Giuseppe Marotta (97 Viewers)

[JCK]

Whoa

too soon

Exactly. We haven't won anything.

 

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[.zero]

Exactly. We haven't won anything.

Members of The Society would have you believe otherwise.

They contend that Juve became champs the moment Beppe was announced as our SD last season. And you would be a foolish man to convince them otherwise.

 

[Bianconero81]

Jovetic and Ramirez would indeed be great. However, my concern is that management might be narrow minded and focus on acquiring someone Italian as our marquee signing. The only quality Italians out there are Balotelli and Cassano; and no, Fuck Rossi! The problem herein lies in that Balo is highly unlikely to leave City, is unstable, and even if he were to leave, he has Milan written all over him. As for Cassano, he is already playing for Milan (although currently sidelined), and isn't a spring chicken anymore.

Jovetic and Ramirez guarantee us many years of quality and could potentially develop into WC players. I'd love Gotze and Suarez here, but I'm not sure if Marotta is willing to venture into foreign markets for top shelf talent. Lucas Moura is another who could potentially become WC (and Emerson has recommended him to us on many occasions), but has Marotta even heard of the kid?

Jovetic and Ramirez this summer will definitely be a huge step in the right direction. Add another WC player in the summer Mercato of 2013, and we are definitely back to challenging the European Elite. However, this summer is crucial. Either Marotta gets it right, or gets the fuck out.

 

[JuveJay]

Do you like Jovetic and Ramirez?

 

[Ahmed]

Failure to get a CB in the summer haunting us now.

 

[Bianconero81]

Do you like Jovetic and Ramirez?

Vewy vewy much

 

[Nenz]

no guarantee buoy and pogba will turn out to be anything special. for now they are just raw talents, not starter material.

But still, why only buy young talents for the one position?

 

[king Ale]

Word Jovetic can potentially become great.

World class too.

Failure to get a CB in the summer haunting us now.

And we should consider ourselves lucky to have Barzagli playing the best games of his career. If he was what everyone (including Conte and the board I'm sure) expected him to be, we were never going to be in a Scudetto race today.

 

[Salvatore]

They've purchased young defenders and goalkeepers as well, but it seems like the central midfielders are mostly bigger names.

 

[JuveJay]

I love how this thread all of a sudden came back to life again.

 

[Suns]

I love how this thread all of a sudden came back to life again.

You hate on Giovinco, I hate on Marotta. We all have our targets.

 

[JuveJay]

You hate on Giovinco, I hate on Marotta. We all have our targets.

Don't go all emo on me now.

 

[.zero]

Failure to get a CB in the summer haunting us now.

Failure to get a top notch goal scorer who would break draws is haunting us now as well.

I hope we draw ourselves into relegation this year (yes I know thats impossible)

 

[JCK]

Don't go all emo on me now.

What else did you expect?

 

[Ahmed]

Tuttomerdasportweb will have a busy summer:

Marotta: Not easy to buy big
By Football Italia staff


Director general Beppe Marotta has suggested that whilst Juventus hold ambitions to sign a big name player, it is fundamentally difficult.

The Bianconeri have spent just under €100m on new players in the last two transfer windows, but in a long interview with Sky Sport Italia on Friday, Marotta, who has overseen that activity, believes that the very highest level of player is still out of the club’s reach.

“[Zlatan] Ibrahimovic is a player who you can call a top player,” he began, when asked for an example. “Top players are a rare commodity in the sense that very few are around and of those that are available there is then those who are affordable.

“It is no coincidence that, if the choice is right, they make the difference - I am referring to Ibrahimovic, but the most striking example is that of [Lionel] Messi, who is definitely a player who makes a different in a team and for a club that is already great.

“Meanwhile, we have to understand what is available, then how much they cost, as well as a whole host of things.

“Certainly this is a goal that I think teams look at carefully, we must try to seize an opportunity, but it is not easy.”

Marotta was also grilled on Juve’s recent form. Consecutive draws to Chievo and Bologna has left the club two points behind Milan.

“We must continue to work from week to week and then at the end draw any conclusions. We are in a position - I would say beyond these draws - that is of high calibre, which has been obtained with great credit to all, from the team, Coach and club.

“Now we have to fight to get the most [points] we can, this is our goal. But surely we have demonstrated to date that we are still as competitive as other teams and this is something that we should feel proud about.”

In light of the team’s 13th League draw of the season, attention has focused this week on the strikers and their struggles in breaking down opposition defences.

“I like to look to the statistics and they support us - look at the goal difference and we have the second best one in the League. In first is clearly Milan, as is not coincidentally the case in the position in the table too.

“Then, we have the best defence, so it is clear that the Coach’s model also takes into account the fact that the strikers must sacrifice much, they must work hard for the team.

“It is clear that if we had more goals then things would be easier. It’s a subject that Conte is working on and very meticulously, but I feel we shouldn’t crucify the strikers - we have the best defence [thanks to them] so this must be taken into consideration.”

 

[Trequartista]

If he can't buy a top quality forward this summer, he's useless.

 

[Ahmed]

we have to understand what is available, then how much they cost, as well as a whole host of things.

 

[Cheesio]

We will buy according to our terms.

 

[Ahmed]

We will not be bullied.

 

[Cheesio]

All the WC players wants to come to Juve