Sebastiano Esposito

[Ethor]

Too much of a wack job imho, trade bait would appear to be the wise move here.

 

[Stefan]

With his attitude and ego the best he will become is like Serie A mid table club striker; wtf is going on? he was a lot humbler when he was here.
Doesn't even show half the talent Balotelli showed back then, and this cocky and problematic already?? mind blowing.

Here he was the little guy looking up to the big players. Plus you had conte as his manager, doudt he would dare to step out of line with that madman.

At the clubs since he considers him the big guy coming from Inter.

 

[pier]

Scored a nice free kick againts Genoa, also had an assist.

 

[Il Drago]

Talent was never the issue with this guy. It has always been the attiude and mentality.

 

[NimAraya]

Scored a nice free kick againts Genoa, also had an assist.

Those were some great goals

 

[varmin]

That freekick was really nice taken.

 

[Gaindé]

He has the talent that's for sure and he is also still so young, I can't stop believing in him. He needs the appropriate coach and environment to fix his head because that's what's lacking.

What a waste it would be if Esposito doesn't make it.

 

[brehme1989]

Wouldn't mind him sticking around next year.

 

[wera]

You sure? He seems like one for the plusvalenza for Inter's standards.

 

[Il Drago]

You sure? He seems like one for the plusvalenza for Inter's standards.

He hasn't showed anything so far. Some wondergoals here and there but no consistency at ANY club and a very poor attitude. If there's any of our primavera forwards who's worth a shot at the first team it's Mulattieri, not Esposito.

 

[wera]

I'm also up for Mulattieri. Haven't really saw him play, but at least we don't hear any negativity about him.

 

[.h.]

Esposito has been kicked out of 4 clubs for poor attitude. He's finally managed to complete a half season without any drama, and he's 4 in 11. That's okay, but he's 20 about to be 21. Next season he needs to fucking smash it if he wants to recover his career.

 

[qb4ever_2k]

I'm also up for Mulattieri. Haven't really saw him play, but at least we don't hear any negativity about him.

If nothing is holding him back and at 22, Serie B is about as far as he can go then sorry, Mulattieri's not gonna make it.

Esposito at least has an obvious flaw that is holding him back big time. The talent is there and there is also a small possibility that he fixes his head.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Esposito has been kicked out of 4 clubs for poor attitude. He's finally managed to complete a half season without any drama, and he's 4 in 11. That's okay, but he's 20 about to be 21. Next season he needs to fucking smash it if he wants to recover his career.

What?

Pinpointing the age should emphasize that he has lot of time to recover his career but you are using it in complete opposite manner. He is indeed 20, just a kid. Lots of time for growth.

I wouldn't take him back to Inter, would rather loan him again, maybe to Serie B again, to a club trying to win it.

 

[.h.]

In terms of wanting to be a top level player who maximizes his potential, he's a bit off track. Compare him to, eg, Gnonto, who has 18 months less on him and almost 100? Top flight games.

As I've said elsewhere in the past, I reckon you can fuck up one development season as a kid and still make it. Esposito has screwed up 2? 2.5? Now

He does have age on his side still as he broke through at 17/18, but he's going to be 21 in a few weeks. He needs to make his next loan spell a success, otherwise before you know it he's now older, and less experienced, than the next generation of brreakthroughs


Contrast him to Moise Kean - I think Esposito is potentially more talented? And yet Kean but his age had like 100+ top flight games a tbig teams, Esposito has like 5? And I don't think Kean has truly "made it" yet either

 

[CafeCordoba]

This is the eternal discussion with you. You put players in one model. There is one pipeline and the player either makes through it or not. To me every player is an individual and their development is unique. While in broader perspective there are surely similarities, I wouldn't judge these young kids to fail too soon if they aren't doing something some model expects them to be doing at certain age.

For example, it's absolutely ridiculous to imply that Esposito's career might be in danger at the age of 20 or 21. Not every player will become star player at top club, or even rotation player at top club. There are tens of levels these players can end up landing and it can still be considered successful career.

 

[.h.]

This is the eternal discussion with you. You put players in one model. There is one pipeline and the player either makes through it or not. To me every player is an individual and their development is unique. While in broader perspective there are surely similarities, I wouldn't judge these young kids to fail too soon if they aren't doing something some model expects them to be doing at certain age.

For example, it's absolutely ridiculous to imply that Esposito's career might be in danger at the age of 20 or 21. Not every player will become star player at top club, or even rotation player at top club. There are tens of levels these players can end up landing and it can still be considered successful career.

From a talent perspective though I think he's right up there in terms of what we've produced. When I say career at risk, I mean in terms of achieving even 70% of his potential. When his head is in the game he can carry the teams he's been playing at.

Im looking forward to when ppiers statistics are done, but as I've said and started crunching numbers for, the chances of making it when you're not regularly playing Series A by the time you're 20/21 is extremely low. And by making it, yes I mean making it at Inter


I think Esposito is on a comfortable track for a Series B/bottom Series A career atm, but he needs to up it a bit to push on a level imho


There's a question for everyone on what we think the purpose of a youth academy is and I think it's a really interesting discussion to be had. Is the youth academy (a) there to give these kids the best chances they have at life, irrespective of football? (b) there to give them the best chance of having a football career, irrespective of what that career is? Or (c), there to produce talent for the first team?


I actually don't have a strong view on that one, IMHO it's a very ethical question with a lot of nuances. Be interested to see what people think. I think some clubs in recent years have moved more towards (a), eg I knew some people who were in various youth teams and they got scholarships to great schools with fees paid for, etc, in the UK I think there's now more of a move to ensuring people continue education and exams etc

 

[.h.]

Also I think you'll note in my post I only ever talked about him maximizing his potential....

 

[Corrode]

I'm also up for Mulattieri. Haven't really saw him play, but at least we don't hear any negativity about him.

Sebastian can wait for two seasons if he wants to include into Inter rosters, but his brother Salvatore (in Spezia) can be persuaded to join Inter soon. Could be promoted as Gagliardini replacement.

 

[dax21]

Some of these comparisons are unfair - Juventus invested in Kean by negotiating big club loans, sending Kean to Everton and PSG. Whereas we tossed Esposito to anyone who would take him. Granted, he didn't help with his behavior much, but on the other hand Kean didn't make much of his chances either, he had one arguably good season so far in his career and that's the PSG loan. If you look at his stats (yeah I know) it gets progressively more grim - he scored 8 goals in 40 apps this season, in what is his 8th season in elite levels of football including EPL.
Gnonto scored 4 goals this season in EPL. Poor output but an expected one from such a young player. I personally think his performances are hardly worth discussing yet, he is a convenient (if not even singular) argument that media has against outdated italian doctrine of not utilizing youth.

What I'm trying to say is that number of apps can often be circumstantial. Sometimes you use a player a lot because he is all you got. Certain #5 comes to mind as the best analogy.

Esposito can still explode and become a great Serie A striker, talent is there. But do I personally think its likely to happen? No, not really. He will be the village bicycle for clubs like Verona, maybe reaching apex at some midtable club like Torino. If I absolutely had to take a guess at this moment. It's still an admirable career, just not what we expected.