-Can anyone tell me what the FIGC-equivalent of Argentina was smoking when they hired Maradona? Sure, he’s inspirational. Sure, he’s the country’s legend. But the guy has little-to-no coaching experience, and the little he had was pretty crappy. I feel a lot more secure about Italy’s chances in WC2010 with Dunga, Maradona, and Domenech leading [...]

As i was predicting when Juve signed him, Amauri is going to be one of the very top strikers in Europe, that many clubs would drool over. And it turns out to be true as Real Madrid supposedly wanted him in January for a massive fee, which they off course can just forget.We’ve seen it so many times before with Juventus, they buy smart, not those world known names, but those who are proven and ready to peak their career to the maximum in the Juve shirt, just as Amauri is doing right now.

Finally Juve scores before the first 30 minutes in a Serie A game in a very long time, and you see how it went, 4-1 against Genoa is a nice result. It was a joy to watch, you can clearly see the passion is back, also in audience ;)If they can continue like this (7 straight wins) against all odds, then no one can match Juve. We have a strong squad, that’s for sure.Ratings Juve- GenoaManninger - 7Grygera - 8Legrottaglie - 6.5 (those arms is beginning to be a little to much in the way)Chiellini - 7.5Molinaro - 7Marchionni - 6.5Sissoko - 6.5Tiago - 6Nedved - 7Amauri - 8Del Piero - 7Camoranesi - 7 (it is clearly to see what he means in the team when finally back, his technique is fantastic)Iaquinta - 7Giovinco - 6(Ranieri - 8 - made good changes, the team attacked a lot too.

Wish I was able to watch it, but I’ve got an econ exam. It’ll be a cracker, that’s for sure. Forza Juve! Alessio come on. What’s more important? Your education or this game. Join the cool kids around the back of your college and smoke something purple. For those of us already in a haze, [...]

Nice work, ladies and gentlemen. While no one got all of answers correct, the group as a whole did well, and only missed out on one. If you haven’t taken the quiz yet, don’t scroll down any farther, head back here and take a look. Below are your answers:

#1- Giampiero Boniperti, aka Mr Juventus until [...]

So we have four days till the next game, incredible. Four days! That’s one more than usual. The good news is after taking on Genoa at home, we’ve got a good week-and-a-half break (in which there’s an international friendly) before the Derby d’Italia at the San Siro. I really hope Lippi leaves most of the [...]

With another fantastic free kick, no one on this earth does it better, and ever will do. This seals up another positive result, the only thing spoiling the day was Inter merda and Cruz, but we’ll get to them soon.Ratings Chievo 0-2 JuveManninger - 7 (for a backup, he has alot of character)Mellberg - 7Legrottaglie - 7.5 (one of the absolute best defenders in the world right now)Chiellini - 7Molinaro - 6.5 (will he ever learn to cross?)Marchionni - 7 (he has done quite well lately, suprising)Sissoko - 6Tiago - 6.5De Ceglie -7 (shows his brilliance at times, very promising)Iaquinta - 6.5 (nothing special, he deserves his bench)Del Piero - 8Ekdal - 6.5AmauriGrygera

For being the best striker in Europe the last 12 months, and the best football player to have ever been. No one can score beautiful goals like that with mm precision and calm time after time after time, the great legend.Let’s hope he continues on until age 37 like Baggio did ;)Forza JUVE! & Ranieri too!Ratings: Real-JuveManninger - 7.5Mellberg - 7Legro - 7Chiellini - 8Molinaro - 6.5Marchionni - 6Sissoko - 7Tiago - 6.5Nedved - 7Amauri - 7.5Del Piero - 9

First off, I gotta congratulate our boys on their victory against Roma. At times it was some of the nicest footy I’ve seen them play this year. Who would’ve guessed that when we played the ball along the ground to each other instead of long balls between our defense and attack, we could’ve achieved such a [...]

With the looming arrival of Beckham, much has been made about how Milan now has Ronaldinho, Pirlo, and Beckham for free kicks. But who needs them when you’ve got Alex?