Despite indications to the contrary, I am pretty confident we have come to the point where Ciro Ferrara is dispensed with following yet another abject performance tonight.
Ferrara's appointment, greeted with almost universal acclaim by Juventus supporters, always left me with serious doubts. The doubts stem from a scepticism connected with the appointment of an ex-player - no matter how successful - with little or no previous managerial experience at major league level, to a club like Juventus.
As we head towards the mid-season break, it can only be a matter of days before we learn of his departure.
It is now impossible to imagine that he has the strength of character, the necessary motivational ability or even the tactical and strategic nous, to revive players that look and perform with an obvious sense of being in a deep slough of despond as we contemplate the prospect of the remaining fixtures in 2010.
He clearly isn't up to the job. Now is the ideal time to lance the boil that is in danger of becoming an abscess before further damage is wrought. The players are clearly at a very low ebb with regards to self confidence and collective motivation as the necessary changes needed to revive the club cannot be implemented, simply because Ciro doesn't have to skill to do it.
For an obvious reason, the Internazionale result has to be seen as an aberration, if only because there is no need for the coach to motivate the players in a fixture that always brings out the best from those wearing the black and white.
I feel sorry that Ciro has had to learn the lesson in such an uncompromising manner, so publicly over the last few weeks.
I will wish him well for the future but for the time being we need a replacement who is capable of offering the tifosi a far better prospect of returning to a winning mindset by utilizing his squad far more effectively in terms of commitment, tactical and strategic cohesion and dedication to the cause.
Ferrara's appointment, greeted with almost universal acclaim by Juventus supporters, always left me with serious doubts. The doubts stem from a scepticism connected with the appointment of an ex-player - no matter how successful - with little or no previous managerial experience at major league level, to a club like Juventus.
As we head towards the mid-season break, it can only be a matter of days before we learn of his departure.
It is now impossible to imagine that he has the strength of character, the necessary motivational ability or even the tactical and strategic nous, to revive players that look and perform with an obvious sense of being in a deep slough of despond as we contemplate the prospect of the remaining fixtures in 2010.
He clearly isn't up to the job. Now is the ideal time to lance the boil that is in danger of becoming an abscess before further damage is wrought. The players are clearly at a very low ebb with regards to self confidence and collective motivation as the necessary changes needed to revive the club cannot be implemented, simply because Ciro doesn't have to skill to do it.
For an obvious reason, the Internazionale result has to be seen as an aberration, if only because there is no need for the coach to motivate the players in a fixture that always brings out the best from those wearing the black and white.
I feel sorry that Ciro has had to learn the lesson in such an uncompromising manner, so publicly over the last few weeks.
I will wish him well for the future but for the time being we need a replacement who is capable of offering the tifosi a far better prospect of returning to a winning mindset by utilizing his squad far more effectively in terms of commitment, tactical and strategic cohesion and dedication to the cause.
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and he did that with ranieri..
