Comments on: In Defence of Fabio Cannavaro

By: giampiero

giampiero — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:07:45 +0000

Alessio is right

We would also do better by giving Ariaudo some playing time.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:42:47 +0000

someone link us a good Cannavaro highlight video.

By: Weston

Weston — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:12:16 +0000

i dont see much of fiorentina, so whats the general consensus on gamberini, is he any good?

By: Kasia

Kasia — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:26:16 +0000

I’m with Alessio as well.
Also, I disagree with the argument that Canna playing with Chiellini will help Italy. Are they really going to call up the 37 years old defender for the WC? Is he the best Italy has to offer?

By: HolyMann

HolyMann — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:27:25 +0000

im with Alessio on this 100%, and not to mention that by signing him, Juve will probably not sign another proper center back this season….i really hope he rots on the bench, legrottaglie deserves much better then being left behind on the bench.

By: Madridista

Madridista — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:30:21 +0000

I, for one, can’t see what Juventus is getting out of this. Cannavaro is a good defender, but he’s not what he once was, and Juve can do better – they would surely have no problem signing someone younger and not so past his prime. And on top of all that, Canna comes with baggage.

By: Weston

Weston — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:11:28 +0000

i still hate ibra even more. if canna does well then good for him. either way we need criscito or somebody to play, not inspire our bench. do you think there is any chance canna survives to the WC2010?

ps, its funny how you have seperate comments for different statements, ;)

By: alessio

alessio — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:50:46 +0000

Let’s hope Chiellini repeats during Confederations Cup training or training for Juve…

By: alessio

alessio — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:47:15 +0000

The whole “at least Fabio went abroad” theory is also bullshit. Milan couldn’t make transfers as they were under indictment, Cannavaro already flopped at Inter, and Fiorentina, Lazio, and Roma never could pay his salary, so unlike Ibra/Vieira, there was no club in Italy he could have gone to. So he chose to go to Juve’s biggest European rival. Brilliant.

By: alessio

alessio — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:43:21 +0000

He also mentioned a few times that he wanted to win the Champions League. It would have taken 2 years for Juve to get back into the CL, so choosing to go to a monumental club (ick) to play some European football and try his luck abroad at least once is nothing to get mad at him for.

Tell that to Pavel fucking Nedved, who is retiring this year AT Juve in 3rd/4th place and a round of 16 Champion’s League finish.

Cannavaro is finished on a sporting and moral level. If none of you realize, the tifosi jeered him relentlessly during the Juventus-Real Madrid game, search “cannavaro figlio di puttana” (cannavaro son of a whore) on YouTube and you’ll get the idea. Not to mention last night, in the Ale+10 charity match which Fabio played, he was whistled and jeered by the Turin crowd everytime he was on the ball.

He is a temporary stopgap measure by a management too stupid and too inept to sign a real defense. The legends who stayed during Serie B will wonder why they didn’t leave to win a few titles and compete in Europe, before going back for a glorified retirement. Legrottaglie, who was replaced by Cannavaro in 2004 after flopping, stayed with the team during Serie B and has regained all the promise he once had, having been a starter for Juve the last two seasons, being called up for the Nazionale, and putting in better performances than Cannavaro at club level. If he is benched by the next coach, I will have lost ALL respect for Juve.

Cannavaro was never a Juventino, so if he wanted to leave during the scandal, so be it. But that means we shouldn’t give him a retirement gift, when his hometown Napoli refused and Real Madrid gave him a mixed response at best. We’re not a retirement home.

He is a piece of shit and completely unwelcome at Juventus. May the tifosi jeer him all season or he break his knee ligaments again and retire in shame, or at Dubai FC or the MLS.