Gianluigi Buffon (68 Viewers)

Eddy

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Aug 20, 2005
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And what if Lippi doesn't want to be back?

Then again, Lippi is not the solution to our problems all the time.
of course not

but if a legendary coach comes back to juve, the atmosphere raises and the younger players which we have currently will play with much more determination
 

Zé Tahir

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Dec 10, 2004
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Jack, you shouldn't be making any sort of predictions. You were dead wrong about Buffon last year. Remember you said something along the lines of "Buffon is leaving, I guarantee it"?
 

JCK

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May 11, 2004
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of course not

but if a legendary coach comes back to juve, the atmosphere raises and the younger players which we have currently will play with much more determination
Mourinho would kick ass :agree:

Jack, you shouldn't be making any sort of predictions. You were dead wrong about Buffon last year. Remember you said something along the lines of "Buffon is leaving, I guarantee it"?
Tahir, Buffon WAS leaving last year, ask around and you'll know. Read Buffon's statements after we were relegated, he said it himself that he was packing his bags and leaving and ONLY relegation made him stay. Yes, I remember what I said last year and I know why it didn't go as I was saying.
 

Zé Tahir

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Dec 10, 2004
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Mourinho would kick ass :agree:



Tahir, Buffon WAS leaving last year, ask around and you'll know. Read Buffon's statements after we were relegated, he said it himself that he was packing his bags and leaving and ONLY relegation made him stay. Yes, I remember what I said last year and I know why it didn't go as I was saying.
You were saying that Buffon would leave AFTER the scandal :D
 

Eddy

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Aug 20, 2005
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The last thing that we should think of now is changing the coach
i really doubt that rebel..giving deschamps a chance would mean experimenting and only with a bit of luck, we could reach below 8th position

sure, deschamps is a good coach..but when there is a coach who is loved, experienced and is on the beaches of god knows which continent, ill stick with the latter in a situation like this

put deschamps as assistant manager, and when lippi retires in propably 3-4 years, let deschamps take control..all that learning from the no.1 manager(for me) in the world

seriously, which manager would think of bringing steven gerard, even financially, please, gerrard is like del piero in liverpool, a captain and has a god like status with liverpool and its fans..what the hell was deschamps thinking in wanting to buy gerrard, and hes english as well..doesnt deschamps now that most of the english players fail in the italian league
 

Ahmedios

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Nov 11, 2006
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The last thing that we should think of now is changing the coach
Why, Abed? I remember when Buffon said that he'd go to any club which would be coached by Lippi. I said hundreds of times that I'm not against Deschamps being our coach in the next season, but still the idea of Lippi's return is a reasonable solution if we want a quick impact in Serie A.
 

Ahmedios

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Nov 11, 2006
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I've just finished reading the article which includes the interview with Buffon. So, here is the situation right now; Buffon is 29, he is eager to taste the highest footballing level again, he announced also that he'd discuss his future with the club and he is confident that we still have four or five years to compete with the likes of Inter and Milan. Bearing in mind that he is the world's no.1 shot-stopper.

Consequently, if I failed to see that he'll leave once the transfer market opens, I'll be a blind man. Everything is pretty clear. All what he is searching for are no longer available in Juventus. Hence, for God's sake, what can enthuse him to remain in Juventus?! On the contrary, he can go to any top European side. A fact that we must digest now before tomorrow.

What makes the whole situation much worse is that any star player we lose we won't easily find a replacement, especially if this star is Buffon. The worst thing, which fears me more than Buffon's departure himself, is that this will probably affect the team's morale and may also affect our summer transfers. If I were a player whom Juve are negotiating and I find that the team's stars are leaving, I'd think hundreds of times before accept to join Juve, even if I was informed about the team's future plan and ambition.

People, things are moving from bad to more worse to the worst. I'm not exploding because only for hearing that Buffon will for sure ditch us, he hinted at it before, but the whole circumstances which the club live aren't that good. Compared to the last damn summer, I see no big difference and I can't sleep, what is more. Another wave of the Calciopoli is appearing on the horizon, new inexperienced management, more than one offer to the coach to leave the club, the fans are boiling,.....I'm speechless now.
 

JuveGER

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Mar 10, 2006
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Ahmedios is spot on, unfortunately. If Buffon leaves that's a very bad sign (and I'm sure now that he will). We don't have CL, our most rated player leaves the club, new media bullsh*t is published every other day, nobody can be sure that there won't be more trials and new punishment, and the only star players who stay for sure are Nedved and Del Piero who are both nearing towards the end of their career. Sure, we have some money, but world class players are getting huge money offered from clubs with better perspectives. I fear we will end up with more players like Grygera and Sali. They are not bad, but we are only getting them, because nobody wants to spend too much money on them. We do.

I'm getting frustrated. I hope our management can do one big coup to show that Juve is still Juve. But I have my doubts, not because of the ability of our management but the circumstances.
 

Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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One thing that I picked up in the Channel 4 article was that Buffon was almost suggesting he thought that him leaving would be in Juve's best interests.

While I will be dissapointed if he leaves, it will be important to have more cash in the transfer kitty for next season.
 

Kosta

The Eccentric
Jul 16, 2006
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I can't think of a club who will splash some serious cash for Buffon, all the big (CL) clubs have more or less good goalkeepers, except the two Milano clubs. And at least what i won't is him going in one of those two.
 

Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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I can't think of a club who will splash some serious cash for Buffon, all the big (CL) clubs have more or less good goalkeepers, except the two Milano clubs. And at least what i won't is him going in one of those two.
Valdes is shite, so Barca may be an option.
 

JCK

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May 11, 2004
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One thing that I picked up in the Channel 4 article was that Buffon was almost suggesting he thought that him leaving would be in Juve's best interests.

While I will be dissapointed if he leaves, it will be important to have more cash in the transfer kitty for next season.
Exactly, he thinks that if he leaves, lots of money will be injected in the club and it will be good to strengthen the team. When he said that the team needs four or five ears to be competitive, he meant that the team needs lots of reinforcement and his transfer can finance this.

He's heading to Milan, I say.
 

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