The 2015-16 Serie A season has been a rollercoaster ride for the Juventus faithful so far.
One win out of their first six league games meant they sat in a poor 15th place in the league table after six weeks, and they remained out of the top 10 until round 11.
That particular week proved to be a turning point in the season for Massimiliano Allegri and his side, with a 1-0 loss to Sassuolo evidently being the final straw.
What followed, just three days later, was a 2-1 victory over bitter rivals Torino and, since then, Juventus have won all six of their Serie A matches, as well as qualification in the Coppa Italia and the Champions League.
Whether it was a sudden realisation that the league title was slipping out of their grasp, or if this comeback was planned all along, fans of La Vecchia Signora can be certain that they are back in the Scudetto challenge.
Best Player
Firstly, the whole squad should be praised for their recovery after losing all three of Carlos Tevez, Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal in the summer transfer window before the season even began.
The front line of Juventus has really begun to show itself over the past few weeks, with the three new signings of Paulo Dybala, Mario Mandzukic and Simone Zaza bringing energy and determination back into the side.
Argentine Dybala has got 10 goals this term, while Croatian Mandzukic has scored nine times and Italian Zaza has five goals to his name. Those statistics show the tight competition there is for best player of the season so far, and Dybala deserves to be on top.
His 22-year-old enthusiasm has been of further help to the rest of the squad with his four assists along with his own goals, and without him the side would have had a far less comfortable run up to Christmas.
Highlight so far
The aforementioned victory over Torino is probably the highlight of the campaign so far.
The strong determination to stop the poor run of form and the changes in the club in the transfer market both had their own say to claim the three points.
It was Juan Cuadrado, who came to the Juventus Stadium from Chelsea in the summer, who got the winning goal deep in injury time.
That win put the side into 10th place in the Serie A league table, and their results have only been positive since then.
Biggest disappointment
The loss to Sevilla in the Champions League is the low of the campaign so far.
Despite the Italians gaining qualification to the knockout stages of the European club competition, they have given themselves a hugely tough task against Bayern Munich in the next round, thanks to the defeat by Sevilla.
The Spaniards hosted Juventus in the final round of group stage matches, and a draw was all that was needed to seal top spot in Group D and have an easier route to the final.
Instead, it was former Juventus man Fernando Llorente himself who punished the Serie A champions, thus giving Manchester City top spot. The English side got Dynamo Kiev in the next round.
Transfer hit and flop
The transfer hit goes to Paulo Dybala, for his excellent adjustment to the demands that Juventus brings compared to those of lower-placed Palermo.
Meanwhile, the transfer flop is a close race between Hernanes and Sami Khedira.
Despite being riddled with injury issues, Brazilian international Hernanes claims this award.
German international Khedira has at least managed to score a goal and assist a further two this year in a black and white shirt, while Hernanes has done neither.
What next?
If this question was asked ten weeks ago, the answer would be very different to what it is now.
For that reason, the next 17 games in Serie A should be treated completely differently to the first 17.
Juventus had a tough start to the year and it was never going to be an easy task to recover from the busy transfer window they had while also keeping an eye on their Champions League progress. However, the way that the side have battled through those problems and how they now sit fourth in the league table shows the potential of what could be achieved achieved come May.
Scudetto winners might be too big a prediction for now given the close race at the top of the table, but Juventus are guaranteed to be up there and in with a chance towards the end of the 2015-16 campaign.
In terms of the Champions League, it is probably too much of an ask to get to the final and do well in the league, especially with Bayern Munich waiting for them in the next round, so European hopes shouldn’t be too high for the moment.
I think we’re nearly certainly out of the UCL but i think we should be holding up our 5th scudetto in a row come may.