thats a pretty good question actually. i think lower profile players have been doing the job brilliantly, and that is all to the credit of Ranieri who, in my view, is a very much underrated GEM of a manager. They need players for sure if they wanna re-establish their dominance of serie a tho, in january or the summer.

Fmfranck:

thats a pretty good question actually. i think lower profile players have been doing the job brilliantly, and that is all to the credit of Ranieri who, in my view, is a very much underrated GEM of a manager. They need players for sure if they wanna re-establish their dominance of serie a tho, in january or the summer.

i feel the very same way. when lippi left the italian job i was hoping that ranieri would get it. but we got donadoni instead and he aint doin that bad of a job. ranieri is a really good manager and juve are lucky to have him.

juve will buy players thats for sure. they would want to challenge for the title but inter is too powerfull atm so they'd be thinkin about securing 2nd spot.

I didn't watched the game against Atalanta (was it?), but I did read some great news - Nedved scored his first goal of the season!! and it was a match winner, Nedved scored it with one of his trademark long range efforts. I hope Nedved starts showing more glimpses of his old-self, he's a great player still.

Juventus haves a good manager in Ranieri, but their team is just not good enough - they need a good creative player in the midfield, someone who can organise and distribute Juventus's play. If Juventus manages to find a player with such abilities (very unlikely) than I think Juve will be back at full strenght, or at least improve their football.

If I were Ranieri - I would make Diego (Werder Bremen) a priority, the main target. Juventus does not needs an overrated player like Frank Lampard - that mistake could cost Ranieri his job - and I'm 100% sure that Frank Lampard would be a huge flop in Italian Serie A Football. I'd say, give it a go with the younger and far more creative Diego.

Of course, creative players or playmakers that actually play as playmakers instead of second strikers - are few and counted. Some of them include;

 Juan Roman Riquelme - unquestionably the world's best playmakers, very consistent, and true to his style of play. Unfortunately for Juventus, he's back in Boca Juniors.

Rafael Van der Vaart - good player, more of a second striker, Diego outclassed him in their last metting, and he's injured most of time.. not worth the money.

Nasri - haven't seen much from him.. but he looks like a great player. Nevertheless, he's a very unlikely target for Juventus.

Diego - Great playmaker on his day, kind of inconsistent, and with huge flaws to his game; lack of pace, inability to dictate a team's play, etc, etc.. Positive aspects include; great defence-splitting long balls (kind of like Beckham's long passes) or from time to time fantastic ground passes, moments of brilliance, skillfulness, etc, etc.. Just like most of the best playmakers, Diego haves his flaws - But I think it's worth taking a chance with this player, and that's without mentioning that there aren't many world class creative players around.

Other creative players worth mentioning include - Xavi (Barcelona), Cesc Fabregas (untouchable), Guti (underrated), Recoba, Luis Figo (a natural winger, but in actuality a world class creative midfielder.. key player for Inter), and some others I'm forgetting.

                                Is there any possibility at all, that Juventus might be able to sign Diego by January??

Luckily for Juventus, it shouldn't matter if they fail to sign a promising player such as Diego, or if they failed to sign a playmaker such as Juan Roman Riquelme. The reason for this is - Sebastian Giovinco - I had not seen this guy playing, but after watching him dominate Juventus this past week I'm convinced he is Juventus's future. People talk about him as Alessandro Del Piero's replacement, I see him as Roberto Baggio's succesor - a goal-scorer and a playmaker, neither a second striker or a playmaker (or, in other words - a second striker with a playmaker's vision), Giovinco is more similar to Baggio than to Del Piero.

Alex Del Piero was also compared to Roberto Baggio when he used to be Del Piero, but Del Piero always was and always will be a second striker - he haves great playmaking abilities, but not the same vision Roby Baggio possesed - I'm convinced that Sebastian Giovinco haves everything to become the next great Italian, and I think Giovinco haves the potential to surpass both Alessandro Del Piero and Francesco Totti (two players who fall short from Roberto Baggio's legacy) - of course such a statement is very far out, and Giovinco remains an unproved youngster - but he does haves huge potential.

                                                              ¿what do you guys think of Sebastian Giovinco??

Lampard To Juve: Pay Me And I'll Join Reports in Italy suggest that Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has told Juventus that he will join them if they match his €7m a year wage demands.

Now this is plain and simply arrogant and mad!  What the hell?  Did Lampard forget that England failed to qualify for the European Championship vs Croatia & Russia as top sides ~ Ranieri should tell his "behind" to stay at Chelsea and rot away. 

I think we should send an advisor to Frank Lampard to tell him some of the following:

~ In Italy, it doesn't work like in the EPL where you can get loads of money just because you're English. 

~ You are overrated and you're not as good as Del Piero - lol

~ Juventus do not need you that bad, they are not desperate - they only need extra punch to propel them to the top.

~ At 7 Million Euros a year, you better accept a clause in your contract that says that either the Champions League or League for Juventus otherwise, no 7 million. 

Frank Lampard is mad, he cannot tell Juventus how much he wants, it is Juventus that is saving his career not him saving Juventus.

Anyway, I agree with Entusiasta on Del Piero, on reflecting on his career so far, he should've converted himself into a #10 a long time ago like Totti, Ronaldinho, C. Ronaldo etc. who are more goal scoring midfielders because he will always be considered by most if not all coaches and managers as a second striker.  However, his free kick taking ability and style of play would've fit wonderfully behind the 2 strikers in front of him or like he kinda does now, running along the wings.

The way i see it is that Juventus has two good options to get them back to the top:  IMMEDIATE vs LAG TIME success...

1 ~ Buy about three to five recognised good players...Diego, Huntelaar and so on - i'm not really naming players, but whosoever is on the market recognised to be the World Class calibre.

2 ~ Buy those Giovinco & co. young type players and sort of build with them over the next few seasons

The latter, i think, is the best solution because Juventus obviously already has a team that can compete amoung the top 4 in the league and they only need players to replace Nedved and co. plus quality addition for consistency to be successful, as well as, those players are cheaper.

Yesterday Lazio lost to juve 3-2 to Rome...

I only watched the first goal..it came from an offside(juve's goal)

the rest i didnt see.

But Delpiero scored twice...Good...

And Juve are getting near the top!

Milan may be a little jaded from their trip, but they can help the pack cut the lead at the top with a draw or beating Inter Milan...

The goal wasn't offside, the commentator is silly...it was close though and in those cases the benefit of the doubt should go to the attacker.  Not even the camera's line across the field could've spotted much to seriously argue a case for being offside.

Iaquinta is injured?  How comes Del Perio started, not to say if he should or shouldn't start, just wanna know why

Gregory:

Lampard To Juve: Pay Me And I'll Join Reports in Italy suggest that Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has told Juventus that he will join them if they match his €7m a year wage demands.

Now this is plain and simply arrogant and mad!  What the hell?  Did Lampard forget that England failed to qualify for the European Championship vs Croatia & Russia as top sides ~ Ranieri should tell his "behind" to stay at Chelsea and rot away. 

I think we should send an advisor to Frank Lampard to tell him some of the following:

~ In Italy, it doesn't work like in the EPL where you can get loads of money just because you're English. 

~ You are overrated and you're not as good as Del Piero - lol

~ Juventus do not need you that bad, they are not desperate - they only need extra punch to propel them to the top.

~ At 7 Million Euros a year, you better accept a clause in your contract that says that either the Champions League or League for Juventus otherwise, no 7 million. 

Frank Lampard is mad, he cannot tell Juventus how much he wants, it is Juventus that is saving his career not him saving Juventus.

lmao, this is hilarious. unless ur a player of the stature of ronaldinho, kaka, c.ronaldo etc u cant demand things. is he joking or what. juve aint gonna pay him 7mil. on the other hand inter may match it. i wouldnt mind seeing lampard @ inter.

This is what i expect of Juventus. Thrashing Inter in San siro. It's time to celebrate.

The title race is back to life. :D