Comments on: As Italians Head to the Polls…

By: tom

tom — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:24:17 +0000

at least not at this stage of his career…

By: tom

tom — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:23:06 +0000

I understand what you’re saying kat…but cavani is no trezeguet…

By: kat

kat — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:51:32 +0000

I agree with the statement that starting Amauri and Trez together upfront would be not such a good idea, considering how disastrous the Amauri-Cavani CF pairing was.

By: Marco P.

Marco P. — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:05:28 +0000

My 2 cents: 1) No to the "Del Piero = super-sub" idea. Ale won't accept being benched, but if Ranieri keeps doing what he's doing this year (i.e. start him 2/3 matches), fine by me. Stamina-wise Del Piero's been impressive this season, but he can't start every game and play for 90 minutes week in week out, that's for damn sure. Next year it's only gonna get worse. 2) Amauri >>>>>> Nocerino. With that said, I like Nocerino too, I hope we keep 'im (even though he definitely lost his spot to Sissoko). But if we can get our hands on Amauri, we should jump at the opportunity, if only to prevent him going to Inter or Milan, and then bite our nails over it. 3) If Giovinco doesn't feature prominently in Juve's starting line-up next year, I'll personally come to Torino to slap Secco and Ranieri in the face. With a big fu**ing spiked club.

By: KJ Ventimiglia

KJ Ventimiglia — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:28:45 +0000

I said “Barca Situation”

By: roberto

roberto — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:23:05 +0000

Amauri’s no-look to Miccoli was more than Iaquinta could ever dream of doing. Iaquinta and Amauri are two different styles. Trezeguet is a poacher, and for all intensive purposes, Iaquinta is one too.

I can see good things coming out of a Trezeguet, Iaquinta, Del Piero, Amauri rotation in two or three spots on the pitch at a time.

Ventimiglia come on, we’ll never have the money to become like Barca.

By: KJ Ventimiglia

KJ Ventimiglia — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:39:46 +0000

I see your point on that Allessio. But I think they’ll drop at least Iaquinta. It will be a Barca situation where players are played out of place like Henry.

By: Alessio

Alessio — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:32:02 +0000

My point was I don’t like two strong center-forwards, it doesn’t work well often and it’s just not joga bonita. Amauri is a good player. I just don’t want him with the bianconeri, and I certainly don’t want him replacing Alex.

By: Alessio

Alessio — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:31:04 +0000

KJ, mostly Juve. Occasionally the rest of Serie A. My point was not dissing Amauri, but stating the facts. Amauri is a center-forward, similar to Toni or Drogba. We already have two. And playing Amauri alongside T-rez would not be good.

RJ, two things- Alex has never been reknowned for his speed. He creates goals through his talent. Second, he still does have speed- See lazio/livorno where he burned the offside trap and finished well. Look how good our offense is this year is though…give them better service from midfield and we will be unstoppable.

By: R.J.

R.J. — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:08:35 +0000

alessio, del piero’s speed is gone. the reason he is still good is because he still has a great feel for the field and his touch hasn’t left him. he’s tricky and creative and puts himself in great position, but he couldn’t run past my grandmother at this point in his career. like i said before, though, any way you slice it, our offense will be fine next year. DfuckingFENSE is what we should be arguing about.