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First time in my life I turned off a Juve game. Canceled plans on a Friday. Get a pizza, a 6pack and catch a Juve game. Haven't done it for ages. Struggled to finish the first half. But really there is nothing enjoyable there. I never watched Juve for the tiki taka football. I watched the...

Well a lot of things have to change and we're in the process of cleaning up it seems. But you can't buy a whole new team in a year unless you're PSG or City. So until we rebuilt bit by bit, a few proven players signed on a free, with short contracts sounds like a good way to go. The season is...

Perisic and Di Maria are very good free reinforcements for winger depth, which was pretty obviously one of the things greatly missing last year, especially after Chiesa got injured. Both can contribute to goal scoring. Both proven on the highest level. If offered short term contracts it sounds...

Good game from him tonight. Let's keep the positives.

It's a mentality issue above anything else. In the first half we were better. Could have scored another 1 or 2. Nothing extraordinary. But we were combative and with a few good combinations going on Second half we just lost it after the goal. Defended really deep and played for the draw...

Wtf we're doing? Instead of reacting to the goal we're sitting back and defending the draw? I really hope I'm wrong but second one for them is coming anytime now..

Let me give a more positive take on things... We have to put this mercato in some context. Covid messed us up really hard. As it also did with most of the non Arab/Russian owned teams (or the EPL ones to a lesser extend). To begin with, seeing Real/Barca losing some of their major assets makes...

For a short term solution we can't really do better than Dzeko. He fits as a glove to the Morata sub role. Good at scoring, good at linking, clutch, and technically sound. And because of his position we'll be able to squeeze at least 1.5 years our of him even at his advanced age.

The more this Juve is starting to apply Sarri's characteristics, the more I like it. The guy has made almost every player play better than last year (apart from Berna, but hive him a bit of time). But above all, this seems to be one of the less Ronaldo-centred team Ronaldo has played since his...

Really good once he came in. This guy should be in the pitch, Matuidi should come in only to close down matches.

A performance with guts (even before the goal). The transfer sage seems to have done him good. Forza Paolo.

Kante is an awesome destroyer. However not sure he's technically at the level Sarri would expect from someone playing his position. Also, he's already 28. Not old, but not young either. I'd prefer if for now we put our effort in moulding Rabiot into the player we want. Physically strong, very...

He's appearing more and more lately in the training commercial videos/stories. Maybe Sarri likes something he sees in him? In theory he's someone that would fit in his system a lot. Can we have Ronaldo and the new Ronaldo in the same team?

Well if you remember well, after giving his best he was registered for the second half of CL. That he ended up leaving in search of first team playing time is a different matter. That he might have ended up in Parma or Atalanta instead of Roma if he had not done that game vs Atletico is another...

A pity. I thought he would be good as the backup for Rabiot for the most defensive midfield role of the three. I like him in a defensive role. He's built like a tank and his passing is not bad actually. However that's how it works when you're competing for a spot in a top institution. He went...