Co-owned & Loaned Players 2007/2008 (10 Viewers)

Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
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Can we wait for him to perform consistently well before we get all hyper again over the guy? Don't forget how much shit he was doing for us and how much he shit he did against us when we played Genoa. Let him stay another season at Genoa at least and if he improves then maybe he can return.
 

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Mar 12, 2004
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Criscito puts Genoa over Juve
Friday 18 April, 2008

Azzurrini defender Domenico Criscito has confessed that he would rather stay at Genoa than return to Juventus when his loan deal expires.

Criscito impressed for the Grifone in Serie B and his performances persuaded Juventus to buy his full rights in January.

However, the 21-year-old didn’t look at home in the Bianconeri shirt and fell out of favour with Claudio Ranieri, leading to him being sent back to Genoa on loan.

“I am working to improve in terms of power and I am becoming more ruthless,” he told Secolo XIX.

“In Serie A, strikers are more physical as well as better technically. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, for example, is one of the strikers who has troubled me most.

“Six months on the bench at Juventus certainly helped me to grow on a personal level.

“It was an important chapter. It helped me to develop and understand the way you have to suffer to get to the top.

“But if both sides made the same offer for me, I would go for Genoa.”

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Mark

The Informer
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Dec 19, 2003
97,628
He'll never play for Juve as long as Chiellini is there so we can sell(for the right price and not a direct adversary) his ass.
 
Jun 13, 2007
7,233
I have no hard feelings for the guy , I lost faith him that game where he got owned by Totti . World class defenders don't get owned like that by anyone .
 
Jun 13, 2007
7,233
Are you sure you're talking about the same goal I was . It was the one where Totti , who was behind Criscito , flicked the ball around him and put it right past Buffon . There was no offside .
 

Alen

Ѕenior Аdmin
Apr 2, 2007
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The goal should have been disallowed but it changes nothing because when Totti got the ball, Criscito was in front of him and he still made a complete fool out of him.
And that's not the only episode. Against Cagliari he was owned by every single attacker the Sardinians have and that's why he was subbed at half time. Against Parma he played as LB and we were literally tortured from that side until Ranieri decided to switch his place with Chiellini.
He was a real disaster for us and he's not any better in Genoa.

Btw, Criscito played regularly in September and he was on the bench in OCT, NOV and DEC. That's 3 months, not 6 as he's saying.
 
Jun 13, 2007
7,233
I mean this goal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfFGGV4xbGc

Even if it wasn't offside you can't lost your faith just because he got owned by Totti.
Obviously , it wasn't just that that made me lose faith in him but it was a big help . He never really impressed me to be honest , and I was just waiting for at least one big game for him to prove me wrong , I thought it would be the Roma game , instead he really disappointed me and that's when I was convinced he isn't ready for Juve .

Besides that , he lacks the power and the grit of a top class Serie A defender , he seems a little too timid . A quality that doesn't suit a CB at all . He wasn't good enough at all for me , and really had a number of shit games with Juve .
 

Luftwaffles

Il terzo uomo
Dec 1, 2005
5,055
Yes, I think that the verdict of the jury is clear - Criscito will not be the answer to our defensive needs.

Additional to Grygera, Mellberg and Chiellini we need De Ceglie back and the arrival of a world class central back four player in Andrade fails to recover.
 
Jul 2, 2006
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Cannavaro's debut in Serie A came on 7 March 1993, at the Stadio Delle Alpi in Turin for a game against Juventus.He played his first game in Serie A when he is 20.
He played just 58 games between 1992-1995.

He wasn't too different than Criscito when he was 21.
 

Red

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Moderator
Nov 26, 2006
47,024
It is totally unfair to judge a player on his first 6 months in Serie A, especially when it is a young player.

Give him another year on loan to muscle up a bit and he will be ready.

He is clearly an intelligent player, he just lacks the physique to back it up at the moment.
 
Jun 13, 2007
7,233
Yes , some players shine late on in their careers but you can't follow that logic because it's ridiculous . If we did follow your logic then it we would have to buy every single 21 year old in Italy despite how bad they are because one day they might be like Cannavaro .

Cannavaro was an expection , so was Luca Toni . However , only a handful of players have shined late on in their carreers , that's why they are called exceptions , not everyone is like that .
 

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