Comments on: Juventus travel to Siena

By: alessio

alessio — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:24:41 +0000

I’ve heard that rumor, and I don’t buy it. Supposedly it explained all the thigh strains, the location is more humid which apparently creates more muscle strains than normal. Supposedly Capello refused to train there because of it. Here’s my problems with this story-
#1- Vinovo didn’t open until Summer ‘06, so Capello couldn’t train there.
#2- Injuries seem to be on a cycle of every few years. Roma and Inter have similar injury issues yet they have been at their respective training facilities for a while, Inter for 50 years or so.
#3- It doesn’t explain why we had few injuries in Serie B.
#4- Supposedly it explains the strains that plagued Zanetti, ADP, Camoranesi, Zebina, Brazzo, etc. Notice their age, among other things. And the recent injury issues, knee meniscus problems (Iaquinta, Buffon, Marchisio) are not explained by the humidity problem.

So basically I think it’s bunk, like Robee said, something we are reaching out to, to explain the current problem. I’m guessing training would be an issue, I think it’s interesting Ferrara is having the team train a lot harder than under Ranieri as many of the players have stated, but most of the team is relatively healthy.

By: Robee

Robee — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:48:49 +0000

Vinovo is also named as a possible cause for all the injuries. Something about the surface… Well, people seek causes of course…

By: dan

dan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:59:26 +0000

this injury crisis is a fucking joke, i do not understand if its just plain bad luck, or incompetence from the part of the juve medical board. something needs to be done, even if we have to equip our players with riot gear during a match to prevent injuries. but what annoys me also, is the amount of injuries that are occurring outside of our matches, during training and warm ups. The frequency of these ‘non-match’ injuries is simply not acceptable for a club like juve, and it shocks me to see that nothing has been done about it. SVEGLIA!

By: alessio

alessio — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:46:40 +0000

Juventus.com has reported it. Same issue as Marchisio and Buffon, and from what I’ve read it is a bad issue for the long-term, as they take some meniscus area out and it doesn’t regenerate, so it’ll keep getting worse in the future. That’s ok for Buffon and Iaquinta who are nearing the end of their careers, but who knows what’ll happen to Marchisio.

Between Amauri and Trez, who would you rather start right now? Both are “sorta” getting there.

By: HolyMann

HolyMann — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:10:05 +0000

well, i guess then we’ll have to stick with the 4-2-3-1 formation since we have too many games for only two strikers….and if Ferrara is insisting on playing with a 4-3-1-2, then he should use Giovinco as a SS

time to get creative Ciro….

By: papai

papai — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:34:08 +0000

wtf is wrong with us??? we are being bombarded with injuries The juve medical board should resign

By: al

al — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:27:34 +0000

yea, mike.
football italia reports it:

http://football-italia.net/oct26k.html

so, we are left with Amauri and Trez

By: j

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:54:45 +0000

well, we can debate all we want, but it is ferrara who makes the decision, i really want to say “in ferrara we trust” (like arsenal). lets hope the team continue to produce results. sampdoria next right? giovinco needs to play from the start. forza la vecchia signora.

By: georg

georg — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:51:09 +0000

does he need an eye correction for his horrible aiming lately?

By: mike

mike — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:34:15 +0000

…news are that Iaquinta needs a surgery and will be out for at least 40 days….