I know you're trying to mock some people, but don't forget this player has been loaned around the world for three years. Maybe that wasn't such a good idea, eh?
Mocking certain people wasn't my intention, I just wanted to point out the hypocrisy.
There's this ongoing argument on here about the fact that we never give any chances to our youth players (despite the obvious examples to the contrary). And that they deserve to get those chances.
But when such a player (finally) gets a few chances, everyone writes him off immediately. Pretty much every post about him so far has been negative.
And this is Lanzafame we are talking about, not some random youngster. A while ago he was one our biggest prospects, if not the biggest.
More or less the same thing happened last season with Paolucci.
As for him being loaned out around the world (quite the exaggeration I would say) not being a good idea, that is up for debate.
Had he remained with us these past seasons he would probably never have set foot on the pitch. Instead he did get some playing time, impressing enough for us to give him a shot. I would tend to believe that this has actually been good for his development, but we'll obviously never know for sure.