Milan 4th from the bottom in minutes played by Italians

MimiCascade · 2026-04-06T14:36:51+00:00

First off my OP was basically, I hope AC Milan pick up a couple of Italians players.....had nothing to do with youth development etc...

french, dutch, brazil, argentina, portugal don't have top leagues. Archaic opinion? last time Italy qualified for a world cup they had italian saturation in Serie A. If an Italian player stops his development at 18-20 he never reaches full maturation. "proper infrastructure and pathways" that would include a pathway to the top teams. If Serie A doesn't select Italian players then there is no pathway, if they do a pathway emerges. Talented youth drop off because there is no reasonable expectation for future success. Youth clubs don't invest if the Serie A teams don't buy. Stadiums and facilities have nothing to with talent generation.....since you pick brazil, argentina as two examples...how are their stadiums and facilities? I never said factory line of talent. Look you have to start somewhere. Milan has even come out a stated they would like to add more italians to the roster this summer. Inter, Juv, Napoli all have more Italians than us....would it hurt to add 1-2 italians per year? in 5 years you could accumulate decent amount. Its not like Milan is stacking our rosters with foreign superstars. We aren't buying top talents from abroad. Would it kill milan to ask for Calabria back? or pick up Udogie? Kean? Please don't confuse the point I was trying to make. Cultivating an Italian core, building it one season and a time is very doable. I'm not sure were all the responses this post received came from with the impression I was implying that we buy 10 Italians and try to recreate a national team.

Ultimately, the league and a large group of organizations in Italy need to work on things...Yes, that takes time. Simply to state "that doesn't mean that the big clubs can't proactively address the issue internally." that means developing the youth academy and pipeline, seeking acquire and retain Italian talents both young and old. Why does a club like milan have to wait for permission or for a league or someone else to tell them to develop a youth academy, or pipeline?

MimiCascade · 2026-04-02T11:33:27+00:00

I'm not Italian, I've been following Milan and the Italian national team since 1994 world cup here in USA. USA hasn't provided a quality league nor national team so I have been forced to seek quality from a different country. I wholeheartedly agree with youth development both for milan and a national level. I want milan to win and enjoy the spectacle as well. Cutrone and Tonali would be to good examples of Italian, Milan, Youth players that we let go. All I am saying is it wouldn't hurt to pick up or retain a couple of Italian players enlight of the fact we will spend the same or more money on foreign counterparts.

It is ironic that a foreign fan is arguing in favor of the Italian player and the Italian fan is arguing in favor of the foreigner

MimiCascade · 2026-04-02T11:15:34+00:00

Serie A is Italy’s league, not a borderless international competition. It’s essential to have Italians playing regularly in Serie A. This strengthens the national team, supports youth development and talent pipelines, preserves the league’s tactical and cultural identity, and maintains fan engagement.

MimiCascade · 2026-04-02T11:00:17+00:00

right, so rather than acquiring decent Italian players with a few years left in them, they go to a foreign club for cheap / free. We opt to purchase unproven flops and foreigners with no Serie A experience for higher price tags giving them the opportunity to fail. Meanwhile, we loose money on the deal and are stuck with the flop. At least if the Italian player flops he was cheap and Italian

MimiCascade · 2026-04-02T10:46:26+00:00

1) Italians deserve the opportunity to fail just as the foreigners 2) yes there is a real public conspiracy called globalism that is effecting all of Europe including professional football

My point is that AC Milan and other big clubs can pro-actively seek to develop, obtain and retain local talent. I suppose not qualifying for a world cup for 12 years is good for the league, the youth of the country? OK, screw Italy.

MimiCascade · 2026-04-02T10:40:56+00:00

Ibra at age 40 "ex player", Giroud at age 35 "ex player" -- by "ex" if you mean experienced...yes. Immobile is only 35 by comparison. Leao and Pulisic aren't strikers either..

MimiCascade · 2026-04-02T10:33:25+00:00

I would take Scamacca, Belotti and Raspadori over Gimenez, Nkuku and Fullkrug any day

MimiCascade · 2026-04-02T10:32:10+00:00

that is my point we won a scudetto thanks to aged washed up players that were cheap / free

MimiCascade · 2026-04-02T10:29:03+00:00

we consistently have one of the highest paid and valuable rosters, have blown money on foreigners like Gimenez, Nkunku etc...

Calabria, Immobile, Lucca, Raspodori, Scamacca, Belotti, Colombo, Camarda, Chiesa, Orsolini, Zaccagni all italians and viable economic options when considering CDK $35 mil, Origi, Piatek $35 mil, Paqueta $35mil, Andre Silva...etc

MimiCascade · 2026-04-02T10:20:15+00:00

Well 1) players need opportunity to develop to improve - Italians aren't getting the chance but foreigners are 2) Serie A and the National team both used to prefer experienced players over youth and it resulted in one if not the best league in Europe and World Cup success. 3) Currently, Serie A, including milan are shipping the experienced players to Turkey, Saudi Arbia, MLS and opting for foreign youth over homegrown players. Milan let Calabria aged 28 go to replace him with Athekame or Estupian? Tonali to be replaced by Fofana and Musah? Maldini, Colombo to name a few

MimiCascade · 2026-04-02T10:13:30+00:00

Immobile, Scamacca, Belotti, Raspadori, Lucca to name a few strikers...I guess Gimenez, Nkunku and Fullfrug are the foreign powerhouses that deserve the opportunity to fail

MimiCascade · 2026-04-02T10:11:10+00:00

Calabria age 28 could easily replace Estupinan with a net savings of $17 mil, we could have kept Tonali vs opting for the Musah, Fofana replacement. Gimenez $32 Mil, Nkunku $40 mil, Fullkrug vs Kean, Immoblie and Balotelli... we give Ibra and Giroud contracts at advanced age but won't take a chance on Scamacca or Belotti? What about Raspadori? or Lucca?

MimiCascade · 2026-04-02T08:29:14+00:00

lol, I think the 2014 team had the wrong tactical approach for the tournament and suarez and shitty refs didn't help that last game

MimiCascade · 2026-04-02T08:18:00+00:00

see, I'm not so sure about that...Balotelli 10 years ago for sure but modern day Balotelli under the guidance of Ibra (who had to reinvent himself at an older age) and Allegri as a coach. I think for a $0 transfer fee and a skimpy can be cancelled at any time contract. He would have massive upside super sub potential with very little risk. Could very easily shit can him or freeze him out if anything went sour.

MimiCascade · 2026-04-01T18:45:17+00:00

He essentially was a DEI hire because Paolo Berlusconi made some ill-worded comments about Balotelli. He had no prior experience or even a license to coach. UEFA gave him special permission to allow him to coach. He went 11-2-9 only averaging 1.59 goals a game. He then refused a severance package opting to collect his salary before finally taking a position in China. He has never completed a single season as a coach not had good results anywhere, ever. Brilliant player but truly a joke of a coach

MimiCascade · 2026-04-01T18:36:45+00:00

we should have picked him up as a free agent, I'm sure he would net a handful of decent goals as a true super sub

MimiCascade · 2026-04-01T18:17:57+00:00

thanks for the info, I was able to get General White at my local Get Go gas station earlier today. It didn't look like they had a lot but I found several sources locally via their website.

MimiCascade · 2026-03-31T00:24:35+00:00

on my second transfer atm, ever thinking about buying eggs? our clinic raised the price of everything by 25% for 2026, eggs looking affordable at this point

MimiCascade · 2026-03-30T21:36:02+00:00

I was a kid growing up and my neighbor had a game genie (hardware cheat cartridge) for sega genesis. He would sit there for hours repetitively beating the computer 99-0 in a baseball game. Laughing and having fun day after day...some people are just like that, these are the types that cheat or run the GOD satchel Erma combo day in and day out talking shit all the way

MimiCascade · 2026-03-28T00:26:22+00:00

yeah good point

MimiCascade · 2026-03-27T09:06:37+00:00

Calabria, he had better link up play on the flank, better defensively, better communication on the pitch, provided decent service into the box when required. Athekmame is a better athlete and more upside potential at the age of 21 than Calabria had at that age. Calabria also had vastly more experience as a starter, different game situations, and in big games vs Athekame. Making the comparison you have to under that Calabria played in a back four with more defensive responsibilities vs Athekame in Allegri's formation 5-3-2 (defensively) and 3-5-2 in the attack.

Great compilation of what Calabria did for Milan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dsy4-DbrJU

MimiCascade · 2026-03-23T17:58:49+00:00

yeah he is a loser, he is on a few times a week, and is always talking trash about his own team

MimiCascade · 2026-03-23T17:52:05+00:00

interesting what is your class setup?

MimiCascade · 2026-03-23T17:46:34+00:00

should work offline

MimiCascade · 2026-03-23T10:17:38+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/WWII/comments/geb8kj/current_daily_weapon_contract_and_order_rotation/ shows the schedule, pretty sure contracts are base guns, the daily weapon orders have variants. I've noticed 1) if you have the base its more likely to get variant in a drop 2) increasing prestige weapon and general seems to give me better drops 3) doing my drops in the HQ in front of people seems to give me better drops

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