I wasnt as active in my opinions on the Primavera then as I have been in the last two seasons, so it's hard for me to say, to be honest. Wish I could do better than that, but that's the best I can offer.
though, what i will say, is that it is always true that only the most talented kids in a primavera have any real chance of making it. From last year, that would mean Bessa, Longo, Duncan, MBaye. From the current group, it would mean something more like Benassi, Pasa, Garritano, Belloni, Olsen.
Of those, historically, you expect maybe 2 - 3 being Serie B/A players after the next 3 seasons. I personally currently choose to believe that, for whatever reason, we're producing a golden age of youth talents, and that most of the ones I listed above will 'make it', but historically its extremely unlikely.
Look at othe ones from under Pea. Destro, Dell'Agnello, Natalino, Biraghi, Stevanovic and Bardi were the big stand out ones. Who of that group has made it the most so far? Destro, with Faraoni (who barely played for them) second. Stevanovic is barely featuring on Serie A level, Biraghi is an average-at-best Serie B player right now, Natalino is back at Inter with cardio problems, Dell'Agnello we offloaded for Bardi, after he did his cruciates, and he's only starting to feature for Livorno with, if I remember, 1 goal so far.
I do think, among other things, we've changed our youth recruiting a lot in terms of the attributes we look for. Where before we might be looking for good prospect 18 year olds, we've now shifted our focus for younger players (we sign a lot of U-14 players), and also making sure we bring in talented players on the youngest levels - e.g. more and more of our U-9 ->u-13 group (which is when you can only sign local players still) are getting through to higher levels.
If I put our current group in order of who I think is most likely to 'make it' as a professional player...
Olsen, Bessa, Benassi, Longo, Duncan, Pasa, MBaye
Forum Supporter
10 years of FIF
edobear: thread from Ibrowhamovic. :excitedeyes:
blivious:
