Summer mercato 2012

[Gabriel426]

^^ You say that they don't get a chance because they're not good enough. However, for them to improve they need to play games. It's a bit of a chicken and the egg thing. There's no reason why Spain's and Germany's U21 coaches have players who regularly feature in the top divison while 90% of Italy's players are in Serie B. There's also no reason why a club like Milan should be wasting money on average foreigners (e.g. Grimi) when there's a youth product who can do just as good a job. We see that it wasn't the end of the world fielding a youth product yesterday at RB (granted I haven't seen the game yet).

In a nutshell, I can't imagine that Italy as a country could just all of sudden stop producing good players. I think the bigger problem is the reluctance of managers to take a risk with their younger players.

I am for playing players who can play, but if they are not good enough, they are not good enough. You say, coaches and managers don't give me chances, but what if they are just not good enough. Both De Rossi and D Agostini came out at the same time in Roma and now only De Rossi is there as well as carrying the flag for Italy. I am not saying Italy just stop producing players, but I think players like Totti, Baggio, Pirlo only come once every 10yrs.