual for Salernitana. Raspadori scored the opening goal by rifling the ball into the top corner from close range after Zelensky pass in the 13th minute and then in the 82nd minute. Lobotka pass. Lobotka pass. 100%. I thought Lobotka won the ball back. And then slided it to Raspadori. Okay, thank you. We'll keep that in. Those who show the quality of this podcast, guys. Thank you very much.

I don't know where I rode Zelensky. I know Lobotka won the ball back from pressing high by pressing high. But 99.9% sure it's Lobotka. After checking, I can confirm that Mintov was right. It was Lobotka as he won the ball back by pressing high and played the ball to Raspadori who rifled it into the top corner. And in the 82nd minute, there was a perfect trademark Elmas goal where he kind of drove down the wing, cut inside and just placed it into the bottom corner. Is that correct? Correct, sir.

Thank you very much. Well done, man. Thanks, man. You don't need to make these mistakes when there's no one to assist the ball. Yes. And when I'm alone, you know, I'm just making these mistakes and no one's realizing. There you go. That's the club saying. Yeah, there you go. I often say that when you surprise me and I don't know how to react, which is a lot. It's a lot. Yeah, it's often.

Yes. So there are people in Salerno, Mintov, believe that the likes of Kondrev and D'Avon, D'Avon are the problem at Salerno. Oh, D'Avon, I definitely agree with. I'm wholeheartedly. 100% like, I can't keep. I mean, definitely. Kondrev, can you elaborate on D'Avon? Yeah, I think he's just a problem player, bro. Because he's disinterested because he tried to force his way out. You can't.

You know, nobody is going to take a girlfriend to Cheets only and then tells you, I still want to be with you after convincing you to like not break up with her. So you're saying D'Avon is toxic. I do. Totally. He forced them to move out. Yeah. Didn't happen. Didn't want to play. Yeah. Eventually they managed somehow to kiss his balls and to get them back in the squad. There's no way you're going to convince me he wants to play football there. Yeah, not. There's no way.

Logically speaking, you can, it's psychology here. He wanted to leave. He was forced to stay and now he stayed. Yeah, I'm telling you, man, and the fans don't appreciate it at all. You know, they had the whole D'A song, to-to-to-ro-ro-ro, Bulae D'A, every time he scored, they stopped singing it. Now he scores, it was D'A. No shit. Nothing. He's no longer a fan favorite. I guess he must have grown tired of the Amalfi Coast, the beautiful weather, the great food, the love from the fans.

He wanted to move to Wolverhampton Wanderers instead. Yes, all the shitty weather and the Portuguese players all around. I don't get it. Can't drive one? Problem players, well, what do you think? I don't think you would, that's not as much. I feel like he's more or less been quite, quite oppressive there. I hear something, I see him as a bit of a bit of a moaner though. Of course, but that comes with the nature of being a better player than the ones I own.

Sure. But then at that point you have to accept the responsibility and the situation you're in. You can't just throw the team on the bus and just be like, you have to accept the situation. Arguably though, he himself did not expect Serenity to be in this position, but they're in right now. Yeah, it's quite nice. So it is very dire. Do you think Pippo can't turn it around?

You look at the bench, man, you have Pippo shouting out instructions, a legend is striking Pippo and Zagia, Frank Ribéry by his side shouting out instructions as well. These guys have good role models over there and they should be doing better, I believe, man with the team they have. I don't see it. You don't see it? I don't see it.

I don't know if there's more money in the bank, but I think they need to get one more good player to try and whether the store maybe sell the unbring in somebody who's motivated. But they need to make some strong decisions now. And then they sit on a squad and stick to it in game out, game in game out. And I think maybe then they'll have an opportunity. Totally, bro. But I don't agree with this playing, Dio.

If it was me, you're on the bench, I'll set you in January, find the team, talk with your agent and we'll settle on a fee. Otherwise, you get the fuck out. Fair enough. I obviously really rate Dio as a player, but when you don't want to be there, you're bad apple, you ruin the others. I think in January, they might do an overhaul two seasons ago in the Miracle Survival, they had brought in a bunch of players in January and they managed to turn their season around.

Let's see if they can do the same. In Zaghi, people mocked in Zaghi when Salernantana pointed them. We also made a joke. We said that Salernantana have brought in in Zaghi, meaning that they've already given up on the league and want to win Serie B next season. However, in Zaghi, it was quick to respond that you can mock them all you want. People mocked them as a player. They said that he couldn't play football and he went on to score 300 goals. And he won a game in the Copa.

And he got them through. A quarter-contribute game for 0. Through. Yeah. For the first time in Raspador's career on the other side, he scored three goals in three straight Serie A games, not to mention getting an assist in the game before, making it four goal contributions in four games. Once discussed his role on the podcast saying that he's not quite the number nine, he's more of a support striker, more of a kind of Czech artist that I play or kind of coming in off the wing.

What do you think now, the way he's being utilized by Rudy Garcia? He reminds me a little bit of Agüero. See, I was gonna say that. Holy shit. No way. I swear to God. I swear to God. Give it to God. Boom. Yes, he does. He reminds me of this player who was so short and so, it's relatively stocky. But he can't centre of gravity. He has a very good centre of gravity. He can't be shifted from the ball that easily. And he has a shot on him. Yeah, and on his current. Well, he's confident though.

That's true. So, I mean, I have to say that so far, Rudy Garcia was on the brink of being tossed over a cliff and now he is climbing himself back up again. When he can manage again to rekindle that flame and bring Napoli, they're not gonna win the league. I'm very, very, very surprised, but to bring them back to at least contention would be quite an achievement with the whole awesome ending, with the whole team in shambles, them losing to them losing games that have been losing.

But yeah, that Milan game has seemed to have inspired them again. And I'm quite impressed with Raspidori. I've always liked him, but I don't know how long Jeremy can keep doing this. My worry is if they do offload us, he meant the end, which I don't think is impossible to happen. You're talking about at the end of the season or in January? I think if an offer comes in, I think they will consider it. I don't know what happens in the squad. Depends what they bring in. That's the thing.

It's gonna depend a lot on what happens then because I can't be wrong. Maybe Raspidori ends up, you know, still defining his spot and he starts to become a starter. No way. I mean, Raspidori is a great backup to have on a team like Napoli. But you look at Ozzyman, he's a world-beater. He's a top five striker in the world. But he's another one. I don't see him enjoying his time either. He is, as you said, a moaner, but that's because he's a perfectionist and he's a bad loser, man.

He wants to win and he's hungry to win at all times, but the difference is that he works for his team. He presses. He fucking plays dirty, man. He's always got one of the highest kilometers covered in the game. You look at Leao, for example. 32-year-old or 33-year-old Pereira for Roudinez, they ran two kilometers more than Leao did in that tournament. Leao's lazy, huh? I wouldn't say lazy.

I think he's instructed to conserve his energy at times, but sometimes, yes, I feel like he's a little bit... I think he's a little bit... He's a little bit lazy, bro. He's a little bit lazy. I wouldn't say so directly, but he's a lazy Leao. I think, as the body itself is becoming lazy. I don't know. I don't know. I think since most of the time he runs it's sprinting, it's more tiring. Maybe I'm being a little bit naive here. You are. This is the guy who only has his train, bro.

Only has his train. He's got like 0% body fat. 0% body fat. He can take all mine every once. He gets massages in between sessions to make sure his muscles are never fatigued or as fatigued as little fatigued as possible. And you're going to tell me there's a guy who can't run. As much as Pereira for Odines who had no club. He's 33 and he looks like he drinks a few beers and eats a few donuts. As a few rough men's red. Yes. You might be right.

But yes, this was pretty standard, straightforward for Napoli who currently find themselves in fourth with 21 points while Salernitana are in last place with only four points. He's a shocker, man. Shocker. The next game we're going to be covering is another one where I interbrace myself for some Lukaku praise as Roma beat Lecce to 1 in the most miraculous way possible scoring two goals beyond the 90th minute. Fucking la caca, bro.

For Roma's lineup they opted for a 3-4-2-1 with Awar and Debala starting behind Lukaku and Karsdorp in the starting 11 who more than you has previously called a piece of shit. Excuse my poetic license over there. It's not a direct quote, but it's pretty much what he meant. For Letra they lined up the usual 4-3-3. This time it was Bandan getting the nod up front on the left side and pretty much business as usual elsewhere with Kaaba, Ramadani and Rafia in the middle.

In the fifth minute Lukaku missed a penalty and say he offered the first time in his career and then in the 71st minute there was a shock goal as Bandan drifted into the box the shortest player in the league standing at 5'2". 5'2 bro, 5'3 or 5'2 something like that, he's the tiniest guy in the league. But you know what? You think it's Han from probably. No, he drifted into the box and his shot was blocked. Pontus Angvis was there to shoot home the rebound rather.

In the 91st minute two substitutes far more in your linked up as Zalewski whipped in a ball into the box and new boy Sardar Azmunoz there to head it home magnificently. It's such a violent header. You're not going to say that. It's a type of very good header. In the 94th minute the ball up picked out Lukaku as Letra's players were panicking and I believe it was Ramadani who slid in to try to block the ball and Lukaku pretty much to go to come. Lukaku just shoved him off.

No, he showed great composure to score the winning goal. What a top corner. Top corner bro, he took off his shirt, ran to the fans. He ran, it would have been really cool if he wasn't wearing a bra. I hate those bras. They're so hot in the league. If you're wearing one of those keep your shirt on, no, this is the scene. Just please take them both off. It's like it's a 95th minute. You're going to take it off in two minutes anyways. Take it off and throw it to the fans.

They're just whoever invented them. Why? You're going to consume less. You're going to conserve less heat when you have something actively open in your stomach. I want to figure out what's the reason behind it. It has to be a reason. I would love to ask a physio, why do football players wear bras? It might be simply to give them more support, upper back support. Could be, but a posture. Or to stop their breasts from juggling. Some players tend to be a little bit... I need a few of those.

So does Lukaku. He's looking a bit more tripped this year. He is. He's looking great. Patania could use one. Patania could definitely use a few, bro. What a praise for Patania actually. Patania was really good for Kalliari. Last year against... Holds up the ball very well. Well done, mate. Praise for Kalliari. Kalliari are like my favorite team to watch at the moment. Calm down. I'm not calming down. I fall in love with the Mino team every year.

The likes of Crattone, the likes of Salah and Nithana. This year it's Kalliari. I am obsessed with them. From fucking Nikolas Viola and Midfield all the way up to fucking Lovumbo on the wing to Pavoletti up front. They're just a fun team to watch. But anyway, back to Roma. Yes. Funny how different the narrative would have been if the match ended in the 19th minute, right? Very funny. Who would have been shaking our heads and saying where did all go wrong?

Because Roma had so many chances to win this game. I think that these are the games that despite being ugly, they need to win them. And win them at all costs. Yes, but they're the type of games that set teams off from positive streaks. They're the type of games that mold teams. Hold on. We also have to say that Lecce this year are not in Lecce of last year. So winning Lecce in that manner is like beating an infancy a swallow. Of course. Of course. Of course. Totally.

I mean they've dropped to 13th now. But yeah, they had a great start and they showed that they could totally disrupt many of these big teams. But I think Roma at this point will definitely have some added motivation, especially Lecoco to recover from his first ever penalty miss in Serie A. And still scoring a winner at the end. For me that's a winner in my opinion.

You can hate them all you want with the decisions he's made, with Inter and his attitude and with Chelsea and the way he handles himself when he's looking to find a new club. And he can be quite well unloyal to fall back on the word. However, at the same time the guy is great. The guy is great. He's back to his consistent self. And the goals he's scoring aren't easy goals either. They are okay. They're mostly all in the box. But to get there he's getting the right pocket.

And he's managing to score more than he misses. He had a chance. He could have scored in the game as well before the 9-4 minutes where he should have scored. He was a one on one. He kind of shoots it into Farcona. But Alia is shining. He is shining. And this is where Lecoco thrives. Where he is the ego of the team. And I think that's why he leaves sometimes. And if he's not going to be the centre of attention as said by Shazie is, which is the critique that people tell him, that's what he needs.

He needs to be the bull, the guy up front, the man you idolise. Otherwise, I don't think it works for him. He's got 110 goal contributions and 144 series of matches. Those numbers are elite of course. You were saying he's shining, I would say he's glistening with sweat. You obviously see the shine. But yeah, he is a fantastic striker. When it comes to his personality, of course, I raise a lot of questions. I feel like part of the fact that he's misunderstood is because of his personality.

It's because he often says things he shouldn't say, he does things he perhaps shouldn't do. On the pitch though, he's always made the difference. He's no nonsense on the pitch. He's no nonsense. He has had clumsy, meme-able moments. And that is what his reputation seems to be outside of people, actually, watching him on a weekly basis. Right? Of course, Inter in the Champions League final shot. DeMarco was going to score it, hit Lukaku in the head.

Oh, Belgium in the World Cup, he had three open goals and he missed them all. Granted, yes, he's had these moments. That Belgium was particularly difficult. He had just come back from injury and he was not yet match fit. The Champions League one was simply misfortune, it could have happened to anyone. But yeah, he's obviously a great striker and there's not much else to say about Lukaku. Also I feel like there used to be, apparently there used to be this thing called Fergie time.

I really think that Mourinho's developing a Mourinho time. Mourinho time? These late, these late, these late, dramatic winners are becoming more and more frequent with him. There's these moments where they should not be winning again and they somehow turn it around. Run the area time?

In my opinion, it's another one where people are saying that they should kick out the manager, stick yourself in a fucking ice cold bucket, stay there for a couple of minutes and then wake up and tell me if it's still the same thing. Because you can't, okay, you have bad games, you have moments where the team looks atrocious, but more often than not, they get the win. And that's what matters at the end of the day.

The reason we praised Allegre today was the same reason that I criticized Mourinho on the match against Inter. Mourinho almost made it work against Inter. He played a terrible game, they had no possession, they created only one chance and they're like Cristante Hedder and they forced a fantastic save from Summer, they would have taken the lead in that game.

So this approach isn't necessarily the worst and Mourinho is definitely a good enough manager to be managing Roma, who are currently one point away from a European spot. Where do you think they'll be playing next year in Europe? Do you think they'll be playing? I think they'll be in the conference league. Conference league? Roma? Conference league. Could be. But you're saying Mourinho is the right man for the job and they're going to be playing in conference league.

Well I'm sorry to tell you that the team isn't fantastic. You think the team should be champions of the equality? Champions league maybe, but they're a Europa League definitely. Definitely a Europa League. There are a couple of teams which are on equal footing to them. There's the likes of Atalanta, there's the likes of Lazio, they pick it back up again, there's still the likes of Atalanta, Fiorentina, there are a bunch of teams. Bologna, you never know man.

The problem with the Roma side is that they have strong players, but the fact that they are never available together. The second if the ball goes out again, you're about to square one. Today in this game, in the game against Lecceau with the ball out there, they had this extra panache up front. That's true. Which you don't usually have, they've missed the ball out of the last few. The through ball at the end was something we don't see from, but normally it's down the wing. It doesn't happen.

Even the ball out there, he had a near miss from the edge of the box, he curled it, he curled it, let's have the box. Falcona would have had no chance, almost scored. The ball almost scored the beginning of the game. Again, same thing. It's true. They have the personnel. One thing I'll say, which I feel is the big critique I have for Mourinho, is I think that he has really mismanaged Pellegrini this season.

Oh my God. It's just a question of Pellegrini, more in your mismanaging Pellegriniers, the question of Pellegrini just dropping off form and having no confidence and just dropping stinker off his stinker, because that's what it seems to be. Pellegrini has really dipped him out from the player he used to be. That's something I just can't put my finger around and understand. I did because he's playing deeper. I think that's the way. I think he's so unhappy playing there, he has no choice.

That's the way it is. It's a headscratcher, man. He was one of the best midfielders. That guy just wants to score goals instead of racing. There was a time in his career where he feels like every game he was getting an assist. Yeah. So, as for league standings, Roma currently sit in 7th with 17 points, while Lecce sit in 13th with 13 points. For the next game we're going to be talking about Hellas Verona, one Monsa 3. This was the first victory for Monsa at Hellas Verona since 1980.

Can you believe that? For Verona it was a usual 3-5-2 formation, lining up Bonazzoli and Giurice up front. Two strikers who in my opinion compliment each other quite nicely. For Monsa it was a 4-2-3-1 formation. Nothing really to note over here apart from the fact that Colombo starting up front and Veniato, the 18-year-old wonder kid, yes I'm going to call him a wonder kid, was playing on the left wing, double pivot of Galliardini-Pessina.

This would be Berlusconi's dream, so many Italians in the team. I can only see two players who aren't Italian over here and starting 11th, that's great. Maintaining the same philosophy that Berlusconi wanted. Just like Milan, right? Just like Milan, I don't even think apart from Calabria and Pobega have another Italian in the squad. Am I missing anyone? Caldaro. Good one. Bartes Agui actually, the left wing. Sporty yellow, yes you're right.

So key event, in the 41st minute Colombo was played through by Colpani and seemed to mis-hit the ball but it turned out to be a perfect finish. In the 73rd minute, Carboni cleared the ball upfield to Colombo who had so much more to do when he picked up the ball the halfway line, took the ball down, he drove forward, he cut inside on the edge of the area and cleared the ball into the back of the net, one of the goals of the week.

In the 84th minute, Chiria Coppola swiped in a corner and was headed home by Caldaro for his first goal of the season. In the 86th minute, Falleroncio took advantage of a momentary lapse in concentration to get a consolation goal, deflecting the ball in off Pablo Mari. So Bro, before we start, Colombo, praise. Let's go. I think the praise is definitely... He pulled the socks up this year and he's playing well. There's no arguments for it.

We spoke about him in quite some detail in the Milan game and I think he's given an opportunity. He's showing that he can play in the big league. I would imagine you to be a big fan of Colpani. I believe he's like a fantasy footballer since when no one was even talking about him. Yes, I did. We traded and you gave him to me and I never played him and he kept scoring on my bench. I really like him. I think he's a fantastic player.

He has a very good shot when he gives the opportunity but he's also... He has a lot of vision as well. I really like him as a player. He's very smart. And every game, every week, he's showing us. He's almost showing off things that he can do that we didn't know that he could do. Even in this game, simply when he rounded the goalkeeper, granted, he missed. But I didn't think he had that composure in front of goal to fake shot and knock the ball around the goalkeeper.

He can do it all, pretty much. He's a great player. He is. There are many vignatos in Italy. This one's my favorite one. Yes. I think, yes. The one of Bologna was right but he never quite lived up to it. This one looks very promising. He attacks very well. He shows great maturity and he looks like he has a bright future ahead of him. Now, I wanted to ask you, bro, about Duda.

Okay. I wanted to ask you about Duda because Andre Duda, in the 32nd minute, he displayed some sup on our esque technique when he curled the ball with a lot of power and it slammed off the crossbar and bounced downwards and then he failed to score very narrow margins. When Duda arrived in Italy on fantasy football, you were quick to pick him up and you were quite adamant on getting him. What did you know about him? What do you know about him?

I knew that he was a very consistent player in Germany, that he was highly praised where he was. I believe it was Kahn, could be wrong. I'm not sure. The contra-media team exactly at the moment. However, I saw him as a player who could definitely be a key replacement for Ilic. We would have the opportunity to sort of be in the sentiment field role and sort of back then when Verona had some decent strikers, although Lazane was as consistent as my Rotten Pasta.

He had a better team last season where he could have definitely imposed himself more and showed his skills. I think this year he has also done that to a certain degree. He scored a few goals, showed a few moments. I think it's more the fact that there's just not enough quality around the Verona side for him to do well enough. I still think he's a good player.

I still think he has that ability with his chance of speaking about in the game and with his overall contributions to Verona when he goes in assists. I don't know if Verona is the right team for him though. I think he is a more attacking minded team to really show his full skills. I think he's more of an attacking minded player than he is. He's more of a 4-3-3 type player than a 3-5-2. Perhaps, yes. It must be said that for me this Verona team isn't as bad as they are performing.

They're not performing. I don't know. You look at the likes of Bonazzoli, Jury, who is a striking partnership that I think is worse than the league. You think the worst striking partnership in the league? I think it's horrendous. I think Jury doesn't lose an aerial duel. Congrats. What does Jury do then? Takes his dick out and does nothing. No, he's useless, bro. He's not useless. You can play the ball to him and I'll knock it down. To who? To Bonazzoli. He's got a great shot, for example.

I'm really saying this. No, bro. You and Matt, for some reason, have kept this place for a few seasons. I think he's the worst striker in the league. I don't think so. I don't think he's the worst striker in the league. He's had time to play. He has, yes. He scored 9-9. Am I wrong? He scored like 4 goals. They utilize him as a support striker, bro. They don't cross the league. Lassie was the support striker. But Lassie was fighting for minutes with Alain Rie from Venice.

The guy who did nothing all season. But there must be a reason why he's fighting for minutes against someone who's just not... Let's not get it twisted. I don't think Jury is a player who can score over 10 goals a season. I don't get me wrong. But I think for a support striker, Verona shouldn't be a team that's competing. His fighting relegation is my main point over here. I think so, though. You think they should be... Apart from? Even at the back, they have Hien, the search maniani.

That's a solid defence in theory. WDW is alright. He's a boy playing in the defence. I would say Hien. Very good, Hien. My honest opinion. Good players on that team. Matipo, Hien. I'm not even sure I could do that anymore. Lazovic. No, I think he's... I think he's... I think he's rotten. Gonsh. Doig, but the series are showing it. I still think he has the quality. Verona. I think he's also gone, in my opinion. They have a few players who have dipped aggressive. And for sure.

Those five players are the only players where I say they give the team a fighting chance. Not even a chance to get out of the relegation zone. A fighting chance. Because the players around them are not good enough. The strikers for me... I can't get... But I'd say there's another guy. There's a reason why he goes from shitty to shitty. No, no. But he jokes aside. There's a reason why. Clearly because the teams he goes to, when he plays for his season, they don't see him as longevity.

And nowadays he's 26. I can't even say he's young anymore. Federico Bonazzoli. I'm just curious to take a look at the CV over here. He's like... Inter-Sampdoria. La Inchano Brescia Spal. Padova Torino Salernitana. Helo Sverano. Played for Italy up until under 21 level and then never featured again. Yes. And this actually is an interesting point. Because you talk about Bonazzoli maybe not being good enough. You look at the fact that he's dipped in his career. The same thing with D'Oiguard.

A fantastic season maybe at the beginning of... A fantastic start to last season. Right? And now he's dipped a little bit. You look at lots of which you had a good moment last season. Hasn't quite showed it again. Maybe it's through these flashes in the pan. But don't you think that maybe Marco Baroni might be at fault for this. The fact that he have players who have displayed that they can do this. And are not doing it consistently. I definitely think the coach is part of the problem as well.

But who are you going to bring in? There are not many options out there at the moment. Generally. I think we should place up on our Morbro. I'm not even kidding. I think Saponara, this team should be starting... Do the Saponara as the attacking midfield in my opinion. And try this out. Honestly, 4-3-3. Fuck it. Saponara on one side and Gong on the other. And then Jurij Saponazoli at the front. You put Jurij up front. Fair enough. And that formation I can see Jurij being put in.

No. In my opinion they need to make a panic bar striker. And see if they can. They have been trying for whatever reason Verona. For the last 4 seasons. And since they've sold Simeone. They've regressed so hard. They've had Di Marco, they've had Amrabat, they've had Rahman. These guys have had like crazy things done. It's so depressing. It is depressing. But I think... Literally my note here. Verona looking depressing. That's it. They are one of the teams.

In my opinion there are two teams who are in serious need of relegation. Verona and Daneza. Because their ownership... So you're gonna say so small for us? No, no, no. The ownership displayed poor ambitions. Simple as that. They seem to just want survival. That's what they care about. And that's not the right approach. There are so many teams that say I'd be with a good project. Barri, Venetia, Palermo, these guys all have new owners. And they're all fighting it down there for promotion.

And probably once they get in they'll stay in man. But we'll see. We'll see. There needs to be a hard reset over there. Geno got a hard reset and they changed completely. And they're looking very promising. Yes. Yes and no. I cover this podcast and I just... What do you mean? Geno is here. I do, right Geno. But I don't at the same time. Okay, we'll talk about them very soon. I do. But first we'll talk about Torino as well. And then we'll talk about Geno.

Oh no. I mean I don't think that's a sore organ and lose. So, so shocker. You did. And funnily enough. When Rich went off injured I'm like, ah bro, they've lost their metronome. You have a chance. And then Vlasiv's came. And you're like Vlasiv is coming. And I'm like, no, no, the metronome is more important than Vlasiv's. So, the winner. That's very good. Anyway, before we move on let's highlight that Kha'la Zvereona are in 18th with 8 points. While Monza. Monza, yes thank you.

In 9th with 16 points. We talked so much about Kha'la Zvereona bro. We did. We did praise enough Monza. But basically to close the point, I do agree with Jake, which we spoke about briefly yesterday. They are definitely a conference league fighting team. Monza, right? Yes. I think Monza are as exciting as Bologna at the moment. I agree. They are getting as much praise. They are under the radar. I agree.

Completely. Torino 2, Sasvolo 1. Torino continue their best start to the season in 5 years as they defeated the Mudi Sasvolo. Sanabria and Zapata started up front together for Torino. While for Sasvolo, I don't think there were any crazy changes in their lineup towards Vlasiv and Bologna. Maybe because at that tour, Swet is re-entering into the team. Finally, we should spend something which at the beginning of the season you saw a bit less. And he's playing deeper. He's playing a bit deeper.

That's what's very good for him. In the 5th minute, Tameses Cross was converted by Sanabria and the 18th minute, thoughts of it spanked the ball into the top corner and celebrated in a very cold way. And in the 68th minute, Vlasiv found the far corner to make it 2-1 in the game for Torino. Brother, you are a Sasvolo enthusiast. Some might even call you a Sasvolo fan. Yes. Thoughts? Under season so far, Dionisi, what's happening?

Loriente Berra, Dipena Monti by Rami, shouldn't that be doing a bit better? How do they beat the big teams and then Luis to the smaller teams? That's something I just don't have an answer for. Honestly, I don't. It's just an ignorance. If I find out how the thing I become, I don't know. I have a theory. And we've discussed it, you know. Corruption. No. Corruption is an interesting theory. I think that the fact that Sasvolo... I think Anor is going to... ...have a fan base at the stadium.

Granted, it's improved. And granted, now you look at the Sasvolo stands, you do see more of a fan base than before. But I think they don't have the extra push to motivate them in teams that are bigger than them. When they play against the likes of Inter, Juva, Milan, they show up because they know the whole world is watching.

When they play against the likes of Torino, Ampoli, fucking, Khelas Verona, maybe they don't get that extra push from the fans that other teams get, because they do have the worst fan base in Syria by far. They do. That's my theory. It could very well be the case. I'm not going to tell you no, because I don't have an answer for it. However, it's very sad. I think it's a real sad case of a team where... It's just the way it is, really. That's very stoic of you. But there's no other explanation.

Ladies, don't show up to these games, and you know they're going to lose. The second the start of the game happened, you know, if Sasvolo are not going to lose, they're going to get the closest drawn to the world. The first five or ten minutes, Torino had like six chances. And all of them were bloody close, and it wasn't for constantly these theatrics and fucking diving saves. And his re-entry into decent form, they would have lost by like 3-0. Constantly is so weird.

They brought in Craneo, but next year Craneo will definitely take his place. But I think Craneo, when you look at the profile of Craneo... Craneo is a great game against... What the fuck was it? Against Pezza, where they won in penalties. You've saved the penalty, he saved the last minute shot against... I can't fucking remember his name. Spezia, and then Spezia. It was Spezia, I can't remember his name. Anyway, he was like an outside of the box shot, kind of stayed at the top corner.

But yeah, I can see... Was that supposed at all? No. Okay, but whatever. Yes, I feel like Craneo has been very unlucky, because he went to Monsadash with a technically wrong paper, it's been a good move, but did Gregorio carried on his Serie B form to Serie A, and has proven to be one of the most underrated keepers, potentially the next Vicario, when it comes to bargain buys in goal.

But now he's moved to Sassuolo, where they've had Consigli, who's been struggling for a few seasons, and suddenly he's picked up his form in the form of his life, so very unlucky for Craneo. To be honest with you, there have been some decent buys for Sassuolo this year, and there haven't been. Craneo is one of them, as a buy, but unfortunately for him, Consigli has re-entered into a good spot of form.

But Sassuolo made the wrong decisions, and the players that they've brought in, some of them, Belock has a good move, for example. Vinnia, in my opinion, was a terrible decision. I don't get it. I don't understand it. But then again, anything's better than Rogirio, in my opinion. He disguised as not a good man. He's so average, right? So, bang average. Not bad, nothing. Just no, just no, just no. Terrarium, I think, has to be replaced this year. I'm sorry, I really liked him.

I really liked him a lot, but he has the Mandiralli Syndrome, where it's time to either hang up the gloves, either accept you're going to play like four or five games a season, and just be the vice captain and just motivate the team. But they need a solid center back, and I think it's really, really, can't do it alone. You don't think it's Ruan Tresol de Bro? Then go back to Brazil. He was an aeroproam defender in the league. It's so bad.

On the other flank, Tolia and Peterson, I see that, I see that okay. It's okay. It can, it can remain as it is. I see Tolia as way more consistent than Rogirio. I can accept his thing there. By Rami, I'm not so done with him. Really totally out of it. Rami hasn't quite hit the ground running. I just don't think he has, he had a very good spell at Empoli. He's not much with man, and I'm hoping in. I have to guess, 90 minutes in him. I think he's better off the bench.

Maybe, and I just don't think, I just don't think it's good enough, for my honest opinion to me. And it's the same thing with Panamonte. He scored four goals. Wow, man, he had two good games. He had three total. Three good games. Congratulations. Did make a good player. No. Panamonte is way too streaky, man. He is way too streaky. He's playing better this year. I'm gonna give you some credit. He has pulled up his socks. He has, he has. But he's playing more for the team.

It's still, and there are a few players on the sidelines who, for example, I know that Alvarez is almost done from his rehab, rehab from his ACL. And he looks, he looks like he's hungry again, and I can see him re-entering into the squad. Panamonte is only 24, let's remember as well. I don't know. I mean, I'm not saying, I say, sell Panamonte. I'm not saying it anymore, but I don't think he should be a game-in, game-out, start or anymore. I agree, yes.

And I just don't, I just think once Berardi goes, which is gonna happen, and it's gonna be a very sad day for Svolo, they're gonna have to re-evaluate the way they play. And I don't see that, I don't see that being a way where you play two wingers anymore. Yeah. We're gonna have to move on. Yes. I want to highlight the rich, Andrew Carder Rodriguez did fall injured for Tarino. This game is their crisis continues. They can't seem to get a fully fit starting 11 together.

And you're rich might leave by January. You're rich by the way. You read this? Yes. Is it because? He's having huge problems with the ownership. Yes. With Cairo. Yeah. Of course. You're rich is a man who has been screaming for investments since his hella is Verona. These days they didn't give it to him and he left. Now he's at Tarino where they're also not giving him the investment he wants. And he deserves a bigger club, I think you're rich.

Yes. Granted, didn't quite make it work for Tarino despite their best start in five years. They still have a little they leave a lot to be desired, especially when it comes to scoring goals. You know, they're clearly a defensive unit, but they're not scoring enough goals to actually be a team that competes for him. But that's how you're rich plays his football, to a pragmatic. Yes. Yes. You're right. But sometimes this doesn't quite work out for them, you know.

But anyway, let's go into where they are in the league. So we can move on to the next game. Give me a second while I pull up the table. Matthew always mocks me for losing the table. Tarino are in 12th with 15 points. Well, Saswolo are in 15th with 11 points and we'll be moving on to our ninth game to cover Kalyeri to Genoa 1.

Kalyeri have won back to back Serie A games for the first time this season, lifting them out of the relegation pool as they started the game with Lovumbo and Oristano up front. Oristano is on loan from Inter, he's young, and he's looking very promising. Manko Zoo is in the Czech-Wartista position, Young Toprati and Makumbu start in the middle. Very cool team over there for Kalyeri. You know, I'm a fan. Skoufea wasn't going as well. Oh, shit. He debuted at 17 famously for Odines. I remember this.

Genoa lined up for the 3-5-2 formation with Goodminton and Malinovsky playing up front is kind of false nice. Other than that, business as usual. In the 48th minute Viola got the ball. Sorry, Oristano got the ball, drove inwards, pulling the defender as Viola attacked the space. He played the ball to Viola who placed it perfectly into the bottom left corner. One of the most fun midfielders to watch in the league, in my opinion, Viola, he's fucking great to watch.

51st minute, Goodminton managed to score after a hilarious Goldeniga clearance. It was an impressive goal as I would have been busy rolling on the floor laughing at Goldeniga's attempt at a clearance. I don't know if you watched that. But the ball was low enough to clear it with your foot but he went down and tried to clear it with his head. It was hilarious. He only cleared it as far as Goodminton was who lifted his leg and kind of volleyed it over the goalkeeper into the back of the net.

And in the 69th minute Zappa rocketed the ball into the near corner from inside the area to get the winner. First goal in Serie A. One fantastic Skoufea save later was enough to see Kalleri taking home all three points. Very nice. Very nice game, very fun to watch. You mentioned before that Genoa, you're not too solid on them, please bro, tell me so I can shout at you. Go ahead and shout at me.

So I think that they're definitely a way more improved side than we saw them two years ago when they got relegated. They are night, 100%. There's definitely this inspiration around them. They have this aura which is very nice to see. However, there are only a few players which make them look better than they are. And you're talking about the likes of Goodminton of course. Reted Way. Reted Way, who has been injured a lot?

He's been injured a lot but whenever he plays he's either scoring, he's very much involved and he's been a massive threat up front. I've been a fan of Friend Group. He's been okay, yes. But I think it's been a unit, bro. And the fact that he's, for me, this Genoa team is all about Jolardinho. He adapts his opponents beautifully. You see them playing a different formation every game. Sometimes four at the back, sometimes three at the back.

Sometimes Martin's playing on the wing, sometimes it's someone else. He's got replacing Reted Way, he's got the likes of Ecuban and Puskas, who are fucking terrible players. Let's be honest, they are not saying our potential. They are not, they are not. Like you put them on Hellas Verona, they won't play a game. Somehow, somehow they won't. But this is my point, that I think Genoa, the second they get a few matches, they can slowly but surely begin to see like their own self again.

Because they don't have the depth. That's why I'm saying that there are a couple of players who are pulling themselves up. You don't move Goodminton on that team, bro. They tell me they look as inspiring. They won't look as inspiring for sure because Goodminton is a flashy, brilliant player who should be at a better club. He will be at a better club this year. It depends. It depends.

Because many teams are looking at Goodminton and they're observing his situation but notice that he doesn't get called up for Iceland. He doesn't get called up for Iceland because of a domestic abuse case, quite frankly. Now, I looked up the three telltale signs on how to recognize a perpetrator when they are the following. So there's possessiveness. And Goodminton often has a very high position for Genoa. Unpredictability and I would say that Goodminton is very unpredictable.

And the next one is extreme jealousy. We'll have to watch him next time. Pre-taguisk was a goal. Exactly. We'll have to keep an eye on him closely. That was brilliant. I love that one. Oh, God. If he's guilty, we're fucked. If he's guilty, he should be a lawyer. What the fuck do you mean? Yes. Fuck ILS. Yeah. Yeah, he's a brilliant player. Let's hope that the allegations are not true but if they are, he does deserve to be punished. Sure. Fuck that. Let's be sure.

One point from my side is I have a lot of praise for Pettanias in the last few games. He's been great. He is looking like a player who's ready to play for the team. He's gotten three assists in the last three games. I think he's been humbled. Pettanias. I think he no longer thinks he's better than the team he's playing for. His spa days, I believe, were at this play of his ego, like where he thought he was the key player and the whole team was playing for him and they eventually got relegated.

He's since been moved around, of course, didn't quite make it at Napoli and now I think he's willing to fight for the team and Kalyari do have interesting players that he can set up and he's been good. Yes, very good. This game he set up the second goal. And I feel like this is an opportunity for Ranieri to be the catalyst for the season here, with two back-to-back wins. Of course. Of course. I agree with this team.

I was worried about them, but I think the more they play in this area, the better they will get. Even Jankto is settling now. Jankto looks really good. They have experienced players as well. Fun fact, Hatsi Diak was apparently a handsome man, according to my question. I see. Are you jealous? No. Are you positive? No. You're fine. Good on the list.

Moving on to the last game, which is Frostinona taking on Empoli and beating them with a score of two goals to one as they extended their unbeaten home run to five matches with four wins and one draw for Frostinona at home. They're becoming quite a force to be reckoned with those Sevilla de Francesco's men. They lined up by starting the 17-year-old German wonder kid on loan from Bayern Munich. His name is Arjan Ibrahimovic out on the left wing. He looks like a great player.

The runner on loan from Real Madrid was playing as a Czech artist and Soleil on loan from Juventus was playing on the right wing. So safe to say that Frostinona as a team made up of young lonies from big teams, world-beating teams. For Empoli it was a 4-3-3 formation. Nothing crazy over here. Jaws is starting with Kanshileiri and Kaputo up front, other than that, business as usual with Simone Bastaun getting the start at left back. Kanshileir goal in the 20th minute was totally his fault.

He was pressed by Ibrahimovic who played the ball to Moa Vincciuni who has just recovered from the flu and would have scored his first goal for Frostinona but it was offside. In the 58th minute he made up for this allowed goal by scoring our goal of the week, well my goal of the week meant of the Zegri's. He back healed and Ibrahimovic crossed into the back of the net beautifully, one that the likes of Zlatan Jirou and Kualiar Allah will be proud of.

In the 74th minute it was Ibrahimovic's turn to rifle the ball into the top corner following a slick move by Reiner and Mark Itza. In the 86th minute Kaputo scored a well executed header which would prove to be only a consolation goal and in the 87th minute just a minute later Kaputo thought he had equalized but the offside flag had been raised. For me, this is Ibrahimovic's main talking point.

He is a player who plays with so much confidence and he seems to have more experience than he does under his belt. He's only 17 years old man and he makes the difference in games like this. He scored the winning goal for them in the Copa Italic against Torino and now he got his first start for Frostinona and he got the goal and then assists. He looks great man. He does look pretty solid as a player.

I mean it's only two games so we'll have to wait and see but from what we saw so far he looks very mature for his age. I think more than praise for single players. I think some praise is to be given to the man himself. Who is that Jep? The man himself you're saying? Are you talking about Di Francesco? You are goddamn right. Yes we totally have praise Di Francesco. Coming into the season we thought that he might be one of the first to be sacked. How's that happened before? Yes exactly.

It's happened many times. He's not had a lot of fortune when it comes to his managerial stints. Frostinona were looking very good as they won the league in Serie B coming up to Serie A but then Grosso left them for Lyon. They brought in a bunch of young players from many of these big teams and we didn't think that they would have enough experience. They don't have a single player over the age of 30 in their team and they're starting 11.

They've made it work and Di Francesco's style is very effective and they're beating many teams and I think they're here to stay for now. I think so far so good was all I can say. I have to say that despite all the bad stints he's had Di Francesco he finally has gotten his right and I'm very happy to see him doing well because he's in the person without a lack of passion. So yeah I think the way he sets up his team is very positive.

It's very attacking orientated and he has also had some unlocking injuries. Harrowee was doing very well. He got a bad injury so that ruled him out and the players that they brought in to replace them have all been very positive changes. So Matsatelli looks very good. Smacked the post twice this evening. He was very unfortunate. And Mark Itza looks much better than he did at Svola. Care to explain? Care to explain? I'm not a massive fan of Dione's City Point SPT. Yeah I thought you were.

No, no. I've many times felt like he's not the right man going forward but then again I could be wrong. I don't feel like he utilizes strikers well enough. It could be the case. It could be the case and that's a conversation for another day as we have our question segment to get into but before that Rossinone currently sit in 11th place with 15 points while Ampoli sit in 19th place with 7 points. Welcome back to our question segment to drop a question.

You can find us on Twitter or Instagram of course priority is given to our patrons but to become a patron it's only 3.99 a month but let's go bro. Our first question comes from Jonas Kahn on Instagram perhaps Jonas Kahn. He says Jesper Carlsen or Jesper Carlsen is in Mottas doghouse. How much patience does Mottas have before shopping Carlsen? Now I looked into it a bit. Carlsen is 25 years old. He's Swedish and he's a winger.

He signed for 11 million from Izet Alkmar who are basically a factory for producing young talent. He featured a lot in the first few games and actually has played pretty well especially against Napoli and Nildor the season but has since fallen out of favor. He started four games so far and was brought on off the bench once. Do you know anything about Carlsen? Not too much. However I think it's still a bit too early to say if he's been shuffled out or not.

Starting four games out of 11 is almost 50%. Yeah that's a big point. And coming on as well of the, of the, of the AlphaCy substitute shows that he still has some what involved. Maybe as Mottas is quite a genius he has seen that there are better options to deploy rather than Carlsen. So I think we need to wait a little bit more before we start saying if he's going to be shuffled out or not. And I don't see Mottas as the type of person to blink in a youngster and then shove him out already.

Yeah totally. I mean he, I'm sure it's all a matter of if Carlsen is willing to, to follow Mottas orders and work hard then he'll definitely feature more and he'll get this chance because Mottas is doing to be fair. It could be an attitude problem. It could be an attitude problem. It could be simply a competition problem because when you look at Bologna's wingers you have Orsonini, Salamac, and Doya who have all the

ground running over there. So we'll see, we'll keep an eye on Carlsen to see how he performs from now on. Taco on Twitter asks is Cloudy or Aneeri one of the best at making subs and changes game after game? His subs have made an immediate impact. What do you think? I have to fully agree with Taco here. I think Aneeri is a brilliant in-game manager. Not so much almost a man manager although I still see him as a good one or a tactician.

But I think his in-game decisions based on his experience is better. Yes. When you look at their last three victories I think he understands, I think he goes to a club and he understands his squad really well and how to use it. Yeah, maybe he's very emotionally intelligent as well to keep players happy, to play them to their strengths and to rotate them without actually offending anyone.

They came back to be Genoa 2-1, they came back to be Udinese 2-1 in the cup and they came back from 3-0 down in the 17th minute to beat Frostin on a 4-3 so he's a comeback king. He is a great manager who is sometimes favored by a little bit of fortune but he's a great manager. Max Camilleri on Instagram gives us a hot take. This Alegrí, you've been the worst brand of football I've seen a heavy hitting team play in over a decade.

Heavy hitting team, heavy hitting, heavy hitting in the sense that they are competing for the title, I assume. Heavy hitting, is that meaning that the team is strong? Yeah, I mean you've, as a club, sure, but you've you've on the pitch last season finished second. The game has been different. Was it? It's very similar, I would say that they've not lost anyone. Off the top of my head it's true. I would say one of them for sure when it comes to the worst brands of football.

I mean you're essentially a United fan. Moises United maybe was another bad one. No, no, no. Nobody was that bad. What about the likes of Benitez, Israel, Madrid, maybe very defensive, not quite what they're used to. Simeone at times for Atletico. Well, that's their style. I don't know. I think Allegri is one of the best when it comes to this pragmatic style of football. He's probably the best around.

At the end of the day, I think issues as fans, which is fair enough because you're spending your time, your few minutes, a few hours a day, in a weekend, to watch football. You want to watch something which is entertaining. Arguably Allegri is not playing entertaining football, or fun to watch, but it gets results. So that's where I find myself disagreeing a bit, because it gets results, even though as unflattering as it is. So is it bad?

Yeah, no. If it gets results, then it's definitely not bad. Definitely unflattering and ugly to watch, but effective. Effective and pragmatic. But it's ugly to watch. I mean, I get it. For a fan, I mean, it's an ideal. It's an ideal, but do you want to win or play fancy football? That's it. That's it. That's a good question. A little combination of the two would be nice, but it proves hard to achieve.

Kyle Domek on Instagram asks, is Milan the most bipolar team in Serie A with regards to form and attitude? Absolutely not. That club is a swallow. It's a swallow, right? It's a swallow or lots you do with everything. No, that takes the swallow. It takes the cake by Kacem Ailam, in my opinion. He also backed the stats by saying in 2023 Milan has 19 wins in 45 games, 12 draws and 14 losses. That is quite bipolar, to be honest.

But yes, Sa Swallow are the kings of that, as they will defeat our giant and then lose to a nobody. Next week. Charles Learman on Instagram asks, Bologna, the new revelation of the season. They've got an astonishing attack of Salah Makers, Ferguson or Solini, and of course Josh Wazer, New revelation of the season, I would say yes.

Yes, I'm just trying to think of their, if there's another club, which is better, as a revelation, because a revelation is something which was, but has been revitalized. Like Monza never was. Last season they were, but for the first time. There's a philosophical question at this point. I think Bologna are definitely the revelation of the season, and they are the surprise contender for the top seven of the season. I think it's because of the Genoa. Genoa, yes.

Because Bologna, Genoa came back to say, they're completely different, but that's what their revelation is, as a word. Now, maybe I'm taking the word too literally here. I agree, Bologna is a very well adapted squad. They have really looked into the squad and managed to find a way to play much more attractive, much more flourishing, attacking football.

But I think Genoa, how we know them, and how they have come to be this season, being so attacking orientated, and ready to push you as a club, I think I might give it to them. Theo Ebeger on Instagram asks, Lukaku is one of the most underrated strikers of our generation. 110 goal contributions and 144 say matches. Man is elite, I'm convinced people have no clue how good he is because he is a cunt. Give Theo an episode on this podcast. Will do, maybe, when he's back. He's in Milan at the moment.

He watched the Udinese game, and he talked about a moment, by the way, when Milan were one nil down to Udinese, it was raining, the ultras were shirtless, they lit a flare, they put the flare on the floor and started dancing around it. While being one nil down to Udinese, I do think that Milan's fans are some of the best in the world. Our last question comes from Luca Argento, one of our patrons and close friends.

He asks, will Milan ever recover from their losing streak, to which I reply, more deffsou, so amok, yalliba. You can translate that if you don't know what that means. That is a very toxic and very jealous comment from Jake. And a fun fact when I went to Jake's bathroom this afternoon, just in between the podcast, I saw that Jake has a toilet paper with interstickers on it, to show Jake as a very jealous individual. I can't help but admit that I do love this tacky football merchandise.

I love it. I mean, look to your left mid-off. I think Milan's attacking is, I think, he just wanted to feel good about wiping your shit with inter-merchandise, to make us feel a bit better. There's no better way to clean up off yourself than by using inter-themed merchandise. I agree. Not. So thank you very much for listening. If you do like our content, you guys can support us on Patreon, G-99 in a month. You can like, follow, subscribe, drop us a five-star rating.

And let us know what you think of our guest today, Luke Mintoff. Thank you very much for joining, bro. He's been much better than talking on my own. There you go. At least I'm not utterly useless. Give Jake some money so he can get a better studio. At the end. Thank you.