06-30-2021, 11:55 PM
(06-30-2021, 10:52 PM)Jovola Wrote: I think we are too harsh to our club on this. We brought up Calabria and Dollar from our youth. Why we couldn't cash in on Dollar, is another matter, but saying we have no patience for youth makes no sense. All we did last years is having patience with young players. We had to wait for Kessie, Chaka, now, Saele. We will probably work with Diaz next season also. The older guys are maybe more professional on trainings. We have no idea what happens during practice. Also, we will see what happens this season. I am pretty sure Tonali will have good amount of time on the pitch. As for Hauge, my feeling is, there are some deeper issues, but that's just a feeling.
Calabria and Donna actually are very good examples of the issues we have with youngsters themselves. Think about what happened to them over the years. Donna had to come in and be a starting caliber GK at 16! And then continued to develop into a world class keeper by age 21. How many goalkeepers in soccer history could do that? His experience was very much unique even in terms of the history of soccer nevertheless AC Milan. Calabria, he was great last season, but even this time last year, we were linked with Serge Aurier every week to take his spot. I was very happy both guys ended up become big time players for us, but it seems like you either have to be a freak of nature like Donna or just lucky the club ran out of funding to buy a veteran to replace you like Calabria, to be successful here as a youngster.