http://juventus.theoffside.com The Grand Old Lady of Italian Football Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:58:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you ask me (and Lippi) Juve's principal problem right now is that we have so many injuries, so early in the campaign. It started with a few players out; Marchionni, Zanetti, and Zebina had moderate injuries during pre-season, and really spiraled as the season has started. Just as it ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/the-bianconero-injury-crisis-continues.html What a crappy week. My beloved Cubs got swept, again. It reminds me of Juventus, with such a great season, I expected a lot of them, and I'm just left completely disappointed. Last year's season was great for Juventus, and we expected great things this year; but the first month ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/well-at-least-were-not-atletico-madrid.html Juventus 5 - Palermo 0 Ahhhhhhh good times, no no no... great times. Can it happen again this weekend? Well anything's possible, but they're a few issues at hand that may make things different this time around. First off, our defence is about as thin as Zebina's hairline. Number two, Ranieri's ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/notes-and-news-ahead-of-sunday-v-palermo.html Only 4 more games, ragazzi! I don't know who to blame for the draw today. I think it'd be wrong to blame Ranieri, and Secco doesn't deserve criticism either, no one could have predicted the insane injury crisis would hit us this early in the season. Overall I think this has ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/bate-2-2-juventus-another-draw-and-another-brief-review.html Boy-oh-boy do we like to do things differently here at the Juventus Offside. Man-crushes, binge-drinking, and good ol' fashioned rival club bashing have normally been the specials of the day until now. Today, Alessio and I proudly present to you all our post pre-season predictions. Now you may be asking ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/post-pre-season-predictions.html While our reserves were able to go to Sardinia and battle out for 3 points, we failed today. Unluckily so, to say the least. I missed the game live, but watched it on replay. It was painful, since I already knew the result. I just knew we wouldn't come out ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/juventus-stall-at-home-2-dropped-points.html I'm at work so I won't really be able to watch the game steadily. Confirmed lineups from Juventus.com: Juventus (4-4-2) Manninger Grygera Legrottaglie Chiellini De Ceglie Marchionni Marchisio Poulsen Giovinco Amauri-ADP Catania (4-4-2) Bizzarri Sardo Silvestre Terlizzi Silvestri Biagianti Ledesma Tedesco Llama Izco Morimoto Live commentary here. Juventus Matchcenter here. http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/juventus-v-catania-taking-on-gli-elefanti.html The lack of playing time afforded to Sebastian Giovinco recently has lead to outcries among black-and-white tifosi. People have asked why Ranieri "hates" Giovinco, some have even suggested his exclusion is a political move to force him to sign a contract extension. The papers suggest Giovinco is requesting €1 million ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/be-patient-seba.html I'll be liveblogging here, nice and early, hope to see you here. Two notes before the game: #1- Trezeguet's out till 2009: Juventus.com confirmed that Trez will undergo an operation to fix a right-knee problem, similar to the problem Kaka' had this summer. T-Rez also had this 3-4 years ago. Trez ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/cagliari-v-juventus-liveblog.html Wanna know why Camoranesi always picks up little knocks every now and then? It's because he plays his ass off on both ends of the field. That's something called total commitment. So today, upon hearing he signed a contract extending his stay 'til 2011, I felt really weird in special ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/camoranesi-extends-my-desires-to-wed-him.html