10-14-2015, 01:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-14-2015, 04:36 PM by ACMILAN1983.)
Mauri needs to play to be assessed. Honestly, I still harbour hope that he can do well, but right now his time at Milan has been nothing short of a waste. He did quite well vs Monza, but he did also make mistakes, the club should have loaned him out in the summer, the decision isn't exactly hard to make.
Ely's a case where we've put ourselves at risk of burning him. Not just him, but Romagnoli too. Romagnoli's under huge pressure to perform, which is daunting for anyone, let alone a 20 year old. Gazzetta recently rated him as one of the worst signings made in the summer, which I'm sure most will know is nonsense, but the media pressure won't help him perform. It's silly, the Italy wants to perform at national team level, yet there's such an extreme view when they look at Italian players, perpetuated by the media more than anyone. A player does something reasonably good, the player is suddenly world class, a bad performance and the player may as well be hanged.
Ely's 21, never played at the top level and has no one to support him. Expecting him to be starter was a ridiculous idea, it's unfair to put that pressure on him. Either he needed to be loaned out, or he should have been given time to bed into the squad and side, with an experienced defender in place to help him and Romagnoli.
All summer I was saying that this was necessary, that the experienced player didn't need to be a world beater, but at least consistent and of a decent level. Guys like Mexes and Zapata (who almost convinced me early in the season he could step up) might have some decent qualities, but are too erratic and unreliable to support the younger guys. Alex I had hoped would maybe return to the levels he showed at PSV, Chelsea and PSG this season, but if anything he's been a total bust. Paletta with all due respect has never impressed me and doesn't fit into what Miha supposedly wants to build, at the very least he's simply not quick enough.
Ely's a case where we've put ourselves at risk of burning him. Not just him, but Romagnoli too. Romagnoli's under huge pressure to perform, which is daunting for anyone, let alone a 20 year old. Gazzetta recently rated him as one of the worst signings made in the summer, which I'm sure most will know is nonsense, but the media pressure won't help him perform. It's silly, the Italy wants to perform at national team level, yet there's such an extreme view when they look at Italian players, perpetuated by the media more than anyone. A player does something reasonably good, the player is suddenly world class, a bad performance and the player may as well be hanged.
Ely's 21, never played at the top level and has no one to support him. Expecting him to be starter was a ridiculous idea, it's unfair to put that pressure on him. Either he needed to be loaned out, or he should have been given time to bed into the squad and side, with an experienced defender in place to help him and Romagnoli.
All summer I was saying that this was necessary, that the experienced player didn't need to be a world beater, but at least consistent and of a decent level. Guys like Mexes and Zapata (who almost convinced me early in the season he could step up) might have some decent qualities, but are too erratic and unreliable to support the younger guys. Alex I had hoped would maybe return to the levels he showed at PSV, Chelsea and PSG this season, but if anything he's been a total bust. Paletta with all due respect has never impressed me and doesn't fit into what Miha supposedly wants to build, at the very least he's simply not quick enough.