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There are journos and there are journos. There are those who work behind their desk putting out article after article along predictable fan-oriented briefs, and then there are those who travel with teams, sit in the curva and have deeper insights into what's going on in a club. If you follow the opinions of the latter guys, you often find good stuff.
I agree about rating players of course. Tonali is one of those who's obviously talented, but it would be too soon to say anything about him till we see how he functions in a serie a team. SMS is again a player who has done immensely well in Serie A for two seasons. To me, it's obvious he's incredibly tired after a demanding season that went on till week 38 in terms of tangible goals Lazio could accomplish, and then a world cup. It's exactly like how dog-tired Modric looks these days (and during the world cup). If you've seen him for two seasons and still deny his quality, that's just short-sightedness.
Gattuso's tactics are more than adequate to compete in top level football. But clearly we don't agree on that.
modric is 33 who played a full UCL AND WC campaign and sms is 23 who went back home after the group stages where he shat the bed, bad comparison.
I didn't want him for anything close to the outrageous price they commanded, but if milan bought him for let's say 40, it would be still be risky but I'm fine with it. I don't care how bad this market is, you can't spend 100 million on a guy who's won jack shit, plain and simple.
I was talking about tactics and player opinions from journos, the "inside scoop" or wtv concerning locker room/club drama is the only shit worth reading
I'd like to see gattuso's tactics work in a top level match before I agree to that, because so far it's 3 games vs juve, 3 losses and 9 goals conceded to 1, blew his lead vs a shaky napoli, beat an inconsistent roma and lost to inter.
and don't get me started on the arsenal ties.