Venezia Football Club

And I think it's exactly, again, it's what the league needs.

I was worried that when Monza have stringed a few results together now and are starting to pick up a few results here and there, Venezia obviously have got Davide Nicola now, so that means they'll probably start.

Thank you for reminding me.

I was concerned about the quality of Monza and Venezia and the promoted teams in general.

I was like, we could just get three to go straight back down.

But Frosinone being this good and not even like a lot of these players, what I hope is that the players don't get picked off in January.

And...

Possibly goal, well, was it goal of the weekend? And Guizas is right up there.

We have to move fast on these ones.

So Cagliari nil, Bologna two and Genoa one, Venezia nil.

So Cagliari's bubbles burst in and Genoa, De Rossi's kind of saved himself for now, but he's got Juventus next.

Just one thing on Cagliari, just one thing on Cagliari.

yeah.

Anyway, midweek games, I'll just run through the games.

So, on Tuesday, we've got Sassuolo, Lazio, Roma, Cagliari, Torino, Como, And Wednesday, we've got Milan, Bologna, Parma, Udinese, Venezia, Inter, Genoa, Juventus, Monza, Napoli.

And then Thursday, we've got Frosinone, Lecce and Fiorentina, Atalanta.

And the lack of use of Stankovic so far this season, I personally thought that this was going to be the perfect chance to give him a start.

And I wouldn't be surprised if maybe he gets a start midweek against Venezia, playing against his brother.

But eventually, certainly we have to give this guy a chance outside of coming on in the 88th minute against his old club.

At a certain point, you start to wonder, like, why did we decide to bring this guy back? And I mean, it wasn't like it was free to bring him back.

And Curtis Jones has contributed nothing this year because he's been hurt for most of it.

So I'm as frustrated as anyone with Stankovic's lack of minutes.

I do think we'll see him against Venezia, especially because we're trying to seemingly rotate some people ahead of the Derby next weekend.

So I do hope he starts.

I noticed how the small Serie A provincial sides draw incredibly well with excellent home support.

The Venezia home crowd against Napoli was impressive, especially when you consider they were winless.

Should these stories and local successes be a focus of more of actually building Serie A back from a marketing perspective? Should Serie A go with a grassroots marketing strategy and promote in-person attendance and wonderful atmospheres? Or does not owning the stadiums make in-person attendance numbers not lucrative for teams? No, I don't think it's that.

I think they should focus on what is the unique selling point of the Serie A, and that is The provincial sites, the atmosphere around them, the history around it, all the storytelling, again, to use soulless lizard marketing lingo, the storytelling, the unique selling point of the Serie A is a couple of things.

Yeah, I think you're right.

I think Italy has to see what La Liga and the Premier League have done well, but not lose their identity.

One of the beautiful things about having Venezia and Como in Serie A at the same time is Their grounds, their stadiums, their stadia, if you prefer, are amazing.

It's unique.