http://juventus.theoffside.com The Grand Old Lady of Italian Football Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:51:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bologna-Juventus: Postponed. Another week, another called-off game due to inclement weather, and another chance for the British-based media to talk about how crappy the Italian stadiums are as if it were a microcosm of the state of the sport in the country as a whole.  Not that they're wrong about ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/potd-more-snow-more-cancellations.html Enough said. http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/psotd-bentornato-martin.html Remember the last time these two teams played one another? It was a few months back and a lot has happened since then, so in case you forgot, here's a short recap: That was fun. I believe the best way the game was described was courtesy of Sky Italia, calling Juve "possessed." I would ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/game-time-thread-copa-italia-semis-leg-1-%e2%80%94-juventus-vs-milan.html You can't say that was unexpected. A side that was just out of the relegation zone played tremendously organized, compact, and defensive football and got a point at the shiny Agnelli Arena (it's what I like to call the unimaginatively-named Juventus Stadium, for kicks). For 85 minutes our Bianconeri couldn't ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/previews-reviews/juventus-0-0-siena-contes-cant-unlock-former-side.html This was a bit of a crazy week.  The transfer window came and went, and many people are rating our past market as good one.  And, thank God -- Secco approves.  I was nervous for a minute. Anyway, even if the moves weren't exactly what we had thought they would be ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/round-22-21-in-conte-ci-fidiamo.html The market ends today, I believe at 19:00 Italian time, and there's apparently a ton of activity. Where do I begin... It was looking yesterday like Radja Nainggolan would not be arriving from Cagliari, at least not this winter.  I guess you could say it was a pipe dream all along. ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/mercato-wrap-up.html While we prepare for tomorrow's clash at Parma, why not try out some erbazzone (herb sandwich) to get into the mood? Meanwhile, it's time for us at the Juventus Offside to bid farewell to our friend Luca Toni, who has is off to Riyadh Dubai somewhere (flip a coin) to join ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/manic-monday-votd-ciao-luca.html We've officially entered the second half, ladies and gentleman. "Winter Champions" has a nice ring to it, huh? Now we can all walk around with a little extra hop in our step with our ADP or Marchisio jerseys on. Ah, but you all know what will be better than winning the ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/round-20.html In the back of my mind, I always had hope that one day Martin Caceres would again wear bianconero. He was one of the few good things to happen to Juventus in a 2009-10 campaign full of absolute suck. He was everything that Juventus hadn't been that season. He filled a ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/officially-official-martin-caceres-returns-to-juventus.html [caption id="attachment_7337" align="alignleft" width="652" caption="Francesco, u mad bro?"][/caption] Yes, I'm alive. There was plenty of screaming (thanks, Kyle Williams) at my television, but nobody — or remotes — was harmed after the 49ers lost to the Giants on Sunday. And surprisingly, John and I are still talking to one another. Quite ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/game-time-thread-coppa-quarterfinals-juventus-vs-as-roma.html