Maybe the most exciting part of their sparks has been the fact that they’re each unique players with their own niche in the midfield.

Fabio Miretti, Nicolo Rovella, and Nicolo Fagioli have individually displayed promise. I’m just not sure which horse, or horses, I’m betting on. While there’s still the chance that that future manifests, I’m now a believer. Green light: the youth movement in the midfieldĬount me as one of those who doubted whether any of the club’s youngsters in the midfield would ever turn out to be anything more than a bargaining chip or fringe rotation piece. The other caveat is that these are, as the great Michel de Montaigne wrote several hundred years ago, “my own thoughts, by which I am striving to make known not matter but me.” Pour the salt on these words, dearest readers. Green light = let’s groove on this, amigos. Red light = let’s tap (or slam, as the case may sometimes be) the brakes on this. With so many threads to follow, I had trouble deciding on just one to dissect and say, “Yes, let’s be excited about this and here’s why,” or else, “Hmm, feels like we should tap the brakes a bit.” Naturally, the first thing that popped into my head is the venerable game Red Light, Green Light. We’re humans, and this is a human endeavor, framed by human interpretations (unless you’re Real Madrid and you just always win the Champions League no interpretations necessary for Los Blancos supporters). lots and good and lots of bad, sometimes in the same event - is that rarely, of course, is an event or transaction or development in this amazing/terrible sport of calcio solely good or solely bad. Part of the dumb and obvious answer for this being the case - i.e. I suppose we can at least console ourselves that we’re not fans of Manchester United. There’s a whole bunch of good things happening and a whole bunch of not-so-good things happening. The Paulo Dybala fiasco comes to mind, too. Paul Pogba on a free, for example, was variously interpreted as a brilliant move by some and a shot in the foot by others. Amazingly, sometimes even the same incident yields ups for some fans and downs for other fans.

The life of a Juventus fan, as currently composed, yields more ups and downs than an elevator controlled by a drunkard riding the Tower of Terror.

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