PotD: How the Hell did I Get Here?

"he has gone from Palermo bench player to Juventus and Italy regular"

Pepe warming Palermo's bench was in 2005! since then for his clubs he played a national and international 36 games in 2006, 37 in 2007, 45 in 2008 and 39 games in 2009, moving to Juventus as 3rd top-scorer of his team.

You people got to remember that in it's dominant 90s, Juve relied on players like Di Livio or Toriccelli who where not overly talented but fought for Juve with their heart - and that's exactly what coaches expect of Pepe in their respective teams

"he has gone from Palermo bench player to Juventus and Italy regular"

Pepe warming Palermo's bench was in 2005! since then for his clubs he played a national and international 36 games in 2006, 37 in 2007, 45 in 2008 and 39 games in 2009, moving to Juventus as 3rd top-scorer of his team.

You people got to remember that in it's dominant 90s, Juve relied on players like Di Livio or Toriccelli who where not overly talented but fought for Juve with their heart - and that's exactly what coaches expect of Pepe in their respective teams

in china we call him Peckham, just a sarcastic name

let's just hope that Krasic & Lanza will be fit all the time.
As for Zambrotta, I'm sure it was after Camo came and because he made Juve's right wing position his own.. circa 2003 (26 yo)?

weird, aaron my comment vanished!

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this is a step forward

Pepe shouldn't be the first choice,
maybe he still couldn't comfort after the Azzuri's World Cup fail...
Cassano, Montolivo & Palombo would be better options

I really hope Mehpe starting over Lanzafame like what happened against Bari isn't a trend. Or Mehpe starting all together. Basically what I'm trying to say is: DON'T START MEHPE.

Just read that by winter break time, Juventus is looking to have gotten rid of Jean Claude Blanc once and for all. It's believed the #1 candidate to replace him is going to be Michele Giraudo, who has already been working with the club for a month or so in a minor, official position.

Music to my ears. First Claudio Albanese (Antonio Giraudo's lifelong right-hand man) gets appointed as the new Communications and External Relations Director a month and a half ago and now Giraudo's son should be moving up in the club's ranks soon. If he's got 1/2 of his father's ability, he should do a great job.

Although Blanc and his Harvard MBA have done a pretty decent job on a financial basis, he needs to gtfo.

Although they are still extremely different from one another, I'm happy to see the new Juve looking more and more like the old one.

Agree with papai. For as long as Blanc keeps his nose out of football affairs, I am perfectly happy with him doing our taxes.

not too sure about this. Blanc has done an exceptional job in keeping us financially strong.

Seems like it runs best if the family involve. Agnelli

Good to see Iaquinta and Aquilani playing in the friendly, and Vincenzo getting on the scorecard. Would very much rather a quags or del piero with Iaquinta in attack.

I'm not impressed, Pepe!!!

selling camo was a big mistake.
chiellini is one of the greatest center backs right now, and although i do think marchisio will never be world-class, he can still be one of the best in italy.
my two cents.

Convert Pepe into a right-back or CM? No. Pepe should do a Martina Hingis and retire prematurely.

here's a thought: when besiktas bought quaresma from inter, the man was a "has been" of the first order. noone (especially myself; i said to all my friends, "watch this guy flop and lose himself in istanbul's nightlife") thought he was going to amount to anything. and yet, i've been watching him at besiktas and portugal both, and the guy is clearly redefining himself and taking work seriously. he's playing with an average of one assist/one goal per match right now. his last game for portugal was phenomenal. and do you know how much besiktas paid for him? 5 mil.

*sigh*

Quaresma is not a big team player. He does great at smaller clubs, but his egoistic style of play will prevent him from making the transition to a big team. He does tons of rabonas and trivelas, but can't do simple stuff, and in a big team, where everyone is a star, you have to be a team player, otherwise you will be marginalized.

i agree, although besiktas is not exactly peanuts. in any case, everyone's lamenting the lack of creativity in the team and lambasting pepe for being average. well, we knew that when we got him, didn't we? wouldn't it have been better to spend that money on a talented if selfish player, hoping to shape him up? at the very least, we would see some interesting moves resulting in assists or goals, instead of 99% of passes and crosses not connecting, as is the case with pepe.

Quaresma had shown flashes of talent in past years. Pepe is inherently garbage.

true, and that was the point. if we had to risk some money on a "hopeful" transfer, expecting an unlikely but optimistic outcome, someone like quaresma would have made more sense than pepe.

pepe sucks.. he sucked at udinese, sucked during the world cup and sucks at juventus. why he is here, one will never know. there's something wrong in italy, ,something is really wrong. too many good, young talented players being left off the rosters of important teams. the love affair with certain types, a.k.a. marchisio, iaquinta, pepe, deceglie, amauri is a serious cause for concern.. in watching the juventus and nazionale teams since the 80's, this is by far the weirdest era and is littered with head scratching, frustration and a total loss for words.. I don't care what people say, if we had picked the right players for South Africa, we could have done well.. but the wrong choices were made and the evidence and result was clear enough. do people really think chiellini is that good? if you ask me, a guy like materazzi is and will always be a hundred times better than him.. a team like juve is annointing guys like marchisio and chiellini to be the future, but I'm sorry people, these guys just arent good enough.. and are way overrated. until this is realised, la nazionale and juve will continue to falter and be embarsssed.

you dont watch football much, do you?

DNFT. Your comment is on point as usual but it's a lost cause.

You're debating with a guy who thinks Moratti's' clean.

Successful Troll is successful!

Boring troll is also boring. /snooze

Hey Jorid (or anyone else), do you know where these kind of phrases, like: "Successful Troll is successful!" come from? I tried to google it without much luck. I'm just curious, I've seen a lots of them around and since English is not my first language...

Pablo, these type of phrases have all originated from the almighty 4chan.org board over the last few years. It's a big forum with various sub-forums in it.

If you want to die of lulz, I suggest you go here:

http://boards.4chan.org/b/

(It's not really work appropriate material though)


Also, DO NOT in any way, shape or form, ever reveal your personal information or that of others you know if you decide to post there lol. You'll regret it.

YIKES, Jorid! LOL! Why can't I resist clicking links that come with warnings?!

Hahaha, don't say I didn't warn you.

I see where you mastered the art of trolling :)

I do what I can.

Lol, thanks. I'll keep your last advice in mind.

Or visit reddit.com for a watered down version. They basically repost the best of 4chan a day later.

Lol. reddit is like the estrogenized version of what I posted.

Marchisio was our best midfielder during last two mostly dreadful seasons and nothing I can add about Giorgio except world-fucking-class.
And you can just go away, please, no one wants you here, really.

giorgio chiellini is not world class.. we've made him out to be because we are so desperate for the good old days.. like I said, he's good. not great. keep dreaming. u fuckin stooge.

Mediocrity, thy name is Marchisio. Good for an Italian, but that's it. Look for him with the New York Red Bulls before long.

good call ricardo.. and whats with the "no one wants you here, really" garbage alejandra?? is this junior kindergarten? Chiellini is not world class, he's a good defender but is not good enough to anchor a defence and has feet like stone.. he's good, not great. and marchisio was not the best midfielder, they have all been pathetic. the team wants marchisio to be "the next one" but he never will be, giovinco's a hundred times better.

I thought you were quitting, it's a shame you changed your mind.