Turns out Giovinco wasn't the new Del Piero after all. Instead, he was the new Palladino. Who was the new Del Piero himself. It's getting confusing.
And seriously, we need to stop thinking or saying that he didn't receive any chances, because he did. Sure, he had a few good games, but for every good one there was a mediocre one as well.
People can't stop talking about his game against Chelsea (where the entire team played their hearts out), yet we never hear anything about the lousy games he played against Udinese, Catania, Bologna, ...
And where players like De Ceglie & especially Marchisio have visibly improved over the years, Giovinco hasn't. Sad as it is.