Recent content by pensionator

  1. Adrien Rabiot / completing formalities at Juventus

    Actually the official statement was released yesterday afternoon https://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2019/a-bientot-adrien-rabiot.php
  2. Transfer Tweets - 2019/20 | Check the OP for blacklisted sources before posting

    At the moment we have 7 mids including Rabiot (who’s going to replace Khedira) and Ramsey. Then if we actually manage to pull the Pogback 2.0 Matuidi will be on the market on that same day. In any case the plan is to have 6
  3. Matthijs de Ligt / signs for Juventus, lowering their average age to 56

    New tax regime for foreigners (the government approved it a couple of days ago). 12 net is around 16 gross, whereas before 16 gross were 8 net.
  4. BBC: Chelsea agree deal for Sarri to join Juventus

    Actually he fell out with at last two players per season throughout his career and this year most of the team wanted him out. Plus his Juve was the ugliest team to ever play football and even the board started to look utterly disappointed during games
  5. Maurizio Sarri's Sack Watch | And Now Our Watch Has Ended

    This thing is getting out of control and you haven’t the slightest idea
  6. Maurizio Sarri's Sack Watch | And Now Our Watch Has Ended

    We have Pjanic which is a better version of Jorginho, and indeed he tried to sign him last summer
  7. Cristiano Ronaldo : The Juventus Chapter | Fin

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-04/cristiano-ronaldo-rape-suit-in-las-vegas-is-dismissed-by-accuser?srnd=premium-europe The rape saga is over
  8. Cristiano Ronaldo : The Juventus Chapter | Fin

    Goalkeeper definitely not, Buffon was still good but it costed us in several occasions including that final (Suarez's goal, very bad mistake from him). Szczesny might not be hyped as other keepers like Alisson or De Gea but this season he made tons of incredible saves and literally nobody misses...
  9. Cristiano Ronaldo : The Juventus Chapter | Fin

    In the past yes, but not in the last two seasons, the balance of the team has heavily changed. The golden age of the Chiellini-Bonucci-Barzagli trio is gone and especially without Chiellini we concede a ton of chances and we are not as rock solid as before. One example was the knockout against...
  10. Cristiano Ronaldo : The Juventus Chapter | Fin

    To be fair Can is probably the only midfielder I would actually be happy to keep after this season as he’s been the best one by far. I’d save also Bentancur. Pjanic was the true deadweight.
  11. Cristiano Ronaldo : The Juventus Chapter | Fin

    To be fair we arrived at those games in the worst possible conditions, all players except Ronaldo and Can were in terrible form and we had to play without Chiellini, Douglas Costa, Khedira (him and costa were out all season), Cuadrado, Mandzukic (who played with an injury in the first leg and in...
  12. Cristiano Ronaldo : The Juventus Chapter | Fin

    Without him I have my doubts that we would have won it. I am basing this on the performances from last season and on the difference between the Juve with and without Ronaldo this season. If it weren't for the explosion of Kean (the only scorer in the league after Ronaldo's injury) we would have...
  13. Cristiano Ronaldo : The Juventus Chapter | Fin

    I said “funnily enough” exactly because nobody expected him to be so involved in the build up all the time. By the end of the season he even started to go back defending a lot (for his standards). I guess he was so desperate that he decided to drop deep otherwise he would have seen the ball...
  14. Cristiano Ronaldo : The Juventus Chapter | Fin

    It was simply a lack of attacking ideas, we just bomb the area with crosses because there is a complete absence of coordinated movements and/or tactics. Plus this team has zero pace, we walk on the pitch and our passing is terribly slow with no verticality. Allegri is Mourinho reincarnated...
  15. Cristiano Ronaldo : The Juventus Chapter | Fin

    5 goals in 4 games in the knockout stage, the only goals we scored. He delivered, the rest of the team didn’t. Actually it’s impressive that he was even able to score considering what we (didn’t) create.