+1, the sooner we accept him for what he is (a good player with a lot of potential) the better it is even for his growth. There's nothing more tiring than having to be on your best game every single time (look at Pogba now that there's no Tevez, Pirlo, Vidal to attract some of the scrutiny)
1. He had a yellow card already (should be aware of that)
2. It was not a last man situation
3. DES (i think it was him) was already catching up. He could've left it for him to take the booking.
4. Others were retreating as well.
5. We were losing anyway, playing in 10 with 1 goal diff is not better than playing in 11 with 2 goal diff (if they would manage to score anyway)
6. It was a bad foul, using his elbow... its clear the opponent went for a dive, so had he not used his elbow, probably there would be no booking.
Stop hyping him and making excuses. Yes, Zapata is the 1st to blame, but he did wrong as well.
The more you hype him, the harder the fall will be when it comes.
totally agree with you two.
We need to stop hyping everything our young players do and start criticizing them when they make mistakes because they won't learn what they're doing wrong if we keep saying 'grand partita' after bad ones.
Saying he has had a bad game or he made a mistake is not hating on him, it's just rating his performance. Look at how bad De Sciglio has become precisely because of the unlimited chances he keeps getting after all the blunders he's been making on a regular basis. Same happened with El Shaarawy, Pato, Gila... the same will happen with our future youth talents that we still don't know of yet.
We need to give credit when it's due but also criticize them when they make mistakes. We have to be neutral when rating performances.
Romagnoli and Ely both have had red cards from two yellows in the first half this season and we are only 6 games in. We thought them two would be our starters for the season but some of us thought that the inexperience will be huge and it didn't take long to show. Alessio is far from perfect, he's been making a number of mistakes but that is totally normal for someone in his position. He has
a lot of room to improve and the potential is crazy for him. He will turn into a great defender if Milan groom him the right way. Nowadays the fans' opinions have heavier weight than they did 10 and 20 years ago because of social media... these players have easy access to see what their fans think of them... and it can destroy their confidence and in some cases they may not recover (SES, Pato).
Turning against them is the wrong thing to do but benching them when they have a few bad performances in a row isn't necessarily a bad thing - look at how Montolivo reacted when he was benched a couple of games. We need to keep in mind they're human too and their psyches are equally as important as their talent is. I'm confident that Miha knows that each case is different - some players need delicate treatment and some need an iron hammer.
Bottom line - I think Romagnoli still needs more time before we can judge if he's going to be great or not. Unlike Bertolacci though, he has shown quite a few glimpses that he's capable of being a reliable great defender in the future. He's only 20 and this is his 2nd season in Serie A.
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