Predicting the 3rd and 4th of the Serie A 2013/14 season

With Serie A been started the other weekend let's predict the 3rd and 4 th postion in the race for the Scudetto.

AS ROMA - 4th position

AS ROMA has been perrenial underachievers for a very long time and task of fulfilling the potential of this talented squad is now left to Rudi Garcia, the man who worked wonders with Lille, winning a league and cup double with the French side in 2011.
The 49-year-old must bring stability to the Giallorossi, who had seven coaches in the time he spent at the helm in Lille.
The early signs are good. Signings have been made to suit the manager's style of play, which is a blend of attacking, entertaining football that should be easy to adapt to for the existing Roma squad and to the liking of the demanding crowd in the Italian capital.
The quality is there, but after two difficult campaigns it's hard to see the Lupi breaking into the crucial top three and earning Champions League football. A cup run—possibly to exorcise the demons left by losing to rivals Lazio in the final last May—is more likely, as Garcia lays the foundations for a stronger campaign the following year.

AC MILAN - 3rd position

It's hard to see 7 times european champions struggle like this to book a championship place.
Max Allegri needs a better start to this season if he's going to keep his job.
It had seemed likely that the Scudetto-winning coach was on his way out of Milanello, only for club owner Silvio Berlusconi to change his mind at the last minute. The two continue to have a fractious relationship, and any slip-up from the coach will have serious consequences.
A good European campaign and a league challenge will be expected, but with some areas of the squad still questionable, the strain will show and they'll have to settle for third. Were it not for the disastrous opening games of the 2012-13 campaign, the Rossoneri might well have won the league. Talent is not the problem; consistency and squad depth is, particularly at the back. Several members of the squad will be pushing for a place in Cesare Prandelli's World Cup squad, so you'd expect them to give it their all, but with the talent at the next two clubs it's hard to see Allegri improving on last season's finish.
Several members of the squad will be pushing for a place in Cesare Prandelli's World Cup squad, so you'd expect them to give it their all, but with the talent at the next two clubs it's hard to see Allegri improving on last season's finish.