Is it really that ridiculous to say we can make a serious Scudetto push this season?
Was debating doing a 3-4-1-2 as well since that probably fits better for the trio of Malen x Castro x Mora, but I didn't know where to put Soule with that formation, so ignore the formation for now.
I'm not saying we should be favored or even predicting that we will, but this team has some serious potential. We've seen how good the defense can be and other than the weakest link leaving (Celik) nothing has changed here. Maybe going from Molina to Celik is a downgrade defensively, but if it's a problem we can move Wesley there and play Rensch on the right or maybe Lulli becomes a Serie A level player like Pisilli did. The problem has always been the attack, and the potential this attack has is truly special. Maybe Vaz as a backup striker is not good enough for a Scudetto side, but if this team stays healthy, this should at the very least be the most fun team in Italy.
We'd definitely need practically everything to go our way (very few/no major unexpected injuries, no selling Kone/NDicka, Mora lives up to the hype, Castro develops, etc) and how we manage playing Serie A and CL will be interesting, but I'm very excited to see this team back in action
Pre season hasn't been good, but I'm not too concerned. Our big takeaway last pre-season was that Ferguson might be the truth, so I take very little stock in what I see from random games against Dortmund and Brighton.