Pre-Reggina Photo Dump

By: agiamba | April 24th, 2009

Photo essay after the jump-

Straight beast.

He’s scary good.

The Calabrian Cannon!!

Not helping your cry for more playing time…

I’m gonna miss this on the pitch.

A somber day.

Two golden signings. To think, Motta was on the injury table and Bocchetti was in Serie B last year.

Count the Juventini in the picture….damnit.

GET THIS KID BACK HERE.

Damnit again.

Bravo, tifosi!!

“I play for this club because absolutely no other team in Serie A would want me”

There are Azzurri fans that are also Interistas? Bizarre.

I don’t know whether to yell at Tiago for being an idiot or applaud him for manning up and actually looking like he gave a shit. Oh, and bonus points for taking out Balotelli.

More people taking out Balotelli. I could probably put an entire post of this up and be very entertained.

Two legendary Ballon d’Or left-wingers who are either loved or despised. Luis Figo happens to be my least favorite player in the world, and yes, he held that place even pre-Inter.

Stankovic goes for the overhead Zlatan pass…but he’s no Ibra.

Gryyyyyyyyyyygeraaa!!

A week late, but no one is complaining!!

Celebrating with the Mister.

Probably not having a pleasant chat.

Vincenzo not so on fire…

No Coppa for Juve. A Samp-Lazio final is pretty refreshing though…two teams that definitely want that Europa League spot.

Plenty to think about for next season. From these photos, that’s a Coppa exit and a 2/12 possible points in Serie A.

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Nnahoj

Alessio, the fact that his coaching career spans more than 2 decades and he has never won anything other than 2 domestic cups, and was never sought after by the big clubs (until Juventus) says it all.
tom

alessio, OK if you feel that way. but from tactical point of view, nothing ranieri has improved.

boring 4-4-2, keeps playing nedved, and while we are almost certain not to get any silverware, no change has been made tactically. no chance is even given to the youth (OK, Ariaudo, but that is because both leggro and chiellini are out). Marchisio? well... What about gio? and De Ceglie?

Put Gio in ADP position while De Ceglie should get reguler spot on left wing.

Reading the transfer rumours is also something annoying. We've been teased with big name such as Silva or Diego, but I dont think our beloved transfer guru has capacity to negotiate. Silva is not coming, and Diego, will also not. It is saddening because, from what I understand, Diego is willing to come to Turin. It is totally the same situation we had last year with Xabi Alonso.

In the end, we'll only get the free old player (like Mellberg last year) and another waste of money for another powerhouse midfielder (like Poulsen).
dave

sissoko's physical play is important for them...
alex

come on alessio after what he said after drawing with a team at rock bottom of the table how can you defend him?
adam

I though that was the coach's job to motivate the players. And who could blame the players after you fail over and over again while your coach is still satisfied.
agiamba

The players have no motivation at all...they are equally at fault with Ranieri
adam

***Serie B
adam

Alessio why do you keep defending Ranieri?

In this whole month we got two draws and no wins. We play like shit and Ranieri could care less cause no matter how bad a job he does the board comes out to defend him. And now he says it will take us another 5 years to get back on top, 7 total if you consider the two after Seirie B.
agiamba

While Juve is in worse position than Bayern and the boards still keep Ranieri, I concur Sam Dj: We might need to loose all the remaining match and not go to CL to get Ranieri sacked.

We're in a very, very different position from Bayern. They are coming off a league title, among a very strong Uefa cup run.

He’s never won anything in his umpteen years of managing so far, he’s gonna hit the jackpot in the next 5? F**k off!

Yeah, he shoulda won with Chelsea, after all, the year he got dirty Russian money it was already obvious he was being sacked. But yeah, that asshole gave Chelski their highest points ever against the greatest English top-division side. And I cannot believe he won no silverware with Parma.
internisti

its hard to win a scudetto when u dont have the reff to rely on ehhhh.. wwkwkwk
KJ

I think its fair to say Raneiri has lost the dressing room
tom

Guys, Klinsman is Bayern' coach no more. Read the reason.
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The website says that Klinsmann was ousted because he had failed to meet the minimum targets set for this season. Bayern are third in the Bundesliga, three points behind leaders Wolfsburg, and out of the Champions League.
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While Juve is in worse position than Bayern and the boards still keep Ranieri, I concur Sam Dj: We might need to loose all the remaining match and not go to CL to get Ranieri sacked.
Sam Dj

goddammit!! wtf dude! fuck this management, this management sux ball, i can't believe we're gonna have this same fucking mentality for next year...i'm just really really mad, this is not the juve i grew up with
maybe they should juve lost all the rest of the games and out from CL spot...perhaps then they'll replace ranieri
Sam

yeha we do miss you sisokko, he adds a lot to our team, ewven though he does run around like a headless chicken.!
sissoko man love

We miss you Sissoko..
Nnahoj

So to sum up the month of April; 5 games played, 0 wins. And then Ranieri has the gall to come out and claim that "his" Juventus will be back on top in 5 years! Gimme a fucking break! Once a loser, always a loser! He's never won anything in his umpteen years of managing so far, he's gonna hit the jackpot in the next 5? F**k off!

And how come it's 5 years all of a sudden? Next year will be 3 years since Serie B. So we have to wait a further 5 years - which will make it 8 years - to be "back on top"? Ridiculous!

Basta Ranieri!
roberto

"Fire the whole damn board. This is NOT the way that Juventus should be playing. I’m tired of this, and stunned by how poorly the team has come back from the international break."

Brian man i'm with you.
Brian

Who'd have thought that Deschamps would look brilliant when he told Juve he had no interest in their "grand" plan? All apologies, Didier.
alex

the entire management are going to ruin your club bigtime. im pretty sure the harcore fans would literally throw them out before that happened but still your on a slippery slope
al

that was satire, adissjuve
adam

I think the damage that Ranieri is doing to our club is worse than calciopoli.
Brian

Juve is not about saving face. Juve is about melting faces. I'm tired of this Mister's excuses, and now we've slipped to third in the table, with Genoa and Fiorentina looking dangerous.
al

adam, another version from goal.com

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On his and the team's future, he said:

"I will not leave Juventus, and I will not do the same as Didier Deschamps, who left Juventus because he disagreed with Juventus' project.

"That foolishness is the behaviour of a young person, I did the same when I was young but not now… Juventus gave me a project of five years to come back at a high level”
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I think we should prepare to have 3 more throphyless year under him.
adam

Ranieri is taking this game as a joke, based on our performance. He sees drawing against Reggina as "saving face", he is making our club a laughing stock.

“Juve saved face in a way, but we should have won. We tried, but gifted half-an-hour to Reggina, who took advantage by creating several chances,” shrugged the Coach.

“Then we got out of our shells and proved we wanted to win a match that had seemed to be lost. We only saved face to a degree.”
al

i just realized that reggina are sitting in the bottom of the table. what a very disappointing result.
tom

let's hear what ranieri says during press conference.

i bet that he is going to say something likes:
- he is not dissapointed
- praising juve spirit to level the score
- that the lads have given all
- juve should do the best and dont think about results.

booo
Brian

Fire the whole damn board. This is NOT the way that Juventus should be playing. I'm tired of this, and stunned by how poorly the team has come back from the international break.
Armando

Yea, we officially are playing absolutely AWFUL, and are down to third place, and probably wont even be able to win back 2nd. Who knows? Maybe Fiorentina or Genoa can take 3rd place from us too! With the way we're playing, i wouldnt be suprised.
dave

awful...just awful...
tom

how sad. we were talking about scudetto when the league started. now we are even struggling to be in the second place.
alex

ranieri has to go.
Armando

This is horrible to watch...2-1 now with Reggina winning.
alex

giovinco isnt even on the bench? if he isnt ranieri is disgusting. seba is your best attacking player
tom

go to bet365.com. also check atdhe.net
Neo

can anyone post a live stream to the game?
tom

mike, ranieri has 4 strikers already.
for the sub of nedved, he has de ceglie. that might explain why we dont see gio in the bench.
Mike

He did get a yellow, but should have been a red card.
roberto

Wow, how did the goalkeeper not get a yellow there? Fucking bullshit.
Mike

Giovinco is not even in the bench, is he injured?
adam

1-0 Reggina