Summer Priority

finding a partner for emerson should probably be moggi's number one priority but finding depth on the wings like mancini is almost as important rite now for juventus since nedved signed an extention and del piero is on contract untill 2008

 

I'd like to see both Mozart and Cassano brought on board. They are both young and can serve the Old Lady well into the next decade. AS Roma's Mancini is another exciting prospect.

 

I personall think Nedved needs a replacement we all remember what happened last year when Neddy got injured i think he is a priority because we have maresca to partner emerson next year

 

I have to say that i think a priority has to RB!

That said the notion of LUXURY tag attached to Antonio Cassano & Alberto Gilardino is not warranted.

Take a look at every one of the biggest clubs in World football......

A.C.Milan - Kaka, (trying desperately for) Gilardino
Barcelona - Eto'o, Ronaldinho
Chelsea - Robben, (vying for) Gilardino, Adriano, etc....
Manchester United - C.Ronaldo, Rooney
Arsenal - Hleb, Reyes, Van Persie
Bayern Munich - Schweinsteiger, (vying for) Podolski

All these clubs realise that the biggest part of football is blooding a young attacking superstars to have as the attacking core to make your team the best. If the youth academy cannot prodcue the goods you have to go out and look for them!!!

Look at some of the most succesful teams in Europe over the last decade: -
Manchester United - Beckham, Scholes, Giggs (all at club frome very young)
Real Madrid - Raul, Morientes

I just think the likes of Gilardino and Cassano are not on the market everyday, we may be stocked at forward line but i'd gladly part with Trezeguet, Zalayeta, Miccoli, Mutu (three of them noit four) to get one the next generation of Italy superstar attackign players.

As far as Nedved successor i have already seen Aliaksandr Helb the guy i saw as the perfect successor join Arsenal who have put together a team of young guns on the cheap to chalenge for years to come (and i am not an Arsenal supporter).

Juventus have Zlatan who i like but not love. He isn't a player i wuld have leading the team but i want him on it!!!
I have maintained for ages Enzo Maresca is my next JUVE captain (thinking recently Gianluca Zambrotta before him though)

That said transfers are not made in Football for a quick fix to make a run at a title one year like in American sports. The long term future as well as ST future need to be given a look into....

 

When AC bought Ricardo Kaka they alreayd had one Manuel Rui Costa acting as playmaker.

That said they saw a great opportunity to sign a LT star and we all know how thats turned out! While it may not be a MUST as i am trying to say it is not a LUXURY.

Just think about it, had AC not signed Kaka and hypothetically he went to Inter, do you think things would have been different.
Players of Kaka, Cassano, Gilardino, etc do not come along everyday, so while many might say that we NEED to strengthen midfield and freshen up defence with infusion of youth i say here and now the opportunity presents itself to sign one (perfect scenario, two) of ITALY and world football's most sensational and yet young stars!

It's my opinion, i would just like it considered but i do understand where you're coming from.

Kind of reminds of the situation after WC2002.
Two of the world's finest and ITALIAN CB were on market and one signed for AC (Alessandro Nesta) and one for Inter (Fabio Cannavaro) we settled with keeping Paolo Montero.
Luckily we still ended up with Fabio Cannavaro at a miniscule price (Fabian Carini, never gonna play ahead of Buffon so he was always just a more than adequate sub)

 

Not being a Juve fan, I hope you all stick with your current
forward line . . . because it's weak.

Don't any of you remember how miserable your strikers looked
in the Champions League?

 

I'm not trolling, bro . . . I am seriously saying that
the above posts (all of which state your strike-force
is ho hum) are out of sync with reality.

If the club wants to win the CL next season, which
I've heard is its main aim, don't you think you might
need to do better? Ibra scored 0 goals in last season's
CL; ADP scored what, 1? Compare those numbers to
those of the likes of Makaay/ Adriano/ Sheva.

And thanks for the neg rep., Berga. Someone's a
wee bit touchy this morning. Forget to eat your
Wheaties?

 

Yep we were all out so I had to eat lucky charms...

Del Piero scored 3 and so did Trez. And both were not really playing a lot this year right. And yes we had difficulty scoring against Liverpool but up untill Liverpool we did a good job seeing the injuries we had. We just play more as a collective.

And I do not know if you noticed but in Serie A this season we scored 67 goals, that is 4 more then wonderfull milan with Sheva... and 12!!! more then Roma.
Not bad for a team with such bad strikers right????

And Ok I shouldn't have given you bad rep maybe..

 

You're avoiding the real issue. You needed 1-0 wins against even
weaker teams to get to the quarter-finals; and you had very little
creativity going forward. Cannavaro was one of your best attacking
threats, in fact . . . No harm admitting you need a killer striker, is
there? Or even someone who adds a bit more flair.

But it's just a thought, and I hate arguing with people who've had
Lucky Charms for breakfast . . .

 

Your sense of reality is way out of whack. Ibra has more flair
than Adriano? Trez is as much a killer striker as Sheva?

Anyway it doesn't do to compare your situtation to Liverpool's.
What got you knocked out of this year's CL was lack of creativity
and finishing against an organized team. And that's a problem
you should address. ADP looks just about done; Trez has been
struggling; Ibra is not yet the finished product. Bring those 3
back to next year's CL and you are coming out empty-handed.
My prediction, at least . . . Now imagine if you add Gilardino to
the equation: hardly a luxury buy when Juve have struggled
to find the net in Europe and when one of its main strikers is
aging and fading fast.

 

Your point: Juventus has a totally adequate/ perfect strike-
force. Evidence: Serie A.

My point: They don't. Evidence: Champions League.

And I started this discussion specifically based on if they want to
the Champions League. Which is their stated goal for next
season. So I don't know why you keep talking about Roma (a
real straw man, so far as this discussion goes) and about Juve's
wonderful Serie A goal-haul. They're not cutting it in Europe,
and to say that adding quality to their forward line would be a
"luxury" is a totally questionable opinion. I think if they want to
win the CL they should offload ADP and get a killer striker like
Gilardino . . . Or something like that.

But whatever; stick to your guns. Juve can do no wrong . . .

 

That's a cagey--and manipulative--way of arguing. You
haven't challenged my saying that ADP is just about done;
you haven't explained how Ibra is adequate given his record
in this past season's CL; and you haven't challenged my
central idea that bringing in a new striker would not be
a luxury given the lack of creativity/ goal-scoring fluency
Juve have shown at times this past season.

What you have done is put words in my mouth by making
it sound like I singled Trez out, which I never did . . . I've
been speaking of Juve's striker-force as a whole.

What it comes to is that you're an extremely obstinate and
pig-headed person. I have never once seen you gracefully
admit a point in a discussion, even in the face of overwhelming
evidence. Witness your contention that Guinea might just win
next year's WC, even after tpmazember's great analysis on
the thread "Can Italy Win in '06?" Intelligent.

 

ADP is just about done: I really have to disagree with you on this point, not just because he is our captain and one of my favourite players of the last couple of years. Yes he has not been in the shape he used to be in when he had that brilliant season. And yes he has been quite injury prone the last few years, but this season dispite the fact that he was subbed more then any other player he scored a considerable number of goals in both CL and Serie A. He was also instrumental in getting the team to work as a team and that has been his forté and will be even more important for him to do in the coming years.

how Ibra is adequate given his record in this past season's CL: Do you think you can only judge a player on his scoring record? I do think Zlatan has been a bit of a revelation this season and yes he has missed easy goals for Juve this year in CL but you must think that this was his first season with us and he has scored quite a few in Serie A, and in CL he was more of a target man in my opinion, he was more playing down the flank and providing great passes for the strikers, the only problem this year is that we were struggling at some point with both Trezeguet and Del Piero out and only Zalayeta to step in. You must also remember that Zlatan is still young and thus far had only played CL for Ajax and played almost every game of the season, so no he cannot be on target every game and unluckily he happened to be a bit out of sink during some of the CL games.

bringing in a new striker would not be a luxury given the lack of creativity/ goal-scoring fluency Juve have shown at times this past season.

I have to agree on that one, although I think we did that by adding Mutu to the list, he has been a force in the past and was just left to rot at chelsea, but give him some playing time and that could very well change. I do think that if we can keep playing this season without to many injuries we can do one better and maybe win the CL again. Cause a team with an in form Trezeguet, Mutu, Zlatan, Del Piero and Nedved can cause serious problems as an attacking power to any given team.

 

Thanks for the thoughtful reply, Berga.

We'll see how things pan out . . .

 

Here's where I began howling with laughter. 4 goals in 5 games is
offense all right.

Here's where I wanted whatever it is you're smoking.