I am a Menez fan because he brought joy and entertainment to Milan games, something missing since Ibra left. Not just that, he was also effective. For that, he deserves our praise. But somehow, his "reputation" got ahead of him and people judge by something from his past more than his real performances for Milan
Shares traits with Balo? really? Let's break it down:
- Menez is fast. Balo is slow
- Menez works his ass off and chases defenders. Balo walks around most of the game, crying and complaining.
- Menez can play well in almost all of the attacking positions. Balo doesn't even play well in one position
- Menez can dribble effectively. Balo tries to dribble in situations where that is useless and fails the end product most of the time.
- Menez is ambidextrous
- Menez can unlock a tight defense with a brilliant pass. He'd have more assists if we'd go for the hockey counting system. A lot of the goals last year were started by him.
- The only thing they might have in common is keeping the ball for themselves, instead of passing. But, Balo does so and wastes other people's chanes. Menez wastes chances created also by himself. The reason I believe he's done that, because he had moron teammates who wasted a lot of chances. Look at the video posted the previous page - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTy0vwgo1rI Only here you can see plenty of great chances wasted by morons Poli and Cerci.
All this is based on his last season and not his performances for other teams.
I still want to see him play with proper teammates like Bacca, Adriano and in-form Jack.
He is good when he has teammates with same attacking vision. Last year there were some good combinations between him and Honda or Jack. So don't give me the "He's not compatible..." bullshit.
I am not a headless fanboy. If he will prove to be selfish and shit, I will admit. But for now, I think some of the forum members are not judging him fairly and not giving him the praise he deserves, based on the work he has done for this team.