Skippy5

With our win on the weekend (and still unbeaten in Serie A) and two crucial games in the Champions League (starting with today's match against Brugge) to get into the knock-out stages and Coppa Italia still available, where should Juventus finish the season? I'll put it here (and let's win everything is the first objective) that considering where we are now, and if the team can continue to develop and improve, I would be satisfied with 3rd in Serie A (I think Atalanta is catchable -6 points, but not Napoli or Inter) preferably still unbeaten, quarter-final of the Champions League with a good strong run of results (or some sketchy performances but through to the semi-final) and winning the Coppa Italia. As for the Club World Cup either win it or crash out early to concentrate on next season's Serie A. What do you hope to celebrate at the end of the season?

This is the best Juventus game I have watched for a long time. The team showed great desire from the first to the last whistle. Too many games we seam to phase in and out of playing the game, but today we continued to play through the entirety of the match. I was particularly impressed with Wes Mc as a make-shift right back as he played both attacking and defending situations very well. Overall the whole team did so much better and this now must be the base standard and the team should be striving to improve on this match. Well done lads!

Is this a done deal? I read it as a possibility this morning (NZ time Friday), but said €50 minimum. At this I (in my head - I was at work!) shouted at the computer screen that we should be charging the "financial cheats" double that. I will be very disappointed if we have let such a very good player (and definite Juve lad) go to SHCity for so little as €65 maximum. These deals with the Arabs of Manchester have not been kind to us in the past IMO. I do hope we keep hold of Andrea as I see him as a foundation that we can build our team on for many years to come. I'm not sure who else that can be said for.

I've not seen anything of Fullkrug or Kolo-Muani, but from what I have seen of Zirkzee in the EPL I would not take him. He seams to me to have a serious attitude problem, not willing to work for the team - but then he is one of many in this ManU(er) team that like this. As an example, last week against (another white & black team) Newcastle he was substituted in the first half (because the team needed to change shape), and instead of sitting on the bench with his team he went down the tunnel to the changing room only to come out after he was told by staff that he should be with his team. We don't need that in our squad!

I feel the second half was more assured (I did not yell abuse at the telly nearly as much as in the first half). We could have done more to score, but some credit to Monza's defense, but mostly we stayed in a good block to keep the game tight (Gati was my player only for the second half). One step at a time lads, a big game after Christmas that will help show what side of Europe we will be in next year. This is a crazy table, it is all so close at the top. Don't forget we won the league unbeaten with 15 draws!

Well, my t.v survived, and thanks to a couple of good moments Juve got a very undeserved point. As I've said many times before "win ugly, the game's already beautiful". This was not a win, but it was very ugly! When a team is pressed so hard they need to find the exit (there is always a way out from these situations) but we never found it in this game. We tried over and over again to play through the press and every time it did not work. (I don't like to talk against referees, but Bologna's game plan was evident from the start, the fouls they gave away when Juve tried to break should have been spotted by the ref as deliberate to brake up play and worthy of yellow cards.) We must be better, especially on Wednesday night. As bad as (Sh)ity are at the moment, they will be a big step up from Bologna. Come on Juve, we need to be better, we can be better, we are better than this performance!

WOW! Well thought and well written, thank-you. In reading this I could not help but think of something (and it points to your second scenario at the conclusion). That is like a broken house that is being fixed up for sale, Juve is being put on a level of stability that would be acceptable for another investor. In part I started following Juve (from New Zealand in the late 1980's!) because they are owned by ('car guys') the Agnelli's, but now after more than 35 years of following them, if Juve were owned by someone else I could only see it as a benefit to the club at this moment. Let the queue of the wealthy from the middle east form along Via Druento!

I'm so glad I got mine (authentic one without sponsor or personalisation). It really is a very beautiful shirt, just as good for wearing out to dinner as it is for the stadium. I only hope soon in future years we get a white and black first shirt of equal beauty, it's been too many years since we had a really good first shirt.

I neither agree or disagree. It is usual to have proved or earned this shirt, which I have not seen so much from the lad, but then if no other player wants it, why not let him have it? It is a heavier shirt than the others, he will either be dragged down by it or it will be his super armour to help him to become a great player for our club.

3rd shirt purchased just now. My first ever Juve shirt without customisation. I can't wait for it to arrive. I will be upset if I see a sponsor on this shirt when I receive it. I know it will cost me with my community football team every time I wear it (like we fine our Chelsea team mate for his un-sponsored shirt from last year), but I'm happy to pay for my teams that I love so much.

No, my team has a fine session each week after our games. Just a whole lot of fun where we give each other a hard time and the money of the fines goes to our end of season celebrations.

I really hope the third shirt is released before the sponsor, I would buy it un-personalized and as plain as possible. Although I know it will cost me from my own community team (I have a Chelsea fan with their unsponsored shirt from the start of last season and he has to pay fines every time he wears it). Also have to agree with this, I also have #5, but my nick-name is Skippy and there are many people who only know me as this, but obviously it is not my real name.

I love the Christmas Tree (4-3-2-1). The last boss used it a number of years ago (his first charge) for a few games with good affect. I also had it for my junior team back then too. The star on the top of my tree is now an angel in heaven taken far too soon. I love the Christmas Tree! (Yeah, I'm kind of crying now thinking of Josh.)

Now we just need to have the NZ All Whites football team to play the Azzurri (FIGC) at the stadium to make it completely All White & All Black as it always should be. Just to remind you one of the reasons I have followed Juve since 1988 is that they play in my nations two top international teams' colours.

This is the way society should be. Champions recognizing that we are all the same and that there are joys to be found in games without money. I remember as a kid having sporting heroes come to my school to teach us and they were not paid any more than our teachers, but they always had a great connection with us kids. I understand the modern social media, rapid communication connected era we are in, but I would love to see the superstars wanting and being able to do this type of work again. Edgar Davids is a true legend though!