According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Sky Sport, and several other outlets, Borussia Dortmund has finally reached an agreement with Juventus and Torino on the sale of Ciro Immobile. Dortmund will pay 19.4 million euros – roughly 26.3 million dollars – for Immobile, who has agreed on a five year contract paying around two million euros a season.
As this is a co-ownership, Juve and Torino split the money. So, Juve will receive around 9.7 million euros – 13.1 million dollars – for their half of Immobile. That’s slightly less than they paid for Tevez, and slightly less than they received for Alessandro Matri. Both deals were around 12 million euros.
It’s not a great deal for Juventus, but Dortmund just got themselves a proven striker – at least in the league – for under 20 million euros. Now Immobile will have a chance to play in Champions League, and for a “big” European side. It seems that, if anything, Immobile is the winner here.
Wow … That’s all I can say. Wow.
I like this move. Both for him and for the future of the national team. He’ll play on a big side, in the CL and get the experience and exposure he needs to be a prime time guy.
He didn’t want to be here, I don’t think he ever did. His run in with Pirlo last year probably said alot about the relationship between Immobile and Juve. Heck he may have even hard fouled Pirlo on purpose to make it impossible for them to play together. And besides that, his amount of playing time wouldn’t have been guaranteed the way the set up is so I really don’t blame him for not having to worry week in and week out how conte was feeling, fuck that.
Having said all that, it’s sad to see young italian talents like Verratti and Immobile feature on big teams in other countries.. This didn’t happen before but it’s starting to more and more…. Worrisome.
If Immobile is at Juve and he proves his skills, Conte will play him every week. Hasn’t he proved that with Tevez? The only person Conte has a fetish for is Padoin and he’s no attacker so he won’t interfere with Immobile.
Maybe you’re right about him fouling Pirlo on purpose, but it still sucks. We’re gonna see him play for Dortmund in the CL now and i am gonna be so butthurt when he scores lots for them.. On the other hand, it is good he didn’t come to us if he really didn’t want to, because then it wouldn’t have worked out anyway. Hopefully Berardi will surpass Immobile and we’re gonna play it smart this time.
I dont think Conte wants him which breaks my heart. Remember that they did work together in Siena the season prior to Contes return to Juve.
Who knows what happened there. Maybe they didn’t like eachother. And let’s be honest, the decission is easily made between Immobile and Conte. Conte’s meaning to the club far surpasses Immobile, so if they didn’t like eachother, Immobile has to go.
I think its because Conte knows Ciro isnt a hardworking striker… But neither is Llorente. So idk. I dont want to believe that they have a bad relationship tho.
Nor was vucinic but he was the number 1 striker for 2 seasons under him
But Vucinic did end up being a worker for the first season at least. Plus Mirko s great tactical ability which Conte greatly appreciates which is definitely an added bonus in Conte s eyes
This, and we had nothing better. Matri and Quags were underperforming.
Top Italian coaches are easy to come by, top Italian forwards aren’t so bountiful these days.. They can’t really have had a bad relationship having had barely any time together! Conte is obviously more important to us but there is no way they can have issues with each other and if conte doesn’t want him for tactical reasons then I’m not convinced conte knows tactics.
It doesnt take much to have a bad relationship with someone!
But still, i dont believe thats it. The only logical thing i can think up is Ciro not fitting into Contes favorite tactics. If we look at his past, its blatant that he prefers either a harworking/creative striker or a big man up top whose great with his feet and the poacher type strikers usually dont make it far with Conte i.e. Matri.
You still don’t know what happened between them. Remember Krasic and Conte? A couple of words were enough for him to make Krasic go away. You weren’t there, so you can’t judge about this. Atleast i think you weren’t there.
Assuming is just a dumb thing to do.
How about his fould on Tevez flying in from behind and taking his skin off through the sock? That said a lot to me.
Change title to “Official” They signed today. 4 years at borussia. He’ll probably be back in 3-6 years. Sign with Napoli, play with insigne.
Yea its practically official. If Conte didnt see him in his plans, ill be able to get over it eventually; i rather not waste him, but selling him for peanuts isnt easy for me to swallow.
It’s not official..
Torres is in some sublime form going into the world cup
https://gfycat.com/EminentFluffyHarrier
and this guy just got picked over llorente
Yep screw that.
Better for us, worst for spain 😀
thats true. If ever llorente would have played against us, he knew how the italian defence works since either 2 or 3 of them play at juve
Ibrah played at Juve. He has never done shit against Chiellini.
Ibra didn’t play in the same team as Chiellini though.
Ibrah was a starter while chiellini was on the bench yes. But Chiello still became a starter in 2006-07, when we needed him. Ibrah never did anything against Juve while at Inter or Milan. Chiello dominated him in every match.
But Archer means Llorente has played matches with Chiellini for a whole season now, so he knows how Chiellini approaches matches as a starter and handles it. Ibra was gone when Chiellini became a starter and Chiellini was benched when Ibra played for us. So Ibra has only trained together with Chiellini on the same team.
As an Italy fan I’m overjoyed by this news
As a dutch fan, i am too. I am already writing off the 13th of June. That would be such a dark day in the history of the Dutch.. Well it’s probably still gonna be a dark day, Torres or no Torres.
insane how this asshat gets picked over llorente.
Welcome to Serie A, Empoli! They deserve it. They deserved it last season but lost to Livorno i think. Now they made it anyway and Livorno is out already 😀
Idk why, the name “Empoli” always redirects my mind into thinking about the lost city of Atlantis.
Why’s that?
Italy vs Ireland starting now!!! Forza Azzurri!!
Montolivo injured
A pretty bad one too, probably going to miss WC
Hope not
Well there is always Verratti who has been brilliant so far.
Yeah but verratti should be going anyway
Meeh :p
Now Marchisio can play in the deeper roles or Verratti has more of a chance of playing
Marchisio always does.. Monto is used further forward for Italy
Well now Candreva can fill that position… See everything is peachy perfect
Sadly Im happy. Montolivo plays to much for how mediocre he is. I’d like to see Cassano make it too.
Same here. Im sad for Montilivo; this a terrible thing for anyone, but i believe this is better for Italy. Prandelli has his Montilivo fetish like Conte his super-Pado fetish and in all honesty, there are better players than him, especially for the Cam role. And i too wanna see Cassano, even if hes not the most loved player in Italy. He can provide a lot of creativity up top, but my first choice pair would still be Balo-Rossi.
You can’t compare montolivio with padoin.. Montolivio is actually a good player.. He’s just strangely disliked on this site. I wouldn’t say he should start for Italy but he deserves to go to brazil and to be one of the first off the bench
Im not comparing them, just the fetishes between the coaches. I dont hate him, but i dont think hes starting material nor do i think hes a player who could make an immediate difference if Italy were down. i would far rather start Pirlo, De Rossi, Marchisio and Veratti ahead of him(even if ive seen very little of Veratti). Yea Prandelli does often use him as an attacking mid, but even in the position i feel there more competent players than him who could make a bigger difference throughout all 90 mins or as a player that comes off the bench in attempt to change the game.
dude .. he’s disliked everywhere.
strangely? the guy is average at best, he has no business being on this team. They’re better off not.
Sirigu saving italy’s ass.
Are ireland just planning to injure all our players? Because they cant go to the world cup nobody can?
Makes sense :p
I looked at it more, Ireland isnt going to the world cup so that was there chance to make there statement they could have made in Brazil. Cheeky cunts though.
Statement? What statement? Look we can break people their legs so we could have easily won the world cup with that tactic!!
Naw. The statement that they are pissed they arent going to Brazil. I dont know why FIGC would schedule friendlies with cunts like Ireland either. Should know chippy lads like them would pull shit like that.
Real s Morata seems all set to play his football in Turin according to Di Marizio and AS.com(which is closely connected to Madrid or is owned by someone within the club). An agreement between the two clubs is all thats needed.
Damn, commentator said that the sideline mics recorded montolivo saying “Its broken..”
damn what? Im happy Montolivo wont be there. I dont wish any bad on him physically, but I never thought this guy should be a national team member.
Yeah dude national team or not, a broken tibia is a career threatening injury.
Like I said, I dont wish any harm on him and I think he’s feeling pretty shitty right now, but I’d rather the spot go to verratti or some other better dynamic player. Regardless of his injury, I dont like Montolivo and never did. I actually get furious when I see him on the pitch for the national team, but that’s just my opinion…
I’ve actually written about that a few times… My wish would have been for both aquilani and montolivo not to be anywhere near this team come world cup time.
Rossi has looked absolutely stellar so far. He hasnt skipped a beat playing and I cant wait to see him and Mario play together. De sciglio has been pretty good too. Immobile has had moments. Veratti, shit I love this kid. Such grinta.
Maaan i cant for the world cup!! I wanna watch Verratti play soo badly.
Darmian has been amazing too.
He’s been okay going forward but pretty awful at the back tbh
Bring on Balo!!
Why risk him?
Eh You got a point.
Immobile has confirmed his future at Dortmund
Oh fiddlesticks!
With a side of fiddle dip!
According to Di Marizio, Gabbiandini will spend another year at Samp….
As unlikely as it is, i hope this means at least Berardi will return.
Berardi has already said that he is staying at sassuolo.. They said one would return and I hope that is gabbiadini
Last minute change of mind!
If it is true that madrid want vidal I will take di maria and marcelo plus some cash for vidal
I will give llorente to barca plus cash for sanchez
Il keep giovinco n try him out in d 433 formation
I would rather offer them Pogba for Di Maria, Marcelo and if possible a bit of cash. Lets hope he has a great world cup
Crazy dude.. Nothing is worth giving Vidal away.
No player(s) is worth vidal. No other play is like him. Irreplaceable. Giovinco can get 20m from a dumb team like Arsenal.
Also Marcelo wouldnt leave RM. He loves it there. It would be coentrao, not that it matters.
Indeed. Also Vidal’s loyalty is irreplacable.
I would just like to vent and say that FIFA14 is the most shyte game made by fifa. I hate with a passion. How do I beat Argentina 3-0 and then lose 2 times to Austria who plays like they are fing Barca from 06 with Alaba playing like Maradonna. Stupid scripted crap. The worst part is I will play it again.
and what is it with this crap that you are defending a cross or a corner and all of a sudden you get a penalty called against you cause your player handled the ball?!! HOW IN THE F DO I CONTROL THAT??!!! I swear I’m about to go angry german kid before i have a stroke cause of this load of swine’s dung.
Dont hate the game, hate the playa!
Hehehehe, so the old fif-er 14 is bein a bitch? Well I can assure you thats all in your head mate. You see, I once used to be shit (Fifa 10) but now losing is impossible to me! Just ask Mo and Dino 😀
Tis true. Baher is a beast
PC, ps3, ps4, xbone, 360?
Just tell me what system and ill tear all you guys a new one! But a gaming system is like fourth on my shopping list. Its a Vidal Jersey, some Juve shorts(black ones too! Wooo the curse), clothe and then a gaming system, so it must wait!
It was nice knowing you John.. One piece of advice: when wearing the black shorts, beware of cars, planes and everything else that will hurt badly when being hit by it. Also don’t play a football match with it.
Oh i plan on using those shorts everywhere! I bought some nice looking running shoes and need shorts to complement them, so what better kind of shorts than Juve shorts?
Buying Nike gear now or wait a year for Adidas gear. Hmmmm
Niiike! Im not fan of adidas at all… Ok maybe adipures because of Del Piero, bu thats it. It burns me that Juve have signed with adidas. But at least theres one more year of Nike… And ill probably buy Pirlos jersey next year
I am still curious how our adidas jersey will look. It doesn’t really matter tooo much to me as long as it’s black and white and our normal stripes.
White Juve shorts? :p
Get on sometime, i miss beating you lol
I have every fifa from 05 to 13. Never got or played 14. For some reason the love for the game died with 13. Division 1 record 210-111-131. The game got worse with favoring every year.
The game got annoying for me because the level was either too high or too low. I either won every match 5-0 or lost every match 5-0. There is no perfect skill level for me. Never was on any fifa game. So annoying.
I will probably buy FIFA 15 though because my home town club will be on it as they promoted to the eredivisie 😀 Will be alot of fun winning the CL with them.
Haha nice. I love fifa so much. Maybe I’ll get 15.
Also, you have to be able to beat everyone you play mate. I never played a fifa game where I thought “this guys better” And i always scored 3+ times. Sometimes someone would get more than me though. Once you learned how to score every time from scoring positions, game was much better. Make sure you get gold or whatever on all the drills and can beat legendary computer every time. The possession, ball control, and shot control you learn rapes online.
I never played online because my net wouldn’t let me. I’m talking about single player. And i suck at it. Legendary? How much do you want to humiliate me? 😛
Haha oh. I have 2 brothers and lots of friends I grew up playing against. We all got stupid good at fifa.
Edit: That and ping pong.
Im amazingly good at keeping possession, defending and creating goals, but i never shoot! I dont know why and its the same for me in real life as well! I just dont like to shoot.
Well, fifa and real life are very different. Fifa you do a move with Giovinco and fake the defender and give open through ball to teamate for a goal. In real life I do a double stepover and hit it with my heel on the second one and lose the ball behind me.
I know, im just emphasizing the fact that i never shoot. I get in good positions, but i never shoot and make one pass too many… Fifa and real life
Aw man Wenger syndrome? You want it to be too pretty? Id suggest start giving a look at net. You may surprise yourself
Probably :p its because i prefer assists to goals… I dont know why. And i always find good passes, but the receiver never finishes and its not like i have a poor shot. Like last season on my short sided field team, i had like 12-15 shots on target and scored 7 goals
It’s the ratings that piss me off! Cassias is the best keeper on the game despite barely playing for the last 2 seasons., what the f*ck?
Casillas is the most overrated GK of all time, he has never in his life been the best GK in the world, he just plays for Real and doesnt get scored on that often, because of the team in front of him.
And the Euro-World Cup-Euro thing. But he has been carried by his teams.
Ghana have announced their 23 man squad. First Juve man officially going to Brazil is Kwadwo! Cant wait to see him shred the USA. They aint seen speed like Asamoah yet.
He was pretty invisible yesterday against the Netherlands. Just like the rest of Ghana. I wonder if they even had a shot on goal.
Yeah but that happens. Netherlands just outplayed them in pretty much all positions. Kwads cant do shit bout that.
We played terrible though.
Netherlands is terrible.
Thanks 🙁 They are. I’m hoping for some Van Gaal miracle. He can do it, but can he do it with such a team?
I mean. Nederlands attack is great to watch. But unless they are playing not so great teams, they do not look like Oranje
lol. I am curious how our attack will do this world cup. Robben has had an amazing 2 seasons so i think he will be a huge factor in our glory if we get any. Van Persie hasn’t been very great under Moyes, but he said that he can communicate and work really well with Van Gaal. Our midfield is solid and i’m happy De Jong is there to stop off some of the big guys. It’s just the defence. 3 of the 5 players in our 5 men defence are from Feyenoord and have experienced nothing at all on international level.
Nice dutch by the way.
I speak a some Nederlands, Francais, Italiano, Castellano
Marc do you want Italy or England to win?
Italy all the way
Need any bodyguards for after Italy beated the crap out of England?
I was wondering, for the people in America or any other place with different timezones than europe, how are the world cup playing times for you guys?
For me it’s either 6 pm, 9 pm, 10 pm or midnight. The midnight one if meh, but overall they are not bad times seeing how Brazilian teams sometimes play at 2 am.
Brazil is the same timezone as me. As early as 1pm, late as 10pm
Also, yours are early as 6pm late as 3am (japan v cote d’ivoire is at 3am BST)
Where do you live?
I noticed the Japan game later. It’s on a saturday night. I might just watch that game as i am interested in Japan this world cup.
when italy plays on the 14th, here in Toronto, the game will be at 6pm.
I figured the parts in USA/Canada that are 6 hours behind me will have a blast this world cup with the times. Finally some of you guys will have easier times than me.
Here it’s 00:00, 03:00, and 06:00 AM. Bit of problem for me cause finals coming soon.
To add to the fifa discussion down below, what do u guys want to see in Fifa 15?
https://football-italia.net/49922/morata-set-sign-juve
So Alvaro Morata potentially to Juve? Never seen him play, but heard hes good, young too. Im guessing he would be our new #3 forward if he came in.
I’ve heard mixed things about him tbh
Hes a Spanish forward, so im sure theres quite a bit of overrating going on. But, 8 goals in 23 games isnt bad, seeing as 20 of those appearances were off of the bench.
True but they were for Real Madrid against shitty spanish defences
https://football-italia.net/49917/juve-cash-plus-players-guarin
Juve back in for Guarin? Ridiculous rumor says Isla and one of Gabbiadini/Marrone for him.
No, Guarin isnt worth 20m+, and hes not the CM we need. Get Allan from Udinese, hes young and he can learn from Pirlo, Vidal and Marchisio. We missed out on Jorginho, dont miss out on Allan, Marotta.
Not worth it. Gabbiadini should stay out on loan right now and maybe next season come back to us. We shouldnt use him in a deal. I’m fine with Isla and Marrone leaving, if we get something good in return. Don’t want Guarin.
https://football-italia.net/49887/pogba-pirlo-my-idol
Pogba: “I am lucky that I get to play with my hero – Andrea Pirlo. I make no secret I want to become like him.”
With a statement like that, I cant see him leaving before Pirlo retires. Why would you give up the chance to play with the player you idolize and want to emulate? Now, it seems, its up to Marotta to not get blinded by Euro/Pound signs.
Long haired and bearded Pogba? Not sure if that will fit him.
Marotta has said he won’t let the stars leave this season and that included Pogba. So he probably wont do anything stupid. I still think Pogba is here to stay for the upcoming few seasons before making a big money move to Madrid. We really have the next Zidane in our hands here.
Shame the statements were made up and have been denied by pogba
Really? Thats weird someone would make up a statement like that, and he would deny a statement like that when he plays with Pirlo, and he is obviously someone most younger players look up to.
He denied the entire interview (in the same supposed ‘interview’ he insulted man united) so it wasn’t directly denying the pirlo comments but rather the whole interview
https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1110/major-league-soccer/2014/06/01/4853922/david-villa-excited-by-likely-mls-move?ICID=HP_BN_8
Any MLS fans or followers? Seems David Villa will be New York City FC’s first DP signing when they enter the MLS in 2015. Pretty good pickup, hes got 3 MLS season in him.
Frank Lampard might be following him. Both will be owned by Manchester City and will play for NYCFC when it enters the MLS. Villa will be training at City untill then, but i wonder if Lampard will too. Feels kinda traitor like after so many years with Chelsea..
Getting both of those players would be a great way to start your MLS debut. I think they still do expansion drafts in the MLS too, so current teams can only protect like 7 players, and the expansion teams get their pick from all of the rest. NYCFC and Orlando City could be great teams in the debut seasons, Orlando is rumored to be in talks with Kaka and Robinho.
That’s true. With Di Vaio still playing at Montreal and Beckham getting his Miami club into MLS soon, it will become alot more attractive for european football fans. Assuming Beckham gets some well known players too with his contacts.
Di Vaio is done after this season. But, Montreal seem to like Serie A players, so we could see some others end up there. I could see Gilardino ending up there once Di Vaio retires.
What about Cassano? I dont see him lasting many more seasons in Serie A. Especially now that Parma has the EL taken from them.
Cassano would be a great fit in MLS, hes a better version of Federico Higuain, and that dude is one of the best players in MLS.
Haha first time i heard the commentator say Higuain in MLS i thought he mistook someone for Gonzalo Higuain :p
I agree about Cassano being a good fit in MLS. Italians fit well in MLS overall i think. I can see many Italians leave for USA at the end of their carreer. Next up might be Del Piero since he isn’t staying in Australia.
If he were to go to mls, i hope he gets nice and fat(which shouldnt be too hard over here). It would be so funny seeing some chunky Italian make fools of the young fit americans who emphasize on physicality.
Yeah, he probably wont do that. He’ll make fun of the young fit americans anyway, doesn’t need to be fat, he’s Cassano.
I meant he ll make the american players look bad on the pitch
Rossi is not going to the World Cup.. What the ever living fuck Prandelli?!
Good old Prandelli. What a fuck head. Balotelli-Rossi would be devastating, i dont understand how Prandelli keeps his job.
Because he’s done a fantastic job with us so far but I have no idea what his logic is on this one.. No way do we need all of Cassano, Cerci, Candreva AND insigne
Hes done an alright job, the squads and starting XIs he produces are almost always questionable though. Im just waiting to see what formation he chooses, Ive heard he was practicing a traditional 4-4-2…..I hope he doesnt use it. With the players listed, Id like to see a 4-3-1-2 with this team, De Rossi-Pirlo-Motta/Verratti with Marchisio in front of them.
I admit I do question a number of things that he does but you can’t argue with his results so far. He’ll most likely use his favoured 4-3-1-2 but I wouldn’t play marchisio in the attacking position id put verratti there, he plays well closer to the strikers and plays the ball into space almost as well as pirlo from that position. Plus marchisio’s work rate is of greater effect that but further back.
Unbelievable… How is he gonna play now? Who will play alongside Balotelli? Insigne or Immobile? Fucking Cassano?? Balotelli – Rossi would have been brilliant. I usually agree with Prandelli, but now he has made a huge mistake. Next thing he’s gonna put Balotelli on the bench and play Insigne and Immobile just because they played together at one point in their carreer?
I’m not that convinced balotelli-Rossi would have worked that well but there is no way Rossi should have been left at home. Also cassano-balotelli is a proven combo so I won’t complain at it
You really think Cassano is still gonna bring any glory? In recent years he hasn’t been that impressive at top clubs, you know. He wasn’t world class at Milan, nor at Inter. He was good for Parma, but Parma is not the level Italy wants to be at. I don’t wanna see Cassano as a starter. Sometimes you are hard to understand. You keep expressing your fetish about Rossi and then you say you’re not convinced he’d work out with the best attacker Italy has. Or would you rather leave Balotelli out than Rossi? You also really wanted Juve to get Balotelli, so that can’t be it.
Baggio played for Bologna before going to the 1998 World Cup and played very well, in fact Maldini was heavily criticised for dropping him in favour del piero in the quarters when we were knocked out.. So yeah. Where you play doesn’t matter, class is class and it’s not as if cassano is going to cave under the pressure because he’s done it all before.. In fact he has a huge amount more than Rossi. Dutch you really are slow you know? Just because I mention that I doubt Rossi-balotelli would work or that cassano Rossi has shown to work in the last doesnt meant that is what I want to see.. Also you really come across in an idiotic manner when you use terms such as ‘keep expressing my fetish about Rossi’ when all I did was question the decision not to take him and say that I was happy he was doing so well earlier in the season.
And yeah of course I’d rather have left out balotelli.. That is obviously what I was saying.. Seriously Dutch you have issues at times.
whoa?? lovers quarrel?
come on guys .. kiss and make up, or do I have to make fun of both of you to make things normal right again?
Please make fun of both of them.
Cassano wasnt world class, but he was and is still a great player who could create moments of brilliance at any given moment due to his creativity. Hes Italys most creative striker when it comes to passing. The only reason why he left both Milan clubs is because he doesnt give a damn about training or anything really. I remember when he was in the bench with Milan whilst facing roma, you see Totti about take a corner and out of nowhere you see him go up to Totti trying to mess with him. So point is, he wasnt bad, he was a very important player for both Milan clubs, but he was just an idiot.
I told you the guy can make sh*t decisions.
Pretty good squad for the WC, my only contradictions are Insigne for Beppe and Aquilani instead of Parolo.
Both Aquilani and parolo are in the squad..
Well fuck….. guess I skimmed the list too quickly lol. Guess that just leaves Rossi.
SQUADS:
Juventus: Alessio, Amoruso, Birindelli, Camoranesi, Carrera, Chimenti, Davids, Di Livio, Dimas, Ferrrara, Iuliano, Mirkovic, Montero, Nedved, Padovano, Porrini, Ravanelli, Tacchinardi, Tacconi, Torricelli, Tudor, Vieri and Vierchowod.
Real Madrid: Contreras, Carlos Sánchez, Fernando Sanz, Pavón, Hierro, De la Red, Butragueño, Amavisca, Morientes, Esnaider, Zidane, Seedorf, Karembeu, Makelele, Míchel Salgado, Velasco, Iván Pérez, Tote and Karanka.
Great names in our squad and some in Madrid’s squad too. It would have been great to see Conte play though.
I wonder what the starting XI will be? maybe
Tacconi
Birindelli-Ferrara-Tudor-Montero
Camo-Tacchinardi-Davids-Nedved
Vieri-Ravanelli
Pumped to see Nedved hammer some shots
And there goes Immobile…
We missed out on Veratti and when we had Immobile in the grips of our hands, we threw him to the wind. This is so aggravating. What the hell does Llorente have(besides his physic) that Immobile doesnt have? This was technically Immobile s first season as a striker in a top league seeing as he was played as a winger in genoa. This is so upsetting. We re just letting top Italian talent go without a second thought. Immobile is gonna be a top Cl scorer and Veratti has continued to grow in a fast rate… Or so ive read.
“What the hell does Llorente have(besides his physic) that Immobile doesnt have?”
Maybe the will to play here. He is 24 and we were throwing him on loans like we didn’t really care. If we did know he was so good he could have played last year instead of Vucinic, Quagliarella, Matri or Giovinco. But instead of all that we just talked about him as a piece of meat that you can include in deals.
Thats probably true… My comment was an overreaction tbh. I was more upset than i thought i would be.
I missed the legends game, didn’t know it was yesterday 🙁 I checked the highlights and it looked like fun even though we lost 1-5. Seedorf’s goal was great.
It was a good game for a while, then Vierchowod came in and gave away 3 goals. We were actually the better team for most of the 1st half, we just couldnt finish. Once they started getting lucky, the players stopped playing and Real took advantage of that. We also took ALL of our “in form” players out waaaayyyy before Real did, they actually put on more good players and we just kept introducing old guys.
Apparently Morata wants Juve (over a move to Wolfsburg)
Apparently they offered a ridiculous amount of money that we would never pay for him. Also, Real want to include a clause into the deal that allows them the option of a guaranteed buy back in a couple seasons for less money. That is the dumbest thing Ive ever heard, and if Marotta falls for that hes a fucking idiot.
Yeah the typical Madrid clause, like they did with Carvajal too and bigger names than him in the past. I don’t evenwant Morata that badly. Fuck that clause or fuck the whole deal, we don’t need this
If they sneak a clause in like that, then Id sneak one in for Pogba or Vidal if they ever go there. We can buy them back in 2-3 seasons for half price, if they win the CL then we can buy them back for 1/3 the price, and if they win the Ballon D’or we get them back no questions asked for free. Fuck you Madrid and your nonsensical contract stipulations.
Haha sweet vengeance
You dont sneak clauses into contracts. Lawyers are responsible to know contracts in and out. Teams just let themselves get fucked in the butt.
it was a joke, way to ruin it.
In other news, Tim Wiese is now a f*cking Bodybuilder!
https://www.football-italia.net/50071/cairo-cerci-worth-much-benatia
But immobile is only worth 19mil?! Also how were Italy in the first half? I missed it
can’t create nothing marc dude.
Italy created all game.. i dont know what you watched.
Marc, Italy hit 2 crossbars, many missed sitters, defending wasnt great. Chiellini was beat to the byline by some white haired geezer… It just wasnt great from Italy.
But we all know Italy doesnt care about friendlies…
I saw the second half so I saw the second crossbar hit and I read we missed a number of chances.
I’d be more worried if Italy tried in the friendly than anything else tbh, surely thats one of the signs of the apocolypse
well… no surprise haha we never win friendlies
and we haven’t won a game since September which IS worrying
im worried about there form going into this world cup.i know about the friendly cliche but 1-1 at home against luxemburg?????im depressed.
How many times have Italy looked good going into major tournaments in recent years? I can count using no fingers because we never do but we always (ignore 2010) do well.. Idk why people ever worry after friendlies., Italian teams never try in them. Its like all the people saying we were going to have a bad season for the last 3 years because we didn’t do well in pre season.
well im hoping for a 1982 miracle lol.
A 2006 showing would do me lol
don’t ask for that as Trezeguet won’t be there to miss.
Pogba can miss instead
Italy hasnt won a friendly before a world cup since 1998. In 1994, Italy lost to Pontedera (4th division country) before being the best team in the tournament. In 2012 before Euros Italy got thrashed 3-0 by Russia, the other friendly vs Luxembourg was cancelled haha.
We haven’t had a game we needed to win since September though
In 2006, Italy played 2 friendlies with the final 30 squad before the world cup. A 0-0 draw with Ukraine, then a 1-1 tie with Switzerland after cutting to 23 men. Time to repeat the past and win the quinta coppa del mondo??
they beat germany in a friendly leading up to the 2006 World Cup and thrashed them. but it was in march of 2006.
There’s a big difference between playing a friendly against a big team as opposed to minnows, we actually semi try against the better teams
i have a feeling marchisio is gonna have a great tournament
I hope so
I do too and not just because i love him. He ended the season looking in extremely fine form for multiple positions. He even got his self some goals.
he better.
Lol don’t lose hope guys, Italy were in 13th place in the world rankings leading up to the 2006 World cup.
I don´t think you guys need to worry about Italy this worldcup, as Italians are cupfighters.
How about the Dutch? 😀 Sorry if i made you laugh too hard 😛
Nicola murru’s contract expires on the 30th! Why have we not signed him on a bosman already?
if hes free you know marotta will make an attempt to sign him.
Holy sh*t really?! I heard we were linked not that long ago but he is one of my top choices for the LB role, not 100% sure he is ready to start but certainly ready to push for a place
ikr?!?! i couldn’t believe it but it’s on multiple sites. i wouldn’t be surprised if we even loaned him out but we should definitely get him
I’d be fine if we loaned him out for a season too but we should certainly get a deal for him wrapped up! Besides if we fail to get any big name left back I’d be more than happy seeing him take the LB role when we use a 4-4-3, it’d be nice to see some faith in youth
i’d much rather see someone like murru or bouy than padoin or peluso.
JUUUUUVE! STORIA DI UN GRANDEEE AMOREE!
Dino, hes challenging you… Cheer battle.
Fino alla fine
Soo i need some help from the Dutchies in this site…
I got this pretty badass Holland jersey as a gift and it looks like its from an older era and i wanna know if its an original jersey. The brand is also called Dutchy.
Heres the jersey:
Its cool looking but I dont think its of an original. I dont recognize it. Also check this out.
https://www.oldfootballshirts.com/en/teams/n/netherlands/old-netherlands-football-shirts-t295.html
Dutchy brand? Brand as in nike or adidas? If so, no it’s not an original jersey. I don’t remember us wearing this either.
Holy fuck if we get Lukaku I will be so happy. That kid is going to be special. I think If we get him, Drogba will come too. Drogba has talked about their relationship many times at chelsea, saying he knows he’s an idol to lukaku and he became his mentor for a while. Drogba has said Lukaku has abilities Drogba never had, and is better at his age than Drogba was. When Lukaku missed a penalty to lose the supercup to Bayern, Drogba tweeted him saying “Only those who don’t take a penalty will never miss, and you were strong enough to do it. You are learning, the same way I did with my red card in Moscow or this semi final against Barcelona!! Keep on working hard better days are coming for sure…”
Drogba would be a minor +, but Lukaku is top talent and will show that this world cup. Because hes getting the starting spot with an injured Benteke
we don’t need both drogba and lukaku. apparently we only want a loan with an option to buy for lukaku but chelsea want to sell him outright. in that case, i’d much rather focus on getting two good wingers.
We don’t need drogba regardless
true. he’d be a waste of money and space. i’d much rather give that spot to gabbiadini
Drogba is not on contract right now. It’d be a free signing. We should push to sell gio, quag, llorente, vucinic.
We need to keep llorente. Atm he’s better than drogba
Llorente is decent, but not for the future. Lukaku is the future, Drogba would merely be to help Lukaku become the best he could be. Also his experience and leadership would be much more effective in CL next year.
we don’t need drogba. he was world class but not any more. we can’t start big CL games with him as our striker. llorente isn’t one for the future but atm he’s a great target man and would be vital for us in a 4-3-3. i’d definitely take lukaku on loan with an option to buy and he can play back up to llorente.
You want all these young players to come play backup. You cannot do that with youth or they will rot. Lukaku shined at Everton and can be Capocanonniere his first season if given a chance. Especially if we get the likes of Sanchez to service him. Llorente can rotate in if he wants to. But I’d much rather have the experience of Drogba to help our young forwards mature. Drogba has said hes willing to take pay cuts to play for a good side. And that he likes Juve a lot.
llorente has the perfect mix of experience and ability. drogba is past it. he managed 10 goals in the turkish league. i’m all for giving youth playing time but you don’t go and through them into the deep end. lukaku is great and can play in big games and i really want him but i wouldn’t start him ahead of llorente. why? he lacks experience. experience comes from playing but that’s why i want him to be a backup to llorente. llorente can’t play all the games. conte will be able to rotate the two really well.
Conte rotates players well? When did that start?
You dont get good young players to your team by saying “heres the bench”. Pogba came to Juve because he did not play enough for ManU(re). Lukaku started all season for everton. 16 goals too. It would be the worst thing to send him to the bench after that season.
Look at our midfield stats, he rotated the strikers plenty last season too. The only place that gets little rotation is the defence
He rotated Marchisio and Pogba. Marchisio was also injured for much of the fall. Vidal was played into the ground. Not that he didnt want to, Vidal is a fking beast warrior.
No, He rotated the entire midfield.. Remember thats how marchisio gained so much praise for playing the pirlo role.. Also Vidal got a decent amount of rest.
Marchisio got that after playing it for 1 game and Brian Mcbride starting saying he was learning the Pirlo Regista role. A stupid imbecilic comment.
Pogba started here as a rotation player, in his first season he only made 27 appearances. Lukaku has had a great deal of experience, yes, but I still think if he were to play behind Llorente at least to begin with he would play at least 30 games, grow as a player and be happy with the amount he has played
I never said Llorente wouldnt play. But JuventusVidal is saying “put him in for 10 minutes at the end of games” and such. You cant do that to a budding striker.
10min at the end of big games vs teams like rm or bayern. Of course he’s gonna start a lot of games. Llorente needs to rest also.
We’re not just benching him. He’s a back up to llorente. He’d still end up playing over 30 games
We only need to sign 1 winger. Gabbiadini or Berardi will fill in a spot. And yes loan option is even better, but if chelsea will sell reasonable price we should get
We need to sign two wingers. Ive yet to see a formation that has only one winger
Are you a tard man? Gabbiadini or Berardi will play opposite to the signing of Sanchez/Griezman/etc. Read.
Getting Gabbiadini or Berardi is simply a matter of recalling them.
berardi said he’s staying at sassuolo. i really want us to bring back gabbiadini but he’s not good enough to be starting as a winger against RM or bayern. that’s why we need two wingers.
There is no reason to bring in a different winger. Why bring someone in only to want Gabbiadini and Berardi to begin playing within short time. How will they learn how to handle big moments if we dont give them the chance?
Either one will be splendid for us next season. STARTING in a 4-3-3
berardi isn’t coming. he said so. gabbiadini is good and should get playing time but you don’t through youngsters out of their depth into big games. you have to gradually include them into the team. they get subbed in with like 10min in a big game and so on.
Assuming and making a broad conclusion is wrong. Many youngsters have done great right from the start.
Look at Pogba. 2 years younger than Gabbiadini and started over Marchisio in many big games. It depends on the player.
Conte didnt take pogba and through him into the big games from the start. He started out against teams like chievo and catania. Then he would get some minutes against teams like napoli and milan. Thats how you develop youngsters. Granted lukaku has also developed and is already a great player, but he isnt better than llorente atm
Pogbas second game: Fiore. Third: Roma. FOURTH GAME START IN CL: SHAKHTAR. Fifth game: Napoli.
4 of his first 5 games were “big games”. Not that he didnt shine like a fucking diamond in them.
He didnt start any of those games. He was a sub in all
He said he’s staying at sassuolo but juventus have said since then they will sit down and decide what to do with him, zaza etc so it’s not certain that he’s staying just yet
Yes. Sassuolo has little control over Berardi. Also Berardi is young and doesnt know whats best for him. – not saying im the one that does, but if hes smart he’d listen and respect juve leadership
If he isn’t sensible enough to know whats best for himself (which is practically what you’ve just said there) then he obviously isn’t ready for juventus.
Naw, many people dont know whats best for themselves their whole lives. It is just a pivotal time for him and the guidance of others can help.
And the guidence you are suggesting is.. Throw him in the deep end?
I never suggested whats right for Berardi right now.
Both berardi and gabbiadini play RW.. As does Sanchez
Gabbiadini is actually a CF, he does well at LW and RW too. He hasnt yet defined his best role since hes too young. Berardi too somewhat, but he looks like RW is his home. Sanchez plays LW just as well as RW and did for Udinese and Barcelona many times.
No shit. But he has more experience at RW than LW and if we are to play a 4-3-3 we need natural wingers not people who are there out of necessity to have an additional winger. Berardi is RW yes but you can’t say you’d rather him play there than Sanchez who btw doesn’t play as well as at LW. If we are to use a 4-3-3 we need 2 natural wingers because starting gabbiadini out of position in big games is only going to lead to him being criticised which will send him on a downward spiral and berardi isn’t ready to start week in, week out for us. I’d like to see him and gabbiadini used as alternatives (obviously with additional playing time for gabbiadini at CF and plenty of minutes for berardi in the RW role) but if we are to do well in Europe with a 4-3-3 we need 2 high class and experienced wingers
Berardi isnt ready at all to start for Juve, I never said that. But we are not going to get two high class experienced wingers in their natural position. That just wont happen this summer. Juve do NOT have the money for that. When it comes to Europe, Juve will not win the Champions league next year without massive strokes of luck. Quarter finals is a great achievement.
Also I dont think its fair to say sanchez is limited to RW. He is a winger and unless you can quote him prefering the RW and/or factually does better on the right, hes not a RW. I have seen him do great things on the left wing.
Juve have offered Sanchez a contract worth 3.8-4.1m/year depending on performances. His current contract is for 3m/year.
He seems like the type of player that will follow the money… the hard part will be convincing Barca to let him go for less than 30m. I cant see Beppe offering more than that.
First sentence, sadly yes. We will lose him when someone offers a tiny bit more and if he followed sportive reasons he would have joined us already for less money than we now have to offer.
lol
stupid disqus won’t post the pic
It posted first time
oh. i guess i can’t see it lol
You have to refesh the page after posting the comment and then you ll see it
ha ha ha 😀
damn I dont know how a girl looking like that would get cr and beckham. shes very pretty, but cmon.
World cup is right around the corner and we are talking about what girl is good enough for Ronaldo and Beckham?
Youre right. I think Charmander is the best starting pokemon. But isnt that obvious.
Well obviously he is, I mean he is a fire lizard! But that tepig.. Now he has to be the worst starter ever
tepig? teapig? idk what youre talking about. 1st generation is the only generation.
naw i just havent played any others :X
Gen 2 was pretty epic., you should try soul silver/heart gold if you ever get the chance., those remakes were awesome! The new games are pretty great too
I dont have a gameboy
download a free emulator for your computer or phone. https://coolrom.com/emulators/
the best pokemon games are the hacks, which are games computer nerds completely redid and some of them have mixed generations of pokemon. one has like 500 in one game. just search pokemon hack on coolrom.
emulators arent hacks…
no, the rom files you run on the emulator are hacked, which people make into completely new games.
no. it is ripped. not hacked. copying data is not hacking it. I suggest you learn some about computers
its called a hack. haha idk what you arent getting.
That first sentence makes you sound like some random person who automaticly posts ad’s on forums 😛
Ash gray is an awesome ROM.. Follows the events of the show and stuff, really cool!
dark rising will make you its bitch. lots of grinding out levels to fight gym leaders and mini bosses.
Ash grey was pretty tough too, I lost my first battle to jesse and james ffs!
The games are always epic. But after Gen 2 the show started lacking quality… The black and white sgen was horrible! Team rocket were no longer fun and actually took their jobs seriously!
The new generation episodes suck! But i never grow tired of the games. I still need to buy a new Ds and 3Ds so i could see my beautiful pokemon that ive not seen in what seems to be a lifetime! And also i need to play the new games of course.
I grew tired of the games atleast 10 years ago lol. Maybe 15.
The new episodes are awful but they’re aimed at a younger audience than they were origionally.. They kinda stop being awesome after episode 300 or so! Oh man when you get it we will have to have a battle!
I dont think you could handle me and my arsenal of level hundreds. Ill destroy you with my Lv 100 Blissey. Shes one feisty b*tch!
Just wait until you come against my max IV, ev trained joltelon or my shiny ninetales.. Your pokemon will faint at the sight of such beauty
Dont mess with my Blissey Marc. She ll be your little puppies worst nightmare
Squirtle disagrees and so do i!
https://www.sixprizes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/squirtle-glasses.jpg
WOAH WOAH. WE DID NOT SAY SQUIRTLE SQUAD WASNT. BECAUSE THAT SQUIRTLE IS CLEARLY HIGHER THAN LVL 3. sorry for caps. i just love squirtle squad leader
Who doesn’t? He’s badass. More badass than the main character of the series lol.
You mean Ash Ketchup? or Tom Ato?
Tom Ato? Obviously Ash.
🙁 Theres an episode where ash goes under the code name Tom Ato (Ketchum>Ketchup>Tomato>Tom Ato is his thought process lollol)
The fuck lol. I never knew Ash was into weed. There is no way you think of that being sober.
LOL
What about Ann Chovy? or Ceaser Salad?
No way! James is the ultimate bad ass
James is awesome and badass, but i’m not quite sure if he can compare to this squirtle. They should replace Meowth with this Squirtle in team rocket so they can form the ultimate bad ass team. Squirtle would just be like ”Yeah.” everytime he has to say something. It would go like this:
JESSIE: Prepare for trouble!
JAMES: Make it double!
JESSIE: To protect the world from devastation!
JAMES: To unite all people within our nation!
JESSIE: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
JAMES: To extend our reach to the stars above!
JESSIE: Jessie!
JAMES: James!
JESSIE: Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!
JAMES: Surrender now, or prepare to fight!
SQUIRTLE: Yeah. *plays around with his awesome sunglasses a bit*
The end should be like *slowly puts on glasses* ‘squirtle’
Meowth is awesome too tho!
He is funny, but he is nowhere near this squirtle. I also think this Squirtle is alot smarter than Meowth.
He must’ve been at least level 75 by the time ash got to indigo plateau
I doubt it. He was in hardly any battles… How could he grow so much if he never battles!
Not every battle was shown you know John, come on! Get with it! He beat some pretty bad ass, high level and evolved pokemon in the gym battles and championships so he was definitely a high level squirtle
Ronaldo isn’t even good looking.. Hell of a body though, I’ll give him that
I agree with you on that, but i wouldn’t fall for his body. It’s obvious he has body though, he’s a sportsman. But he looks like a girl and acts like one. On and off the field.
Yeah but not all footballers have epic body’s like him
every footballer is a sportsman but just a few have a body like him
And those are all dumb egoistic assholes who only care about looks?
Ronaldo is sexy from top to bottom Marcy( Marky, not the feminine version of your name… I know you hate that damn K). Ok maybe hes a bit overrated, but hes good looking
Facially he’s not good looking at all.. That chin and neck line, eww!
He has a lovely smile! Tho he does have a strange looking neck. But this is him in his younger days… Now thats gross
yo everyone goes through puberty at some point
Pubertydoesnt always help!
also if you take these words to heart youre a dumbass
In other words he’s as fake as can be.
Ronaldo is handsome, i just don’t like most of his hairstyles
He’s not though, facially he is not an attractive man
i think he is, very attractive
Chop off (or ignore, either way works) his body and I doubt many people would find him attractive.. Or better yet the fame, then nobody would
he’s a hell of a man, face and body, i just don’t like his hair. most of people find him pretty attractive, that’s a fact
but Becks is far more hotter than him
Oh yeah, because he’s an actual attractive man
Marc and David, sitting in a tree….
Facially he’s not, most people don’t find him attractive if you remove the stupid little fan girls who just find him attractive because he’s famous and rich, let’s be honest.
i’m being honest, and i don’t agree with that.
Yeah but you’ve been known to be quite the fan girl which is what I’m saying! lol
wayne rooney is the most attractive athlete in the world, SIKE, Martin Caceres is. It’s no secret I have a man crush on him.
alex morgan has a pretty face, but the body of a 6 year old. no tits=no good. becks and ronaldo are somewhere in the world laughing at this picture.
Now I feel bad about my comment. Because Alex Morgan is definitely awesome. But Becks and cr are getting Jizzelle
I dont get this pic
I think hes putting the pussy on a pedestal
Every hot girl has a guy sick of fucking her
funny 🙂
What do you guys think of Hakan Calhanoglu? 20yrs old and he has got one hell of a shot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK58AssP9tc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
GK error. The only skill in that entire shot was the ball not spinning that much, everything else was pure luck.
I don’t think that was pure luck, this kid knows how to hit a sick free kick, you should check some of his other free kicks, absolute bullets dude!
Hes a pretty good dead ball taker, but that is pretty common these days.
Yeah maybe so, everything else he’s kinda average at. But being able to strike a ball like he does, can be crucial in a match. He’s only 20, and I expect him to improve and be a beast in a few years time.
I wouldn’t use the word “expect”, but totally possible. Its amazing what a little confidence can do for a footballer
Yeah, Beast is a maybe…Overall improvent is a yes.
We have someone for free kicks though. A much better one.
Never said I wanted him here, no place for him here currently.
Don´t like how he cheers, with the finger on his lips. It was a good goal tho
Gotta silence them haters man lol.
And im sure thatll do it…
Funniest transfer rumor you read today?
I read Juve has already offered 45M for Di Maria. HAHAHAHA
file that under NOPE. 45m haha Beppe wouldnt spend 30m on Ronaldo.
Aint that the truth. Its 15 mill or nothing
That’s more depressing than funny
It was in an english paper.
Whats that got to do with it?
Everything and nothing
Nothing at all
Sry marc I have irrational prejudice against english football anything.
English papers don’t really have something to do with the football itself though.
Oh i don’t like english football and I despise the tabloids but all countries media prints complete BS from America to Italy to england to (and I think they go above and beyond the call of duty) North Korea.
english rumors are always shits
As are every countries
but mostly englands.
Then you must not be able to read dutch..
Hey John, your gotta get in on this pokemon action down there
You assholes always have these convos when im busy… WHY!!?
Because we are evil? MWAHAHAHA
Italy line-up to face Fluminense: Perin; Abate, Paletta, Ranocchia, Darmian; Aquilani, Thiago Motta, Parolo; Cerci, Immobile, Insigne
Testing out the Torino duo and the old Pescara duo. Nice.
So im thinking about buying an Italy kit. What name should i get on the back(so far, im thinking Pirlo)? I was so close to buying a Balotelli Jersey today, but thank goodness i didnt have 200$ in my bank :p i am terrible with money haha i didnt even intend to go to the football shop, i was just going to the market and behold! I end up at sportspage!
Im getting a Veratti Jersey first. Then Pirlo or Buffon is a maybe
what number is verratti because i want to get him on my jersey
23
If you get one make sure you get it spelt correctly! Remember, 2 r’s! haha
A Verratti one sounds good actually.
I’m considering a De Rossi 6 jersey
De Rossi is one im contemplating. I want a none Juve player. I know ill never buy a jersey that is from another club so might as well avoid buying any Juve players international shirt, but Pirlo is an Italian icon over anything! Oh decisions!
What’s making me hesitate is the fact Roma are nike now so the strips will be easier to get so may get a de Rossi Roma one next season in which case I’d get a verratti 23 one for Italy
But Roma is gross :p
I like Roma.. Plus their strips are normally nicer than ours
Traaaaaaaaitor.
Blasphemy!
eeeeewww, maroon and orange. Ok, its actually pretty nice, but roma isn’t,
Traaaaaaaitor. Although Roma is nice.
Derossi is an excellent choice
Dani Alves can be a diving pansy, but this is pretty badass(other players suspect of receiving “racial” abuse should take note):
Thats a while ago though.
Ive not been keeping up
Youre so behind the times John!
I havent been following Barca or any other club closely for nearly 2 years! How am i supposed to know!? It wasnt until Psg got eliminated that i found out that Blanc was the new coach
It was all over the news, it was on all the juventus new sites i check.. Prandelli did some think with the Italian primeminister after it too
Dani is actually one of the respectful Barca players, doesn’t dirty tackle and I cant remember an actual dive from him.
I actually like him. Hardworker and a beast Rb… But i thought he had a history with diving or was it making a meal of every little touch
he does dive a lot but he’s a hardworker and great player
Fluminense vs Italy is on right now guys.
Oh look Insigne scored! 1-0
Aaaaand 1-1….
Immobileeeee what a header!!!!! 2-1
France 8-0 Jamaican Raggae Boyz
Nice way to go into the Cup
There weren’t no cool runnings there mon
Lol. That was embarassing. Ole’d into the goal…
Also that Perin save reminded me of Robert Green in 2010
Perin, u ok mate? 2-2
This reminds me, HEY RAJ! did you ever think about making a chat system for during games?!
we had a chat box for games, but people didnt use it that often.
It just wont work if we dont stream the games on this site because people will be seconds off from others if we watch on seperate streams.
its not really legal to stream in the first place, so i cant imagine imbedding an illegal stream would go down well.
Probably not. But Rav was considering it a while ago when we switched to disqus.
The only way we can ever watch and discuss a match at the same time perfectly would be to create a Juvefc bar and all go there and show the match on some tv 😀
You bastards! Then I would have to sit outside the bar and watch through the glass window while sipping on some koolaid cuz I’m too damn young to drink!
depends on where the bar is.
Let’s hope it isn’t Iran or we’d all be going without
Whats the age limit over there?
I thought radical middle eastern countries like Iran prohibited drinking
Yeah that’s what I was trying to say, it just went over johns head
That’s the beauty of the idea 😉
But you’d get me refills tho right? 🙂
Koolaid> alcohol
Noooo
We just scored 3 goals in like 2min! Dayum!!! Immobile 3-2, Immobile 4-2, and then Insigne 5-2.
former pescara coach Zeman must be proud
God i hope that dick wasn’t watching. I don’t want him to feel happy.
No doubt he’ll take full credit for it despite the fact they have both grown a lot since they played for him
I would think so this attack force had so much chemistry. If Balo -Cassano doesn’t work, these two are the perfect pair to replace them.
Dortmund should get Insigne too. They can play them together in the Bundesliga and CL and in no time Italy will have the perfect attack.
and then we can sign reus from them
And hummels
and gundogan (if he gets over his fitness issues)
And immobile because.. Why not?
hell, we should take any good players they have. and their youth academy while we’re at it
Works for me
Apparently Prandelli has gone on record saying that Pogba is the best midfielder in the world.
Hes not the best, but hes up there. Id compare Pogba to Yaya at this point in his career, with Pogba being more versatile.
Not sure i believe that one
who knows, maybe he was drunk. either way, pogba is certainly up there.
I personally feel he still has a long way to go… I dont remember him playing a full 90 mins that impressed me completely or 45 mins for that matter. He comes up with moments of brilliance, but thats not good enough for me any longer.
DRUNK IN LOOOOOOOVEE!!!!
Immobile with a perfect hat trick and 2 assists in the 5-3 win against fluminese
Ahh i can see why we sold him now
Same place everyone goes after being proven wrong.. Exile :p
i really want to get the orange italy buffon jersey
I had the same issue finding the white 2010 keeper strip.. Got it in the end though, had to get it sent over from Italy though
you mean this one?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/like/400680231402?lpid=82
Quick everyone buy them up so he can’t get one! lol
Buy it for me, ill pay you back!
That’s what they all say 🙁
I was so mad watching Immobile yesterday. So lethal and to think he was once ours.
Immobile-Tevez wouldve been amazing.
I cant understand the logic behind this move and i cant believe it was because he didnt want to come. Maybe him and Conte really didnt have the best of relationships, but even then, why not wait til after the WC.
not really. when immobile was at genoa, conte said he’d like to have immobile in his team. i’m pretty sure conte agreed to let the board sell immobile but i don’t think he wanted immobile gone
I remember that comment… Another crappy note would be the other half of Isla is around the same price we sold Immobile for and we re obligated to buy that other half.
hopefully isla has a good world cup so there will be clubs who want to buy him
I don’t think the board would have sold him if conte wanted him in the team.. I blame marotta for the low price but I think conte is the man to blame for him not being here
the board wanted to sell just like they did with giak and matri. if conte said that he really wanted immobile, they wouldn’t have sold him but i think when they told conte they wanted to sell, conte gave his ok.
Same.. It pisses me off no end
Highlights of 15 year old Martin Odegaard from today. He plays for Stromsgodset
The goal was a winner too
https://www.gfycat.com/ImportantLiquidIlladopsis
https://www.gfycat.com/WhisperedHarmoniousAnnelida
He’s no mastour
Hes 15 and youve seen 2 GIFs. I was fucking girls when he was wearing diapers.
Of course you were. Remember you shouldn’t assume when making points.. You assume I’ve only seen 2 GIFs.. There’s a reason that mastour is seen as the worlds biggest talent, the world record transfer for an under 14 and in the milan first team at 15.. That kid is no mastour.
I wasnt comparing him to Hashim. I was just pointing out a talent
Lol u defensivebro
It looks like Ghana fielded Asamoah as a LB and they beat South Korea 4-0. Could he be the black Zambrotta? Successfully move from outside mid to fullback. I wonder if Conte has taken notice, he could solve our LB problem, hes plenty fast enough.
Hes not defensively sound enough. Asamoah gets beat by many people, although he doesnt get beat twice cuz he can normally catch up. He also has never been tested against a world class winger.
the only part he needs working on defensively is his positioning. give him a few games and he’ll be able to improve it. He’s tactically brilliant (which is what allowed him to switch so well from cm to lwb). He has come up against gareth bale. he made one mistake which allowed bale to score but aside from that, he completely shut bale down.
He did not shut bale down… Asamosh cannot be a LB. He will get run over by most teams. Hes useful at LWB because of his speed. Why put him LB where is speed is less useful…
Asamoah is best at LCM and can play wide too. He is not a defender. He can just play midfield really well. And do the job asked of him.
Example: De rossi and Vidal could both be CB’s. They are sick defensively and COULD do very well. But why waste that offensive talent.. Same goes for Asamoah.
you should read up on Zambrotta. he was a RM, but when Camo arrived he got pushed to RB. he wasnt the most defensive, but he learned the position, and was one of the best in the world at it.
Just because zambrotta did it doesn’t mean Asamoah can do it
but it does mean it is possible.
Its possible but improbable, I don’t think he has the qualities needed to make the change
Read up? I watched Zambrotta get cut down against those WC rigging, brutal, injuring motherfucking South Koreans. Then Mauro Camo came and was the future for RM/RW. Zambrotta learned to play behind him and it was history. The two of them dominated the right side for Italy. Zambrotta stuck to RB when traded. But was never the same as when he played with Camo. We saw that shit in 2006.
he also plays as a wingback, which allows him to get forward more and attack more. as a fullback, he would have to defend more and play smarter.
Theres a rumor that says we may use Sorensen in a part exchange for the other half of Gabbiadini. Not a bad deal if true seeing as Sorensen isnt likely to play for Juve again.
That would be a great way to save some money and get rid of dead weight at the same time.. Could try to sneak padoin into the deal too
padoin+peluso+cash for bonaventura would be a good deal. he can cover multiple positions and would be a quality backup
That would be an awesome deal but doesn’t look overly likely
atalanta want both padoin and peluso so if our board goes for it, it could happen. then again, i don’t think we’d ever let padoin go lol
Get off the bonaventura dick. Hes not good.
So elquant in your rebuttals as per..
I think my point shines through. He always posts about him. Bona is not a top class player and has no where to fit on the team.
He would be by far the best back up player in the team if we were to sign him.. There is a reason he is so highly rated by everyone.
Marchisio/Pogba is the best backup player for one. If we sign Kolorov, then Asamoah will be #2 backup for CM.
Signing a player like Bonaventura would be another waste filler like peluso/padoin/isla/matri
Marchisio/Pogba arent backup players. Theyre starters that rotate. Bona is very highly rated, but ive never seen him play, but if he does come, he wont see much playing time because he ll be a back up.
If you are playing champions league final and have to select a squad, anyone that is not in that 11 is a back up. If they rotate, ride bench, whatever, if they arent first for their position they are a backup.
It is important to have quality back up. Bona wouldnt be a starter but he is a good player who is versatile and can cover multiple positions (lwb, rwb, lw, rw, cm).
Lol. You are making my argument for me. Id love to have a second padoin…
you must’ve never seen bona play
Not really. Say Pogba starts over Marchisio, it ll be because Pogba did more in recent matches and training than Marchisio, but it doesnt mean Marchisio is his back up. “Back up” Players in my eyes are those that get hardly any mins and only play because the actual starters are injured like Caceres.
As John said neither if those are back up players. If is a strong word and Asamoah will continue to be the back up LWB regardless
Yes Asamoah would be #2 backup for mid, and backup for LWB.
“Who is the worst dress”
Llorente: “Martin Caceres, sometimes he comes dressed into the locker room horribly”
I felt the need to share that 😀 and i cant say im surprised.
lol
Eww.. Remove that picture it burns my eyes! Osvaldo had the best look when he came for his medical, stereotypical movie villain always works
Righteous victory on Goal.com forums (the first guy is talking about England)
https://imgur.com/6wxyvGN
Think you may have posted the wrong picture.. Nobody there is talking about England.
No its the right one. The article is about Italy being prepared for England. A german fan says “Go Italia! Kick them out!” to which hes answered.
Why would the italy fan start an argument with a german fan when the german is rooting for an italy win?
Its not starting an argument lolll. Its banter. Its fucking with him. You must get “picked on” in school. People poke fun to have fun. Guys are guys m8
Lol whatever makes you happy man
Soo i just wanna share my new cleats that im completely in love with… Theyre so sexy and im all wild up right and cant resist sharing them. I named her “Avocado”, Italian for avocado because theyre green :p oh and theyre six studs(soft gound) aluminum. My opponents better not piss me off or they ll feel the wrath of my boots
Skulls on your boots.. Uh oh John.. I see you have chosen a different path, a darker path
They came with the boots. If i had a choice, i wouldve gone without them. I dont like skulls either; im not a pirate!
Yarrrr me matey
“Avocado”, Italian for avocado”
wut.
also your shoes are hers?
i wonder if he had to google translate it.
I did :p
Just saw the picture. Good looking shoes, but wearing those you better be really fucking good or you should get made fun of.
Well i play in 8 teams and the owners of each team really enjoy me, soo i think im good :p
Nobody is going to make fun of him for them.. Now if he had my pretty pink boots, then he may get some abuse if he’s not good
If they dont, then they should. People wearing all this flamboyant stuff either says “Im gay” or “Im nasty at this so make sure you watch the guy in the green boots”
Yes, i give her a name and a gender to give her life so she can communicate with me as i play :p
You bought a pair of those over-priced boots? A cheap pair of Lotto’s with K leather, or Puma Kings are better.
Also, soft ground studs are whack. Save your money next time and just get FGs.
I got these for only 178 and i dont like puma kings or the lottos youre speaking of. I really love how they look and they feel extremely comfortable on me. Its like im not wearing anything and in the end, thats what matters. I dont believe in all that high tech mumbo jumbo.
And these were the same price as th Fg’s, and ive always wanted aluminum studs. Plus i could just change out the studs.
178? I dont pay more than $100 on cleats anymore. You learn that they dont make you better. I stick to the classic looking boots, i dont need the gimmicky boots. i just find something cheap with k leather and that works for me.
So apparently Milan fired Seedorf through email and have removed him from the hall of fame page on their site. That team is sh*t and will only get worst unless something changes in the management. Do they even care about Milan anymore?
That is disgusting
Wow, Inter got to step it up now, this is a new low, Milan “outclassed” them.
Oh wow the discussions have finally been revived 😀
I’m so pumped up for this world cup!! Can’t wait. So who are you guys supporting? For me it’s Italy and Chile (only if Vidal is going to play). But yeah if both get knocked out it’s easily Germany. Germany always do well and always win neutrals’ respect.
Fuck the nazi’s.
I care about Italy winning and Juventus players playing well. Besides that, good football and a worthy winner.
That’s a little too racist…
Besides, the world cup for me is support the team that you like the most that’s still competing. Even if all those three teams are out I’ll jump to another. I never intensely support a national team in Euro or WC simply because they aren’t my country 😛
prejudice and racism are different. resentment is a whole other domain too.
he must be a liberal.
All he said was fuck the nazis. I think we can all agree the sentiment.. Wait.. You mean you like the nazis? What is wrong with you?! You sick bastard!
I didnt say fuck the germans or bavarian creamaters. So why be bothered lol.
Fuck the germans AND the bavarian creamaters.
Where are you from again? Because fuck them..fuck everyone really.. I hate all races and nations and factions equally lol
Haha thank you my thoughts exactly. Everyone sucks just as bad
Italy and ‘Merica.
Juvetalia and supporting Murica slightly… But im sure ill be more than just a slight fan during the WC. I always turn into an ambitious american fan during tournaments and tourneys only, idk why. After major tournaments, its back to being a very casual Murica fan.
Well, since my country couldn’t qualify, I will just stick to Juve players. I hope Caceres dominates Balo / Immobile or whoever Italy will field as strikers against Uruguay.
I just hope that none of our players injure during the tournament.
I am personally hoping for some typical caceres slip ups vs Italy
Not surprised. 😛
True, thats hitlers master race for you though..
except half of their players are foreign and not aryan at all.
Pogba had 9 goals and 16 assists throughout this season. Considering he had a major dip in form from jan to march (since he was struggling with too many games), just imagine how good he can become in the future. Hard to believe he’s only 21.
Or he could get injured and cant play ever again. The world is full of cruel irony
Oh please don’t make me imagine that. I want Pogba to be the future Zidane…
🙁 it would be a horrid day. Unless we got 100m first.
Pogba is different do zidane. Not that he cant be as good, but different.
If we can hold on to him for 2 more seasons, we will get 100m for him from somebody.
Or the hype will fade and we will be lucky to get 40million
Possible. Or Pogba could have an epiphany and quit soccer.
Mine is more likely.. Can’t see him joining the priesthood anytime soon
He could become a male prostitute
He can do that on the side and still play though
But they have similarities .. They have both played for juve and neither of them are really french
To be the next Zidane, he has to do more than just gather up pretty stats. He has to be an influential player for more than just 30 mins a match. I no longer care how old he is.
Tho Im not saying all hes doing is not impressive, im just trying to say that i wont be easily awed by moments of brilliance, or stats… But its not like stats ever impressed me
Any player can get a career ending injury any time.
So with the WC already tomorrow(!!!), lets do a little preferred starting 11 thing:
————-Buffon
Abate-Barzagli–Chiellini-Balzaretti
—-De Rossi-Pirlo-Marchisio
————Candreva
——-Balotelli–Immobile
Im not 100% sure if Balzaretti is called up tho and im not sure how well a Balo- Immobile partner ship will work.
I’m 100% certain that balzalretti wasn’t called up and I don’t think a balotelli-immobile partnership would work however id give it a shot against Costa Rica.. But not england we HAVE to win that game!
vs england we need to play Balotelli-Cassano imo
Same, I think they’re too physical for insigne. Plus balotelli always has a point to prove vs england
De sciglio for Balzaretti and it looks good.
The formation being used by Prandelli in practice is:
Buffon
Darmian-Barz-Cheillini-De Sciglio
————De Rossi—————
——Verratti-Pirlo-Marchisio
————-Candreva
——-Balotelli
https://www.football-italia.net/50345/berardi-agent-week-crucial
I did tell you it hadn’t been fully decided yet Vidal.. I do still think he’ll stay at sassuolo but.. I did tell you! :p
Apparently Conte said this morning in a meeting that he would like to try the 4-3-3 but cant until after the WC. So we will seeeee
Berardi said himself that he was staying. Id love him back here but I dont think itll happen
Many players say that before leaving.. He was never going to say no to the switch, I assume he just didn’t think juventus was on the cards yet.
maybe. i’d love to bring him back. he’s already a lot like conte’s typical winger.
i know a lot of people will disagree with this but we should sell tevez this summer. He’s incompatible with a 4-3-3 which is what we need to play in the CL. there’s no point in having a player just for league games. also, his value is only going to go down from this point since he’s 30. After the season he had last year, we can get 20+mil for him. That could finance the sanchez move: a player who can play in both a 4-3-3 and 3-5-2.
I’ve already said this, however if we sell him we need to keep Llorente/sign someone like him.. Say.. Oh I don’t know.. Immobile from Dortmund.. Or cavani.. Cavani would do
we should keep llorente. he’s a good target man and does well in the 4-3-3. if we keep him, get lukaku on loan with an option to buy, bring back gabbiadini, get sanchez, and sign one more good winger, we’d have a really good attack.
I just read we had an initial bid rejected for lamela (not convinced its true or anything) but he would be a perfect player for the LW role.. As much as I despise him for his time at Roma you can’t deny that while he was there he was a heck of a player and if he regains that sort of form then it would be a great signing
he was great at roma but his performances depended on totti. totti is one of those players like del piero. alongside him, matri and amauri were good players. lamela is much more talented but i would rather try to get someone else. also, lamela started playing incredible football under zeman’s all out attack period.
I wouldn’t say his performances depended on totti, obviously they will have been enhanced by them because totti is fantastic but here he would be playing with players like pirlo who can do the exact same thing for him. I’d be very happy if we signed him and can’t think of any realistic targets that I’d rather sign
Im not really a fan of lamela after his spitting on licht’s face and kicking chiellini in the groin but he’d be better than no wingers.
Oh I’m not a fan, kinda despise him for those actions but there is no denying his ability, even if he hasn’t showed it in the BPL.. I’m sure we would all forgive him if he played well for us, just as we have lichtsteiner
I do disagree. He had a great season, selling him would be mean and stupid now. Especially when we have Vucinic and Quagliarella on bench. Even if we do change formations, keeping Tevez grants us more depth than any of those two. Tevez works like an animal. Sometimes I think he thinks he’s a battering ram as he basically runs over the defenses head on.
Also, he is our most experienced striker, that’s pretty neat too.
We still don’t really have wingers, only Giovinco and probably Berardi. Two won’t be enough anyway for a full season, and I don’t consider any of them first choice for CL. If we manage to get wingers for 4-3-3, I’d still keep Tevez, and use him as a sub to change formation and turn games for us.
we’re selling vucinic and quags. also, tevez is a hardworker but sanchez is better. He’s faster, more clinical, a better dribbler, not selfish, and he works harder than tevez. He completes almost twice as many tackles as tevez does and can play both as a winger or as a forward in a 3-5-2. also, this is tevez we’re talking about. not someone who will be happy to just sit and watch others play. He might be our most experienced striker, but he was a flop in europe. even quags did better than him.
Our whole team was a flop in Europe…
I am also pessimistic about signing Sanchez. I mean I’m not sure that will ever happen. It seems obvious from the media that we want him and he want’s to play with Vidal here, but no matter how much we want him and he wants us, Barca can still say no to all our bids if they want because I can’t see us paying more than €25mil for one player, and Barca is right to ask above 30.
“we’re selling vucinic and quags”
I think we were also selling Iaquinta or at least trying to get rid of him.. As long as they are here we can’t really count them out.
Sanchez can be better than Tevez in everything, but still selling our best in a time when the only thing we lack is squad depth is literally the opposite of what we should do. Who would you have on the bench if we sign Sanchez? Reducing the number of midfielders to 3 is great, because we would have there the depth we need, but what about strikers? Selling Vucinic, Quags and Tevez would mean we need 3 or 4 “decent in CL” strikers to be competitive in Europe.
the whole team wasn’t poor in the CL. llorente did well when he played as did quags. both scored two goals and won a penalty. vucinic got injured after like 20min so he doesn’t really count and seba didn’t get much playing time. of our forwards, the only real flop was tevez. in midfield, vidal and pogba were great. the defense had a few lapses in concentration but that’s what the forwards are there for, to score. tevez didn’t score and he didn’t get an assist. nor did he win a penalty. he also missed multiple 1v1 chances. just scoring in the league doesn’t make him our best player. i’d have lukaku(if we could get him on loan w/option to buy)/a back up to llorente and gabbiadini on the bench. you’re forgetting sanchez can play in tevez’s position in 3-5-2. also, when we’re playing 4-3-3 we don’t need 5 strikers. we can have llorente, a llorente back up, sanchez, and gabbiadini. all players who can play in a 3-5-2 as forwards. then we’d need to sign one more winger. so we can have him start with llorente and sanchez in a 4-3-3
Gio didn’t play much because we saw him last year against Chelsea. Well, we saw how easy removing him from play. Even though I agree that goals doesn’t make him our best players, the fans voted him (right?) on our official site the best, so I just went with it.
Tevez gives the opposition a harder time, and with the lack of goals and assists he gave some mobility in our attacks with his power play. He was more useful to the team than Gio was so far.
Lukaku: Yeah, I would like him too, but that’s not a done deal yet. He is in the world cup, he can increase his price as well as increasing the chance Chelsea decide to keep him.
Gabbiadini: We still have to buy his 50%, and he has zero experience in Europe.
When I said strikers for a 4-3-3 I meant the wingers too, so without wingers we really don’t need 5 Llorente like players. However, Gio, Berardi, Sanchez, and the world’s best winger would still not be enough for me simply because if one injures / gets banned we are down to 1 back up.
Well that’s what a backup is there for. If the starter gets injured or banned, you have him there. It doesnt have to be lukaku. I just put him there since we are being linked with him and he’d be a great signing.
we are going to field a 3-5-2 more than a 4-3-3. Conte is also smart, and will use whatever formation gets the best out of his players, which means he could use a 4-3-1-2 and play Tevez behind the forwards, where he would work, or as one of the 2 up front. In a 4-3-3, Tevez could be used as the CF or LWF. Something like Sanchez/Berardi-Tevez-Sanchez/Berardi could work, too.
Tevez as a false 9 doesnt work since since he drops far too deep and we play a ton of crosses and tevez is too short. Tevez as a winger hasnt worked for Argentina, man city, or us either in the few games we’ve played him as a winger. Also, we wouldnt play a 4-3-1-2 since it has the exact same problem that the 3-5-2 has. We would use 3-5-2 more but you’ve got sanchez who can replace tevez in the 3-5-2 and also be able to play in a 4-3-3
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/soccer-aid-2014-edgar-davids-3663790
Of,h David’s would end up getting carded in a charity match.. On another note Seedorf got a hatrick, maybe if he’d played himself his time in charge at milan may have ended better
oh davids lol
https://i.imgur.com/uBPmoRT.jpg
https://www.juvefc.com/juventus-transfer-talk/
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