[Serie A] Udinese-Juventus (5 Viewers)

[JCK]

++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++


I even question that Jeeks. I could see Capello using Chiellini or Giannichedda in midfield before opting for the trident attack.

You might have a point, last year he tried Olivera and realized that it was a bad choice thus he jumped to the trident. But sometimes I wonder, why is this all stubborness about?

 

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[Azzurri7]

++ [ originally posted by king Ale ] ++
DP will play only if we play against a weak team or either Zlatan or Trez got injured.but at least he has the chance to play.I don't know when will the time of Mutu come...

I hate this....

 

[Bjerknes]

++ [ originally posted by swag ] ++


Teviso, Empoli, Ascoli... now our season will finally begin here.

I wish I had as much faith and that positive an outlook as you, Andy, on Mutu's prospects with the club. But I still see him as an untested gamble for us who hasn't really demonstrated his abilities in a real match for a couple of years now. I hope he gets the chance to find out, but at this stage in his career I look at him as I looked at Appiah last season.

Well, unforunately you must have missed the last two Romania World Cup Qualifiers in which Mutu scored three goals for his country. Against Holland he was the best player on the pitch IMO, so fielding Mutu would certainly be a "gamble" I would be willing to take.

 

[Juve_The_Best]

Andy int'l Matches is so different than calcio matches !!

Mutu needs to work hard in italy .

 

[Bjerknes]

++ [ originally posted by Jeeks ] ++


You might have a point, last year he tried Olivera and realized that it was a bad choice thus he jumped to the trident. But sometimes I wonder, why is this all stubborness about?

Fear of trying new things, personal biases against short players, I don't know...

 

[Bjerknes]

++ [ originally posted by Vinman ] ++
The only trident you'll see out of Juve on wednesday will be the gum in Crapello's jacket pocket

 

[Azzurri7]

++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++


Well, unforunately you must have missed the last two Romania World Cup Qualifiers in which Mutu scored three goals for his country. Against Holland he was the best player on the pitch IMO, so fielding Mutu would certainly be a "gamble" I would be willing to take.

I agree....IMO he wasn't the best player on the pitch against Holland, But I have to admit that he did pretty good Job out there not to forget his 2goals against Czech....

 

[Azzurri7]

++ [ originally posted by Vinman ] ++
The only trident you'll see out of Juve on wednesday will be the gum in Crapello's jacket pocket

hehe

 

[Hanaukyo]

++ [ originally posted by Cronios ] ++


Arent u a Juve fun?
isnt it fun to win?

me? I am a big juve fan, and I want to win, and we win with zlatan in the lineup. We did last season and we can do it again. Use the talent!

It's rather that those who dont want to play zlatan dont want to win.

 

[Espectro]

++ [ originally posted by Hanaukyo ] ++


It's rather that those who dont want to play zlatan dont want to win.

Well, tough match... I could say alot of thing that I hope to see, but who am I kidding, I know that Capello will use the same formation and the same players...

Anyway, hope that we win...

 

[swag]

++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++


Well, unforunately you must have missed the last two Romania World Cup Qualifiers in which Mutu scored three goals for his country. Against Holland he was the best player on the pitch IMO, so fielding Mutu would certainly be a "gamble" I would be willing to take.

Hence my Appiah analogy, given his parallel NT success last year.

 

[swag]

++ [ originally posted by Vinman ] ++
The only trident you'll see out of Juve on wednesday will be the gum in Crapello's jacket pocket

:dielaugh:

 

[BTI55]

2-0 for juvy

ISA

 

[Bjerknes]

++ [ originally posted by swag ] ++


Hence my Appiah analogy, given his parallel NT success last year.

Greg, I hope you're not coming to conclusions from the use of assumptions. Just because Appiah was case in point does not mean Mutu will follow suit, obviously. That is why we need to see what he's capable of instead of just writing him off before he gets a decent chance.

 

[swag]

++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++


Greg, I hope you're not coming to conclusions from the use of assumptions. Just because Appiah was case in point does not mean Mutu will follow suit, obviously. That is why we need to see what he's capable of instead of just writing him off before he gets a decent chance.

Of course not. But while I do not lump Mutu in the same category as Appiah in full expectations that the result will be the same, I do see parallels in the performance of the respective players (at least at the NT level) and their treatment by Capello et al.

Mutu had a tremendous season and had a great performance at Parma in '03 and even moreso at Dinamo Bucarest in '00. But beyond that, he hasn't shown the consistency year-over-year like he needs to in order to earn a spot in a regular rotation in a top European club. And this is before the coke issue. Even if he is 100% clean now, he still hasn't earned the right to get in front in line ahead of all the players who played clean for the past couple of seasons.

Of course, the other extreme is to lock him out entirely, which is what we have now. But the right balance is somewhere inbetween. I think it would be smart to put him in and test him more -- so at least if there is the intention of selling him off, we do so knowing full well of the value we already have in hand (or not).

 

[ZhiXin]

++ [ originally posted by Azzurri7 ] ++
I don't think Capello will play trident...However, It will Interesting to see Cap's formation for Wed.

How interesting will be?

------------------------Abbiati
--Zebina----Canavaro----Thuram (Kovac)---Zambrotta
--Camoranesi---Viera---Emerson---Nedved
---------------Trezeguet---Zlatan-------

By looking at the way how Capello wants to rush Zebina to the squad, I think he would do the same too.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Switch Trez with me and you got it.

 

[ZhiXin]

++ [ originally posted by Bürke ] ++
Switch Trez with me and you got it.

I would put u in Abbiati's position .

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

If you want to lose.

 

[swag]

But then I would put Big Pun in goal over Abbiati.

Sure, he's been dead and decaying for five years. But what's left of his carcass has to cover goal better, and with better instincts, than I've seen Abbiati show on occasion.