Domenico Criscito (125 Viewers)
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The team in general has been doing a great job.. even though we dont have the "right" players in the "right positions" yet.. the fellas have been doing great and deserve credit...
I agree with vinny the boys in the back are not even close to juves old standards except for the likes of chiellini.... Luck,hard working DM's and high team spirit has been the real reason we have maintained a decent back 4...
I agree with vinny the boys in the back are not even close to juves old standards except for the likes of chiellini.... Luck,hard working DM's and high team spirit has been the real reason we have maintained a decent back 4...
well the kid's gone back to Genoa. I am not the biggest fan of those loan moves but lets how this one pans out. He has more room for error in Genoa in a team with significantly less pressure. He needs the experience more than anything soon and sadly we couldn't give him that in the team.
lets hope he gets back to us all mistaken out
lets hope he gets back to us all mistaken out
).Defending Dom
Domenico Criscito proved to be a flop at Juventus. But, as Antonio Labbate explains, the club are more responsible than the player.
It would be easy to simply point the finger of blame towards Domenico Criscito for his nightmare Juventus stint. After all, he was the kid who stepped out on to the field of play for the Old Lady this season and was subsequently mauled by critics for his performances. But the fact that he’s now been loaned back to Genoa has more to do with the Bianconeri’s over the top expectations rather than his own ability.
Juventus youth team product Criscito returned to Turin in the summer after his Serie B displays with co-ownership club Genoa last season, in which he scored four goals in 36 games. It was widely considered as a wise move for a defender who many consider as one of the country’s most promising up-and-coming stoppers. However, the Rossoblu’s 50 per cent stake in him cost Juve a massive £5m.
That was some fee for a boy, born in December 1986, who had just half a season of real professional football under his belt at the time. On the one hand you had to applaud Juventus for having such faith, on the other it significantly increased the pressure on him to deliver immediately at the highest level.
The Under-21 international began the 2007-08 season as a first team regular. Boss Claudio Ranieri deserves credit for giving the starlet a chance to play for Italy’s biggest club on their return to Serie A, but with hindsight it was arguably a mistake.
Criscito was thrown into the centre of a shaky rearguard where fellow new boy Jorge Andrade couldn’t offer him the kind of support that the inexperienced Domenico needed. And when things did go wrong, Ranieri was all too quick to replace him – as soon as half-time on two occasions.
There is also the reality that the Azzurrini regular was played out of position. He is simply too raw, too light and not nasty enough to be used as a centre-back at this stage of his career. A left-back role would have been more suitable for himself and the club.
It was subsequently inevitable that the Cercola-born youngster would be caught out, the problem is that his mistakes were unfairly judged. When you’re compared to the likes of almost perfect defenders like Fabio Cannavaro and Ciro Ferrara, your errors are going to be magnified. It wasn’t long before Ranieri pulled Mimmo from the first team for his own and Juve’s good.
Although Criscito’s January departure has decreased the number of Juventus’ defensive options for the rest of the campaign, it is a move that may provide dividends in the future. A return to form for the maturing 21-year-old at Marassi will be all that is needed for him to again be regarded as the future of Italian defending – but an immediate return to Turin may be best put on hold for a while.
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Domenico Criscito proved to be a flop at Juventus. But, as Antonio Labbate explains, the club are more responsible than the player.
It would be easy to simply point the finger of blame towards Domenico Criscito for his nightmare Juventus stint. After all, he was the kid who stepped out on to the field of play for the Old Lady this season and was subsequently mauled by critics for his performances. But the fact that he’s now been loaned back to Genoa has more to do with the Bianconeri’s over the top expectations rather than his own ability.
Juventus youth team product Criscito returned to Turin in the summer after his Serie B displays with co-ownership club Genoa last season, in which he scored four goals in 36 games. It was widely considered as a wise move for a defender who many consider as one of the country’s most promising up-and-coming stoppers. However, the Rossoblu’s 50 per cent stake in him cost Juve a massive £5m.
That was some fee for a boy, born in December 1986, who had just half a season of real professional football under his belt at the time. On the one hand you had to applaud Juventus for having such faith, on the other it significantly increased the pressure on him to deliver immediately at the highest level.
The Under-21 international began the 2007-08 season as a first team regular. Boss Claudio Ranieri deserves credit for giving the starlet a chance to play for Italy’s biggest club on their return to Serie A, but with hindsight it was arguably a mistake.
Criscito was thrown into the centre of a shaky rearguard where fellow new boy Jorge Andrade couldn’t offer him the kind of support that the inexperienced Domenico needed. And when things did go wrong, Ranieri was all too quick to replace him – as soon as half-time on two occasions.
There is also the reality that the Azzurrini regular was played out of position. He is simply too raw, too light and not nasty enough to be used as a centre-back at this stage of his career. A left-back role would have been more suitable for himself and the club.
It was subsequently inevitable that the Cercola-born youngster would be caught out, the problem is that his mistakes were unfairly judged. When you’re compared to the likes of almost perfect defenders like Fabio Cannavaro and Ciro Ferrara, your errors are going to be magnified. It wasn’t long before Ranieri pulled Mimmo from the first team for his own and Juve’s good.
Although Criscito’s January departure has decreased the number of Juventus’ defensive options for the rest of the campaign, it is a move that may provide dividends in the future. A return to form for the maturing 21-year-old at Marassi will be all that is needed for him to again be regarded as the future of Italian defending – but an immediate return to Turin may be best put on hold for a while.
Channel 4
At this moment you cant say he will be great or not, only time will show.
