The Old Lady Speaks: A Juventus Podcast

Juventus made its first trip of the season to the San Siro and came away with a point despite not playing at its best, 1a result that extended the current unbeaten run under Max Allegri to nine games. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Inter and what to take out of it. The good, the bad, the VAR — everything. Let’s face it, there wasn’t much to be sai...

Juventus marked its return to the field after the October international break with another Allegri special, beating Roma 1-0 to continue their winning ways against Jose Mourinho’s squad at Allianz Stadium. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: The win over Roma and what stood out during a third straight 1-0 victory in all competitions. (Hint: Playing well defensively is nice!)...

It’s the back half of the October international break, which means Juventus is close to returning to the field once again. And it just so happens an old “friend” is coming back to Turin for the first time in a few years. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Sunday’s matchup with Roma and just how we’re all feeling about it. An outsider’s look at the early days of Jose Mourinh...

Juventus entered its matchup with Chelsea as the underdog. They not only one, but they turned in a classic Max Allegri performance and went into the international break with plenty of momentum. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Looking back on Juve’s 1-0 win over reigning European champions Chelsea, allowing Max Allegri’s squad to take over the top spot in their Champions...

Juventus is finally in the win column in Serie A this season, with a pair of 3-2 wins over Spezia and Sampdoria within the last week. But, as always, things aren't as wonderful as they may seem. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss: Juventus has won two straight Serie A games! Those two wins, however, have come under the circumstances in which Juve has continued to str...

Juventus' tumble down the table continued this past weekend, with a third lead blown in four games resulting in Max Allegri's squad finishing the fourth matchday of the 2021-22 season in — wait for it — 18th place. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss: BLOG NEWS! BLOG NEWS! Thoughts on Juventus’ 1-1 draw against AC Milan, the third game this season in which Juventus ha...

Juventus’ season-opening struggles continued against Napoli this past weekend, and it’s not like they’re doing a whole lot to inspire confidence that they’ll turn it around any time soon. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Juventus played like crap again, this time against Napoli. The suddenly glaring problem Juventus has in goal with Wojciech Szczesny. How much of a leash...

It’s the first international break of the season, so that gives us a chance to get caught up on a few things now that the summer transfer window is officially a thing of the past. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: A bit of a delayed reaction to the Champions League group stage draw in which Juventus have been put in the same group as last season’s winners, Chelsea. In talk...

Max Allegri tried to do some experimenting against Empoli, but it ended up blowing up in his face and Juventus dropped points for a second straight game to begin Allegri 2.0. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss: What the hell happened against Empoli over the weekend? Where Max Allegri got it wrong, and what can be done to try and right the ship coming out of the inter...

The drama Sunday started well before kickoff and lasted well after Juventus opened the 2021-22 season with a disappointing 2-2 draw against Udinese at the Friuli. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss: Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t start against Udinese, and the reasons as to why he was on the bench come kickoff differ depending on who you believe (either Max Allegri or the...

The start of the 2021-22 season is almost upon, and that means a deep dive into what’s good and bad about this edition of Juventus and the man who’s back to coach them. We broke this episode of The Old Lady Speaks into a couple of different parts. They are: Expectations/thoughts on the upcoming season. Just how much of an impact will having Max Allegri back as manager make this season. Who we are...

Juventus took a big step up in competition level in its third friendly of the preseason. It wasn’t all that great and there was plenty of freaking out, but was it really necessary? On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks: Juventus lost 3-0 to Barcelona and we clearly lose our heads about it. Well, not really. We try and find some positives — or not dwell on the negatives — from Juve’s loss t...

Juventus have a new Brazilian talent coming to their ranks in a matter of days, and that means we get to figure out how to actually pronounce his name after learning how to spell it. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Juventus’ suddenly happening signing of Brazilian starlet Kaio Jorge. We also try to figure out how to actually pronounce “Kaio Jorge.” The domino effect that...

Juventus, albeit with very limited senior squad experience available, returned to the field this weekend with a familiar face barking orders from the sidelines again, as Max Allegri 2.0 debuted in Saturday’s friendly vs. Cesena. We take a look at Saturday's game as well as a few other things this week. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: General thoughts on Max Allegri’s fir...

As Juventus starts up training under Max Allegri, there’s plenty happening off the field involving players who are both currently in Turin or on holiday after the Euros. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss: Max Allegri is back on the training ground and yelling at the limited number of senior squad players that Juventus currently has. The Cristiano Ronaldo situation a...

We are two days removed from Italy winning Euro 2020, and the party in Italy is still very much going on. We’ve seen videos coming from yesterday’s welcome home party, especially those that involve Giorgio Chiellini taking the microphone and singing along with all of his teammates. So, you can probably guess what this podcast episode is about. No, not Chiellini singing — although that probably wou...

We talk a little Italy, we talk a little Juventus, we talk Juventus players who are Italian. It’s just that kind of podcast when you’ve got a major international tournament going on. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Thoughts on Italy’s run to the Euro 2020 final. Italy’s midfield vs. what England could do against the Azzurri on Sunday Federico Cherubini and Maurizio Arriv...

We talk a little Juventus, a lot of Euros and remain hopeful that this summer of tournament madness continues to deliver. A revelation about Sergio ... the Switzerland fan?! The Juventus-related happenings to date at Euro 2020. (Although, since we recorded Monday, there’s no info about how Dejan Kulusevski’s round of 16 went against Ukraine.) General thoughts on the Euros thus far. A brief discuss...

We belated take a look back at the 2020-21 season now that the dust has settled when it comes to Juventus’ managerial situation. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Who Juventus’ most valuable player was this past season. Who Juventus’ least valuable player was this past season. Who Juventus’ most disappointing player was this past season. Who Juventus’ most improved player...

Max Allegri is back at Juventus, and this summer is shaping up to be one full of drama, transfer rumors and plenty of chaos along the way. Just look at the last week we’ve had as Exhibit A, folks. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Thoughts on the week that was and the absolutely craziness that took place after reports that Allegri was coming back truly started to pick up s...

Juventus, somehow, had everything go their way on the final day of the season, both winning and getting help to qualify for the Champions League next season. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Some breaking news from the Chuks family right outta the gate! A quick summary of just what it was like during the Juventus-Bologna/Napoli-Hellas Verona/AC Milan-Atalanta viewing expe...

Juventus might have picked up a win over Inter Milan in the Derby d’Italia over the weekend, but they still remain on the outside looking in of the top four heading into the final game of the 2020-21 Serie A season. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Juventus beat Inter — which is never not good. Oh, what a refereeing performance we saw on Saturday night. Why did it take th...

In a season full of disastrous results, Juventus’ 3-0 loss to AC Milan at Allianz Stadium was maybe the worst of them all knowing the context of having their status in the top four directly tied to it. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss: The 3-0 loss to Milan. Just who’s to blame for all of this mess. How much is this Andrea Pirlo’s fault? How much of this is on the...

Juventus’ performance in Udine was absolutely garbage, but thanks to a couple of late Cristiano Ronaldo goals they were able to salvage something out of one of their final away fixtures of the season. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss: Thoughts on the Udinese win, a game in which Juventus was collectively bad for 80 minutes and then suddenly found themselves leaving...

Juventus dropped points to Fiorentina again and one of Andrea Agnelli’s biggest projects yet, the European Super League, blew up in his face. So, as you can guess, it was a bad week. On this week’s episode of The Lady Speaks, we discuss the following: We get an outsider’s view of what the hell is wrong with Juventus from Tito. More venting about Juventus dropping points against teams they shouldn’...