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Juventino wrote:And the Super Cup next week.
Can't wait for this one.
Any final is a hotly anticipated tie particularly when its against a side we have a strong rivalry with.

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I doubt Darmian will be leaving anywhere until June, most likely resulting in Zapata heading to Torino (been linked with him for quite a while). But Darmian is pretty hot property, don't be surprised to see a club like Real Madrid come in for him.

Cerci back on loan for 6 months and Cassano are some rumors for Toro along with Defrel from Cesena for Larrondo also discussed. Gilardino also linked with a return to Italy (Toro and Lazio).

No doubt Cairo needs to get those short arms into those pockets because we need a forward line badly.

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Hopefully Darmian makes the move across town :wink:

Comfortable win this morning, so Juve end 2014 at the top of the table. Now time for the Super Cup, which will now kick off here at 4am (got moved back half an hour). It's on ESPN this Tuesday morning.

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Juventino, don't be cruel. Giovinco would have been handy though :)

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Nice to win this morning, great game if you were a neutral Juve dominated the opening 20 mins but Napoli deserved their equaliser and dominated the second half, Higuain and Tevez are monsters.

Buffon's save in extra time from Higuain was unbelievable.

Marchisio and Vidal were missing, Pogba very good especially defensively. Thought De Guzman played well, looks to be a good signing, especially defensively kept Lichsteiner and Evra quiet.

Worried about Callejon's form. Hamsik played well.

Can't wait for the game in Naples Jan 11.

Still want Al Thani to buy the club, ADL saved us but can't take us any further, this teams not built to win the Serie A.

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El Pibe D'Oro wrote:Nice to win this morning, great game if you were a neutral Juve dominated the opening 20 mins but Napoli deserved their equaliser and dominated the second half, Higuain and Tevez are monsters.

Buffon's save in extra time from Higuain was unbelievable.

Marchisio and Vidal were missing, Pogba very good especially defensively. Thought De Guzman played well, looks to be a good signing, especially defensively kept Lichsteiner and Evra quiet.

Worried about Callejon's form. Hamsik played well.

Can't wait for the game in Naples Jan 11.

Still want Al Thani to buy the club, ADL saved us but can't take us any further, this teams not built to win the Serie A.
Watched the 2nd half & tense extra time. Yes, Buffon's save was fantastic - can't understand why a local radio pundit no longer rates him.

Some very powerfully hit penalties smashed home & some woeful misses by both sides.

Vidal still did some good things. I wonder if Juve is still contemplating letting the Chilean go...

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Con M wrote:
El Pibe D'Oro wrote:Nice to win this morning, great game if you were a neutral Juve dominated the opening 20 mins but Napoli deserved their equaliser and dominated the second half, Higuain and Tevez are monsters.

Buffon's save in extra time from Higuain was unbelievable.

Marchisio and Vidal were missing, Pogba very good especially defensively. Thought De Guzman played well, looks to be a good signing, especially defensively kept Lichsteiner and Evra quiet.

Worried about Callejon's form. Hamsik played well.

Can't wait for the game in Naples Jan 11.

Still want Al Thani to buy the club, ADL saved us but can't take us any further, this teams not built to win the Serie A.
Watched the 2nd half & tense extra time. Yes, Buffon's save was fantastic - can't understand why a local radio pundit no longer rates him.

Some very powerfully hit penalties smashed home & some woeful misses by both sides.

Vidal still did some good things. I wonder if Juve is still contemplating letting the Chilean go...[/quote

He's nowhere near the player he was 12 months ago - they should cash in and do everything they can to keep Pogba who will be the best player in the world one day

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El Pibe D'Oro wrote:
Con M wrote:
El Pibe D'Oro wrote:Nice to win this morning, great game if you were a neutral Juve dominated the opening 20 mins but Napoli deserved their equaliser and dominated the second half, Higuain and Tevez are monsters.

Buffon's save in extra time from Higuain was unbelievable.

Marchisio and Vidal were missing, Pogba very good especially defensively. Thought De Guzman played well, looks to be a good signing, especially defensively kept Lichsteiner and Evra quiet.

Worried about Callejon's form. Hamsik played well.

Can't wait for the game in Naples Jan 11.

Still want Al Thani to buy the club, ADL saved us but can't take us any further, this teams not built to win the Serie A.
Watched the 2nd half & tense extra time. Yes, Buffon's save was fantastic - can't understand why a local radio pundit no longer rates him.

Some very powerfully hit penalties smashed home & some woeful misses by both sides.

Vidal still did some good things. I wonder if Juve is still contemplating letting the Chilean go...[/quote

He's nowhere near the player he was 12 months ago - they should cash in and do everything they can to keep Pogba who will be the best player in the world one day
Nor is Hamsik but would you let him go?
I know I wouldn't.

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It's 'only' the Super Cupo, but very frustrating to not lift the trophy, especially when we were handed it on a platter three times and threw them all away. But Napoli played well, the first equaliser was always coming with the way both teams came out after half time.

Oh, and how bad was the crowd? Supposedly sold out but plenty of empty seats around. Qatar should have no business with anything in football. At least in China they were getting over 50,000 for this game.

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Juventino wrote:It's 'only' the Super Cupo, but very frustrating to not lift the trophy, especially when we were handed it on a platter three times and threw them all away. But Napoli played well, the first equaliser was always coming with the way both teams came out after half time.

Oh, and how bad was the crowd? Supposedly sold out but plenty of empty seats around. Qatar should have no business with anything in football. At least in China they were getting over 50,000 for this game.
Would have been sold out in Rome but money talks.......

As for Hamsik, he's starting to return to the form that he once showed and he's the spiritual leader of the team.

My gut is Juventus will make one big sale and if I was a Juve supporter you would rather keep Pogba wouldn't you.

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And if it were in Rome I would have been there for sure.

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Very disappointing to draw after a very good first half. Should have been further ahead at the break, like against Sampdoria, and were made to pay for it. Icardi equaliser and Inter had chances to win it. Just a point gap to Roma now, ahead of the match away at Napoli.

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Getting interesting at the top, tbh, glad to see Roma is challenging Juve this year, makes it more interesting.
My Lazio supporting colleague is very happy today, they are looking good as is Napoli for 3rd.

Stayed up late to watch Torino- Chievo, very boring game with no goal action. Torino in dire need of an attacking midfielder and a striker. Cairo you tightarse, spend some money FFS.

Going to suck seeing Cerci lining up for Milan against Torino next game, another great move Cairo :(

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Juventino wrote:Very disappointing to draw after a very good first half. Should have been further ahead at the break, like against Sampdoria, and were made to pay for it. Icardi equaliser and Inter had chances to win it. Just a point gap to Roma now, ahead of the match away at Napoli.

Will be an Awesome game in Napoli this Monday. Sell out and will be highly emotive with Pino Daniele's sad passing on Monday. Can't wait for the tifo

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Will be a huge weekend, with the Rome derby on too. I'm thinking we'll have a new leader, but hey Roma have been known to mess up their chances in the past.

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Milan were terrible, Torino dominated that game and if they had anyone resembling a striker in their squad, 3-1 to the granata would have been the right result.

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haywood djablowme wrote:Good signing by Inter over night
Podolski started well off the bench vs Juventus, but not sure if Shaqiri will see much game time, given the Bundesliga had been on a break for a while.

Would be frustrating to be a Toro fan right now given their inability to put chances away. But hey, at least there's sharpshooter Glik leading the scoring!

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El capitano Glik, a true leader, passion fot the shirt, a very good CB and a deadly goal scorer. Says something when your CB is the leading scorer for the team.
Juventino- can we send Quagliarella back as faulty goods? :lol:

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Sorry, no refunds :wink:

Great win this morning, first time since 2000 we got the job done in Naples. Caceres coming back from injury played well, Vidal getting back to his best too.

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Juventino wrote:Sorry, no refunds :wink:

Great win this morning, first time since 2000 we got the job done in Naples. Caceres coming back from injury played well, Vidal getting back to his best too.
Feel that we deserved a draw at least.

Was a strange game in so much that we sat back for the first 15 mins then for long periods Juve happy to due the same.

In the end Juve defended better than us- that's how championships are won. Not by letting a player score free in the 6 yard box from free kicks, particularly as we had the momentum after our goal.

Re Vidal - I thought he was ordinary - sensational goal no qualms there just thought he was absent for long periods

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He's getting there. Not a vintage display, but he battled hard which was difficult as the march wore on and Napoli had more territory and possession. Couple it with his showing against Inter and he's come back from the break in a more confident mood.

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Vidal worked hard and was decisive in killing the game.
He turned many balls over, but is progressing.

Pogba's goal was similar to his half volley last season against Napoli in Torino.
Both him and Vidal enjoy league games against Napoli.

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A few heart in mouth moments, and not a polished or perfect performance by any means, but definitely much better than we've seen in the last few weeks. A great win. Definitely the type of result that can kick start our season again. Bring on the next month. Crucial to get maximum points before Dortmund and Roma in the same week. And a big thank you to Lazio for not totally crumbling and at least restricting Roma to one point. Very nervous after Roma scored the second goal.
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Good win for us this morning, not such a great performance but result is important

Strinic looks a good pick up for us especially on a free transfer kept Candreva quiet at least

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10-1 'aggregate' for us. Two early goals then a cruise for the rest of the game, can't complain about that.

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Watched Torino vs Cesena, very decent, entertaining game.
Great to see Quagliarella and Maxi Lopez on the score sheet, but geez we have conceded some penalties this year. Two pretty clear and unnecessary ones conceded again.

Was really hoping that this year we would see Roma push Juve all the way, can't see it happening with Juve just having too much squad depth, consistency and class. Hellas Verona must be glad that they can focus on a new opponent. Looks like Napoli have also got their act together too.

Ac Milan- haha. Cerci left Torino to go to "a big club" and play champions league, typical money move to a crap team.!

Looking forward to Inter vs Toro this week, Granata can win this!

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I hope Lopez gets one over Icardi. Lord knows he needs it.

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Looks like Spalletti in the San Paolo hot seat next season with Benitez not wanting to talk of a renewal

Will be happy with him or Montella

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Always liked Spalleti and think he would be a good choice. Prandelli is also free atm, I think he is a very good club football coach and think he should also be looked at.

Benitez, for me he has really not delivered at any of his clubs perhaps except at Valencia. has always seemed a strange marriage at Napoli but in saying this, u guys have been pretty decent under him without winning much silverware.

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