PotD: Our Starting Lineup

I just need to put 4-3-3, its the "dream team" kind of deal with Del Piero, Trezeguet in shape and Amauri. I'm brazilian, just like Amauri and wanting to have Diego in!

http://www.channel4.com/sport/...

Right on about Vincenzo. He's been amazingly patient when not playing at Juve.

Sam dj, my priorities for this summer wouldn't be a fullback. Even if Grygera+Molinaro are average, they do their jobs in general. If we got a great winger and De ceglie/Camo/etc remain healthy, we won't rely on much of them to provide crosses.

That said, I would not say no.

Nice findings, i hope Criscito is really coming back to play for us next season! speaking of which, grygera has not been very convincing this season, i think mellberg has been doing quite well playing in both positions, we should definitely consider getting a new wingback(s). Maggio anyone?

Someone in the Juventus facebook group did a bit of digging and found out Criscito is definitely on-loan at Genoa, not sold on co-ownership. There had been some mixups about it and a lot of websites were reporting both. He went on loan for 1million euros with Genoa given the right to purchase half of his registration for 5.5million euros. (Page 11)

http://www.juventus.com/site/f...

Also interesting to note on there is that they state it is impossible for Andrade to recover to play professionally and last August they attempted to rescind his contract. Andrade begs to differ on both counts, it seems.

exactly. hes mobbed up to his eyeballs anyway. like roberto mancini! whatever happened about that didnt he have some coke in his car boot?

Cause Berlusconi was the PM, dude.

and in those 2003-04 games juve didnt even win the scudetto so its just shit refereeing. how come milan wasnt stripped of its scudetto?

that video is bad but i think the inter one of the last 3 seasons is worse. and milan have had some insane decisions go their way as well like that penalty outside the box. go watch some highlight reels of man utd, liverpool and chelsea from the last 5 years. or real madrid for the last 100 years then you will see some cheating.
and regards to almiron i would rather take hamsik round the back and shoot him than exchange him for that bald nugget. the only players i would like from juve are iaquinta (who will never move now), marchisio (will be at juve for his career) and criscito who would move as hes neapolitan.

Hamsik would be a good buy but only if we don´t get ripped off and if we unload a center-mid or two. (Almiron first on the block)

santacroce is quality but chiellini is going to be the next legendary italian defender. it would be good to see the two play for juve but im hoping he wont leave napoli for a while. and only if you give us criscito. whats your thoughts on maybe buying hamsik as a replacement for pavel?

Its true Santacroce hasen't had any spectacular games yet but he's just so talented and never have i seen someone own him. He's definately gonna be one for the future.

He'll definitely get loaned out next season, don't you think? I think we should keep him and play him Coppa and less-significant games, he's got the talent. Certainly has played better than Knezevic.

Good news from the Azzurrini front: Lorenzo Ariaudo just scored in a U-21 friendly match vs. Austria and according to Gazzetta, played a leading role in stabilizing the defense after Italy went two goals down. The match ended 2-2 by the way (other goal by Paloschi).

In other words: bye bye Knezevic/Andrade, bring on the youngsters.

Heh, I think that's a bit of an overstatement. Santacroce has proved to be promising, but he hasn't had any game like Chiellini has yet.

Sam Dj, yes, Knezevic is on loan so thankfully he just goes back to Livorno after this waste of a year.

Sam, santacroce would be perfect. Could even become better than Chiellini one day.

we also need a quality center back unless criscito is coming back, which is quite doubtful...

david silva is definitely the best option

FARR OUT, wat is all this news i hear about cassano moving to Juventus, especially fuckin tuttosport, frankly i dont want it to go through he and giovinco are wayyy to similar in style and in the end i reckon giovicno is better!

I tihnk he is co-owned, unless Football Manager got it wrong, lol!

f*ck that, i'm sick and tired of all the injuries we've had this season
we should dump andrade, he's getting paid for nothing
and knezevic is on loan to us yes?

If we sign Ledley King, we'll have the holy trinity of knee-crocked internationals.

Hear freaking hear.

I'll take a knee-fucked Andrade over Knezevic any day. Hell, put him on the field with crutches he'll still do better.

surely andrades career is over? i would be suprised if he could come back and play top flight football after all those injuries. what do you make of camoranesi as well? do you reckon he will be able to play consistently anymore or is he a crock artist? on his day there is no better crosser of the ball hes world class

And as long as we're talking injuries-
http://www.portugoal.net/index...

Jorge Andrade says he hopes to return to playing football at the highest level, as he continues to work towards his comeback from an injury-ridden last couple of years.

The 30-year-old has not played for 18 months, since damaging his knee three games after signing for Italian giants Juventus. The Portuguese international had hoped to return to action at the start of this season, only to suffer a relapse last summer while preparing for the new campaign.

It was Andrade’s fourth serious injury in a little over two years, as blows to his left knee saw the former Porto man miss both the 2006 World Cup in Germany and last summer’s European Championships, leading to genuine fears over his future in top-level football.

“Psychologically and physically, I could not be better,” he said of his progress. “The stage of crutches and other complications has passed, I am working more and more on the training pitch, the outlook is good. I am very happy.

“This is part of the profession, I look at it as such. The injuries came at times I did not want - before a World Cup and a European Championships - but I am trying to get back to playing as soon as possible. I have a lot of willpower to do so.

“Can I return to the highest level? Yes, of course. I am working for that and the recuperation is working towards that, to again give the positive impression I had given up until now. I expect it to happen. I am over the problems and I am looking ahead.”

Still a Juve player
Andrade’s injury nightmare led to suggestions that Juventus were looking to terminate his contract, which runs until next summer, but the defender refutes those reports. “Juventus is my club. Every day I have done my physiotherapy, I have been thinking I am a Juventus player. This is my future. On the contrary to what was reported, I did not rescind my contract.

“I can say here with complete calm that my contract with Juventus is in power, nobody can rescind unilaterally and I am going to be a Juventus player up to the last day of my contract. I am going to continue to fight every day to come back to the highest level.

As a player and man known for his humility, Andrade refuses to look for sympathy for his plight, and hopes to return to action as soon as possible, although no specific date has been scheduled for his comeback to the game.

“I do not have a set date. I know it will be soon, but I don’t want to rush myself. I am entirely dedicated. In football, we work in a group, but I have to be a little selfish and dedicate myself to me, taking myself away from everything and everybody and concentrating only on the recuperation: the physiotherapy, the gym work and the swimming pool.

“Do I feel like an unlucky player? Unlucky is a player who hits the post with the last penalty of a European competition and loses the trophy. An unlucky player could not have had the career I have, which was always progressing: Amadora, FC Porto, Deportivo La Coruna, Selecao, Juventus.”

Will he, Marco? All the reports I saw said he was likely out for the whole season.

Speaking of injuries, an injury update from Juventus.com

The week without any championship matches began with an afternoon session which saw the participation of 22 players, 9 of which from Maddaloni’s Primavera.

Amongst those absent were the internationals who next week will be busy playing in the worls cup qualification matches. The first to return, next Tuesday, will be Mellberg and Tiago who will play against each other in an exciting match between Portugal and Sweden: the only match for both nations. All the others will return to training with Juventus on the following Thursday.

Camoranesi and Salihamidzic worked in the gym. Ekdal, still suffering from pharyngitis, was forced to miss the call-up with the Under 21 side and was therefore allowed to rest.

It was the first day on the field for Manninger who returned to training with Chimenti and Pinsoglio. For the first part of the session trainer Capanna and second coach Damiano led the a warm-up session with the ball before free juggling exercises and the usual mini-match without goalkeepers.

Legrottaglie, De Ceglie and Zanetti who were seen working hard on their athletic condition did not take part in the last part of the programme.

Alessio, AFAIK Sissoko's injury will keep him out for a month only, or did I get that completely wrong? He'll be back in mid-April no?

al, yeah, this is just for the rest of the season so Sissoko is out of the running.

I'm seeing chemistry between Gio and Iaquinta. 2 goals for Vincenzo against BATE, with Gio providing the assist in both cases. 1 goal against Roma. And that's just off the top of my head. I'm sure there have been more.

i hope iaquinta will maintain this performance til the end of season.. i think he's more powerful and more ball struggling than last year..
and i see magical chemistry between giovinco and del piero on left flank.. sometimes they play a beautiful one-two pass and tear up enemy's defense.. that's very promising considering gio's lightspeed.. but gio shoul work out for his long range shooting tho.. it will be very useful in the future and i hope he can learn it from pavel..

But that is my thoguth we havent been linked with him.

Lucas Biglia, anyone i reckon he would be good, supposedly hes a pirlo type player. I wouldnt think its a bad buy at all.

If anything that just speaks for how bad Croatia is.

Yeah i know Ariaudo is not croatian, but fuck, knecevic, why the fuck did we buy the guy at best he is a Seria A bottom side defender or a Serie B Defender. he is horrible and he gets the call up for the crotian side.

Hahaha Sam, the only problem with that is Ariaudo is Italian and not Croation, so he can't be called up. As for the midfield we should have Giovinco - Sissoko - Nedved. That's right, Sissoko's so good we only need to field one CM, any more than him and it's just a clusterfuck out there.

HOW THE FUCK DOES KNECEVIC GET CALLED UP TO THE CROATIAN NATIONAL TEAM, THEY MUST BE FUCKIN HIGH OR SUMSHIT. HE IS HORRIBLE ALL OUR PRIMERIVA DF'S ARE BETTER, ANDI FELT SAFER WHEN ARIADUO WAS PLAYING AGASNT LAZIO, RATHER THAN KNECEVIC PLAYING AGASINT NAPOLI. I WOULD PICK LORENZO ANYDAY.

sissoko goes out injured and the team plays alot better scoring more goals....coincidence? molinaro still sucks mans balls though ive never seen a man cross so much and not actually get any assists

He's injured :P

no one mentions sissoko. where is sissoko man love?