Ciro Ferrara (43 Viewers)

Ahmed

Principino
Sep 3, 2006
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icεmαή;2272719 said:
I don't think Ranieri had it in him to win anything (other than maybe a Coppa) with us. He had to go, but to say he was rubbish is something I will never accept.



I still watch the goals and highlights of that match every time I nearly suffer a heart attack watching Juve play these days. Iaquinta's celebration :touched: DP's coolly taken penalty :touched:
fuckin' bastard Essien :sad:
 

icemaη

Rab's Husband - The Regista
Moderator
Aug 27, 2008
36,363
Verdict

Ranieri: No
Ciro: No
Spalletti: No
Mancini: No
Lippi: No

Gasperini: Perhaps
Prandelli: Why Not?

Hiddink: YES!
:agree:
I've changed my opinion of Prandelli drastically from last season after what he has achieved this season in the CL. But I think going for a non-Italian coach is the best way forward for Juve.
 

Alen

Ѕenior Аdmin
Apr 2, 2007
53,976
I know that normally it shouldn't make any difference. If you're good, you'll be good anywhere you play.
But can it be a simple coincidence that the physical and hard working teams are winning serie A for the last 5-6 years and they do absolutely nothing in Europe, while the more technical teams, who have a completely different style than Inter or Capello's Juve, can't do shit in Italy but are doing solid in Europe?
Milan won the CL twice, played another CL final and semifinal in years when they weren't winning serie A. Roma was regularly making it to CL quarters while now Fiorentina did the best of all the Italian teams.

Is there a coach who knows both European and Italian football well and can come up with a formula that will work both in serie A and a CL?
 

Ahmed

Principino
Sep 3, 2006
47,928
it's certainly not a coincidence...Meelan are the only team that were able to strike that balance in recent seasons, and even that was quite a while ago...so I guess we should have gotten their Coach again ;)
 

IrishZebra

Western Imperialist
Jun 18, 2006
23,327
I know that normally it shouldn't make any difference. If you're good, you'll be good anywhere you play.
But can it be a simple coincidence that the physical and hard working teams are winning serie A for the last 5-6 years and they do absolutely nothing in Europe, while the more technical teams, who have a completely different style than Inter or Capello's Juve, can't do shit in Italy but are doing solid in Europe?
Milan won the CL twice, played another CL final and semifinal in years when they weren't winning serie A. Roma was regularly making it to CL quarters while now Fiorentina did the best of all the Italian teams.

Is there a coach who knows both European and Italian football well and can come up with a formula that will work both in serie A and a CL?
1() AC faltered domestically because they are Grandads, the CL isn't a long-haul league competition, it's a series of one off games.
2)Roma? They are quite a good team and were 2nd in the league, but now they are poor.


There you go, explained away, feel better?
 

IrishZebra

Western Imperialist
Jun 18, 2006
23,327
a full CL campaign is at least 13 matches, so it isn't exactly a one-off series
That's roughly 1/3 of the games that you have to win in a league campaign. (factoring in the group stages).

I also said it was a series of one-offs not a one-off series, the two have different connotations
 
May 29, 2003
60
Mexes, Chivu and Cicinho were all highly rated players, deservingly, before they went to Roma. Then Spalletti ruined them as he has no idea whatsoever how to organize a back four.

If Spalletti believes fielding Totti as a lone striker and using Perrotta, a talentless clown as a trequartista is going on the right path, then I'm afraid to see what he'd do with Diego and more money at his disposal.

Rubbish coach with a loser's face.
So what you're saying is, watching football isn't really your thing ..?

Mexes was a bench player when Spalletti arrived, Cicinho was a reserve player for Madrid and then was used in midfield because he was a defensive nightmare, now is 3rd string for Ranieri, Chivu is Chivu (skilled but braindead) and Totti's switch won him the golden boot. Rubbish post, too late to save face :sergio:

Gasperini over Spalletti :lol:
 

Mohad

The Ocean Star
May 20, 2009
6,690
icεmαή;2272706 said:
Ranieri did a good job at Juve. I'll always respect him for that, no matter what idiots say. Ciro brought us six points towards the end of last season, yes. But that had nothing to do with him being the coach.
This is a team built around a 4-4-2 style, so it was easy for Ciro to handle it. And now to change an entire system and integrate new players is a very difficult task.


icεmαή;2272706 said:
Look at him now. Ranieri build a solid team with average players. To say the success (yes, success) we achieved after being promoted to Serie A is the players achievement only is moronic.
Dude, read my post again. I compared between last season and this season in the CL group stage, and you brought this?

And there's no need for insults when you want to prove something.
 

icemaη

Rab's Husband - The Regista
Moderator
Aug 27, 2008
36,363
This is a team built around a 4-4-2 style, so it was easy for Ciro to handle it. And now to change an entire system and integrate new players is a very difficult task.

Dude, read my post again. I compared between last season and this season in the CL group stage, and you brought this?

And there's is no need for insults when you want to prove something.
I didn't mean to insult anyone, I sincerely apologize if I did.

You underestimate the role of the coach in our victories in the CL last season. Why is it always that when we win its the players and when we lose its the coaches fault? I've no doubt that if Ranieri were our coach now we'd still be in the CL. That said, I am not sad that he left. I'm just sad that we have a team with no formation halfway through the season and look clueless every time they take the field. Worse still, a team with no heart. Even when we had nothing we had the Juventus spirit, which was the least I expected from Ciro.

My earlier posts weren't aimed at you in particular, please don't take it as such.
 

Mohad

The Ocean Star
May 20, 2009
6,690
icεmαή;2272795 said:
I didn't mean to insult anyone, I sincerely apologize if I did.

You underestimate the role of the coach in our victories in the CL last season. Why is it always that when we win its the players and when we lose its the coaches fault? I've no doubt that if Ranieri were our coach now we'd still be in the CL. That said, I am not sad that he left. I'm just sad that we have a team with no formation halfway through the season and look clueless every time they take the field. Worse still, a team with no heart. Even when we had nothing we had the Juventus spirit, which was the least I expected from Ciro.
The psychological weakness of this team is the most distressing thing. I expect the players of this club to fight until the death. To respect but not be intimidated by their opponents. What we have instead is obnoxious complacency, as if they're entitled to win against teams like Bari. They might not when all the time, but we have a right to expect that they will give their all until the final whistle. Today some of them couldn't even be bothered to run. They gave up and just stopped caring....In such cases, the coach is not the first one to blame.


icεmαή;2272795 said:
My earlier posts weren't aimed at you in particular, please don't take it as such.
It's OK :tup:
 

v1rtu4l

Senior Member
Mar 4, 2008
6,349
Ranieri was a horse's ass who was so predictable that we only came in 2nd last year thanks to someone else coming in and solidifying 6 much needed points at the end of the season.
so predictable that we still gathered many wins under him ... when he was so easy predictable, why did we win against that grandmaster mourinho or the other big guns in serie a ? i agree though, that the last wins ferrara "achieved" would have been difficult to achieve under ranieri...


Do you need to be reminded that the team was lucky to beat Zenit in the opener thanks to a Del Piero free kick? Do you need to be reminded that they drew BATE twice. They won because they were motivated against Real and because the rest of the group got the results necessary for us to claim top spot. Analyze the whole situation and the performances. We looked good twice and frankly it was ADP that secured our three wins. He was injured for Ciro the majority of the time.
yes, del piero saved our ass with scoring a goal, but it would have been useless, if we would have already conceded 3 goals like under ferrara ... who was our saviour in the defense ? legro ?
 

Buck Fuddy

Lara Chedraoui fanboy
May 22, 2009
10,887
icεmαή;2272795 said:
You underestimate the role of the coach in our victories in the CL last season. Why is it always that when we win its the players and when we lose its the coaches fault?
That's what it always comes down to.

Might have something to do with the fact that it's a lot more difficult to fire players than it is to fire a coach.


Anyway, Ranieri had to go, no doubt about it. Something happened in the final months of last season and he was no longer in control of the team. There was no way he could continue.

But saying he didn't do a good job while he was with us is just being delusional.

Sure, there was room for improvement, but we could have done so much worse. For all we know we could have finished our 1st season (back in Serie A) in 8th position.
Immagine that: no CL (money), means no big transfers, means we wouldn't have been able to get Melo & Diego.

Crap, my argument completely backfired on me. As it turns out, Ranieri was indeed a bad choice.
 

Mohad

The Ocean Star
May 20, 2009
6,690
yes, del piero saved our ass with scoring a goal, but it would have been useless, if we would have already conceded 3 goals like under ferrara ... who was our saviour in the defense ? legro ?
Sad isn't it? The alternative to our CB is worse and Molly is the worst player in Serie A yet both play for us. So maybe the roster is weak huh?
 

only-juve

Senior Member
Jan 5, 2008
7,451
I don't get this whole new trend around here for people not wanting italian coaches!! It doesn't really matter where the coach is from as long as he's good enough.

Prandelli ,Spalletti ,Gasperini, Ancelotti, even Del Neri and other italian coaches are all into playing decent attacking football.

IMO the older school of more tactical conservative italian coaches (capello, trapattoni, ranieri...) are getting leser and leser in serie A specially in those last few years.

I think people tend to take it to the extreme, they either "only" want italian coaches or they don't want them at all. Quality is really what should matter here.
 

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