Mirko was a huge reason we got the Scudetto. Absolutely. However, I think your comments about Giovinco are a bit premature, man.
We won't know much about how he performs under pressure until he's playing meaningful games for a top club. Last meaningful game I remember him playing for us was against Chelsea - and he was pretty good in that one. In fairness, he was also quite good down the stretch for Parma, as it became apparent that they had a crack at Europe - so that bodes in his favor as well. I thought he might fade after his good start, and as the season wore on - just because of his lack of physicality - but he looks like he's made pretty decent gains in his strength and conditioning since he was with us.
As for the part about ranking his prospect behind Miccoli, at least from the vantage of stats, Giovinco's numbers were better at age 25. He's also coming off a lot of discontinuity as well, so I don't think that projecting his career is a particularly easy task at this point.
I feel like it could still go either way, but provided things don't get stupid with Parma, I think he could be very useful.
We won't know much about how he performs under pressure until he's playing meaningful games for a top club. Last meaningful game I remember him playing for us was against Chelsea - and he was pretty good in that one. In fairness, he was also quite good down the stretch for Parma, as it became apparent that they had a crack at Europe - so that bodes in his favor as well. I thought he might fade after his good start, and as the season wore on - just because of his lack of physicality - but he looks like he's made pretty decent gains in his strength and conditioning since he was with us.
As for the part about ranking his prospect behind Miccoli, at least from the vantage of stats, Giovinco's numbers were better at age 25. He's also coming off a lot of discontinuity as well, so I don't think that projecting his career is a particularly easy task at this point.
I feel like it could still go either way, but provided things don't get stupid with Parma, I think he could be very useful.
