http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/p...vice-versa.html

I was thinking this last week, perhaps it is just what happens in Italy, there has to be one top dog and everyone else has to fail miserably, aside from Roma who battle on in their own little world.


Juventus

- A succession of below par coaches
- Expensive foreign signings failing to gel instantly
- Consequently seeing spending more money as the answer
- Feeling that refereeing decisions too often go against us
- Weak mentality during games


Inter

- A solid foundation and coach who is tough to beat first and foremost
- Signing the better players from previous Serie A campaigns
- Not paying any attention to the refereeing errors as it is all 'part of the game'
- Having a general hate figure for everyone to despise and accuse (I'm talking Moratti here, not the other one)
- Having the belief to get through the toughest of games


There are some differences, notably the lack of a prominent sporting director the level of Moggi at Inter, but it is an almost complete role reversal.

In summary, it shows Calciopoli up as the farse it was. Things are no different now, every team still complains about refereeing decisions as a scandal, everyone hates the team at the top and the team at the top nonchalantly shrugs it off. We had the rug well and truly pulled from under us in 2006, obviously it was time for a change in the Italian football hierarchy and now we have to play the supporting role.

Unlike Inter we have had success in pretty much every decade since the 30's, with many great teams, and I'm sure that in the 10's we can come back in one way or another.

It's no surprise though, that for 100 years the team was in the hands of the Agnelli's and created a dynasty known throughout the world, as soon as Gianni Agnelli died in 2003 it left us open to attack at the top level and no one defended us, that was when the wheels of change started to turn. There has been an awful lot of underhand dealings at IFIL and FIAT concerning the club, the spineless concession of defeat and no attempt to defend the club in the 2006 trials, through to politicking now between John Elkann and Andrea Agnelli. Trying to keep too many business partners happy, some who are tied strongly to Inter.

With Gianni Agnelli still around we would still be at the top.

I should have thrown in 'domestic dominance but lack of a consistent European challenge'.

have Inter become the old Juventus then?

Well yes

Juve still have some likeable players, especially Del Piero. Once he retires then you are nothing but a Newcastle United in Italy.

I don't think you're a wanker Jay, so not Inter to me.