As far is I'm concerned, in case we end up second, yes he is a loser, Mr Sarcastic. Instead of trying to be a smartass, please take a long, hard look at the facts...If you can't figure it out by yourself, then just read a few in-depth analyses available on Tuttosport, Corriere Dello Sport, la Gazzetta...Everyone agrees that this season's turning point was the Napoli defeat, which was the last of a streak of disastrous results, mainly caused by Ranieri's poor tactics and management. Who said "If I had to choose the line-up based on fame, I should call up Boniperti"? Who said "I'm the manager, not the "talker" ", when asked to speak to important players such as Del Piero? Ranieri had all the veterans against him, and he eventually surrendered for the team's sake, otherwise he'd have been long sacked. We won a lot of games thanks to Del Piero's Free-kicks and strokes of genius, such as the assist against Fiorentina...Doesn't take a genius to figure that out. He won us exactly 21 points (check out yesterday's Tuttosport issue) in Serie A, and the 3 decisive games in the CL.
Come on, Nedved is useless right now and he still gets to play entire games? Giovinco plays 10 minutes at most? One famous Italian minister (of Justice if memory serves me right) admitted he switched off his TV when Ranieri replaced DP with...De Ceglie as we were held to a 1-1 draw against Napoli (we eventually lost 3-1!)
And no, Sir, I don't need to be a qualified manager to drop a few comments about the way our Juve is being managed. If one had to be as "good" as Ranieri to be allowed to criticize him, then all sport newspapers, websites, magazines, TV programs, should close shop immediately. I just want a better manager for our team. Someone like Lippi. a true Juventino can only be satisfied with victory. I feel Ranieri is going back to his arrogant ways, and this could spoil everything we've done so far.