No Ju - can't!

Easter Saturday saw Juventus' heaviest league defeat this season; a 3-0 drubbing away to relegation battlers Udinese.

What on earth is going on!? With precious few games left as the season begins to ebb away, every remaining point is now vital. Every game should be seen as a 'Cup Final', and every player should be giving their all for the shirt...but it's as if they don't care.

After the game, they decided to keep a media silence and not give a press conference, instead deciding to issue a statement APOLOGISING to the fans. An apology? We don't want an APOLOGY! And we, as loyal fans should not be in a position where the team we support feel the need to offer us one!

It's just humiliating to everyone involved, and it is clear that many of the players are not committed to the cause. Even club legends such as Buffon and Del Piero, who stuck by the club when they were relegated to Serie B after Calciopoli, are having their repuatations tarnished. Once globally recognised as the greatest goalkeeper in the world, particularly after his World Cup heroics in 2006, Buffon is slowly beginning to lose respect. He has suffered several injuries in the last couple of years and looks a mere shadow of his former self, but he has not been helped at all by his team-mates.

Fabio Cannavaro is a legend, for both club and country and has won it all. It was a mistake for him to return as his legs simply do not wish to carry him anymore. Paulo Maldini was able to stay relatively fit and adapt to different positions to prolong his career. Unless Fabio can do likewise, i'm sorry to say it is time to hang up his boots.

The only ray of light in our stuttering defence is Giorgio Chiellini, the young defender who is strong and versatile, and has won admiration from big clubs all over the world. We will do well to keep a hold of him, as he and Buffon need to be the foundations of the defence. All they need to do is find him a world class partner, instead of wasting money on flops like Diego and Felipe Melo...

Something has to change, and drastically. You can't help but feel no matter how nice a guy Claudio Ranieri is, he must have a wry smile on his face. Sacked by Juve at the end of last season for a long run without a win, he has now gone on to lead Roma from out of the relegation zone, to merely a point off top spot....

Meanwhile, Juventus are on their second coach since Ranieri and lie seventh in the table. Is there a lesson to be learnt there, Bianconeri?