So's Pogba. It's the easiest job in the world to play with Pirlo and Vidal and Marchisio on a daily basis. It's precisely because they give him the freedom to try and fail that he grows and impresses people.

Pogba will fetch a higher price, and have a better career than our boys.

Similarly, he would add more to our midfield because he is very different.

he doesn't play with pirlo, vidal and marchisio with france and he's a boss for them as well. maybe he's easy to play with for those players as well.

Klaus wrote:

Nothing wrong with the brit core we've got.

It's hard to draw any conclusions, because they're all so young. But shit never pans out as you expect.

Fabregas, van Persie, Reyes, Senderos, Diaby, Adebayor were a much better batch than the Brit core, and we saw how that panned out.

He's tagging along and enjoying his freedom while Pirlo is dictating the game and Vidal is running it. Everyone can perform with great teammates. It's a lot more difficult to do it with our ragtag bunch of misfits. I like Pogba very much, but reading about him you get the feeling that people haven't watched him for the last three years at all. When has he ever been as good as Ramsey was for us last season, for instance?

He hasn't, is the correct answer. 🙂

Inter has fired Mazzari and hired Mancini again. Mazzari was never a good fit for Inter and the 3-5-2 didn't work.

2 months later

Pogba  :drool:

About the best (only) reason to watch Serie A

Jesus, Iuliano looks like he's 60.

It's crazy. Doesn't seem long ago that Juve team were bossing it. I was at the age where I still had dreams of making it in football and looked up at them in awe

Totti scores v lazio and then take as a selfie. So cheesy.

One of the coolest players in world football has just fucked his brand.

Totti is a fucking legend

Totti's amazing. Bloke is 106 years old and just keeps on trucking. He's got one of the classiest ball touches I've ever seen.

Did you see his selfie celebration Klaus? Brilliant, especially in a derby.

I saw it, haha. I thought it was great too. Bound to piss off the ultras at Lazio.

😆

Just wants to increase his under 18 fanbase

9 days later

wha? they's not gettin a new one?

Backheel assist from Poldi yesterday.

Pogba is ridiculous

60m bid please

He's like Zidane in the body of a monster; ridicous touch, skills and ball control (see his attempt for the 2nd Juve goal).

He's insane, but he'll be gone to a club with bigger muscles in the summer. Probably Madrid. They might shove Modric out the door to make room for him though. Could be an opportunity there for us.

Yep, think he's Madrid bound

Still can't get over his performance against Spain.

Klaus wrote:

He's insane, but he'll be gone to a club with bigger muscles in the summer. Probably Madrid. They might shove Modric out the door to make room for him though. Could be an opportunity there for us.

How consistent is he at the moment?  Last season I remember reading a Juve fan saying while he has great moments in matches but not for the whole 90mins enough.

Still cracks me up that Man Utd fucked up so bad and let him go, especially when they were desperate for another CM.

He was very consistent 2 seasons ago, but he was indeed not consistently good last season. He's been quality this season though and also one of their few bright spots in the CL (Juve have as a whole underperformed in this competition). Vidal has been poor, Pirlo's been injured a lot but Marchisio is looking very good again this season after an underwheming 2013/2014. The boy is only 21 and for me the best player in serie A right now. He's going to be a monster.

By the way, Caceres is one of their underrated players IMO. I remember him looking a disaster at Barca but he always seems to play well for Juve whenever I watch them. Valuable player to have because of  his versatility and consistency. Lacks pace though.

JazzG wrote:
Klaus wrote:

He's insane, but he'll be gone to a club with bigger muscles in the summer. Probably Madrid. They might shove Modric out the door to make room for him though. Could be an opportunity there for us.

How consistent is he at the moment?  Last season I remember reading a Juve fan saying while he has great moments in matches but not for the whole 90mins enough.

Still cracks me up that Man Utd fucked up so bad and let him go, especially when they were desperate for another CM.

Still a bit undisciplined and could do with someone like Tet next to him, but Tactics is right - he's a monster.

Rednose really did a number on United during his final seasons. Sold most of their talent, benched most of their signings, left them with an entire first team squad that needed to be replaced... he'd be getting a bad rap right now if his name had been anything other than Ferguson.

I think City or PSG will make a move for him, with Yaya declining and nearly 32 they need a big powerful player there and this guy could fill that role for them. Those clubs will make offers that we could never match.

I think Fergie had enough of developing talent, wanted a few more PL and CL medals to stick in the cabinet and call it a day. Can't blame the guy, transformed that club into the powerhouse they are today. I think they tried hard to keep him in the end but the damage had been done, at Juve he would play week in week out and but at Man Utd he didn't feel he'd get a chance. Guy said he dreamed of playing for us when he was younger, surprised he slipped through our fingers before he joined Man Utd. Then again around that time a lot of players did, our scouting in the past few years has not been up to scratch.

Tactics wrote:

By the way, Caceres is one of their underrated players IMO. I remember him looking a disaster at Barca but he always seems to play well for Juve whenever I watch them. Valuable player to have because of  his versatility and consistency. Lacks pace though.

Not sure why nobody talks about him as a good defender. Everytime I watched him play for Sevilla/Juve/Uruguay in the past few seasons he's been impressive. He's one of those that seem to do well in any defensive position he plays.

Caceres isn't talked much about cos he's unspectacular. Just gets the job done.

a month later

Pirlo taking the piss again: