(09-14-2014, 09:55 PM)Jokka Wrote: Lol still not getting it are you? I stand by everything I said. You can only improve skills to a point as with anything in life. If you haven't got the innate ability your ceilings lower than somebody who has. That's why Niang's stats are laughable compared to players of a similar age. As for the players mentioned, at least they scored goals! Not all of them started their careers at strong teams like Milan either. Btw Serie A was a lot tougher for young players then too.
Yes, I'm getting it. I basically repeated what you said. I even quoted it for you. Used YOUR words. You continue to mention other players of his age, and I keep giving you reasons why development differs and others at 19 doing so great doesn't have to mean that they'll be better then Niang, and vice versa. You asked for players that had difficulty scoring at young age and then went on to be class scorers and I gave you that. Then you found something else wrong with that and came up with where they played. How Serie A was better, and "at least they scored goals"???? COME ON, what's next as Gabriel said?! Well Niang also scored 4 goals last season on loan, so there, he fits that criteria too I guess. At least he scored a few...
I basically proved to you that it's impossible to come up with a player's "ceiling" at 19 (a visibly talented player that is) by naming a ton of players whose ceilings were thought to be low yet look what happened. Gabriel came up with a few more great examples too.
In any case, it looks like we are not going to agree, so let's just agree to disagree and see what happens. I don't know if Niang will end up like Drogba or Henry or Sheva....but I have seen that he is very talented and that he shouldn't be written off at his age. At the end of it all, he's a Milan player now so it's beneficial to all of us that he actually performs well and I'm hoping that he does so.
