that's it! great post. People need to understand that a 20 yr-old so-called "talent" is worth NOTHING. I mean, count the players who are under 21 or so and who play in a cl-final. Those are exceptions. That's exactly what i'm trying to say about all 'our guys' around in italy. I like the idea of lanzafame being the new ___ (insert super star name of choice) but fact is that he simply is not (yet). Look at it that way; if giovinco was 29, playing for empoli, with the exact same performance this year. I bet half of the people here could enumerate dozens of 'better' alternatives. You're right of course that he can grow and after all, i'm a great admirer of giovinco, don't get me wrong... but we can't buy a dozen 20yrs-old in this transfer-window, when we got a starting-IX to reinforce. Of course, giovinco is different, i just wanted to give you guys an example. I'm all for bringing back gio, but the people who want all of our guys back just don't know what they are talking about.