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Previews: Half-assed Preview of Juventus-Artmedia and Squad Updates
By: alessio |We’re back, ladies and gentlemen. After two years of exile, Juventus FC officially re-enters the Champion’s League in the 3rd-round qualifiers. Win this two-legged tie and we’re into the lucrative group stages. Our opponent this year is FC Artmedia Petržalka, who won the Slovak league last year. In terms of Uefa co-efficients, they are below [...]
Capello Sucks: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Calciopoli
By: alessio |This is kind of another reflection on Juventus history, but of a slightly different kind.
Like all Juventini, two years ago I went from Nirvana to Hell in a matter of a month. In the greatest football moment I’ve ever witnessed, the Azzurri triumphed in Berlin, winning the first major silverware I’ve been around for. [...]
Player Ratings: Juventus Season 2007-2008
By: alessio |I’ll probably do a wrap-up for the season, but this is a concise quicker way to review it I suppose. Without any further ado, I give you my player ratings (out of 10) for every Bianconeri who played a role in our season.
Palermo v. Juventus: Colantuono’s Last Chance, Really This Time… I Swear
By: roberto |Tifosi Rosaneri don’t tell me, let me guess. Colantuono’s got some secret plan to beat us come Sunday. I mean, that’s the reason why Zamparini hired him again, right? Well it’s either that, or he persuaded your president for another chance after he touched his nose with his tongue and made some funny animals out [...]
Ranieri v. Mancini: Coach’s Couch - Derby d’Italia Edition
By: roberto |Offsiders listen up: I’d like to introduce to you my brand new segment called “Coach’s Couch”. Here we’ll tackle many of world’s famous tacticians and their questionable techniques– all from the marvellous vantage points of our couch. This is a relatively new idea, so of course there’ll be some changes and improvements made as we [...]
Palm Sunday Victory & Wednesday Night Ashes Before Saturday’s Derby d’Italia Clashes
By: roberto |An 87th minute strike from Vincenzo Iaquinta gave Juventus the victory against Napoli by way of a heavenly first-touch. My goodness I’m obsessed with first-touches now more then ever. Can someone tell me if there’s anything more fundamentally important to playing the beautiful game than a good first-touch? Nedved certainly can’t. Whether you value a player [...]
Juventus v. Napoli: Preview & Notes
By: roberto |First and foremost, apologies for the lack of general attention to the Old Lady blog. I’ve been overseas securing reserves for my new Cambodian breast milk venture. But now I’m back at home and ready to spit out some more of these posts. What great timing too!Our glorious club of clubs take on those babies [...]
Live Coverage: Genoa v. Juventus FORZA RAGAZZI!!!
By: roberto |What: Serie A Championship, Week 27
Who: Genoa - Juventus
Where: Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
When: Sunday, March 9th 2008, 20:30
Streaming: Here
Headin’ into town today? Well just pick me up some ‘jesus-what-the-hell-happened-over-these-last-three-weeks?’ Nothing that’s what. Well, three weeks without a win to be more specific. Now are you ready for this? As astonishing as it might sound, throughout [...]
Fuck, A Review Without Many Words.
By: roberto |Hit the showers Belardi, Buffon’s back! (no pun intended)







