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Take it from a Juve fan, mate: Barzagli is the better player. Giorgio is a great leader on the pitch and a true Juventini, but he can be too aggressive at times and is not exactly blessed with much pace.

Probably in his best interest since the club is showing more faith in Omerue and Kalas. Best of luck to Jeffery.

It wasn't just you. Most of our fans tend to over-hype our youngsters and it always leads to us writing them off before they're even 20. Maybe we should think about that before we hype another youngster next time.And yes, yes, we get it, you live in London and go to games so your opinion counts for more than mine

You are entitled to whatever exaggerated opinion you want, heck, go ahead and say he's better than Busquets if you want, just don't act so outraged when reality fails to meet your fantasies and everyone ends up writing Nathanial off.

True. I think that RLC stole his thunder a bit as well.

Of course people are writing him off. A lot of fans are just watching him for the first time and all they know about him is the over-hyped description of him by some people on here. People read members say that he is already better than our first team options and that he was the player in the championship and they expect him to perform like Makalele or Yaya Toure already. When he inevitably fails to live up to these unrealistic expectations, everyone will write him off. That is what I was attempting to explain a month ago when you said that he could be with the England WC squad..

He also made quite a few mistakes and a couple of them led to goals (which are unimportant). He was okay, but certainly not overly impressive for me.

Great finish:

This has pens written all over it!

Typical journo trying to sell his story. How would he know if Jose and Ibra still talk?!

No thanks, let Roma have him

Zlatan wanted to leave, Jose didn't like it much and said after he left that Etoo was better anyway. I don't think Ibra can work well in Mourinho team. Jose treats his teams as family while Zlatan, as much as I love him, is a bit of a mercenary.

Yes but Juve will definitely sign a world class striker because, like I said, Conte threatened to leave if they didn't.

Some of the comments here are just hilarious and are exactly the reason all our youngsters get written off before they are 20. Do people expect him to control the game and pull the strings in the biggest game of his life? He's 18 FFS! He hasn't been that bad. Hasn't been his best, which I expected in such a big game given his age. He's been a bit passive at times in defense but his passing and work rate have been good.

He's been rotating them because all failed to perform when given the chance except for a couple of games for Quagliarella in the CL when he was world class and retained his place for almost a month but failed to repeat those performances. I have no idea why Conte signed him, he did not fit at all in his system.

Regardless of the striker we're going to sign, Llorente was always going to be a squad player. I'm not sure Higuain would even fit Conte's system.

Quagliarella is most probably leaving. Matri could go as well. A month a go it was looking very likely that we will get Ibra, he even came out and said that he would be honored to return to Juve but the rumors have slowed down now but it is very likely. I think he'll take a pay cut to return. EDIT: One more thing, Conte threatened to leave if the club did not sign a world class striker, so Juve will definitely sign one.

I hope my class ends early so I can catch the second half. Will definitely miss the first, though

15:00 GMT He clearly wasn't his best against Leicester, so I hope he can show his Christmas-period form today.

GTFO!

I think Milan will be able to challenge Juve for the tittle next season but the Bianconeri are still favorites, especially if they land Ibra. Those two will finish top 2 no doubt leaving only one CL spot. Inter will come no where near third place in the next season, I'm sure. Fiorentina look like they're going to lose Jovetic which would put a huge dent in their CL hopes. Lazio, Roma and Napoli will be fighting for 3rd. If Napoli lose Cavani, I think Roma will be favorites.

Exactly. 25m would get you one of the best young CBs in Europe.

Cheap shot! Seriously though, do you expect Roma to make the CL next season? I think they have a good chance.

Yes, I agree. I may have phrased my first post wrongly, but that is more or less what I intended to say. Some people on twitter saying that he could be with the first team the season after the next and calling him the Danish "wonder boy" is way over the top. A good performance for an 18yo but certainly nothing out of this world.

I'm probably swimming against the tide here, but really I don't get the hype about Christensen from those two games. Yes he put in a few good tackles but his positional sense and decision making were pretty poor, imo. Don't get me wrong, the boy clearly has the physical abilities to become a great CB and there is still every chance that he could, but I just saw nothing from him to make me think: "Wow, this kid will definitely be in our first team squad in 2-3 years".