The Old Lady Speaks, Episode 173: Juve suffer ‘freak loss’ against Sassuolo

The self-inflicted wounds were taken to an extreme Saturday, with game-changing mistakes being stacked up on top of one another in Juventus’ first loss of the 2023-24 season.

On Episode 173 of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss:

• Takeaways from the week that was — including how Juventus’ loss to Sassuolo was a comedy of errors and how it was actually kinda interesting, how this was a little like the Bologna game in which Juve went out and tried to do what they have been doing even amidst the struggle, and how we are waiting to see what Max Allegri’s next move is.
• So, yeah. About Juventus’ 4-2 loss to Sassuolo.
• Those mistakes by Wojciech Szczesny ... what happened there?
• So, where does Juventus go from here knowing big games are fast approaching?
• Social media questions — including if it’s truly time for Juventus to start looking for a long-term replacement for Wojciech Szczesny, how much criticism/credit does Max Allegri deserve so far this season, is there any realistic hope that Juve can find a backup to Manuel Locatelli during the winter transfer window, if Juve can survive with three at the back, and if it’s fair to blame Federico Gatti for as much most have considering he’s still relatively young.

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