The Old Lady Speaks: A Juventus Podcast

Juventus’ first showing of 2025 looked like a lot of the ones from the final few weeks of 2024, with Thiago Motta’s squad falling to AC Milan in the semifinals of the new-look Italian Super Cup in Saudi Arabia. On Episode 266 of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we dicuss: Takeaways from Juventus’ loss to AC Milan in the semifinals of the new-look Italian Super Cup. What’s up with Dusan Vlahovic after another disappointing performance. Juventus weren’t able to close out another game. What’s the deal? Thiago Motta didn’t have great things to say about his team’s mentality and character in the wake of Juventus blowing a lead against Milan. That’s not good, right? Social media questions — including if it’s time to consider a Dusan Vlahovic sale, confidence in Juventus getting wins compared to last season, what a midterm grade for Cristiano Giuntoli might be, what is the reasoning for all of the individual errors and where Juventus goes from here. You can follow us — or send us questions — on Bluesky @bwrao.bsky.social, Twitter @JuventusNation or on Facebook as well as the Fans First Sports Network @FansFirstSN on Twitter. You can also follow us on our Instagram page, too! Get all of our match coverage, transfer rumors and much more at our website, blackwhitereadallover.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Juventus played well against Fiorentina, but a couple of massive errors at the back — including Andrea Cambiaso simply slipping while trying to clear the ball — allowed La Viola to hand Thiago Motta’s squad their 11th draw already this season. On Episode 265 of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss: Takeaways from Juventus’ 11th draw of the Serie A season, this one coming against Fiorentina on Sunday night. So what went wrong against Fiorentina? And, despite the result, what went right? Just how much of this result is on the players and how much is on Thiago Motta? Following another impressive performance that included his first two goals in bianconero, has Khephren Thuram already become on of Juventus’ best players? On the winter transfer front, it looks like Juventus are in talks with Napoli for a deal for Danilo, who has had a eventful season despite his reduction in playing tie. Questions from social media — including WTF is up with this team this season, and more. You can follow us — or send us questions — on Bluesky @bwrao.bsky.social, Twitter @JuventusNation or on Facebook as well as the Fans First Sports Network @FansFirstSN on Twitter. You can also follow us on our Instagram page, too! Get all of our match coverage, transfer rumors and much more at our website, blackwhitereadallover.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We offer up this midweek special as the pod welcomes back one of our best friends in the calcio world to talk about the purple side of this weekend’s 2024 finale between Juventus and Fiorentina at the Allianz Stadium. Yes, it’s our cbuddy Tito from Viola Nation and the Viola Station podcast making another appearance on the show. On Episode 264 of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss with Tito: How has the Rafa Palladino experience been through the first half of his first season with Fiorentina? How has the addition of Moise Kean helped with the long search for a suitable replacement for Dusan Vlahovic in Florence? Who besides Kean has contributed to Fiorentina’s strong start to the Palladino era? Fiorentina’s long Serie A winning streak has been followed up by two straight losses. What’s happened and is it the start of signs that La Viola are cooling off as we head into 2025? Taking a look at Sunday’s matchup between Juventus and Fiorentina and what might need to happen for the visitors to have a chance at success in Turin. Predictions for this weekend’s showdown at the Allianz Stadium. You can follow us — or send us questions — on Bluesky @bwrao.bsky.social, Twitter @JuventusNation or on Facebook as well as the Fans First Sports Network @FansFirstSN on Twitter. You can also follow us on our Instagram page, too! Get all of our match coverage, transfer rumors and much more at our website, blackwhitereadallover.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first time in 43 days, Juventus claimed a win over an opponent in Serie A with Sunday night’s slim win over last-place Monza. With it comes the end of a streak of four straight draws that stretched back to early November. On Episode 263 of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss: Takeaways from the week that was — which thankfully included a pair of Juventus wins. That’s right, folks. Juventus’ run of four straight draws is over following Sunday night’s win over Monza. It wasn’t pretty, but Juve got a much-needed win over a relegation battler. Juventus’ injury situation continues to create a situation in which a number of players are unable to get the amount of rest they need and, as a result, have been forced to play a heavy amount of minutes. He scored midweek. He scored the game-winner against Monza. So, we ask: It sure is nice to have Nico Gonzalez back in the fold, huh? Questions from social media — including if selling Nicolo Fagioli to fund moves for a center back and a striker in January would be worth it? You can follow us — or send us questions — on Bluesky @bwrao.bsky.social, Twitter @JuventusNation or on Facebook as well as the Fans First Sports Network @FansFirstSN on Twitter. You can also follow us on our Instagram page, too! Get all of our match coverage, transfer rumors and much more at our website, blackwhitereadallover.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices