I watched Juventus v Palermo. I thought I was disappointed last week. Wow. They had a midfield line of 3 that struggled to maintain possession. Sissoko got sent off, which I hope is his last appearance for Juve. He is not up to the standard. Poulsen looks like a deer in headlights. I’m not sure what he offers. Marchisio was one of the better players, but still needs some experience. Amauri. Seriously, he is the one leading the attack? I’m not sold on his quality. De Ceglie was the revelation of the day. In the second half he bombed forward and was quite dangerous. Camo came on late but was awful for a player of his pedigree. Nedved ran around as usual but didn’t impact the game. Del Piero tried and ran and worked but didn’t have the depth of team around him. Giovinco is quite good, but again, he can be taken out of the game physically if everything is on him.
I am disappointed with Juve management in this regard: they bought very poorly over the summer and didn’t address the weaknesses and age of the club.
Weakness 1, out and out strikers. Juventus only added Amauri, and Giovinco if you count getting him back from loan. Now on paper they are strong at this position, but injuries hit and they are left with Alex, Amauri and Seba. Alex and Seba can’t play together, so you left with AMauri and another forward. Now management couldn’t have known about injuries, but why did they sell Palladino?
Not only is he another option up top, but he could have addressed another glaring weakness of Juve—depth. Camo and Nedved are old. Sorry. They can’t play a whole game at a high level and have lost a step. The Palermo game showed that after a midweek fixture, the entire lineup and tactical lineup has to be reshuffled, to Juve’s detriment.
Personally, I would have sold Trezeguet and bought several players (a forward and at least one winger) with the transfer money, in addition to keeping Nocerino and Palladino. Defensively they are strong and deep, but going forward will be a struggle based on the current squad.
Juve will struggle until the Champions League group stage is over because they don’t have the depth and quality of squad to fight on both fronts. They have 9 points after 6 matches and haven’t even played Inter, Milan, Roma or Lazio. From now until mid-December, they could be mired in 10th to 14th position because points will be increasingly hard to come by.
I hope they rectify some of the issues in the January transfer window. I could see, with the right buys, a surge into the UEFA cup spots. I will go on record right now saying they won’t finish in the top 4.
This team needs to be overhauled and a three plan put in place to make them true domestic and European contenders.
And to top it all off, Ranieri got the dreaded “vote of confidence.” Last year he took a strongly motivated and experience team as far as it could go. Third place was really beyond anyone’s dreams, but now the redemption of calciopoli scandal has worn off. Time for the hard work.
Forza Juve.
I am disappointed with Juve management in this regard: they bought very poorly over the summer and didn’t address the weaknesses and age of the club.
Weakness 1, out and out strikers. Juventus only added Amauri, and Giovinco if you count getting him back from loan. Now on paper they are strong at this position, but injuries hit and they are left with Alex, Amauri and Seba. Alex and Seba can’t play together, so you left with AMauri and another forward. Now management couldn’t have known about injuries, but why did they sell Palladino?
Not only is he another option up top, but he could have addressed another glaring weakness of Juve—depth. Camo and Nedved are old. Sorry. They can’t play a whole game at a high level and have lost a step. The Palermo game showed that after a midweek fixture, the entire lineup and tactical lineup has to be reshuffled, to Juve’s detriment.
Personally, I would have sold Trezeguet and bought several players (a forward and at least one winger) with the transfer money, in addition to keeping Nocerino and Palladino. Defensively they are strong and deep, but going forward will be a struggle based on the current squad.
Juve will struggle until the Champions League group stage is over because they don’t have the depth and quality of squad to fight on both fronts. They have 9 points after 6 matches and haven’t even played Inter, Milan, Roma or Lazio. From now until mid-December, they could be mired in 10th to 14th position because points will be increasingly hard to come by.
I hope they rectify some of the issues in the January transfer window. I could see, with the right buys, a surge into the UEFA cup spots. I will go on record right now saying they won’t finish in the top 4.
This team needs to be overhauled and a three plan put in place to make them true domestic and European contenders.
And to top it all off, Ranieri got the dreaded “vote of confidence.” Last year he took a strongly motivated and experience team as far as it could go. Third place was really beyond anyone’s dreams, but now the redemption of calciopoli scandal has worn off. Time for the hard work.
Forza Juve.
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