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Football triumphs over Anti-football…

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Pulse Check of a cornered BEAST…

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Juve Youth – Our future is more rosy than our present.

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Football triumphs over Anti-football...

Well before the final whistle it was feeling like a humiliation. The home side were passing the ball around, passionate partisan fans…
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Pulse Check of a cornered BEAST...

We have become an easy target. Juve have been blamed for any hint of an issue, it could be as innocuous in…
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Juve Youth - Our future is more rosy than our present.

Whilst the Max Allegri second coming continues to break records for TRUE HORROR. Not just the fanbase local and beyond aghast, but…
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Can this get any worse?

I have been somewhat bemused by the uptick in widespread unease and groaning of late, spreading slowly, grimly, steadily across the fan…
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What happened to Juventus??

It is hard to find informed, balanced coverage of football. An ever expanding multitude of podcasts and platforms promise much but deliver…
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Juventus Mercato flash flood update...

All will change swiftly, and my hope is that the cynicism that underlies much of what will follow, will be proven so…
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Juventus Mercato - It has begun...

With the worst kept secrets now coming to fruition, as Di Maria is pictured with Max and Pogba is welcomed to Turin…
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Juventus Mercato Mutterings

The mercato circus has come to town and its garish screams, roars and ghoulish rides are again a daily avalanche across our…
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Who are Matteo Brunori and Giacomo Vrioni???

It is a tricky task to find time to scout the horde of players we have outside the senior squad, whether in…
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The marvel of Miretti

With the season expectations now narrowed to 4th spot in the table, with sole remaining potential for silverware in the coppa italia,…
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Give the kids a chance...

We seem rather strapped for cash. I don’t know the exact figures and doubt anybody knows them. It is never good business…
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Juventus Youth report

Zauli enjoyed a decent debut season as coach with the Juve u23 side, with the team just squeezing into the top 10…
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Filling the abyss and Mr Arrives Well

CONFERRAL OF PROXIES RELATING TO THE FOOTBALL AREA TO THE DIRECTOR OFADMINISTRATION MAURIZIO ARRIVABENE The Board of Directors examined the impacts deriving…
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Who is Giacomo Vrioni?

Now and then I come across a transfer fee in the youth ranks which instantly makes me raise an eyebrow. Then delve…
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Juve 3-0 Spezia

After an hour of listless, uncoordinated failure to string even three passes together in the final third, Pirlo offered evidence that he…
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The revolution to continue?

Browsing the muddled, generally ME ME ME twitter realm earlier today when strewn happily on a bed of sand with the soothing…
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Juventus Youth Sector focus

It seems like a different age, maybe a different man, when I last found time to delve into the youth sector. So…
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AC Milan v Juventus preview

We head to Milan (perhaps) on the back of a resounding victory over Udinese yet nonetheless with a certain valid trepidation. For…
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I am hurting…

[Editors note: The following article was written prior to the news of Maurizio Sarri’s sacking] Such strange and contrasting emotions were abounding…
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Juve U23 beat Padova to progress to Serie B play-offs!

I had thought it was all over for the B team, and yet, it transpires that through winning the Serie C coppa…
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Triumph for Juve B team and something curious…

Fabio Pecchia ended his debut campaign as U23 coach with victory in the Serie C coppa italia final on Saturday. Goals from…
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The quiet vanishing of Mario Mandzukic…and can Sarri prosper?

Prior to the Corona issue I had started writing this piece in early March, which still seems timely enough to continue with…
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Missing Beppe Marotta

I had conjured a lengthy piece after the Verona game. Yet after re-reading my cynical mutterings I found too many echoes of…
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Looking to the future – Will Juve give youth a chance?

With the senior side failing to spark into life, drudgery abounds domestically with some life still found on the European front, it…
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Will Sarriball fit the Juventus squad?

After the lengthy process of finally announcing Sarri as the new boss, we have now moved onto the usual mercato meanderings though…
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Thoughts on Juve’s summer and the mercato

How bizarre our mercato suddenly seems, at  least with first glance and a primal response. The laudable work to bring in Rabiot,…
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Juventus Youth Prospects – Building our way to success

Whilst the seniors were made to appear laboured, disjointed, ancient in their movements when faced with the youthful exuberance of the Ajax…
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Juventus Youth update

It has been a fair while since I delved into the youth sector, though I have been keeping abreast of the general…
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Youth Squad International Update

A brief overview of international endeavor of our youth sector… Allessandro Busti,18, made his international debut for the senior Canada side in…
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Juventus youth update

The Juve B team finally kicked off their maiden voyage in Serie C (Girone A) with a home tie against a well…
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And so it begins…Juve B Team set to launch and MATCH REPORTS

After much debate, much pushing, legal challenges, threats of boycott and still no set fixtures in place or even an official squad…
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Reality bites…

I was remarking to myself, as we approached the 90th minute… “Well, its been a fairly even game…they have made 2-3 half…
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Juventus Youth Update – Cherubini Interview and Winter Mercato

Better late than never, comes the best parts of an interview with the technical director of the Juve Youth Sector – Federico…
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Viareggio Tournament – Juventus (U19) Primavera

A brief glimpse at our progress thus far in the annual Viareggio tournament… Juve 2-2 Rijeka JUVENTUS (4-3-3): Busti; Vogliacco, Pereira, Zanandrea, Anzolin; Morrone (1…
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One swallow does not a Summer make…Spurs 1-2 Juventus

Before I reveal the thoughts which have crystallised from brief pulses in my synapses to more concrete conclusions over the course of…
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Juventus Youth report – January 5th 2018

The weather has been Hades. 43C yet still the beach was crowded, as I waded up and down the bay to try…
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Juventus Youth Mercato

(NB early September) Much time has passed, the season has begun in truncated fashion and many are seeing the return to action…
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Mutterings in black and white on the road to Vilnius…

Many, myself included, were left with that same feeling of unexpected despondency from the first hour of the Supercoppa match against Lazio…
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Reaction to Szczesny and De Sciglio signings…

I was, like many others, rather befuddled when news first broke earlier this year that Szczesny had been chosen as Buffon’s successor…
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Con te partiro – Who is Leaving Juventus?

With the focus presently very much on potential new recruits, I feel it is worthwhile to consider those who might be offered…
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Juve starlets head to South Korea for the U20 FIFA World Cup

Italy kick off their U20 world cup campaign today with a tough fixture with Uruguay, who topped the South America qualification tournament…
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Juventus 2-1 Monaco Champions League Report and Player Ratings

We created eight very presentable chances whilst conceding just the two for the visitors. Thankfully we took two and they took just…
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Juventus Youth and Loans Update – May 2017

As we approach the end of the season, it is high time for me to run the rule over our huge range…
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Atalanta 2-2 Juventus Player Ratings

Player Ratings Buffon – Could do little for either goal, other than which made a couple of comfortable saves. 5.5 Bonucci –…
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Roma 3-1 Juventus Match Report & Player Ratings

Player Ratings Buffon – At fault for the opener when the great man pushed away what could be caught, the ball falling…
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Juventus 1-0 FC Porto Champions League Review and Player Ratings

Player Ratings Buffon – Yet again a spectator for much of the game. Was not at fault for the two chances presented…
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Monaco 0-2 Juventus Champions League Report

Player Ratings Buffon – Superb and faultless. Santo Buffon was in special form, making two top drawer saves, distributing the ball calmly…
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Juventus 3-1 Napoli – Coppa Italia Semi 1st leg

Player Ratings Neto – Other than the goal conceded, for which he had no chance, the Brazilian had not one proper save…
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Juventus 2-0 Empoli Match Report and Player Ratings

Player Ratings Neto – I believe the number two gatekeeper may have made one save, which didn’t trouble him in the slightest…
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Porto 0 – 2 Juventus Champions League Roundup

Like many others, I was very much looking forward to this match. The first opportunity to test our new system outside of…
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Juventus 4-1 Palermo Match Review and Player Ratings

Player Ratings Buffon – Made a couple of solid, yet comfortable saves in a match where the goal was rarely threatened. No…
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Cagliari 0-2 Juventus…We march (stroll) ever onwards.

Player Ratings Buffon – Was unchallenged for much of the game and when called upon late on in the second Santo Buffon…
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Crotone 0-2 Juventus Match Review & Player Ratings

Our game in hand finally drew upon us, with a visit to struggling, surely condemned to relegation Crotone. Allegri stuck with the…
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Juventus Youth Sector Report February 2017

Finally the curtains have been closed on a typically lively Winter mercato for the youth sector of Juventus. As is all too often…
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Juventus Official Winter Mercato January 2017

A full list of Juventus transfers for the January 2017 transfer window. Purchases Tomas Rincon DM/CM – EU8m Genoa (Fee could rise…
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Sassuolo 0-2 Juventus Match Review and Player Ratings

Player Ratings Buffon – Fresh from celebrating his 39th birthday, Santo Buffon enjoyed the sunshine, offered an outlet at the back to…
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Juventus 2-0 Lazio Match Review and Player Ratings

Player Ratings Buffon – Largely untested, one of his quietest games for many moons. Made one routine save down low, other than…
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Fiorentina 2-1 Juventus Match Review

Player Ratings Buffon – Was outfoxed for the opener but should have done much better for the second. Which was basically a…
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Juventus 3-2 Atalanta Coppa Italia – By the skin of our teeth

Player Ratings Neto – A spectator until the final half hour horror show. And could do very little about either goal conceded. 6…
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Juventus 3-0 Bologna Match Report and Player Ratings

It didn’t take long to ease past the concerns which come naturally after the Winter break. Had Higuain overdone the christmas pudding?…
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Irons in The Fire – Juventus Youth Report December 31st 2016

With the dawn of a new year fast approaching on the horizon, and my eagerness to embrace a brutal epitaph of Obama’s…
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Juventus 1-1 AC Milan Supercoppa Italia (3-4 on penalties AET)

Player Ratings Buffon – Could do little about the equaliser, made a solid save in the shoot-out and also kept out a…
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Genoa 3-1 Juventus Match Report

Our heaviest defeat of the campaign, and one which whilst unexpected comes as no major surprise given the likely release of anxiety…
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Chievo 1-2 Juventus Match Review

Player Ratings Buffon – Largely untested, as is often the case, yet could do nothing with the penalty conceded and made a…
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Juventus 1-1 Lyon Champions League Match Review

An entertaining match all round, with Lyon leaving Turin with a very hard fought and ultimately deserved point. A decent european night…
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Juventus 4-1 Sampdoria Match Report

Little time for an in depth report as many elements are hounding me for attention, one of them holding a pigs ear…
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Empoli 0-3 Juventus Match Review

Player Ratings Buffon – Largely untested, though produced a couple of solid saves, commanded the box well and his distribution was calm…
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Back on track : Juventus 4-0 Cagliari

After last Sunday’s horror-show against arch rivals Inter Milan we were fortunate to welcome Cagliari to Turin as sacrificial lambs to the…
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Keeping the purse strings tight…

This mercato has been one of major upheaval, and with the transfer drawbridge soon to be raised I thought it timely to delve…
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Status Report on the eve of a new dawn…

It is a bother, to find ourselves in a similar situation to this time last year. In that we have not completed…
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Axel Witsel to join Juventus?

As the Pogba story continues to bore and drag inexorably towards a finale fit for an audience of trainee clowns, I am…
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Making space for Pjaca…

Whilst the interminable focus of the mass media remains steadfastly following Pogba’s bowel movements, I have been pondering our signings to date….
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Looking to the future…

Whilst the world apparently shifts on its axis as BREXIT mass hysteria engulfs the many, and my own concerns lie in the…
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2015/16 Youth Sector Analysis – The promising, the average and the woeful

Not since Marchisio have we seen a bona fide home grown star emerge from the youth sector to find a place in…
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Juventus 5 – 0 Sampdoria. Lambs to the Slaughter…

Despite the mathematical confirmation of our 34th scudetto arriving a few weeks back both fans and players deserved a spectacle to celebrate…
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Taking stock and how to further blossom…

With the league fixture remaining a chance merely to prance and revel in the afterglow of championship glory, Allegri officially extending his…
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Coppa Italia Final – AC Milan 0-1 Juventus

I’ve just had to watch the highlights to seek out anything I may have missed from the match from the first viewing….
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Juventus 1-0 Napoli Match Report – Back where we belong…(13th February 2016)

Juventus 1-0 Napoli Scorers: Zaza 88 (J) Serie A Week 25 –  Saturday, 13th February – 19:45 GMT – Juventus Stadium We…
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The boss has weathered the storm superbly…(21/12/2015)

I had planned on conjuring my analysis of the chaotic Carpi match from many pages of notes I made during the game….