What’s happening in Serie A?

[@xDIABOx]

What a nice segment! You should do similar segments for all the remaining leagues... please! :)

[@djdewaal289]

Yes!

[@anthonyjudeaggabao2302]

JJ wearing that awesome Fiorentina shirt while not knowing what's happening in Serie A is the same as me buying those nice Venezia shirts this season and watching like a handful of games.

[@roberthyland9994]

But OH those Venezia shirts!!

[@shreyassankaran9268]

Edin Dzeko is much better at running the channels than people give him credit for. Any Inter game i watch with him in it you see Dzeko pop up on the wing and carry the ball much better than his profile suggests .

[@levgorecki6691]

Honestly agree, I think most people who watch football get desensitized to simple fundamental actions on the pitch they don't actually realize how technically and tactically proficient a player has to be to so the simple stuff at the highest level. Dzeko is a great example, first touch and combination play is excellent, drops deep to receive and allow lautauro to run in behind and drags full backs out with wide runs

[@deepakwalia9878]

though aguero was a great player, Dzeko scored some important goals in manc title 2013-14. underrated player.

[@FootballDrawn]

I'm a simple man !!! I see Serie A and James Horncastle, and I instantly click. Thank you for covering Serie A ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

[@sbtgamil5536]

What an underrated channel. Love your stuff dude. Hope you make it big on youtube. ❤️❤️

[@moumenrezaei1330]

🔥🔥

[@FootballDrawn]

@@sbtgamil5536 Thanks alot my friend. Really appreciate your love and support :))

[@FootballDrawn]

@BK Hey dude. Thanks alot for subbing. Really glad you liked the channel. It really means alot to me. Thank you 🙏🙏

[@roolaing]

It's the voice...

[@samuelschonenberger]

Wait, did they skip Atalanta for Title challengers in favor of Roma and Juve?

[@TheMap1997]

Yeah kinda surprised. I mean Atalanta definitely reach top 4 not because of luck

[@tomasgomez1906]

Well Atalanta is just pretty much the same as previous years, nothing exciting worth mentioning this season

[@Ben-lr2jj]

Think it’s because last year they did a big feature on atalanta, and several of these teams have had a managerial change or differing fortunes

[@partlycurrent]

@@Ben-lr2jj But I mean tbf, way more people care about Juve and Roma than about Bergamo. Even though I like Bergamo way more than the other two

[@EdwardElfigo]

@@partlycurrent usually if you’re born in that area of Lombardy you either support AC Milan or Inter so….

[@sarahjessicafarter7383]

"Roma have a habit of losing 6 or 7 - 1 every two to three years". They really do and its bizarre. The 7 - 1 defeat to Fiorentina in 2019 was the most recent prior to Bodo Glimt this season. To add to James's comments on Inter, Denzel Dumfries has been a great replacement for Hakimi. The club really did great business last summer. Would've been nice to hear James's thoughts on Atalanta's top 4 prospects as well as his early assessment of Sarri at Lazio. Great video, though, Serie A is my favourite league

[@azac9627]

Nothing the same... those 7-1 were the best Roma team... Bodo was a conference league game where the C team played in snow... Mourinho finished top and the useless players are being sold as they failed to be humble and improve... Reynolds, Villar, Diawara, Mayoral... Kumbulla an example that one can be redeemed by submitting to the manager...

[@sarahjessicafarter7383]

@@azac9627 I agree. I don't think anyone cared too much about the Bodo/Glimt result. It was bad but not suggestive of deeper problems. Di Francesco was sacked not long after the Fiorentina thrashing as it was a serious defeat.

[@azac9627]

​@@sarahjessicafarter7383 Get through this season... add Spinazzola huge upgrade no cost + First Team Regista and 5th CB as Mancini, Kumbulla, Ibanez + Smalling with many injures will miss games... DM -> CB then if more budget upgrade bench -> backup ST - - - - - Next Season 11 Starters: . Abraham . Felix Pellegrini Zaniolo . Oliveira [...DM...] Spina [...CB...] Mancini Karsdorp . Patricio 14 Finishers: ST - 1st) [...CF...] -> 2nd) Shumorodov FW - 1st) El Shaarawy, 2nd) Perez AM - 1st) Mkhitaryan, 2nd) Bove CM -,1st) Veretout, 2nd) Cristante LB - 1st) Vina, 2nd) Calafiori RB - 1st) Maitland-Niles CB - 1st) Smalling, 2nd) Kumbulla, 3rd) Ibanez That 25 with New DM + CB + ST for injuries + Primavera can realistically compete with Inter, AC, Juve, and Atalanta to break 4th for UCL

[@ismayiltharammal1241]

Serie A is also My Fav After PL

[@green_stalk9259]

I could listen to James Horncastle pronounce Italian words for hours

[@TomSaysStuff]

That Florentina kit is god-tier.

[@alessandro1107]

Honestly, I've always preferred Serie A, I think it's under-appreciated especially by Prem fans. Who don't actually watch it, but judge. It's been so so exciting in contrast to City walking the Prem. Also, James on BT is a better pundit than most, if not all on BBC.

[@equal7958]

It's interesting since fall of Juve

[@jazzzzzz5626]

Well the the reason some people don’t watch it is because it’s never been this competitive before because if you think about it juve had an 11 year run winning the league no one in the prem has ever had a 11 year winning streak

[@jazzzzzz5626]

@@gnello3713 yea but we never had a team win 10 titles in a row like Bayern or 7 in a row like Lyon the longest streak we had was Man U and it was from 2006 to 2008

[@pierfrancescocosta6336]

As an Italian, let me praise you for this excellent analysis of our national top flight! 😊 If I could add just a couple of things: - Despite their mixed results, Roma are experiencing what is possibly the best youth intake in the league: their U19 team is threatening to run away with the national title, while Mourinho has given massive support to the youngsters, especially Calafiori (who will now go out on loan to Cagliari), Bove (a very nice midfielder) and Afena-Gyan (who scored a brace in just his second Serie A game ever). - Salernitana's new owner, Danilo Iervolino, founded the "Pegaso University", which is open and completely online. Aside of Atalanta, I would have included Lazio in the mix, too, but that journalist definitely knows his stuff. Thank you!

[@benkolya]

They mentioned the university at the end!

[@bbergin45]

@@benkolya Not the name

[@danielrobinson7316]

Surprised Lazio didn't get a mention at all

[@scrollux5182]

Moufrinho quando mai ha fatto giocare i giovani? Calafiori non ha mai visto il campo così come Bove; Afena non ha mai 18/19 anni realmente

[@lorusb6126]

Please do more Serie A coverege! It's probably the most entartaining league right now.

[@tomdudley5314]

Great content, often neglects Series A footy. To say Giovanni Simeone's goals this season are 'worldies' seem like a bit of an understatement, unbelievable goals!

[@ElKiwi500]

YES! Finally, Serie A content! Love to see it and also Serie A is so underrated in the U; happy it's getting some attention!

[@ILLALLU]

Serie A has been by far the most entertaining league this season, and has been on a steady upward trajectory the past few years. Definitely worth more attention. PS. James giving off serious Matt Berry vibes here

[@willywonka7812]

Having just watched an episode of Black Books, I'm saying more Bill Bailey than Matt Berry

[@micahkiyimba8641]

True....4-3 Scorelines are not surprising

[@toluabisola]

Surprised that Atalanta hasn't been covered, shocked Roma have been included.

[@samirzuberi4220]

One of the most fun teams to watch in Europe.

[@areebsiddiqui758]

I think at this point everyone knows about Atalanta and Gasperini. They aren't as underrated as they used to be.

[@fazzi4019]

Roma makes a lot of noise because of Mourinho. Very lackluster team

[@1886Joel]

@@areebsiddiqui758 They seem to be underrated somehow if they don't make it in this video despite beeinh ahead of roma and juve.

[@areebsiddiqui758]

@@1886Joel You totally missed the point. There have been many big changes at other clubs. Atalanta have remained the same and continue to play the way they have for the last few years so there's nothing new to talk about.

[@FelixCupla]

I’d love to see more Serie A content on the Athletic in general

[@dadedraak]

I thoroughly enjoyed JJ as more of an interviewer than as the person that gives us his ready-to-hand information. I also really enjoy the Serie A this season, so yeah, great video!

[@SujoyChakravarthi93]

I love the vibe of the video - James as the kindly, experienced and well versed expert very politely tutoring his young ward JJ, who brings enthusiasm but has plenty that needs correcting his schoolwork while we learn alongside him as well - Belissima 🙌🏼

[@jopearson6321]

I always thought City were mad to let Dzeko go. Problem is, he looks like a target man, but really he's one of the most technically gifted poachers around. If he had a decent amount of pace fast we'd be putting him in the same bracket as Lewandowski.

[@ajayiakoredeobaloluwa736]

Nothing about Atalanta

[@bedireligiun]

Every time i see James i remember my assistant manager on Football Manager. He has this NPC-swag i admire a lot. In other words, I think he is a good looking guy but also a great journalist.

[@jatin2616]

The mid table teams in Serie A i.e. Torino,Fiorentina,Verona,Sassuollo,Bologna play the most exciting football in all of Europe.

[@str-tw4zk]

Great video guys. Only suggestion is that it'd be nice to have an xPts column in that league table graphic to see who's underperforming/over performing

[@srinikethsuragouni9240]

Really enjoyed this, loving the serie A this season, would love more coverage of it on this channel

[@EYDIMUSIC]

Nice video. Really enjoying Serie A this year 👌🏻

[@kamielzeegers8106]

3:20 Dzeko’s never been topscorer of the Prem though, has he ?

[@aaronconway4435]

Timestamps in the description?! ❤ Will we get them for the Tifo pod soon?...

[@camorraII1]

Amazing vid, James is really good! Would be amazing to have such vids mid season for Germany and spain as well!

[@CheGypter]

Awesome! Would love this for several other leagues

[@josephchambers4509]

Loved this vid!

[@maxslaterrobins]

more James Horncastle content please! he has a very soothing presence

[@motchie]

no Atalanta? consistently 3rd for the last 3 years, beat juventus and napoli, held inter to a draw twice this season, but no mention of em 🤔

[@laz3ra]

meanwhile they consider Roma as a title challenger xD

[@levgorecki6691]

Kind of disrespectful to omit them in my opinion, they are the second best team in Italy,- the only team that actually comes close to inter in terms of quality imo

[@cavalry6782]

They have made a dedicated video to atalanta in the recent past

[@motchie]

@@cavalry6782 Ah I missed that one.. but still tho, they also made two vids dedicated to AC Milan, Juventus and Napoli in the recent past (5 and 2 months ago)

[@Metalton95]

@@motchie I think it's because Atalanta hasn't really made any significant changes (management nor players) compared to the other clubs.

[@zgpm7031]

I miss the guardian football weekly podcast with James Richardson, Raf honegstein, James horncastle, Sid Lowe, Barry Glendening, Nick Bandini, et al. I used to listen to it every Monday and Thursday through university.

[@liam00]

The Totally Football Show has most of them. Sid Lowe does The Spanish Football Podcast

[@zgpm7031]

@@liam00 ok thanks. Is that on iTunes?

[@liam00]

@@zgpm7031 It should be. I forgot about Football Ramble presents - with Andy Brassell, and Nicky Bandini is a regular

[@MerijnH]

Honestly Tifo, your video quality is always top notch, but forgetting Atalanta is honestly a little insulting.

[@samc4451]

Great video 👌🏼

[@phillyphill6871]

Great video, it’s good to see people outside of Italy covering Serie A.

[@kreilly1875]

James Horncastle with shades of young Matt Berry in his style

[@gaminggiant6930]

Great video, I would've loved to hear about Atalanta but yeah good video

[@MoManiaTV]

Amazing videos and vibes 💯

[@callumpartridge625]

Hey look its the best football journalist of all time, and James Horncastle is also here!

[@cityofmagic4370]

Need more videos like this, also JJ is the best host

[@juz882010]

Dzeko is so underrated, look at his numbers they are insane.

[@MrBurnsy100]

James Horncastle always top class. Ace video as always! JJ my favourite Tifo presenter.

[@theacmilanfan123]

Love the Serie A love and factual information, thank you for the exposure!

[@AnonNomad]

James is my go-to for Serie A expertise.

[@teodordumitrescu]

James Horncastle looks like a ‘90s Eastern European ready to sell me deutsch marks at a very inconvenient rate

[@carero22]

Very accurate lol

[@NeoCherrn]

Why did you skip any mention of Atalanta in fourth? They've been amazing for several seasons.

[@gentleken7864]

JJ, please.....adjust your screen power off time on your laptop. Was it the best team of all time video where it kept turning off after 3 minutes and you had to keep turning it back on?

[@lukehferris]

Great segment! I'd love to see a La Liga and Bundesliga episode.

[@michaelglynn7010]

Personally speaking it’s the most fun league to watch as they score a lot of goals in SerieA 😌

[@cameronseegers7414]

…”I hope you learned something..” 😭😂😂😂😂♥️ they way he says that

[@kevinmccabe7263]

Just out of curiosity why was Atalanta not in the title challengers category? Their xG is second in the league and their goals for are are fourth and they're in the top 4!

[@JR-em3mo]

More plz!

[@ismayiltharammal1241]

Serie A is the Most Competitive Legue in this season Currently and This Video Is great. Great Content . Please Do one Video about La Liga Also

[@utdmanmj]

nice work

[@B4kerG]

The shout out for Dzeko 😍

[@kieranriches1089]

I don't even really take in or care about most of the topics on this channel but it's just such nice easy listening background dialogue to hear lol.

[@Dabbtrabb]

Honestly, James' statement on Morata being remembered for the chances he misses is very Apt. Him and Rahim Sterling... Would have beaten every goal record ever if the majority of their first strikes went into goal. Amazing to watch, great work ethic, but....they always seems to miss... And that disappoints.

[@morinvyassibila1978]

How is Roma a "Title Challenger"?

[@TheKrostiman]

Tifo remains in love with Mourhino, it's hilarious.

[@indrohari1908]

Mourinho attract media like it or not .. Mou is a victim from his past success ..

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

"Challenger" for the "title" of most underwhelming team of the season.

[@308473mb]

Great video, amazing content. While the PL is nice and all that, vids like these that deep-dive into other leagues are a most welcome change!

[@foxyrocks777]

I think James horncastle is a Matt berry character

[@Bobby_sprinkles]

James looks like he'd know the best wine to have with dinner

[@robertmitchard9769]

James Horncastle looks exactly like he has his home filled with mid 20th century Scandinavian furniture and I am here for it

[@PC-fo8ld]

Poor James doesn't know which camera to look at - absolutely my favourite footballing journalist none the less!

[@Sahil-wp7to]

The title race is really really interesting !!!!!!!! Now Inter have 50 points , Milan have 48 points and Napoli have 46 points

[@sidequest22]

James Horncastle always reminds me of Toast when I see him. Toast of Italia I suppose.

[@ismayiltharammal1241]

You Should Add Atlanta On Title Challenge

[@txm1402]

would like to see this for various leagues that aren't covered a lot

[@carero22]

Does anyone know the brand of James his jacket?

[@joshbrown2217]

Tbf I hope Tifo do a deep dive into Bologna, a lot of interesting young talent, a few old interesting players returning and a character of a coach. It would also be interesting to see why they seem to struggle to really progress up the table, they seem to be stuck getting mid and occasionally being stuck in a relegation battle.

[@MrBurnsy100]

Aaron Hickey

[@Zectzozda]

uh ... did you cut Horncastle off at 7:55? Edit: and JJ at 18:33!

[@levgorecki6691]

Where is Atalanta !!!???

[@karabomafa5609]

Serie A content!!! love it!

[@chris-ph6cd]

James Horncastle is a legend!

[@adammontgomery1333]

Bill Bailey knows his stuff!

[@A-Grat-A]

Dislike for omitting Atalanta. These lads are in UCL zone for several seasons straight!

[@urso_live]

To be fair, they've made lots of videos covering them already and they've not drastically changed this season so it makes sense to talk about teams where there's been a change/shift from previous seasons

[@ancientgamer694]

@@urso_livegood point, but at the start of the video they explicitly say that this video is also for people who have not followed the serie A and want to know what's going on. And not talking about Atalanta in the title contenders section in favor of Roma and Juventus is just wrong.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Couldn't get out of a Europa League-level group in the CL. At some point they are going to have to do it with consistency to be taken seriously. I can understand Milan and Inter failing to quality from tough groups after many years of missing CL football, but Atalanta had an easy group and can no longer use inexperience as an excuse now.

[@matty992]

Loved this episode, wonder if my partner will let me buy a big touch screen tactics board for the spare room 🤔

[@sn19901]

3:24 correction: man city won the league in 11/12 & 13/14 just had to go a year earlier

[@CezrDaPleazr]

This but for all the leagues please!

[@jthepanda]

Great episode! Could you do one for the Bundesliga? Want to know why Gladbach and Wolfsburg are doing terribly?

[@archiesimpson7641]

Serie a has been top 2 leagues for last 3 years

[@dre4471]

How did you leave out Atalanta

[@kalabhargavchalla9158]

How did xgd for inter ended up at +22.6?

[@electricpeople]

Apart from mentioning Gasperini’s name once, what about Atalanta? They have a decent chance of actually challenging for the title this season and have qualified for champions league for the last few seasons in a row.

[@yuureiism]

oooof an update just before the final match?

[@pahakuutti]

Rabiot is just not an elite player. He's a squad player in a top team and has been lucky to play alongside Kante and Pogba when they were at their best. Would argue even Matuidi was more important to Les Bleus than Rabiot. Rabiot is an adequate surfer and nothing more. One has to create the wave first for him to ride on it.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Of course Matuidi was more important, he played a key part in the 2016 and 2018 teams even though I don't like his style of play. Rabiot first featured for France in a tournament at Euro 2020 and did nothing of note. He was not part of the better-performing France squads of 2016-18.

[@azac9627]

Bodo was a conference league game where the C team played in snow and first team was rested lmao... 2 competent players El Shaarawy and Ibanez started... - Mayoral, Villar, Perez - Darboe, Diawara - Calafiori, Kumbulla, Ibanez, Reynolds Mourinho finished TOP of group and the useless players are being sold/loaned out as they failed to be humble and improve... Reynolds -> MLS level club, Villar -> Elche Getafe level club, Diawara -> Valencia level club, Mayoral -> Getafe level club... Kumbulla is an example that one can be redeemed by submitting to the manager...

[@rasto62]

Wait, not even the smallest mention of Atalanta?

[@callum2474]

JJ Bull gets his team sheets from FIFA 22 pre-patch

[@kylesmoran]

James Horncastle looks like he holds a snifter in front of a fireplace discussing business

[@eduardofasano]

Time for a much needed update. Don't overlook Serie A! It gets too bad of a rap. Journalists, like you, set the agenda. Keep Serie A on the agenda.

[@andrewaitken3685]

I'm shocked and chagrin that JJ didn't get the Horncastle thoughts on your delicious bolognese wonder boy Aaron Hickey 🍝😢

[@FalseFlagAmerican]

Video isn't loud enough. Good content though.

[@anshtewari3528]

One of the best Tifo videos! Cheers

[@jds997]

Morata like Rashford I think was born offside

[@reecej0nes]

Love the video, quick fact check tho i dont believe Dzeko was ever top goal scorer in England (sadly as a City fan)

[@bri1085]

He's actually good

[@barrymorrissey8376]

Entertaining league that’s for sure

[@steph9138]

On The Continent's own James Horncastle!

[@commadityaYT]

i thought i just saw Batistuta explaining 90s Serie A to prime Fiorentina fans.

[@T.E.S.S.]

Mr Horncastle needs to start his own ASMR channel