[ITA] Serie A 2013/2014 (14 Viewers)
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Do to them what we did to Fiorentina. With an unfair penalty and all.
i had a closer look at it during the winter break when some statistics about the cl teams came out: juve had the oldest squad with 28.6 years, the youngest really noteable team was dortmund with 25.0.
then i had a look at the squads and the first thing i noticed was that we already "lost" 1 whole year because of our goalkeepers (considering a cl squad of ~25 players).
and tbh: i´m happy about that. of course i would prefer if buffon was younger but why would you want younger sub goalkeepers? langerak is 25 and has played ~700min this season... must be really great for his development.
and you can see similar tendencies throughout the whole squad: durm, sarr, hofmann, duksch. all 21 or younger and quite talented, some of them are even getting some decent amount of game time but wouldn´t it be better for their development if they played as a starter for a club like frankfurt, hoffenheim etc.? imo it´s a far better strategy to let your hopeful players gain experience like we do with immobile, berardi, rugani, leali, gabbiadini, zaza, boakye, marrone, rossi, gabriel...
here in germany they always say that teams like dortmund give youth a chance and most italian teams don´t but i don´t get it. what´s a bigger chance/what shows more belief in your talents: playing for your second team in bundesliga 3 and only get a shot in the first team when injuries are forcing it or being a regular and an important player at a serie a midtable (or even lower) side?
furthermore: it´s quite impossible for a team like dortmund to have an "old" squad, simply because they sell all their best players in their mid 20s ^^
and yes, that´s just dortmund but i think you can make a similar case for several other teams. of course there are the likes of bayern and real who buy <25 years old players for 30m++ almost every year but i guess it´s obvious why we can´t do that
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regarding our own team:
i completely agree with red there. nothing to worry about. the situation just has to be monitored.
yes, buffon and pirlo are quite old but they would still walk into most teams. for all we know both are going to play for ~2 more years and it seems that we are very aware of the fact that we will have to find replacements.
in the attack we will likely see some changes this season and the defence + midfield are absolutely fine.
let´s just hope that barzagli plays great until he hits 40 ^^
then i had a look at the squads and the first thing i noticed was that we already "lost" 1 whole year because of our goalkeepers (considering a cl squad of ~25 players).
and tbh: i´m happy about that. of course i would prefer if buffon was younger but why would you want younger sub goalkeepers? langerak is 25 and has played ~700min this season... must be really great for his development.
and you can see similar tendencies throughout the whole squad: durm, sarr, hofmann, duksch. all 21 or younger and quite talented, some of them are even getting some decent amount of game time but wouldn´t it be better for their development if they played as a starter for a club like frankfurt, hoffenheim etc.? imo it´s a far better strategy to let your hopeful players gain experience like we do with immobile, berardi, rugani, leali, gabbiadini, zaza, boakye, marrone, rossi, gabriel...
here in germany they always say that teams like dortmund give youth a chance and most italian teams don´t but i don´t get it. what´s a bigger chance/what shows more belief in your talents: playing for your second team in bundesliga 3 and only get a shot in the first team when injuries are forcing it or being a regular and an important player at a serie a midtable (or even lower) side?
furthermore: it´s quite impossible for a team like dortmund to have an "old" squad, simply because they sell all their best players in their mid 20s ^^
and yes, that´s just dortmund but i think you can make a similar case for several other teams. of course there are the likes of bayern and real who buy <25 years old players for 30m++ almost every year but i guess it´s obvious why we can´t do that
.regarding our own team:
i completely agree with red there. nothing to worry about. the situation just has to be monitored.
yes, buffon and pirlo are quite old but they would still walk into most teams. for all we know both are going to play for ~2 more years and it seems that we are very aware of the fact that we will have to find replacements.
in the attack we will likely see some changes this season and the defence + midfield are absolutely fine.
let´s just hope that barzagli plays great until he hits 40 ^^
You read too much into the Damn. Its not a sign of desperation but rather a surprise . And no , i am not underrating Serie A, i am being objective. We are the only team in Italy that can afford too strengthen the team over time without losing any of our main players. No other team can do that and based on this we are set to dominate at least a further two years. Roma would be lucky that they can keep their current players for next year,let alone buy new ones and they for sure wont be able to compete on two fronts. Leali hasn't shown anything and Scuffet is going to be expensive regardless our relationship. On the youngsters, seriously the one had shown close to promising was Sorensen and he is no where now. The rest has so far prove nothing to indicate we have a great scouting network. Appelt,and Bouy remains to be seen.
