Waking at 432am, stumbling and grumbling to the kitchen to avoid waking the mad pixie queen and her slumbering toddler, I was not exactly horrified or surprised, but certainly disheartened by the starting XI Max deployed.
April 17, 2019 - 19:00 / thegutterpoetI was quite bleary eyed for the first twenty minutes or so, but after several cups of tea, I was lucid. And unsurprised to find the pattern of the game had become one of steady Ajax exuberance, a vociferous crowd with Juve cut and thrust attempts leading to mere flashes in the pan.
April 11, 2019 - 14:42 / thegutterpoetWhilst many are still reveling in the afterglow of Tuesday eve’s heroics – rightfully so – it seems right to offer my first positive appraisal of Max and the direction of the side as a whole for too many moons to count.
March 14, 2019 - 9:51 / thegutterpoetI have been surprised this season. Not by the anaemic outing in Spain last night. Nor by our performances since August.
February 21, 2019 - 19:12 / thegutterpoetIt has been coming. I have watched plenty of games this season, close to every match of the last few years, and the only surprise is that it has taken this long for us to find our luck well running dry.
February 1, 2019 - 17:35 / thegutterpoetIt has been a fair while since I delved into the youth sector, though I have been keeping abreast of the general form of the primavera and of course the debut campaign of the U23 side.
January 20, 2019 - 11:42 / thegutterpoetA lot of discussion abounds when a player leaves any close to major Premier League club and especially when they are signed by a top European side outside of England.
January 14, 2019 - 8:00 / thegutterpoetI had the misfortune over the festive period of finding no good reason to avoid watching our beloved Juve live on Russian sopcast link
January 4, 2019 - 11:21 / thegutterpoetAllessandro Busti,18, made his international debut for the senior Canada side in their recent 5-0 drubbing of Domenican Republic in the nations league Concacaff edition
October 21, 2018 - 11:12 / thegutterpoetThe Juve B team finally kicked off their maiden voyage in Serie C (Girone A) with a home tie against a well seasoned Alessandria side.
September 25, 2018 - 14:17 / thegutterpoetThis might be the season when Max’s pragmatism truly sucks the life out of even those who have clung tightly to his collection of titles won at the club, whilst nervously looking on as the performances have continued to worsen.
September 2, 2018 - 14:47 / thegutterpoetAfter much debate, much pushing, legal challenges, threats of boycott and still no set fixtures in place or even an official squad list, finally we are on the verge of the launch of the Juve U23 side.
August 21, 2018 - 20:36 / thegutterpoetI am not at all as incensed as many appear to be regarding the potential return of Big Leo. He has long been one of my favourite players of all time in black and white.
July 24, 2018 - 15:58 / thegutterpoetI have found myself floating on air. Feeling like I am part of something extraordinary. Something that comes along once in a lifetime, if one is lucky
July 15, 2018 - 10:39 / thegutterpoetWith the World Cup slowing down to a brief halt, we have time to return our attentions to Juve matters. Yet I assume there are many like me, who having lost Italy from the qualifiers, are focusing mainly on the Juve contingent playing in Russia and maintaining steady vigil on the transfer front.
July 1, 2018 - 10:23 / thegutterpoetWith the action moved decisively from the field to the transfer market and a hint that the club might well be learning from recent bothers and aiming to get business finalised early doors, it seems the Right time to peek at the current crop of rumoured deals which refuse to die on the vine.
May 26, 2018 - 15:16 / thegutterpoetIt felt like we won the league yesterday. And perhaps we did, in all but official confirmation, which given our season long form could well come only at the final whistle of the game at home to Verona.
May 15, 2018 - 7:46 / thegutterpoetI was remarking to myself, as we approached the 90th minute…”Well, its been a fairly even game…they have made 2-3 half chances, we have made 0..
April 23, 2018 - 16:34 / thegutterpoetBetter late than never, comes the best parts of an interview with the technical director of the Juve Youth Sector – Federico Cherubini.
March 26, 2018 - 10:49 / thegutterpoetA brief glimpse at our progress thus far in the annual Viareggio tournament…
March 20, 2018 - 9:14 / thegutterpoet
