Jean-Claude Blanc Thread (13 Viewers)

[Turk_Bianconero]

Blanc: “A year from now we'll be in the Champions League’s second round”

The end of a year is always a time for assessments, and predictions for the new one. Juventus Managing Director Jean-Claude Blanc did as much too, speaking about 2007 to Juventus Channel: “I wish to compliment the team for this match and the management staff for how they prepared it. This was a good day, shame about AC Milan not being able to stop Inter Milan, but this gives even more value to the draw we got against them. I'd say that game against the Nerazzurri and the draw at Roma are the most memorable moments of the year for me, because they made us realize that we really are competitive. Where do I want to be in one year's time? I'd love to be here commenting our draw in the second round of the Champions League. I'd like to take the chance to send my best Christmas wishes to all our fans; we feel they’re very close to us and we consider them an important part of our project”.

 

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[Ahmed]

no doubt we will be in CL next year...the question is what will be the transfer startegy, and will Juve be competitive in all competitions?

 

[pavelnedved]

it's a good way to kiss the fans' asses mr. blanc, but let's not be arrogant. there's a first round before the second

i like this team's will to achieve more than the used-to-winning arrogance of couple of years ago.

 

[Firestarter]

I like this guys attitude, one of the more sensible persons on the board imo, and that target is realistic on the contrary the transfer strategy is important.

 

[Alen]

Being in Cl's second round is something we can achieve, of course, but it won't be an easy task. Due to missing out Europe in last 2 seasons we lost a lot of points in UEFA rankings and now the best we can do is being placed in pot 3 in the draw.
That means that we can find ourselves in a group with, lets say, Barcelona and Manchester, Chelsea and Real Madrid, Liverpool and Bayern. It will be tough if we don't have a good draw for the groups.

Here you can see current standings (we're 21st placed at the moment and we can only go down)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method3/trank2008.html

 

[Salvatore]

I think we will lose at the most 2 places, looking at the closest teams to us.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

well it's okay. i'm looking forward to knocking out a top seeded english/spanish team. or if milan comes fifth in the league but win CL they would qualify but won't have country protection, so they could end up in our group. imagine us qualifying from a group like:

AC Milan
Sevilla
Juventus
Manchester City

 

[Gill_juve]

Being in Cl's second round is something we can achieve, of course, but it won't be an easy task. Due to missing out Europe in last 2 seasons we lost a lot of points in UEFA rankings and now the best we can do is being placed in pot 3 in the draw.
That means that we can find ourselves in a group with, lets say, Barcelona and Manchester, Chelsea and Real Madrid, Liverpool and Bayern. It will be tough if we don't have a good draw for the groups.

Here you can see current standings (we're 21st placed at the moment and we can only go down)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method3/trank2008.html

yeh i think it will be hard, but if we bring in the right players and some like VDV and Huntelaar possibly, who knows how well we can do with them??:toast:

 

[pavelnedved]

I think we will lose at the most 2 places, looking at the closest teams to us.

it would mean pot 3 anyway.


anyway it could be exciting, we can match us with europe's best from the very first round. sweetest revenge

 

[Alen]

well it's okay. i'm looking forward to knocking out a top seeded english/spanish team. or if milan comes fifth in the league but win CL they would qualify but won't have country protection, so they could end up in our group. imagine us qualifying from a group like:

AC Milan
Sevilla
Juventus
Manchester City

I can't imagine this because we can't find ourselves in the same group with another Italian team and Milan will not play CL if they're fifth, even if they win CL. The new rules say so


Anyway, there are still chances Juve to be in pot 2, but for that to happen maximum 1 of these teams : Sevilla, Villareal, Valencia, Werder, and maybe even Schalke, can qualify for next year's CL. If two of them qualify for CL then we're in pot 3.
Most probably we'll be in pot 3. But even if we're in pot 3 we can still find ourselves in a group where Lyon will be the holders and Benfica will come from pot 2. We won't necessarylly get a group of death . Everything will depend on the draw.

 

[pavelnedved]

I can't imagine this because we can't find ourselves in the same group with another Italian team and Milan will not play CL if they're fifth, even if they win CL. The new rules say so

really ?

 

[Alen]

really ?

No

It's still only a suggestion as it seems.

But there are changes from season 2004/05 when Liverpool won CL. Back then 5 English teams played in CL and Liverpool didn't have country protection.
After that the rules were changed, and UEFA CL regulation 1.03 says that the Champions League winner has a guaranteed place in the groups but if the CL winner qualifies only for UEFA Cup or doesn't qualify at all for UEFA Competitions through the domestic championship then the lowest-ranked club of the ones that should have qualified for CL, will play UEFA instead.

In other words : If Milan are 5th in serie A and they win the CL, then the 4th placed team from serie A will not play CL next year. They'll play in UEFA, while Milan will play CL, they'll will have country protection again and they can't find themselves in the same group with another Italian team.

 

[pavelnedved]

and then milan would have another arch rival . just imagine if your team finishes 4th and is pulled back like that

 

[Alen]

and then milan would have another arch rival . just imagine if your team finishes 4th and is pulled back like that

Lol
And imagine if that team is Fiorentina ! They'll be the most unlucky team in the world.
In 2005/06 they finished 4th in serie A but didn't play in CL because of Calciopoli
In 2006/07 they won more points than Lazio and Milan but they had -15 points deducted and they ended 5th
And now imagine them finishing 4th, Milan finishing 5th and Milan winning CL.

Massive suicide in Firenze

 

[DelpieroForLife]

well it's okay. i'm looking forward to knocking out a top seeded english/spanish team. or if milan comes fifth in the league but win CL they would qualify but won't have country protection, so they could end up in our group. imagine us qualifying from a group like:

AC Milan
Sevilla
Juventus
Manchester City

Even if it was possible I don't think it is a very tough group... I believe we can get pass such group.

 

[Vinman]

and this guy deserves his own thread because ??

 

[Kosta]

Accept and obey.

 

[AngelaL]

and this guy deserves his own thread because ??

.....We have to have somewhere to post, when we want to slag him off!

 

[BIG DADDY!!!]

.....We have to have somewhere to post, when we want to slag him off!

We should just have a 'Juve Management Thread' so we can insult all of Blanc, Secco and Gigli without having to search for their threads.

 

[Bjerknes]

Out.