The Old Lady Speaks: A Juventus Podcast

The news of the creation of the European Super League made Juventus dropping more points in the race for a Champions League spot — whatever that may mean now — seem like a very minor blip on the radar. On this week’s episode of The Lady Speaks, we discuss the following: Yeah, you guessed it: Juventus and the European Super League. Andrea Agnelli’s role in the Super League. Some of the crazy financ...

The first-full week of April provided something we haven’t seen Juventus do a lot of lately — win back-to-back games in relatively good fashion. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Hey, we’re in a good mood! Thoughts on Juventus’ week that was, with relatively enjoyable viewings during the course of wins over Napoli midweek and then Genoa this past Sunday. A player focus of...

Juventus’ returned from the international break and looked a lot like the team that went into the international break — which is bad and something nobody wanted to actually see take place. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Juventus’ top 4 chances seem to be hanging on by a thread right now. Just how confident are we that this team, with the way it is playing of late, can a...

There has been a lot of talk surrounding Paulo Dybala’s future at Juventus. With no games to talk about, we decided to add to that talk. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: ALL THE HOT AND SPICY DYBALA TAKES YOU ALL CAN HANDLE. Has this been a contract extension negotiation with Dybala and his representatives that has lasted as long as it feels? (Yes.) Just what it would mea...

Things went from bad to worse for Juventus, who now have the “honor” of saying that they are on the wrong side of a game where Benevento got its first win in nearly three months this past weekend. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: The loss to Benevento because there’s no disappointing Champions League results to dominate the discussion this week. (Well, damn.) People are b...

It’s been a week since Juventus was eliminated from the Champions League by Porto, and that’s probably a good thing since we were VERY ANGRY when it all first went down. On this week’s episode, you can probably guess what we’re going to talk about, but we’re going to go ahead and tell you anyways ... Juventus is a team that has left us disappointed. Juventus is a team that needs a lot of work. Juv...

Juventus’ first week of March was opposite that of the last week of February — and that means it was a victorious one as their ever-important No. 9 returned with a bang. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: After Juventus stumbled, they went and got themselves back up. Thoughts on Saturday night’s win over Lazio. Alvaro Morata is back and he’s already scoring goals again. Dej...

Juventus’ Scudetto hopes are hanging on by the thinnest of threads 1after dropping points once again against Hellas Verona. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: The draw against Hellas Verona. What the draw against Hellas Verona means. Federico Chiesa — he’s been pretty good lately! The last few weeks has suddenly showed us how important Arthur has become. Related note: Injur...

Juventus followed up making the Coppa Italia final with a pair of disappointing showings against Napoli and Porto. This team, this stupid team. What the heck happened for Juventus against Porto. The struggles of Rodrigo Bentancur. Remember when Juventus advanced to the Coppa Italia final ... a week and a half ago? It seems like so long ago, but it really wasn’t, we swear! Our rapid fire Twitter qu...

The month of February continued to be a successful one for Juventus over the weekend, with a solid win over Roma as Andrea Pirlo showed his adaptability as a manager Saturday night. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: How Andrea Pirlo went full-on Max Allegri against Roma. The ability Pirlo has shown of late to adapt to the opposition rather than sticking with one set format...

As the month of January comes to a close, Juventus shows signs of starting to figure things out under the watchful eye of their first-year manager Andrea Pirlo. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: That lovely first half of play from Juventus against Sampdoria over the weekend. Arthur and his tiny little circles — again. Cbuks adds triangle talk to the list of shapes discusse...

Just as the midway point of the season arrived, Juventus got a couple of breaks to go in their direction — which, for this 2020-21 season, was a change for the better in our eyes. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: After two more very strong performances, we talk about what everybody else is talking about these days: Weston McKennie being awesome. When talking about Weston...

Juventus-related venting. A whole lot of Juventus-related venting. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Oh, right. The Juventus-Inter game from over the weekend. Chuks fixed his Zoom and then remembered Juventus’ midfield doesn’t consistent of Marchisio, Vidal, Pirlo and Pogba anymore. Just how much of this is a reflection of Juventus’ front office not completely addressing a...

The second game of 2021 brought us one of Juventus’ biggest wins of the season to date just when they needed it the most. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: So, how about that Federico Chiesa performance against Milan. eh? So, how a1bout that Wojciech Szczesny performance against Milan, eh? With two wins to start 2021, how much of this might come down to Andrea Pirlo’s syst...

We take a look back at the year that was, and the year that a lot of us would like to forget as much as possible. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: The year 2020 — your thoughts? What were some of our best Juventus moments of 2020. Who do we think was Juventus’ player during 2020. Some of the most memorable moments of 2020. Since there’s been plenty of other Juve things go...

Welcome to the podcast's first official therapy session after a very, very disappointing showing on Tuesday night against Fiorentina, a team that hadn't previously won a game in nearly months. On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: Therapy. Venting. Airing of grievances. The Leonardo Bonucci showing against Fiorentina where he had one of the worst games of his Juventus career a...

On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss: SO HOW ABOUT THAT JUVENTUS WIN OVER BARCELONA?! Thoughts on Juventus’ win over Barcelona on Tuesday night. Thoughts on what Juventus’ win over Barcelona (hopefully) means for the immediate future. What a win like this means for Andrea Pirlo the manager who has been under the microscope and a bit of heat with the team’s form far from impres...

Juventus' form has been all over the place coming out of the international break, and it's been no different over the course of the last seven days both domestically against Benevento and in the Champions League with a 3-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv in Turin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where we discuss Juventus moving on in the Champions League, Andrea Pirlo’s tactics and Matthijs de Ligt’s quads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With not much in the form of Juventus happenings over the past week, we decided to take things in a little bit of a different direction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Debuting their fresh dark blue away kits, Juventus went into the international break on a disappointing result, but what’s the temperature around the club as some of the team’s best players appear set to return in a couple of weeks? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Juventus had the chance to make an early-season statement against Barcelona this week. Instead, the Italian champions and their first-year manager laid an absolute egg on their home field Wednesday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Juventus began their Champions League campaign with a solid and workmanlike win over Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine. We break things down after the group stage opener and look ahead to the showdown with Barcelona next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Champions League is about to make its return again, and that means the schedule is going to get a whole lot busier than it has been. We look at Juventus' group, the chances of finishing in the top spot and what the next few weeks could look like for first-year manager Andrea Pirlo. (As a note: This episode was recorded before Cristiano Ronaldo tested positive for COVID-19.) Learn more about yo...

It’s the international break, so we decided to bring in a couple of friends of the blog to help you all kill some time before Juventus plays again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices