Serie A: New Kids on the Block

Youngsters who have impressed in Serie A so far, and have shown promise:

Ilicic, 22 (Palermo): Came out of the blue, no one expected such instant stardom. A last minute impluse purchase by Palermo, and what a purchase he is turning out to be! Tall (6'3), strong, excellent work rate, and quite skillful in attack. Has scored two goals already, not a bad haul for a young midfielder.

Schelotto, 21 (Cesena): A young winger whose amazing runs are terrorizing all Serie A defences. He has all the attributes required to succeed in the modern game, his success seems imminent.

Ljajic, 18 (Fiorentina): The kid who is doing all the creative work at Florence in the absence of Jovetic & Mutu, and is starting to grow into the role remarkably well considering his young age. Can dribble like hell, and is tricky & inventive. Manchester United must be already regreting their decision to not exercise their option to buy this Serbian kid.

Coutinho, 18 (Inter): A few sub appreances, and his talent is already confirmed. Needs to build some muscle, and he will become a regular for the Nerazzurri.

Viviano, 24 (Bologna): Some amazing saves by this young keeper in his debut Serie A season, & a confident debut for the Azzurri. A good month in the life of youngish (24 is young for keepers!) Viviano.


Not included players like Pastore, Pato, Jovetic, Hamsik, etc who have shown their promise in previous season.

What happened to Andrea Poli, I saw him in the first leg vs Werder Bremen but then he vanished.

I also like the lazio striker Kosak, he is well built, he wins many balls in the air and unlike Ibra he moves alot for a big man.

bluenine wrote:
Ljajic, 18 (Fiorentina): The kid who is doing all the creative work at Florence in the absence of Jovetic & Mutu, and is starting to grow into the role remarkably well considering his young age. Can dribble like hell, and is tricky & inventive. Manchester United must be already regreting their decision to not exercise their option to buy this Serbian kid.

and we signed Tosic instead

Ljajic was fantastic again yesterday. I'd hate to think how poor Fiorentina would be without him this season.

Marco D'Alessandro (19) - He was the kid that impressed us all in his brief cameo during the Roma-Juve game two seasons ago. He's on loan at Bari now and got his first run out with them yesterday.

Cheb Hamouda wrote:What happened to Andrea Poli, I saw him in the first leg vs Werder Bremen but then he vanished.

He's just injured, coming back at the beginning of october, otherwise he'd be a starter.
He already established himself as a first teamer last season, wouldn't put him among the new kids.

They fucked up letting go of Tosic too imo

SLG wrote:

bluenine wrote:
Ljajic, 18 (Fiorentina): The kid who is doing all the creative work at Florence in the absence of Jovetic & Mutu, and is starting to grow into the role remarkably well considering his young age. Can dribble like hell, and is tricky & inventive. Manchester United must be already regreting their decision to not exercise their option to buy this Serbian kid.

and we signed Tosic instead

Actually MUFC agreed signing both Tosic & Ljajic after trials. Tosic's WP worked out by Jan & Ljajic's didn't, at which point ManUtd pulled out of that deal. Fiorentina deal happened after that.

IMO Tosic did not get a fair trial at Old Trafford, but I guess SAF didn't like something in the training. Thats his choise. Ljajic (from the little I have watched) was a big blunder by ManUtd, they should ve signed him as promised. That kid could become a huge star, considering the talent he is already exhibiting...

abundance wrote:

Cheb Hamouda wrote:What happened to Andrea Poli, I saw him in the first leg vs Werder Bremen but then he vanished.

He's just injured, coming back at the beginning of october, otherwise he'd be a starter.
He already established himself as a first teamer last season, wouldn't put him among the new kids.

Well you probably know that the toughest thing for anyone is to guarentee that their previous success was no fluke, so his work last year is not enough, he must have a good year this season too.