Juventus Mercato Mutterings
I seem to have developed a sporadic case of hysteria. With any serious rumours of tactics and transfers sending me quickly towards wild joy or plummeting deep into a well of woe.
August 31, 2020 - 9:39 / thegutterpoet-
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Il Maestro – Thoughts on the appointment of Andrea Pirlo
Saturday 8th August was a circus of the bizarre. It was as if the sky became the ground, the compass spun, the poles of the planet played musical chairs.
August 18, 2020 - 15:16 / thegutterpoet -
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I am hurting…
Such strange and contrasting emotions were abounding in my essence as the final few minutes of stoppage time wore down. Part of me was wanting the proudly hapless Felix Zwayer to blow the whistle and put us out of our misery.
August 8, 2020 - 14:48 / thegutterpoet -
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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 italia, Pecchia’s troops qualified for the first round of the promotion playoffs.
July 11, 2020 - 10:51 / thegutterpoet -
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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 Brunori and Rafia earned the side a 2-1 victory over Ternana. Unsurprisingly its the first time we have ever won this competition.
June 29, 2020 - 13:41 / thegutterpoet -
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A gamble that never made sense…Part One
I gain no pleasure from finding echoes of my own longstanding cynicism emerging from other commentators. For when it comes to Juve, I always want to be proven completely wrong with my repetitive wailing of all that is deflating and worrying.
June 23, 2020 - 10:54 / thegutterpoet -
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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 thoughts of the now…
June 5, 2020 - 12:10 / thegutterpoet -
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Rolando Mandragora to return to Juve and other mutterings…
I have long been a fan of Rolando Mandragora. He looked superb in his early career – a strapping lad, dominant in the middle of the park, able to pass, hustle, win much in the air due to his physical outline, tenacious, powerful.
April 12, 2020 - 10:13 / thegutterpoet -
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Missing Beppe Marotta
had conjured a lengthy piece after the Verona game. Yet after re-reading my cynical mutterings I found too many echoes of previous reports.
February 11, 2020 - 15:57 / thegutterpoet -
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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,
January 4, 2020 - 13:57 / thegutterpoet -
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Where is Sarriball?
The performance in Riyad came as no surprise, nor the result. A defeat serving as a clear and fair barometer of the first half of Sarri’s debut campaign in the hot seat.
December 27, 2019 - 9:38 / thegutterpoet -
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I had a dream…
Perhaps there is something of value to astrology. For my chart suggests I am an egomaniac, berserk Romeo with a monstrous intensity…
December 4, 2019 - 16:42 / thegutterpoet -
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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, Ramsey and De Ligt as huge and much needed signings
August 9, 2019 - 16:20 / thegutterpoet -
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Thoughts on Sarri’s Juventus so far
With the managerial situation resolved, the midfield and defence hugely upgraded and the mercato still very much in full swing I feel there is cause to open discussions….
July 28, 2019 - 11:28 / thegutterpoet -
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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 to be fair the club do appear to have very clear goals and are working swiftly to get the squad together sooner rather than later.
June 30, 2019 - 11:39 / thegutterpoet -
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The revolution has begun – Thoughts on Sarri at Juventus
I didnt think we would sign him. His middle finger salute. His complete lack of being a company man. His exchange with Mancini. His character of holding firm to his values, no matter the cost.
June 18, 2019 - 14:28 / thegutterpoet -
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Waiting for Godot…
What began as exciting, the dawn of a new era, something we all wanted to happen but thought never could…has now slowly descended to confusion, deflation and some concern.
May 31, 2019 - 12:27 / thegutterpoet -
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The rumour mill has been dizzying…
Its been a damn whirlwind of incessant tweets and journalists with inside knowledge and denials and hopes and dreams rising so swiftly then dashed against the rocks as abruptly as they appeared and we find ourselves back to the same scene with no end in sight
May 26, 2019 - 9:39 / thegutterpoet -
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Allegri to leave Juventus – Initial reaction
And so its finally happened…the departure of Max Allegri official, despite the words of Andrea Agnelli of late and Paratici, who we can no longer trust as a result of this…
May 17, 2019 - 14:53 / thegutterpoet -
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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 squad which outplayed them over both legs of the recent senior ties in the Champions League, the tables were turned at U17 level…
April 25, 2019 - 15:53 / thegutterpoet
