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The Sunday Times April 16, 2006 Hard act to follow Juan Roman Riquelme makes up for his lack of pace with a speed of thought that leaves opponents chasing shadows, as Arsenal will find out at Highbury on Wednesday. By Ian Hawkey At the Ciudad Deportivo del Villarreal last Thursday...

Both Agnelli seniors earned their rights to be vocal about the team. Lapo Elkann and Fabio Capello did what they did because they can. The comparison with Moratti is clutching at straws.

What was Di Vaio's Parma record again?

Yesterday's game, just like countless games before, has proven that it is not just about numbers. 1 striker, 2 forwards, 3 attackers ... you can throw 5 men upfront and they'll still look lost . There's no cohesion, no understanding and simply no clue on how to build an organized attack. Bar the...

For someone who's been around for less than a season compared to Alex and Buffon, some of you guys are defending Capello as if the sun shines out of his *** As for lying, setting players against each other etc, I'm not putting it beyond Capello in trying that sh!t on our captain and Buffon...

Not only that - its a disgrace. I find myself pleasantly surprised whenever the team completes a decent move, a nice sequence of passing etc for the simple reason that it is so rare nowadays. Then again, not exactly - its been like this for YEARS. Despite my criticism of the attack, I've got...

Capello comes in, inherits a decent squad, gets MAJOR upgrades in every department and the team continues playing like sh!t. Let's see, Juve have people like Buffon, Cannavaro, Thuram, Zambrotta, Emerson, Nedved, ADP, Trez, Zlatan et al, respective tops in their positions and you tell us we...

I am aware of that. Pace? This has never been much of an issue for players who make the ball work for them. The combination of quickness in thought, technique and ball speed far surpasses that physical attribute. Juve, for some obscure reason, insists on doing it the other way round. Zidane...

Perhaps 3-4 seasons of watching a six-man defence does make it acceptable. Laughable indeed. Nedved being rubbish might have something to do with remisnicing days during his first 6mths in Juve under Lippi - shafted left in a 4-4-2 to pass off as some winger. Ditto Del Piero. Somebody realized...

Riquelme doesn't have to fit the system. He's under consideration because he's likely to improve the defective system. If a player is good enough as an attacking focal point, why not? I don't understand the defensive argument - something is wrong if a team is clinging on to that little shred of...

A change from the usual assists - a hattrick of goals this time. Juventus, with its tradition of having some of the best playmakers around, cries out for someone of this talent. Definitely Serie A material and undisputably better than Aimar, his counterpart in Valencia. Unfortunately, the club...

Riquleme is finally settling in Europe. He will be a good solution to Juve's midfield problems. Give Barca Tacchinardi.

The Milan fan you're replying to is probably taking issue with consistency. It is considered OK if Seedorf violated the rules because the keeper did the same. It is also OK that shirt tugs are condoned because everybody else does it. Basically, it can be concluded that Pieri has been...

Hardly that lopsided. In our finest era between 95-98, let's not forget Paolo Sousa, the insult to injury in Edgar Davids (and with Vieira, you threw away 2 of the best DMs in recent times) as well as the protagonist in the 6-1 demolition job, Vladimir Jugovic ... Advantage Juve. And there...

Regarding Desmond's observation, its been discussed before - the Juve for the past few seasons (or more specifically, after DP's crippling injury in 99') has no clue in building a coherent attack for any sustained periods. After 3 coaches in 5 years, its basically still the same thing...