I mean, who could have known he's that kind of guy.
Right. Almost everyone except for the ones who signed him.
Right. Almost everyone except for the ones who signed him.
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I think it was planned by the end of July. Pirlo himself said that he doesn't want to coach youth teams and is looking for a senior team in April this year. Andrea Pirlo has ruled out a job with the Juventus Under-23 team And suddenly by the end of July he has changed his mind?
It was clear by that time that Sarri can't deal with our squad and he has zero chance to win the CL. Maybe they looked at other options but appointing Pirlo gives them an excuse to do whatever changes they want with our selection and set the expectations for next season a little bit lower.
It was clear by that time that Sarri can't deal with our squad and he has zero chance to win the CL. Maybe they looked at other options but appointing Pirlo gives them an excuse to do whatever changes they want with our selection and set the expectations for next season a little bit lower.
I don't think the situation is as dire as you say it is. We really don't have a massive problem with the ageing squad like you said. Demiral, De Ligt, Romero, Rabiot, Arthur, Kulusevski, Pellegrini and Bentancur form a very youthful bunch, paired with Dybala, Ramsey, Costa, Berna and Sandro who are in their prime (in terms of age, not form...). Bar Ronaldo, Bonucci and Cuadrado, our starting XI is actually very youthful, and those three are all playing better than their younger counter-parts.
High salaries is a problem, but getting rid of some dead weight like Higuain, Khedira, Matuidi, Berna, Rugani, De Shitlio and maybe Ramsey would ease that problem very much.
We have a lot of quality players and they are all suited for Pirlos preferred 4-3-3 which the players are already familiar with. It could be that with just a couple of player additions, a change of attitude and a new tactical approach, we could start to get the best out of our existing players. I don't think we need a massive player overhaul; add in a regista like Tonali, sign some depth at full-back and maybe get a new striker to replace Higgy and we're good to go.
High salaries is a problem, but getting rid of some dead weight like Higuain, Khedira, Matuidi, Berna, Rugani, De Shitlio and maybe Ramsey would ease that problem very much.
We have a lot of quality players and they are all suited for Pirlos preferred 4-3-3 which the players are already familiar with. It could be that with just a couple of player additions, a change of attitude and a new tactical approach, we could start to get the best out of our existing players. I don't think we need a massive player overhaul; add in a regista like Tonali, sign some depth at full-back and maybe get a new striker to replace Higgy and we're good to go.
Well to be frank, defeatism is in Juve’s DNA until CR7 arrived to show us how winning is done. Back then, Buffon Chiellini and co are just humble players who go into champions league final behaving like underdogs.
Since CR7 has joined, I hope he has opened these ‘senior’ players’ eyes to finally see how winning is done at a world class level.
Since CR7 has joined, I hope he has opened these ‘senior’ players’ eyes to finally see how winning is done at a world class level.
Bitch please, I'm not always a brute 
How are you btw? I am over sulking, but still irritated.
How are you btw? I am over sulking, but still irritated.
demanding heads to roll for months now (if not years XD)I'm totally shocked, as everyone else is. I think that hiring Pirlo in the current situation is madness. One of my favorite players of all time being thrown under the bus ain't funny at all.
I used to be jelly of Milan having him as a player, then I couldn't be happier when he arrived, even if he did it so late in his career. Now as a coach I'm excited as fuck but also anxious because the task is very difficult. Here's hoping AA took over the wheel and he's going to support Pirlo properly. Otherwise we're tarnishing an image of a legend.
Fairy tales don't exist in real life and for every Zidane or Pep, you have dozens of Seedorfs Inzaghis or Gattusos. On the other hand I'd be willing to go through a rebuild phase as long as the club starts offloading the oldies for talented young guns. The squad is way overdue of being refreshed, we're not winning CL with this squad even if God himself sat on Juve's bench.
As for Sarri, I defended him for quite a bit of time but in the end there was nothing left to defend. I was disgusted with the season's ending, plus obviously the Lyon game. The worst of it all was that at some point it was totally visible the players wouldn't listen to him anymore, so anything he tried to do, wouldn't work. There was no point in going forward. I'm just surprised that the management kept him for so long if they saw the cracks between him and the squad earlier than we did (which I'm sure they did).
There will be a steep learning curve for most of the younger new players coming in. We have been very patient with De Ligt and Bentacur. It's extremely hard to hit the ground running for most young players being introduced to Juve.
Due to the covid-19 situation all teams are experiencing financial difficulties and unless we release all players with high salaries this will be hard to solve.
All in all I hope you are right. I am a touch pessimistic as I could see this coming when we fired Allegri for Sarri instead of trying to do the overhaul back then.
Due to the covid-19 situation all teams are experiencing financial difficulties and unless we release all players with high salaries this will be hard to solve.
All in all I hope you are right. I am a touch pessimistic as I could see this coming when we fired Allegri for Sarri instead of trying to do the overhaul back then.
