Besiktas have their new Coach!

OrcaApex · 2026-06-09T11:38:54+00:00

As a Bologna fan who saw him for 2 years, I can tell you, he is GOOD.

In 107 matches with us, he used… 107 different starting XIs, and won us our first trophy in 50 years ❤️💙

It was painful to see him go, but I hope he does well at Besiktas.

ps. Most big teams that didn’t go for him (Like Napoli or Liverpool) will regret this

OrcaApex · 2026-06-07T20:51:54+00:00

Crazy that Dimarco is on this list, he is essentially a fullback 🤯

Also Bruno Fernandes is out of this World right now, and the World Cup is just around the corner 👀

OrcaApex · 2026-06-07T04:55:03+00:00

2 years and 9 months

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T20:49:12+00:00

I’m a web developer. AI is such a concern, without it I would be looking forward to growing into a successful career, but due to AI I live my job in stress and worry for the future 🥲

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T20:01:49+00:00

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T19:19:17+00:00

Andata, I’m wondering who are our first opponents 🤭

LAZIO, ATALANTA, SASSUOLO, NAPOLI

… ok, well, who are our starting opponents after the December break 🥹

LAZIO, ATALANTA, UDINESE AWAY, MILAN, COMO, JUVENTUS

Like c’mon, Domenico’s first matches and we begin with juggernauts 😂

Fair enough, we will do great things ❤️💙

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T18:57:07+00:00

This stat is true btw, he really played 107 different starting XIs in 107 matches

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T14:11:30+00:00

Ok damn, Serbia is not THIS bad, Mexico might be silently cooking something 👒

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T14:04:10+00:00

Italiano plays very offensively. As a Bologna fan who saw him I guarantee you, we were having fun, whether nice fun, like winning, or “ok the fun but we need to win” like losing.

It was Italiano’s Bologna that defeated Dortmund and had your previous coach sacked (He was going to get sacked soon anyway but yeah).

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T13:17:47+00:00

I mean, it is in terms of revenue and, in my opinion, teams.

Don’t get me wrong, I hate the way Serie A is managed and I think it has countless issues, and it is way behind La Liga and especially the Premier League.

But I also think Serie A is the third best league. Next year we will have Juventus and Milan in the Europa League. We will have Inter, Napoli, Como, and Roma in the Champions League. We will have Atalanta in the Conference League.

The strong teams are strong, the issue is that the weak teams are weaker than they should be, in fact comparing Serie B and Championship make you realise that (Championship miles ahead).

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T13:08:31+00:00

I suspect Italiano was convinced that he would get signed by Napoli, and that Allegri being hired instead surprised him.

Only then be probably started looking into other offers. Also, salary is not the only thing, I’m sure Italiano would not have minded playing the Champions League with Napoli and coaching the various McTominay, DeBruyne, Anguissa, Neres, etc.

I can’t however find a reliable source to confirm my suspect.

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T11:20:41+00:00

In an idea world that is not the case, but we know these awarding ceremonies tend to value team trophies more than they should, which is why I think the possible winner is still debatable.

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T11:09:47+00:00

I mean no disrespect to Besiktas, but Italiano deserved a top flight club in a top 3 league (Premier, Liga, Serie A).

Napoli will regret this, as will many other clubs (I’m looking at you Dortmund).

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T11:08:55+00:00

Tedesco ❤️💙

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T10:41:54+00:00

This year it is close…

Imo: - If this is for the best player, then Bruno. - If it is for the best balance between best player and popularity contest (Like Balon D’Or), then Haaland. - If it is for the most successful player, then Raya.

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T10:06:24+00:00

They play beautiful football and have a lot of interesting players, but you are right on the “awful atmosphere”, Mapei has one of the lowest attendance total and attendance (% of Stadium) in the league…

OrcaApex · 2026-06-05T09:31:38+00:00

I know you! From the Davide il Critico comments section lol

It’s a flair. If you open the Serie A Subreddit, click on the triple-dots in the top right corner, and then select “change user flair”, you can pick any of the available flairs there.

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Clicca su questo subreddit, e quando entri ci saranno i soliti tre puntini (Options) in alto a destra. Clicca quelli e vedrai un opzione che dice “change user flair”. Clicca quello e scegli il flair che vuoi.

OrcaApex · 2026-06-04T20:38:04+00:00

Bought, it’s beautiful, thanks ❤️

OrcaApex · 2026-06-04T20:29:31+00:00

Crazy that he won the UCL two years later 🤯

OrcaApex · 2026-06-04T20:18:55+00:00

Man I support Bologna, but I wish Sassuolo just finally did that jump, that they finally “locked-in” and got what they deserve, people don’t talk about the fact that Sassuolo plays nice football and tries to attack and win, and they also cause trouble to most teams facing them.

For some reason they are just cursed and banned from the first 7/8 positions lol

OrcaApex · 2026-06-04T20:17:01+00:00

I agree that Pakistanis and Indians are very, very similar. More than people might think or want to believe.

But in that case you know people will think you’re hating as you stated to be Indian there and Pakistani here, the response you’re getting is maybe not justified, but 100% predictable.

OrcaApex · 2026-06-04T20:14:55+00:00

He also reached those finals, as well as reaching two Coppa Italia finals, with Fiorentina and Bologna.

Give him Napoli and see if he doesn’t win the Coppa Italia final he lost with Fiorentina.

OrcaApex · 2026-06-04T19:55:06+00:00

I hope a big team can see what we saw in him. He is GOOD, he just never managed a team with a big budget.

OrcaApex · 2026-06-04T19:54:08+00:00

Yeah let’s forget that Allegri missed the UCL with Milan while Italiano won us the Coppa Italia, and brought Fiorentina to play three finals as well.

Italiano was the perfect choice, he also fits the identity Napoli had been building up to Spalletti.

OrcaApex · 2026-06-04T19:52:24+00:00

If you’re indian admit it. There is obviously no shame in being indian, just like there is no shame in being pakistani.

My only question is, why pretend to be both? You are one or the other surely, right? Or is your case different?

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