Summer mercato thread 2022-23 season (67 Viewers)
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Well... kind of. Paratici and Nedved tried to act professional but only managed to show how the club was run by drama queens. Most of the time it felt like kids playing pretend-work wearing their parents clothes. So it was more "big picture" and the landing of Morata. So...
Paratici: You need to have a strategy and a plan A, B, C.
Then does something fancy, pretends to do important stuff.
Nedved: I do real work, important stuff. HEY, GIORGIO, YOU OLD!
Some time later...
Paratici and Nedved: WHAT DO WE DO WE HAVE NO STRIKER?!?!?!? WHAT CAN WE DO!?!
Both jump frantically around in a circle. Notices the cameras and then try to act cool and discusses it just the way they saw the Kardashians do it.
Paratici, pretending to be Kardashian with brown hair he saw: We make phone call people
Nedved, pretending to be blonde girl Karsashian he saw: DO IT NOW. Fix it. We under control. I go speak to Giorgio, he know biz.
Everything could have been an office episode. It should have ended with someone unwrinkle a piece of paper dropped by Paratici leaving the building. Showing it to the camera.
STRATEGY: RONALDO
PLAN A: PUT ON BIG SHOES
PLAN B: TALK BIG STUFF
PLAN C: DO. MAKE MONEY RAIN. THEN GET ICE CREAM.
Paratici: You need to have a strategy and a plan A, B, C.
Then does something fancy, pretends to do important stuff.
Nedved: I do real work, important stuff. HEY, GIORGIO, YOU OLD!
Some time later...
Paratici and Nedved: WHAT DO WE DO WE HAVE NO STRIKER?!?!?!? WHAT CAN WE DO!?!
Both jump frantically around in a circle. Notices the cameras and then try to act cool and discusses it just the way they saw the Kardashians do it.
Paratici, pretending to be Kardashian with brown hair he saw: We make phone call people
Nedved, pretending to be blonde girl Karsashian he saw: DO IT NOW. Fix it. We under control. I go speak to Giorgio, he know biz.
Everything could have been an office episode. It should have ended with someone unwrinkle a piece of paper dropped by Paratici leaving the building. Showing it to the camera.
STRATEGY: RONALDO
PLAN A: PUT ON BIG SHOES
PLAN B: TALK BIG STUFF
PLAN C: DO. MAKE MONEY RAIN. THEN GET ICE CREAM.
Just like we've signed too many young players the last 1,5 year. This can easily be 'fixed' in a transfer session. Nothing wrong with having some experience. It's only a problem when they don't perform anymore like Khedira, Chiellini or Mandzukic didn't at the end.
Of our squad only Bonucci, Di Maria & Cuads are really nearing their pension, no?
Of our squad only Bonucci, Di Maria & Cuads are really nearing their pension, no?
Realism is not forced pessimism. What makes you think we are primed to win? We have an imbalanced squad, and our bench options aren't exactly stellar. We also possess a coach who hasn't truly evolved since he's been away from the game, and our team is always one or two injuries away from disaster - given our track record, it's bound to happen. I mean, if it can happen to other teams, it's surely going to happen to us.
You also have to factor in the World Cup. What state/condition will the players return in? How fit will both Pogba and Di Maria, two key cogs in the machine, be after December?
We've changed too many players, and a lot of the leaders we had in our squad are gone. It will take time for the team to gel and play as a unit. By that time, both Milan and Iner might be too far ahead - they have enjoyed more consistency as opposed to us in more recent times. I'm not saying they have better squads, although you could make a case for The Merda Cunts, but they both function better as teams at present.
It's foolish to suggest that we're favorites, especially after coming off back-to-back consecutive 4th place finishes. I'm not saying it's impossible that we win Serie A, just improbable.
You also have to factor in the World Cup. What state/condition will the players return in? How fit will both Pogba and Di Maria, two key cogs in the machine, be after December?
We've changed too many players, and a lot of the leaders we had in our squad are gone. It will take time for the team to gel and play as a unit. By that time, both Milan and Iner might be too far ahead - they have enjoyed more consistency as opposed to us in more recent times. I'm not saying they have better squads, although you could make a case for The Merda Cunts, but they both function better as teams at present.
It's foolish to suggest that we're favorites, especially after coming off back-to-back consecutive 4th place finishes. I'm not saying it's impossible that we win Serie A, just improbable.
No You sad that believing that Juve will win the scudetto is being overconfident and delusional..And that my friend isn’t being a realist.
In the other hand I don’t see it that way and I tried to explain my point of view. I never said we gonna dominate the league or that we’ll win every game against or opponents. I said that when i see the other teams and this new Juve chances to win are bigger than last year and after reading pages and pages about how we gonna flop this season and that other teams arw quite better than us I had to write that I really think we can win the scudetto this year. Last year we were weaker and that Ronaldo fiasco st the begining of the season cost us 10 pts. This year we’ll start more prepared and our injured players are gonna come back in the team, and Allegri will find a formula to take wins. (remember last year 6-7 games we won 1-0 in a row, this year I expect we’ll do better runs) Our midfiled is quite improved with Pogba and Fagioli instead of Arthur and Rabiot who were shit. Also we had Morata and Kean until december last yeat, Now we have Vlahovic and most likely Depay which is an upgrate.
You talk about the world cup, but the same will happen to the other teams (which I remind you they are not City, Madrid or Munich) and I believe we can bring someone even in the winter mercato as we did last year if there is a clear hole in our team after the first part of the season before the WC starts..
We can continue like this for days but I guess our “realism” it’s quite different and therefore non existent. We can say better that I’m an optimist and you the pesimist about this season and time will tell in the end.
In the other hand I don’t see it that way and I tried to explain my point of view. I never said we gonna dominate the league or that we’ll win every game against or opponents. I said that when i see the other teams and this new Juve chances to win are bigger than last year and after reading pages and pages about how we gonna flop this season and that other teams arw quite better than us I had to write that I really think we can win the scudetto this year. Last year we were weaker and that Ronaldo fiasco st the begining of the season cost us 10 pts. This year we’ll start more prepared and our injured players are gonna come back in the team, and Allegri will find a formula to take wins. (remember last year 6-7 games we won 1-0 in a row, this year I expect we’ll do better runs) Our midfiled is quite improved with Pogba and Fagioli instead of Arthur and Rabiot who were shit. Also we had Morata and Kean until december last yeat, Now we have Vlahovic and most likely Depay which is an upgrate.
You talk about the world cup, but the same will happen to the other teams (which I remind you they are not City, Madrid or Munich) and I believe we can bring someone even in the winter mercato as we did last year if there is a clear hole in our team after the first part of the season before the WC starts..
We can continue like this for days but I guess our “realism” it’s quite different and therefore non existent. We can say better that I’m an optimist and you the pesimist about this season and time will tell in the end.
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