Serie A Week 18 Live

Ranieri has got Inter firing. Bit like he did here in 09/10.

forzaitalia wrote:

Ranieri has got Inter firing. Bit like he did here in 09/10.

In a way, i feel sorry for the guy. He looks back at his career and it pretty much reads gets so close but yet so far.

True that Taz. People need to read more into his 2nd place finishes though. For example, off the top of my head:

03/04 - first season of Abramovich's money. Runners up to an unbeatable Arsenal team.

08/09 - runners up to Mourinho's Inter in Juventus' second season back at the top.

09/10 - rescued us from a real mess, went on a 24 (I think) game unbeaten run. Had we beat Sampdoria at home we'd have won the league. Or if Siena had have got something off Inter on the final day.

But yeah, certainly a league title would add a lot to his managerial credentials. He deserves it imo.

forzaitalia wrote:

True that Taz. People need to read more into his 2nd place finishes though. For example, off the top of my head:

03/04 - first season of Abramovich's money. Runners up to an unbeatable Arsenal team.

08/09 - runners up to Mourinho's Inter in Juventus' second season back at the top.

09/10 - rescued us from a real mess, went on a 24 (I think) game unbeaten run. Had we beat Sampdoria at home we'd have won the league. Or if Siena had have got something off Inter on the final day.

But yeah, certainly a league title would add a lot to his managerial credentials. He deserves it imo.

Those are impressive stats. In that Chelsea season, he also got them to the semi-finals of the CL.

Also, in 2006-07, he secured Parma safety when many people wrote off Parma.

With Juve, he did keep us challenging (beat Real Madrid twice) and got sacked eventually. Even though many people thought it was a good decision to sack him, just look at the two seasons after and you will get your answer.

At Roma, he did very well and after beating Inter 2-1 at the Olimpico, I had it as Roma's Scudetto to lose but the Sampdoria defeat proved crucial.

Like you said, i hope he does win a title soon because he does deserve it. (Hopefully not this season. Would like to see us finally win the Scudetto post Calciopoli.

Napoli 1-1 Bologna - Napoli still looking for some consistency in the league.

Juventus 38
Milan 37
Udinese 35
Lazio 33
Inter 32
Napoli 28
Roma 27
Genoa 24
Chievo 23
Cagliari 22
Catania 22
Parma 22
Fiorentina 21
Palermo 21
Atalanta 20
Bologna 19
Siena 18
Cesena 15
Lecce 12
Novara 12

Week 22
Saturday February 4
Cesena-Catania (17.00)
Roma-Inter (19.45)

Sunday February 5
Genoa-Lazio (11.30)
Milan-Napoli (19.45)

Also the rest of the Catania v Roma game will If Roma qualify for the Coppa Italia semi-final,take place on Tuesday February 15 at 19.00 UK time.
If the Giallorossi fail to qualify, then it will be on Tuesday February 7 at 19.45 UK time.