He made a great choice, absolutely fantastic.
People seem to forget that not every player in your club is a die hard fan willing to do hard time on the bench in their primes when they could go elsewhere, make ridiculous bank and probably be THE man.
He flopped at Juve compared to what people expected of him, but I will always say that half of that was down to us especially after we got him back from Parma only to play the Worlds tallest midget in a 3-5-2 predominantly with his back to goal doing ridiculous hold up play, when he needs space to operate and doesn't need to be dueling with CBs twice his size.
He's not starter material, really. But we made him look 3x worse than he really is.
I tend to agree with that. I know Parma is a "provincial side" but you don't play that well if you're terrible. His 2011/2012 year was flat out dominant.
I think it was a combination of Conte's system, the lack of game time, and the shot to his confidence that really hurt him. He wasn't Juve material but he'd start on most other Serie A sides, and he'd probably fair pretty well in a 4-3-3.
I totally agree with the notion that forcing a 5 foot 5 weakling to hold up play, dual with center backs, and act as a decoy for Vidal makes very little sense. While Conte's system was great for us, it certainly wasn't great for Giovinco.
The funny thing is the lack of understanding of where players play in tactical formations in Toronto. Toronto media has been suggesting he'll play in a formation like this, which is clearly out to lunch:
------Altidore--------Gilberto--------
--------------Giovinco----------------
Both of those forwards are prima puntas who can't pass. Gilberto will hold up play well, while Altidore can't because his first touch is terrible. Then they have Giovinco playing behind the as a trequartista, which Allegri literally just commented on...
Also the first article "TFC signs Midfielder Giovinco"...Midfielder? Really?
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