Our game in hand finally drew upon us, with a visit to struggling, surely condemned to relegation Crotone. Allegri stuck with the system yet made numerous changes to the starting XI.…
Finally the curtains have been closed on a typically lively Winter mercato for the youth sector of Juventus. As is all too often the case, there were a flurry of deals…
A full list of Juventus transfers for the January 2017 transfer window. Purchases Tomas Rincon DM/CM – EU8m Genoa (Fee could rise to 9m depending on performance) Mattia Caldara CB…
Player Ratings Buffon – Fresh from celebrating his 39th birthday, Santo Buffon enjoyed the sunshine, offered an outlet at the back to help draw out the opposition and when called…
Player Ratings Buffon – Largely untested, one of his quietest games for many moons. Made one routine save down low, other than which was a spectator. 6 Chiellini – Upped…
Player Ratings Buffon – Was outfoxed for the opener but should have done much better for the second. Which was basically a long pass which didn’t exactly fly in, though…
Player Ratings Neto – A spectator until the final half hour horror show. And could do very little about either goal conceded. 6 Rugani – Was tested constantly by a very…
It didn’t take long to ease past the concerns which come naturally after the Winter break. Had Higuain overdone the christmas pudding? Was Sturaro still wearing his Santa hat? Had…
With the dawn of a new year fast approaching on the horizon, and my eagerness to embrace a brutal epitaph of Obama’s reign of terror dimming, I feel keen on…
Player Ratings Buffon – Could do little about the equaliser, made a solid save in the shoot-out and also kept out a Bacca header from close range. 6.5 Chiellini –…
Our heaviest defeat of the campaign, and one which whilst unexpected comes as no major surprise given the likely release of anxiety and tension born of the fine result in…
Player Ratings Buffon – Largely untested, as is often the case, yet could do nothing with the penalty conceded and made a solid save from close range when called upon.…
An entertaining match all round, with Lyon leaving Turin with a very hard fought and ultimately deserved point. A decent european night for the neutral, and the french, not so…
Little time for an in depth report as many elements are hounding me for attention, one of them holding a pigs ear between his fangs and dropping it by my…
Player Ratings Buffon – Largely untested, though produced a couple of solid saves, commanded the box well and his distribution was calm and sensible. 6 Bonucci – A colossus. 7.5…
After last Sunday’s horror-show against arch rivals Inter Milan we were fortunate to welcome Cagliari to Turin as sacrificial lambs to the slaughter to immediately remind ourselves that all is…
This mercato has been one of major upheaval, and with the transfer drawbridge soon to be raised I thought it timely to delve into the figures and soothe the concerns of…
It is a bother, to find ourselves in a similar situation to this time last year. In that we have not completed our mercato by any means, with the season…
As the Pogba story continues to bore and drag inexorably towards a finale fit for an audience of trainee clowns, I am feeling a suspicion creep up my spine. For…
Whilst the interminable focus of the mass media remains steadfastly following Pogba’s bowel movements, I have been pondering our signings to date. The mercato has been immensely strong, and it…