Serie A: Juventus Vs Genoa [October 21 2007] (47 Viewers)

[Stu]

It was a bad challenge even though Milanetto avoided contact. The intent was certainly there from Nedved.

 

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[JuveAdam]

It was a bad challenge even though Milanetto avoided contact. The intent was certainly there from Nedved.

See "Dirk Kuyt v Phil Neville"? Very similar, uproar in England that the Liverpool man didn't see red

 

[Wings]

Nothing special and unusual with Inter and Roma stats as it is with ours and Milan's

INTER
Inters players conceeded 14 yellow cards (Maxvell, Burdisso, Ibra and Samuel 2 yc's while Maicon, Cesar, Cambiasso, Stankovic, Cruz and Vieira one each) and 2 red cards (Cesar and Maicon)

Inter's opponents conceeded 18 yellow cards and 1 red card (Giuly)

Inter conceeded 1 penalty and they were given 2 penalties

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ROMA
Roma's players conceeded 13 yellow cards (De Rossi 2, Mancini 2 , Ferrari 2, Brighi, Cassetti, Tonetto, Taddei, Mexes, Pizarro and Vucinic 1 each) and 1 red card (Giuly)

Roma's opponents conceeded 17 yellow cards and 3 red cards

Roma conceeded 3 penalties and they were given only 1 penalty

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Stats for all 4 teams

YELLOW CARDS :
1. Juve 24 YC'S for our players / 19 YC's for our opponents
2. Inter 14 YC's for Inter's players / 18 YC's for their opponents
3. Roma 13 YC's for Roma players / 17 YC's for their opponents
4. Milan 12 YC's for Milan players / 20 YC's for their opponents

RED CARDS :
1. Juve 2+1 RC's for our players-coach / 1 RC for our opponents
2. Inter 2+1 RC's for their players and coach / 1 RC for their opponents
3. Roma 1 RC for their players / 3 RC for their opponents
4. Milan 0 RC's for their players / 1 RC for their opponents

PENALTIES FOR :
1. Milan 4
2. Inter 2
3. Juve 2
4. Roma 1

PENALTIES AGAINST :
1. Juve 3
2. Roma 3
3. Inter 1
4. Milan 0


Looks like we're the fucked party every way you look at it and Milan are the most favoured party, by far.

I think we've deserved every card we've got this season. We've been pretty rough at times & we have quite a number of 'silly' yellows. I can't judge Ranieri's red as I don't know what he said.
One thing that really puzzles me is how can we be so damn tired at the start of a match? What is happening regarding our fitness level? Did anyone notice how Molinaro took such a long time to get back after one counter?

 

[Triptonite]

I think our play in terms of aesthetics is equally, utterly horrible. Under Capello our midfield still gave the ball away cheaply sometimes and could not always hold posession, but now under Ranieri it is indeed seemingly worse. We have been resorting to long balls far too frequently, however this goes hand in hand with the system we deploy plus the players. With the players we have, including one-dimensional ball winners in the center of the pitch and two hard-working wingers on the side, this straight 4-4-2 will obviously lead to long balls and terribly systematic play as we are certainly no Manure or Arsenal.

The reason why we look like shit is because of the system, without a doubt. Now if Ranieri were to dispose of this ugly straight 4-4-2 and use Nedved behind the strikers and try to insert a little more creative player such as Tiago in there, we would look much better once the team becomes familiar with the system. But then again it doesn't help that our main attackers are 30 years or older, so if we don't make changes now and insert players such as Palladino and Tiago more frequently, we will find ourselves in trouble in another year.

Too many people here look at the current results and nothing else, but people fail to realize that right now we are also building for the future, yet we are not using some of the players that we will rely upon for seasons down the road. Nedved and Del Piero continue to carry us but when they no longer can we shall be in trouble as our new recruits have not received enough playing time.

I like Ranieri, but I thought he would do a little better at implementing the new and young players.

I could not agree more with you. I liked our way of play, now this looks awful. Fortunately we had good luck that opponents did not took advantage of this. I cannot accept that Tiago is not good enough since he did not have a chance to proove anything, and the only game he played, I liked his passes a lot. We lack creativity in game, and he has it. I really don't understand his absence on the pitch.
I start to fear that Ranieri can damage us... but I hope he will not.