Don't bother watching Italy's 'match of the day'

_Jimlad_ · 16 Oct 2011 at 19:58

bit of a dull day in Seria A

Atalanta 0 - 0 Udinese

Cagliari 0 - 0 Siena

Chievo 0 - 0 Juventus

Genoa 0 - 0 Lecce

Novara 0 - 2 Bologna

Cesena 0 - 0 Fiorentina

1uke · 16 Oct 2011 at 19:59

Wow that is bad!!!

_Jimlad_ · 16 Oct 2011 at 20:00

just the two, but i hear roma have scored in the evening kick off

placeholder · 16 Oct 2011 at 20:04

Theres going to have to be 8 goals, 3 red cards and an attempted murder in the Rome derby to make up for that lot. As luck would have it, its quite possible!

1uke · 16 Oct 2011 at 20:06

Which could happen lol this is italian football remember.

No1newts · 16 Oct 2011 at 20:17

Lol Italian football.

They should do live chess matches and skip the footie, probably a lot more exciting.

placeholder · 16 Oct 2011 at 20:28

Lazio Roma has been ok so far but ive had a couple of beers and have a day off tomorrow so maybe im feeling more charitable than usual!

mmj_uk · 16 Oct 2011 at 20:29

They should just stick on 90mins of adverts with 15mins of match highlights either side, North Americans will go Football Italia mad.

JDMaverick · 16 Oct 2011 at 20:55

Jeez...can you imagine seeing that happen in the Prem??

Were they as dull as the scoreline suggests though?

Actually, Italy. I expect so...

placeholder · 16 Oct 2011 at 20:57

The Rome derby has never been the same since Gazza left Lazio.....

_Jimlad_ · 16 Oct 2011 at 21:19

placeholder said:
The Rome derby has never been the same since Gazza left Lazio.....

classic

Egon · 16 Oct 2011 at 21:21

wow - that is amazing. Damn Bologna just ruined somebodies accumulator

jrodga2k5 · 16 Oct 2011 at 22:11

Some serious match fixing this weekend eh...gotta love the mafia

Tummy · 17 Oct 2011 at 00:09

Do people in here even watch Italian football? :confused:

or are they still living with old out of date stereotypes?

Italian football had a dull weekend? I'm sure if this was in the Premier League it would be played as a strength of all the teams type of spin by Sky.

robfosters · 17 Oct 2011 at 01:25

No Tummy. It's bad, and if it happened here it would not be dressed up by Sky. The media and fans would never fall for it.

Italian football has just got too defensive over the last few years. A prime example was mancini's original defensive tactics that he brought from Serie A to Man City. He has only learn't these last few months that these tactics will do you no good in the Prem and will not be accepted by fans. He has changed, and Man City have changed for the better.

If Italian fans are happy, then all well and good for them. But the more boring a league gets, the less interest there is worldwide.

I just don't think Italian football is in great shape atm.

Robert1986 · 17 Oct 2011 at 05:53

Did Inter Milan's first team all die? 17th with 4 points out 18... and everyone thought Arsenal were having a bad season.

AC Milan and Roma aren't doing much better either. Serie A is one weird league.

CliffyBiro · 17 Oct 2011 at 06:03

Robert1986 said:
Did Inter Milan's first team all die? 17th with 4 points out 18... and everyone thought Arsenal were having a bad season.

AC Milan and Roma aren't doing much better either. Serie A is one weird league.

They'll get better odds if they get off to a bad start...

Robert1986 · 17 Oct 2011 at 06:14

skippi90 said:
They'll get better odds if they get off to a bad start...

Are you saying its fixed?

_Jimlad_ · 17 Oct 2011 at 08:05

Italian football is like WWE

Cosimo · 17 Oct 2011 at 09:27

_Jimlad_ said:
Italian football is like WWE

Full of men in tights and fixed games?