Maurizio Sarri would be a great coach for Napoli IMO, The thing Napoli have to do is hold onto Higuain in the summer

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Would love United to sign Higuian and feck Rooney off

Roma will be much better next season once Garcia leaves.

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and when Pjanic, Nainggolan and ...... No that's it, that's all any other club would want, leaves

Pjanic will still be there.

Not when you're not in the CL he won't be

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Albiol OG

Shocking from Ghoulam there

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Decent point for Livorno at Perugia at the weekend, but they've slipped out of the playoff zone for th first time in ages. Very tight though. Only 2 points from 5th to 9th, only one side to miss out. Hope it isn't us.

Elsewhere, a 1-0 defeat at Frosinone means Carpi have to wait at least another week to mathematically confirm their first-ever promotion to Serie A proper. It will also be their first year in the top flight since they dropped out of its precursor tournament, the Italian Football Championship, in 1922. In fact, this is only their second ever season in Serie B proper.

It's a mere formality though. Only an absolutely incredible combination of results could deny Carpi. They'd have to lose all 5 of their remaining games, plus 2nd-placed Vicenza winning their next 4 AND THEN losing at home on the final day to Frosinone who need to win all 5.



Anyhow, while we await to confirm Carpi's historic promotion, let's take a look at the man behind the miracle: Fabrizio Castori.

Castori is a 60-year-old veteran whose managerial career spans 35 years, all the way back to his first post in 1980, aged 26.

Despite his early start, however, it took him almost 30 years to land his first Serie B job at Salernitana, who hired and sacked him twice in th same season.

Next Serie B stop, Piacenza, who sacked him after only 3 months.

On to relegation-threatened Ascoli, as a mid-season replacement on 3rd November 2010. It was to prove his longest Serie B stint to date. After saving them from relegation in 2010/11, he came agonisingly close to reaching the 1-year landmark. He was sacked on 2nd Nov 2011, after exactly 364 days in charge.

His last job prior to Carpi was at Reggina in 2013, where he lasted only 2 months.

His current post at Carpi, who signed him on a 1-year contract, is his 21st managerial appointment!

Ironically though, Castori this time might turn out to be a victim of his own success. After earning promotion, will Carpi entrust their maiden Serie A experience to a man who has never in 35 years coached in the divsion?

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That's actually something that's caught my attention about Serie A over the years - how there always seems to be a team or two who are absolutely off the pace and have trouble reaching even the 30-point mark.

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Last time there were 18 teams, Ancona finished bottom on 13 points.

Year before that, Como 17th on 24 pts, Torino bottom, 21pts.

Year before, Fiore 22 & Venezia 18; Bari 20 the year before that...

Dunno, it just seems that whoever's bottom is really, really bad compared to the rest, or merely gives up midway through the season regardless of the number of teams.

I don't know why it is, I'm not even suggesting it's a lack of depth or quality. It just seems a very Serie A thing for the bottom side or two to finish on really low points totals.

The exception, of course, was the year Juve finished bottom on 91 points.

If you are gonna come last you may as well do it in style

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