02-23-2023, 11:23 PM
(02-23-2023, 12:48 PM)nefremo Wrote: Sorry guys, I know the Adli and Vranckx situations suck. Wish it turned out differently and still hope it will
But it seems we forget very quickly. Young players' careers die at Milan? Come on now. Just a year ago we (and the rest of the football world) were praising Milan for it's reliance on youth. Almost every article out there had the average age of the squad listed and how it's among the best. So now a couple of youngsters don't work out....and all of a sudden we are bad at developing youngsters or giving them a chance?
We were not the best at youth development and scouting a year ago when we got all the praise. Far from it. It was exaggerated. I'd be the first to say. We did a great job with a certain group, but we haven't proven we can consistently do that across a period of time.
With that being said, we are also not terrible now. That would also be an exaggeration and focusing on the moment. Very short term.
Let's just say we are a hit or miss at the moment. Our coach has now been with the same group for a while and he tends to trust certain players (that he's known for longer) more. This is a problem. But we also crapped on him (me on the forefront actually) about the JPH situation, and turns out Pioli was right. Let's see if Adli proves him wrong.
THis. We've done amazingly with some of our youngsters so it's not a not believing in youngsters issue. Just seems we're wildly inconsistent.
And this comes from how inconsistent Pioli is with younmgsters... eg. Leao and Tonali were given the chance to grow in their own time. Meanwhile others get limited opportunities if any.
Hauge I have no problem with. was a gamble, didn't work out. was given quite a few opportunities but never really looked anywhere near Milan level at all. Didn't even look to be bottom of the table Serie A level.
Aldi we've only seen in pre season in which he looked good. he's had very little competitive time.
(02-23-2023, 09:44 PM)reza Wrote: For me it is not the count of how many work out or not, it's the way they are handled. IMO it's not ok to wait for possible profit instead of having even more good players. A good playing Adli can be sold for even more profit besides contributing on the pitch. Zero minute zero goal is not ok and certainly not better than 10 goals and 75 minutes and double the profit if we need to sell.
This! Even if Aldi was no better than Krunic, he'd still be growing in value. someone would pay for a young player who works hard and is decent enough for Serie A.
