Serie A Superthread

I see Berlusconi and Galliani are back in the top flight with his new venture Monza.

Whatever about having him around again at least it's nice to see a club making their first trip of Serie A

Serie A returns on Saturday evening.

Looks a very open field in the title race with Juve seemingly getting their act together. PP latest odds:

Inter - 17/10

Juve - 9/5

Milan - 7/2

Roma - 15/2

Napoli - 22/1

Atalanta - 33/1

Lazio - 80/1

Others - 100/1 or more.

I think Juve will win it this season. I can see Di Maria and Pogba doing well, and Kostic looks a smart bit of business. I'm sure Vlahovic will do better this time for them with the service they'll provide.

Who do you see winning?

Yeah it's a difficult one to call this season, if I was putting money down I'd probably go with Roma as an outside bet. I think it could be Milan and Roma as the top 2 with Inter and Juve 3rd and 4th.

Inter have made a couple of decent signings but I think a CB is needed to cover, the defence has been poor in preseason and I wouldn't be confident with Dimarco and D'Ambrisio and Darmian as CB cover. I also think Inzaghi will persist with Handa in goal even though he's not good enough anymore, I would have preferred if he'd just have been let go and Radu was allowed to compete with Onana this season.

Juve have brought in a few players but I don't think they're that much stronger than last year, I do think Bremer is better than de Ligt but they lack cover at CB too. I'm not convinced by Pogba or Di Maria, Pogba has been terrible and had an awful attitude the last few years and Di Maria is past his best and coming from league where there was no competition.

Milan haven't really changed a lot but I didn't think they'd win it last year and this year they have the advantage of experience, which could be a benefit for them. They also have a few players who have improved over the last year so I think they should be competing for the scudetto this year too.

Roma have brought in a few good players who will improve their squad and bring them up a level, Dybala, Matic and Wijnaldum all have great experience and have all won trophies. I also think Mourinho has them playing well and with others maybe not performing to their best I think they could end up competing for the scudetto.

Of course, all of this could change with the transfer window still open though. Should be a competitive season anyway.

I think Juve are still good enough to make the top 4 but challenge for the title. Napoli could be in a bit of trouble this year.

Brave move starting Rebic but it's really worked out.

Anyone know when fixtures currently listed for 11 September will be rearranged for TV?

Looking into tickets for that weekend and it seems that all fixtures up until these have confirmed date/times.

Thanks.

Yeah the kick-off times for games 6-16 will be released on the 30th, they've actually be quite organised this season and given a schedule for when the kick-off times will be released. What match are you looking at going to?

Kvaratskhelia was fantastic with Rubin Kazan the last few years when I watched the Russian Premier League highlights. Really skilful winger who was a joy to watch. Definitely one to watch with Napoli.

Sassuolo won't be up to much this year. Berardi needs to get out of there if he wants to kick on.

I'd say the Inter match might be the Saturday because there are CL matches either side of that weekend and Atalanta will be playing the Thursday so the likelihood is they'll play the Sunday or Monday. Tickets for the Inter match are up on inter.it already. I'll be going to the Inter match myself, Monza being on that weekend is making flights mad expensive though.

Unless I'm missing something, didn't Atalanta finish 8th and miss out on Europe?

Pleased to see Ndombele go to Napoli. He was one of my favourite players to watch a few years back and I've always felt he'd be a good fit for Serie A. Hope he revives his career.

Possible transfer restrictions for Inter and Roma. European Superleagues Juventus unwilling to discuss FFP with UEFA according to the Times.

Yeah Lazio deserved the win, Inter had good spells but created very little with the possession, similar to the game against Lecce where it took a very late goal to win it.

And he's off......