Articles from the TGP
Well before the final whistle it was feeling like a humiliation. The home side were passing the ball around, passionate partisan fans…
We have become an easy target. Juve have been blamed for any hint of an issue, it could be as innocuous in…
Whilst the Max Allegri second coming continues to break records for TRUE HORROR. Not just the fanbase local and beyond aghast, but…
I have been somewhat bemused by the uptick in widespread unease and groaning of late, spreading slowly, grimly, steadily across the fan…
It is hard to find informed, balanced coverage of football. An ever expanding multitude of podcasts and platforms promise much but deliver…
All will change swiftly, and my hope is that the cynicism that underlies much of what will follow, will be proven so…
With the worst kept secrets now coming to fruition, as Di Maria is pictured with Max and Pogba is welcomed to Turin…
The mercato circus has come to town and its garish screams, roars and ghoulish rides are again a daily avalanche across our…
It is a tricky task to find time to scout the horde of players we have outside the senior squad, whether in…
With the season expectations now narrowed to 4th spot in the table, with sole remaining potential for silverware in the coppa italia,…
We seem rather strapped for cash. I don’t know the exact figures and doubt anybody knows them. It is never good business…
Zauli enjoyed a decent debut season as coach with the Juve u23 side, with the team just squeezing into the top 10…
CONFERRAL OF PROXIES RELATING TO THE FOOTBALL AREA TO THE DIRECTOR OFADMINISTRATION MAURIZIO ARRIVABENE The Board of Directors examined the impacts deriving…
Now and then I come across a transfer fee in the youth ranks which instantly makes me raise an eyebrow. Then delve…
After an hour of listless, uncoordinated failure to string even three passes together in the final third, Pirlo offered evidence that he…
Browsing the muddled, generally ME ME ME twitter realm earlier today when strewn happily on a bed of sand with the soothing…
It seems like a different age, maybe a different man, when I last found time to delve into the youth sector. So…
We head to Milan (perhaps) on the back of a resounding victory over Udinese yet nonetheless with a certain valid trepidation. For…
[Editors note: The following article was written prior to the news of Maurizio Sarri’s sacking] Such strange and contrasting emotions were abounding…
I had thought it was all over for the B team, and yet, it transpires that through winning the Serie C coppa…
Fabio Pecchia ended his debut campaign as U23 coach with victory in the Serie C coppa italia final on Saturday. Goals from…
Prior to the Corona issue I had started writing this piece in early March, which still seems timely enough to continue with…
I had conjured a lengthy piece after the Verona game. Yet after re-reading my cynical mutterings I found too many echoes of…
With the senior side failing to spark into life, drudgery abounds domestically with some life still found on the European front, it…
After the lengthy process of finally announcing Sarri as the new boss, we have now moved onto the usual mercato meanderings though…
How bizarre our mercato suddenly seems, at least with first glance and a primal response. The laudable work to bring in Rabiot,…
Whilst the seniors were made to appear laboured, disjointed, ancient in their movements when faced with the youthful exuberance of the Ajax…
It has been a fair while since I delved into the youth sector, though I have been keeping abreast of the general…
A brief overview of international endeavor of our youth sector… Allessandro Busti,18, made his international debut for the senior Canada side in…
The Juve B team finally kicked off their maiden voyage in Serie C (Girone A) with a home tie against a well…
After much debate, much pushing, legal challenges, threats of boycott and still no set fixtures in place or even an official squad…
I was remarking to myself, as we approached the 90th minute… “Well, its been a fairly even game…they have made 2-3 half…
Better late than never, comes the best parts of an interview with the technical director of the Juve Youth Sector – Federico…
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…
Before I reveal the thoughts which have crystallised from brief pulses in my synapses to more concrete conclusions over the course of…
The weather has been Hades. 43C yet still the beach was crowded, as I waded up and down the bay to try…
(NB early September) Much time has passed, the season has begun in truncated fashion and many are seeing the return to action…
Many, myself included, were left with that same feeling of unexpected despondency from the first hour of the Supercoppa match against Lazio…
I was, like many others, rather befuddled when news first broke earlier this year that Szczesny had been chosen as Buffon’s successor…
With the focus presently very much on potential new recruits, I feel it is worthwhile to consider those who might be offered…
Italy kick off their U20 world cup campaign today with a tough fixture with Uruguay, who topped the South America qualification tournament…
We created eight very presentable chances whilst conceding just the two for the visitors. Thankfully we took two and they took just…
As we approach the end of the season, it is high time for me to run the rule over our huge range…
Player Ratings Buffon – Could do little for either goal, other than which made a couple of comfortable saves. 5.5 Bonucci –…
Player Ratings Buffon – At fault for the opener when the great man pushed away what could be caught, the ball falling…
Player Ratings Buffon – Yet again a spectator for much of the game. Was not at fault for the two chances presented…
Player Ratings Buffon – Superb and faultless. Santo Buffon was in special form, making two top drawer saves, distributing the ball calmly…
Player Ratings Neto – Other than the goal conceded, for which he had no chance, the Brazilian had not one proper save…
Player Ratings Neto – I believe the number two gatekeeper may have made one save, which didn’t trouble him in the slightest…
Like many others, I was very much looking forward to this match. The first opportunity to test our new system outside of…
Player Ratings Buffon – Made a couple of solid, yet comfortable saves in a match where the goal was rarely threatened. No…
Player Ratings Buffon – Was unchallenged for much of the game and when called upon late on in the second Santo Buffon…
Our game in hand finally drew upon us, with a visit to struggling, surely condemned to relegation Crotone. Allegri stuck with the…
Finally the curtains have been closed on a typically lively Winter mercato for the youth sector of Juventus. As is all too often…
A full list of Juventus transfers for the January 2017 transfer window. Purchases Tomas Rincon DM/CM – EU8m Genoa (Fee could rise…
Player Ratings Buffon – Fresh from celebrating his 39th birthday, Santo Buffon enjoyed the sunshine, offered an outlet at the back to…
Player Ratings Buffon – Largely untested, one of his quietest games for many moons. Made one routine save down low, other than…
Player Ratings Buffon – Was outfoxed for the opener but should have done much better for the second. Which was basically a…
Player Ratings Neto – A spectator until the final half hour horror show. And could do very little about either goal conceded. 6…
It didn’t take long to ease past the concerns which come naturally after the Winter break. Had Higuain overdone the christmas pudding?…
With the dawn of a new year fast approaching on the horizon, and my eagerness to embrace a brutal epitaph of Obama’s…
Player Ratings Buffon – Could do little about the equaliser, made a solid save in the shoot-out and also kept out a…
Our heaviest defeat of the campaign, and one which whilst unexpected comes as no major surprise given the likely release of anxiety…
Player Ratings Buffon – Largely untested, as is often the case, yet could do nothing with the penalty conceded and made a…
An entertaining match all round, with Lyon leaving Turin with a very hard fought and ultimately deserved point. A decent european night…
Little time for an in depth report as many elements are hounding me for attention, one of them holding a pigs ear…
Player Ratings Buffon – Largely untested, though produced a couple of solid saves, commanded the box well and his distribution was calm…
After last Sunday’s horror-show against arch rivals Inter Milan we were fortunate to welcome Cagliari to Turin as sacrificial lambs to the…
This mercato has been one of major upheaval, and with the transfer drawbridge soon to be raised I thought it timely to delve…
It is a bother, to find ourselves in a similar situation to this time last year. In that we have not completed…
As the Pogba story continues to bore and drag inexorably towards a finale fit for an audience of trainee clowns, I am…
Whilst the interminable focus of the mass media remains steadfastly following Pogba’s bowel movements, I have been pondering our signings to date….
Whilst the world apparently shifts on its axis as BREXIT mass hysteria engulfs the many, and my own concerns lie in the…
Not since Marchisio have we seen a bona fide home grown star emerge from the youth sector to find a place in…
Despite the mathematical confirmation of our 34th scudetto arriving a few weeks back both fans and players deserved a spectacle to celebrate…
With the league fixture remaining a chance merely to prance and revel in the afterglow of championship glory, Allegri officially extending his…
I’ve just had to watch the highlights to seek out anything I may have missed from the match from the first viewing….
Juventus 1-0 Napoli Scorers: Zaza 88 (J) Serie A Week 25 – Saturday, 13th February – 19:45 GMT – Juventus Stadium We…
I had planned on conjuring my analysis of the chaotic Carpi match from many pages of notes I made during the game….