Andrea "Il Bruco Brutto" Agnelli (22 Viewers)

zizinho

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The 55 mistakes of Juventus (and how not to make others)
How many mistakes has Juventus made in recent years? 1-5-10-50? How many had he committed in the years of total domination?

Once upon a time there was a Juventus light years ahead of the others in Italy. A decade of lead has now evaporated.

It is extraordinary both that the domination lasted 9 years (usually the advantages, even abysmal ones, are lost in much fewer years), and that the gap was cleared (indeed, reversed in favor of a rival) in such a sudden way.


In reality, errors are made every year, but when they become continuous and frequent, these lead to other consequent errors and uncover more hidden ones, to the point of contaminating everything and making the club a single organic mass of errors, at all levels. , Management, Coach and every single member of the squad.

We see this inextricable and autoimmune jumble of errors, in every single role, in every single sector:



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Szczesny : good anonymous goalkeeper in his peaks. MISTAKE 1 : not having sold it to take (at 0) a 22-year-old generational goalkeeper.

Perin : the second most expensive of A. MISTAKE 2 : not having sold it in recent years to get something out of it.

Pinsoglio : goalkeeper mascot from LegaPro. MISTAKE 3 : not having bet on one of the many young CTP goalkeepers purchased over the years.

Cuadrado : continuous and essential. ERROR 4 : tossing him from outside low to high and having overused him despite the many national breaks.

Danilo : discreet defensive wildcard never exploded: ERROR 5 : having sold the best full-back in the world (Cancelo) to take on the Brazilian for 37 million.

De Sciglio : 2 crosses and 1 goal in 3 years. MISTAKE 6 : having taken a fragile player, not being able to sell him, not even for free.

Alex Sandro : bolso, satisfied, without a market and desire. MISTAKE 7: not having had a change for years, not having sold it before the collapse.

Pellegrini : mid-back full-back A. Failed by 3 coaches already in retirement. ERROR 8: traded with the best Italian (Spinazzola) and then sold to disastrous clubs.

Chiellini : best scorer in the world. Legend. 5 formidable races a year. 5. MISTAKE 9 : not having greeted him before the European Championships with a place in society.

Bonucci : among the best but only paired with a top scorer. ERROR 10 : think that at 35 he is able to play 55 games avoiding Rugani.

de Ligt : top young scorer in the world. Phenomenon inside and out. MISTAKE 11 : Allowing your agent to say "you are ready for the next step".

Rugani : from promise to meme. Flop in low Ligue 1 and A. MISTAKE 12 : giving him a non-reserve engagement that makes him un-transferable.

* meanwhile, the club gave up behind: Cancelo (Err 13) , Romero (Err. 14) , Demiral (Err. 15) and Spinazzola (Err. 16).



Arthur : most expensive midfielder in Juve history. Out of project. ERROR 17 : Taken for Sarri and for the capital gain. 70 million destroyed.

Ramsey : midfielder with the highest signing. ERROR 18 : Unavailable for 12 months. Desperate club wanted.

Rabiot : another CC with the greatest engagement in the squad, apathetic and disappointing. ERROR 19 : not having assessed maturity and nature in addition to his alleged "talent".

McKennie : the best with Locatelli. ERROR 20: put on sale in August. In fact still in the showcase because among the few young people with low wages.

Locatelli : the best in between. ERROR 21: he touched 100 balls per match, he created and assisted, now he is in front of the defense to defend and get by.

Bentancur : most involved player in recent history. He can't do anything well. MISTAKE 22: not having sold it when it had a bit of appeal.

* Passed from Pirlo-Vidal-Marchisio-Pogba, then to Pjanic-Khedira-Matuidi up to a flood of zero parameters or flopped “capital gains” purchases, letting strong and young Italians escape conditions of domination on the domestic market: Verratti (Err. 23). Zaniolo (Err. 24), Barella (Err. 25), Tonali (Err. 26).



Kulusevski : more expensive young purchase, 5th choice. ERROR 27 : bet on specific talent, tossed in different roles in a fragile team, now on display.

Bernardeschi : more expensive young purchase than a few years ago. ERROR 28 : tossed in a hundred roles, from full-back to false new, now expiring.

Chiesa : crystal-clear talent, best purchase of the two-year period. MISTAKE 29 : not having built him a worthy team and almost questioned him.

Dybala : the 10 with the most goals of the cycle, but now fragile. ERROR 30 : weaned, pampered, betrayed, given up, put back in the center, released after endless and ridiculous negotiations.

Morata : Not a 9, perhaps an 11, fragile but generous. ERROR 31 : 4th choice, absurd formula (10M / year + 35M), precarious ending.

Kean : Stronger 3 years ago than now. ERROR 32 : yielded when it was ours and on the ramp, resumed on the last day, after CR7.

Kaio : Awake, but who knows how he plays. ERROR 33 : having made him do 10 'in 4 months, and rejected the first chance. Humiliating.

* meanwhile the club sold only 29.8 Ronaldo (Err. 34), sold only with minus Higuain (Err. 35), had Haaland (Err. 36) in his hands and could close in the summer for Vlahovic (Err. 37).



Coaches :

Sarri , ERROR 38 : coach chosen to change the cycle but with an old and winning team, incompatible tactically and mentally.

Pirlo , ERROR 39 : not coach. First defended by the President then dumped.

Allegri , ERROR 40 : separation more out of tiredness than out of rationality, I return more out of caution than out of planning. Double mistake. Then from the beginning of the year (Error 41) a series of his big and small mistakes in these 6 months.

* meanwhile the club could choose Conte (Err. 42) or Inzaghi (Err. 43) with a Tuchel coming out in Pirlo's summer (Err. 44).



Management / Presidency:

Marotta , ERROR 45: kicked out the best GM of the decade who now makes the fortunes of his direct rival, only for a surmountable misunderstanding (CR7)

Paratici , ERROR 46 : promoted (?) The best DS of the decade to play a role for which he was neither suitable nor stimulated and then kicked out.

Cherubini , ERROR 47 : experience as deputy and in Juve U23, therefore a team of C. Put there with the coach already taken and the market stagnant.

Arrivabene , ERROR 48 : zero experience in football (like Blanc) and hard words against the best assets in the squad (Dybala, de Ligt).

Agnelli chooses Marotta and Paratici, then Conte, then Allegri. Concludes the Stadium, launches the new brand, launches the 2nd team, the Women, wins (almost) everything. He thinks he is infallible, so Marotta makes mistakes already listed as firing Marotta, delegating the choice of Sarri to Nedved and Paratici, choosing him Pirlo and Allegri, being embroiled in the ultrà question ( Err. 49 ), also involving the security manager friend in spite of himself childhood ( Err. 50) , flopping the first step with the SuperLega (Err. 51) , letting Suarez (Err. 52) and Capital gains (Err. 53) run wild . Passively suffer any wave of mud, other people's misconduct, Lega and FIGC disasters(Err. 54)

Stadium , ERROR 55 : jewel and basin, now semi-deserted theater, everyone's fault, society, organized and unorganized cheering.

We could continue with a Juve U23 that after 4 years has not provided any contribution to the squad, and is still in C despite higher budgets than its competitors.

Many, too many errors. Which now make the margin and the risk of making others very thin.

Yet, it would be enough to remedy 4-5 macroscopic errors with 4-5 right choices to make the other 50 disappear or make less important:

  1. PURGE those who have zero impact on the pitch and huge impact on the budget: Ramsey, Rabiot, Sandro;
  2. Be CLEAR in the confirmations of STRONG men (Dybala, de Ligt, Chiesa, Cuadrado, McKennie);
  3. BE CLEAR in the CHOICES (renunciation or renewal with halved salaries) of the supporting actors (Perin, Rugani, Berna, De Sciglio, Bentancur, Kulu, Kaio, Kean, etc.);
  4. Replace the 9 (Morata) and the CC in front of the defense (Arthur) with strong and functional players of equal salary / amortization;
  5. Have a clear, coherent and transparent corporate plan.
It took years of near-0 errors to build a domain and 55 errors to break it down. But Juve is now better than 2010 and it will be enough not to keep repeating macroscopic ones to win again.
Time to sell De Ligt and pair Bonucci with a real scorer
 

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LiquidPLP

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Jun 9, 2012
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The massive amount of bad karma this guy called on us after not wanting to play against ‘smaller’ clubs anymore
Serves him right to be honest. Self-entitled shithead who treats even the competitive side of the sport as a business. He got complacent due to the previous success and everything backfired badly for him.

This team can't beat the "minnows" but our president thinks his club deserves to play the big boys, based on his made up rules.
 

Jäger

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May 2, 2021
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Nedved was right about sacking Allegri in 2019, not Agnelli. We replaced him with the wrong coaches, the results were thus crap, and Agnelli had his "I told you so" moment in the summer. Brought his chum back, locked him down into a 4 year contract of 9m a year, and now look at the results. We are in for a couple years of mediocrity. We have lost our once cemented position as a feared European team. And it's all because of him
 

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