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The End of the road for Max had become more clear on the horizon as the weeks wore on. An impressive unbeaten record that had us surprisingly positioned to seemingly challenge for the title abruptly…
Our latest abject performance in losing 1-0 to Lazio has soured the holiday spirit for many. When speaking with my brotherly friend from Naples earlier this evening, to exchange our traditional best wishes for Buona…
How fickle the football gods can be eh! Only four games ago, even the long confirmed cynical such as myself were believing the worm had turned. A superb run of results since that disastrous defeat…
It has certainly been a while since I last felt inspired enough to pour some energy and spill virtual ink for the bianconeri cause. The reasons for this are mainly obvious, with no need for…
Well before the final whistle it was feeling like a humiliation. The home side were passing the ball around, passionate partisan fans cheering with great vigour with every touch from one Partenopei to another, as…
We have become an easy target. Juve have been blamed for any hint of an issue, it could be as innocuous in the end result when crunched through the legal system as a slap on…
Whilst the Max Allegri second coming continues to break records for TRUE HORROR. Not just the fanbase local and beyond aghast, but now the authorities move to seek charges against the Agnelli assembled cabal, and…
I have been somewhat bemused by the uptick in widespread unease and groaning of late, spreading slowly, grimly, steadily across the fan base. Not due to any failure to relate, but due instead to the…
It is hard to find informed, balanced coverage of football. An ever expanding multitude of podcasts and platforms promise much but deliver all too little, all too often. The crowd at TIFO however, have long…
Juventus started the season in confident fashion, beating Sassuolo 3-0 with goals from Angel Di Maria and Dusan Vlahovic – TGP looks back on the game and the key take-aways from the Bianconeri’s first match…
All will change swiftly, and my hope is that the cynicism that underlies much of what will follow, will be proven so terribly misguided over the coming weeks, that I will be in line at…
With the worst kept secrets now coming to fruition, as Di Maria is pictured with Max and Pogba is welcomed to Turin exiting private jet, it is fair to say the mercato has more officially…
The mercato circus has come to town and its garish screams, roars and ghoulish rides are again a daily avalanche across our screens…seeping into our daydreams and nightmares, igniting brutal twitter ‘wars’ and generally twisting…
It is a tricky task to find time to scout the horde of players we have outside the senior squad, whether in the U23 or U19 sides at the club, or plying their trade out…
Looking back on my brief ramblings after the coppa final defeat sheds light on the framework of my overview for the season and attempt to provide a cynical barometer of our current plight and what…
With the season expectations now narrowed to 4th spot in the table, with sole remaining potential for silverware in the coppa italia, many minds are moving to the Summer. When great hope abounds of further…
The announcement from Arrivabene came as no major shock in it’s general message, though the explanation and details have led to much debate of how both the club and agent(s) involved have handled the affair.…
We have become much more solid, organised, disciplined with our movements under Max. This has shown hugely in the last few games. And clearly has long been worked upon, with the squad as a whole,…
MERCATO mumblings – Late January I must say that I am a little surprised. Pleasantly so. As I have become accustomed to abject failure both on and off the field for many moons now, I…
We seem rather strapped for cash. I don’t know the exact figures and doubt anybody knows them. It is never good business sense to reveal you are poor. Yet our financial matters seem harrowing, in…
I have been out of sorts of late, due to an unexpected, certainly unwelcome, yet ultimately unavoidable motorcycle accident involving a three vehicle pile up in my intended direction of travel. Which has led to…a…
First on the agenda must be Dejan Kulusevski. Who is rumoured to be on his way out, with none other than our old friend Paratici apparently eager to try pluck him from Turin and offer…
Has the ritiro helped create unity and more importantly belief and hunger? Early signs against Zenith were very positive, for with a bit more luck, better finishing, we could and should have won 6-2. Too…
Once again, all too quickly, we are back in the headlines for the wrong reasons. Wailing despondency erupted, within the fanbase and mainstream pundit platforms after our midweek home defeat to Sassuolo. Which was the…
After a run which has seen us win 7 of the last 8, producing a superb quarter of clean sheets and 1-0 victories of late, we now face an important test in the derby d’italia…
A fairly dogged performance against a very well organised Zenith side, saw Juve emerge with another clean sheet and 3 more vital points. Not much worked well going forward, barely any quality passages of play…
Such a shame we had the international break to truncate what felt like a steady improvement in our form and results. The momentum was building, and with so many players sent away on national team…
We sit in 7th after a haphazard start to the campaign which many of us felt so positive towards before the first game of the season. For Paratici had gone! Pirlo had gone! And yet…
After the impressive performance against Chelsea mid week, enthusiasm and hope are resurgent in the rank and file. Doubts of Max losing his way terribly were put to the sword as he got the tactics…
Our second toughest game of the group stage beckons with the visit of current European Champions Chelsea. With most juventini expecting very little, given our recent and long term form contrasts hideously with the amazing…
With results of late showing signs of promise and most of the squad fit and fairly sharp, Juve welcome Roberto D’Aversa’s Sampdoria side to Turin in the hope of finding more elusive and hugely needed…
Despite the dire state of our league position, both before and after, I was encouraged by the performance against AC. For whilst they were missing a few players, they are a team in superb form,…
Big test for the side, who should have regained some confidence and perhaps even a semblance of cohesion after the solid 0-3 victory away to Malmo midweek…. We proved for 45 minutes we could maintain…
Tek – Thankfully wasn’t tested with any clear cut chances due to a very well organised rearguard. Positive to see him punching cleanly, and also coming out sharply to block an angle. A fresh start,…
Preview We welcome back all the south american contingent to the squad – other than Arthur – and no doubt also to the first XI, as we head to Sweden to open our CL campaign…
Despite the one way traffic of the opening 20-25 minutes – with 6 corners conceded in just 11 minutes – I felt that we looked quite solid. That Max had got the shape right and…
We certainly are not in the best of shape. Or in any discernible shape whatsoever. Given the first two games have seen regretful results, huge chopping and changing, experimentation, some sparks of life, hugely costly…
Whilst the mercato window closed shut with no last minute addition to the troublesome midfield area, or any serious challenge to the long jaded Sandro, this summer we did make one major signing other than…
(NB – This was submitted prior to the start of the season, yet still holds value!) We have been here too many times lately, it’s been season after season since Max Allegris departure, too many…
10-15 minutes of high pressing, positive football gave way to a deafening reminder of the mess we have been in for many months, perhaps a few years. Last weekend we played better, quite well for…
The latest and final instalment of Ronaldo FC has come and gone. We now can once more become Juventus FC, starting with a home tie against Empoli. ZJ writer, Dave Dwicarta, offered this solid piece…
With less than a week to pass before the mercato door slams shut the media is awash with cruel rumours of the gilded Portuguese seeking a hasty exit from Juve. I say cruel, because offering…
What could have served as a solid, if unspectacular start to the new campaign, was transformed into disappointment as Polish keeper Szcesney threw away victory almost singlehandedly. And yet even with the promising signs in…
Finally we reach the start of a new season. Beginning second phase Max with a trip to face Udinese this Sunday. It has been a tumultuous time for the club, having been forced to make…
By now most have become settled, reluctantly or not, with the incredibly quiet mercato. Whilst there have been some comings and goings, all have been low key with many of those we hoped could be…
Many of us have our own versions of support for a club, of bond to the managers, colours, history, successes, failures, greatest and worst players. It differs from fan to fan, and hugely so between…
We all love a brazillian wonderkid. And for many moons we have looked jealously upon other clubs signing these would be superstars, a staggeringly high number of which in the least become decent players. I…
Zauli enjoyed a decent debut season as coach with the Juve u23 side, with the team just squeezing into the top 10 for a respectable mid table finish and qualification for the season end knock-out…
The above is just an overview. With some choice comments from the total presentation found below. “I must thank Real Madrid president for the opportunity he gave me. I picked Juventus because of my love…
It came as only vague surprise to find the latest former player to visit Continassa linked with a job at the club. And now it appears employed by the club. With Simone Padoin rejoining the…
Rumours abound of our brazillian midfielder Arthur, many of them ugly, and to my mind, unwarranted. Whether we were expecting him to return somehow transformed into a world class component of our new Max era…
No doubt like many with some italian blood flowing through their veins you are recovering from the carnival of tension, hope, fear and ultimate glory from this morning…the wake-up alarm at 443am was met with…
CONFERRAL OF PROXIES RELATING TO THE FOOTBALL AREA TO THE DIRECTOR OFADMINISTRATION MAURIZIO ARRIVABENE The Board of Directors examined the impacts deriving from the continuation of the Covid-19 pandemic andupdated the related estimates. Compared to…
Already began the coverage of Italy HERE, but no time to get into individual reports of all the games as they are coming thick and fast. So…seems for the best to have an open thread…
Much excitement abounded last Summer as we finally, after a protracted chase, secured brazillian midfielder Arthur Melo. Some said we were getting a steal – a Xavi like young talent in exchange for Pjanic in…
I refused to get too carried away before the opening game. Qualification has been impressive, no doubt. Mancini has developed a system and squad which functions well in every area and buzzes forward with a…
I refused to get too carried away before the opening game. Qualification has been impressive, no doubt. Mancini has developed a system and squad which functions well in every area and buzzes forward with a…
Obviously, I am not referring to his presence, gravitas, influence or even technique as a living legend of Juve and the game beyond. I mean who will we sign as our next number two, to…
I see a lot of people are desperate for the club to sign Donnarumma. Almost as if it would be an insult to the fans and our history if this were not to happen and…
Whilst rumours fly around of the usual suspects, changing direction with the wind, there is close to nothing of much substance regarding a certain former player who many would love to see return to the…
I was too long delayed in finishing my own piece on the return of Max Allegri, which began and had paused just as the waves of confirmation began washing over my shoreline. Some of the…
The first shockwave erupted from Turin last night when news broke of Paratici leaving after 11 years at the club. It came as no major surprise and whilst I am happy to see him go,…
I am glad to find Gattuso signing for Fiorentina as was dismayed to learn of a few sources suggesting he was being seriously considered by the Juve board hunkered down in their bunker, cut off…
On the final day of the season, Juve managed to produce a high level performance to crush Bologna 1-4, which due to Napoli’s failure to defeat Verona, raised us into champions league qualification at the…
It is difficult to find much enthusiasm, let alone excitement for this final episode of what has proven one of the most underwhelming seasons I can remember. And yet there is a hint of expectation.…
One of our most solid performances of the season came at the right time…for the coppa italia at least. Both sides came out the blocks eager, with Atalanta doing most the offensive work in the…
Any juve fan who has followed the club the last few years will know that we have some quite serious problems. After our superb stint under Conte then Max, which led to plenty of silverware…
A welcome result at a critical time which keeps us in the running for a top four spot with just two games remaining. It would be madness to suggest we merited the result on clear…
What is left to say that has not already been said, time and time again? The club is lurching from disaster to disaster. Talk of arguments in the management are unsurprising and what the devil…
With the super league saga continuing to provide dull updates, and now constant media focus on Pirlo, Max, Agnelli, Paratici…its easy to forget we have football matches to play. And this coming game against AC…
It will come as little surprise to anyone who has been following Pirlo’s tactical circling around a tangled mess of lofty idealism and arrogant refusal to begin with the basics, to find the following analysis>…
All remains unfortunately muddled. With speculation abounding of not just Pirlo, not just Paratici, but even Andrea Agnelli perhaps to be replaced, I am thankful for the chance to focus on the actual football, rather…
Pirlo to remain if we manage 4th or even 5th? or perhaps shipped out as Max returns? Andrea Agnelli to be replaced by…Alessandro Nasi? Paratici and Nedved OUT…Lippi and Marotta IN??? Will John Elkann act…
I will hope to wake tomorrow and learn of a comprehensive victory over a close to already relegated Parma rather than yet more hideous reports of Agnelli shitting the nest. The visitors are 10 points…
Despite far reaching opposition not just from many commentators who suspect this is a cash grab and further monopolisation of the industry by the richest clubs, Andrea Agnelli, Juventus President and ECA chairman has perhaps…
We have 8 games remaining in the league. Atalanta sit 1 point behind us in 4th spot, with Napoli 3 points away in 5th. Lazio have a game in hand and could be 4 points…
Now and then I come across a transfer fee in the youth ranks which instantly makes me raise an eyebrow. Then delve to take a deeper peek at why we have invested far more than…
Could the solid performance against Napoli mid week prove a watershed moment in Pirlo’s career at Juve? That is the question I keep asking myself and with Genoa next on the chopping board, the coach…
I was shocked to find the starting line-up announced. My mind confused, unable to make any sense in what appeared a proper formation absent of any players obviously out of position or expected to play…
All is hideous presently with Juve. Poor form, poor results. Pirlo’s position questioned hourly. Dumped out the CL with two awful games against a team we were expected to beat. Dropping down the table with…
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result” PRE-MATCH Well, where to begin? Pretty much the entire build up to the Derby was negative, and…
A quiet time for juve matters on field, which leads to the usual recalibration of focus towards the mercato, even though that circus remains an age away. Still, as it is all we have, it…
We have the weakest coach in every competition we have entered this campaign. Yet one of the strongest squads. I would suggest we also have one of, if not the weakest coaching teams – given…
When Maurizio Sarri was announced as the Juventus manager back in the beginning of the 2019/20 season, what excited me the most was the possibility of growth that Dybala could endure under him. We all…
Our final league fixture before the international break finds Benevento visiting Turin. Managed by our former goal poacher specialist Pippo Inzaghi the visitors are very much still in the mix to secure their top flight…
With still a further season remaining on the ageing superstar’s mega contract, our recent failure in the CL and worrying financial situation may well meet with Ronaldo’s eagerness to finish his career at the top…which…
A decent first half showing with Ronaldo capitalizing on some appalling defending for a well taken hatrick and 0-3 lead at the break. Unfortunately, we emerged from the changing rooms lethargic, disjointed and were outplayed…
I will dispense with much muttering for there is only one thing on all our minds… We expect a RESPONSE. We expect to see the players from the first to the last whistle fighting for…
The angst continues to burn hot in many, occupy any media ever focused on Juve, with the same cycle of questions raised. Is the Ronaldo purchase costing us too much for too little? Is Pirlo…
After all the chaos of COVID, playing to empty stadiums, injuries, Pirlo learning on the job, keeping us in the running (just) for all we seek to win, our whole season narrows down, becomes blinkered…
We return to league action this weekend with the hope of building upon the comprehensive second half drubbing of Spezia. A match which continued our hapless form for an hour before Pirlo rectified his mistakes…
After an hour of listless, uncoordinated failure to string even three passes together in the final third, Pirlo offered evidence that he may still have the solutions to the problems, even if the problems are…
Much furore abounded after the abject performance against Verona. Pirlo showed signs of cracking in the post match interview. More mainstream pundits have begun to pose the same concerns many here at ZJ have long…
I am unsurprised to find the press asking more questions of Pirlo’s selection and system. They echo the bother a fair few of us have held since the season begun. Close to every game we…
After the training session against Crotone, news of mega financial losses and a growing injury list…we head to the romantic city of Verona this weekend. A tie which should/could offer at least a semblance of…
The latest Board of Directors financial report makes worrying reading. “In detail, the higher loss in the first half of the year is essentially attributable to lower revenues of € 64 million, related to lower…
A fairly business-like performance, spurning far more chances than we converted, saw us run out easy winners in the easiest fixture we will face this season. Ronaldo was in fine form, who we relied upon…
Juve welcome basement dwellers Crotone tonight and the opportunity to regain any semblance of form could not come more gift wrapped. For our opponents are wretched, having lost 5 of their last 6 games and…
Browsing the muddled, generally ME ME ME twitter realm earlier today when strewn happily on a bed of sand with the soothing symphony of the ocean lapping at the shoreline near my lower paws I…
Licking our wounds from the loss to Napoli, Pirlo and his charges have instant opportunity for redemption. And perhaps…this matters more than the league campaign, as it provides the chance to finally face off against…