for me, im trying to think of a coach who is the most open minded and wouldn't be scared to bring up the younger players. for some reason it feels like most italian coaches wouldn't do such a thing. i wonder, although i know its completely unrealistic, how a foreign coach would do. i honestly think a foreign coach wouldn't be scared to bring up the youngsters, but i personally don't like foreign coaches on national teams. i just wish for an italian coach that isn't afraid to bring up the youngsters. is lippi the man to do this? i donno. but who is?
Because we need the best coach in the world, my 3 choices would be... 1. Lippi 2. Lippi 3. Lippi He is a very smart, forward thinking coach. He must know that this team is aging and we needs some energy. With Montolivo, Giovinco, Rossi and others really coming into their own, there is little chance that Lippi does not bring at least a few of them into the rosa. Italia is a Ferrari, and a great driver should be at the wheel. Expect a younger, more powerful Italian attack in the near future!
http://www.goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=750801 Christian Panucci, Marco Materazzi and Massimo Ambrosini will never play for Italy ever again if Marcello Lippi becomes the new coach, according to Tuttosport.
Well, they might have dropped dead anyways from exhaustion if they were to continue playing into 2010 (and Matrix might have caused some other player to drop dead too). Not exactly a masterstroke or a gutsy move, IMO...
if he was gutsy he could come out and say we need to revamp the team...bring some fresh blood into the senior team
Goal.com and Tuttosport... Talking about reliable sources. All the reports about Lippi coming back and especially those about the players he might pick a pure speculations. The journalists are speculating about this just as we do here in the forum. Referred to the original topic of this thread: Prandelli would be a great choice as he has experience but is also young enough and open minded to try something new. But as far as I'm concerned he's not available, so...
Good. BUT it reports: Vincenzo Iaquinta-NO GRAZIE! Alberto Gilardino-If he gets back into form, I wouldn't mind. Daniele Bonera- No, there are better youngsters, Bonera has no expirience anyways. Francesco Totti- I'm not sold on his return, if his heart is with AS Roma, let it stay there, ther is no use stressing him out anyways. Alessandro Nesta - I'm not sold on his reutrn either, I would rather have Nesta on defense then Totti in attack. And of course, "Cassano is heavily at risk", what else is new. I find that to be bulls*it, Lippi said he would have called up Cassano for the Euros.
Bonera has experience. He was Lippi's first choice right back for the first year he was in charge and was one of the 4 players on stand by for the 2006 WC team.
I agree with that but he would not be a bad back up though he does have a penchant for making some stupid tackles. The ones on Silva and Sissoko come to mind immediately.
Bonera certainly has the talent and he's shown glimpes of it over the last few years but he's had a tendency to drift in and out of form. I don't think he's developed as well as we thought he would since his days at Brescia, where he was the brightest prospect of all young Italian defenders.
Wasn't Cassano involved in WC qualifying intially in 04-05 only to be fall off the map because of his move?
Lippi started him in the Scotland game at home and the Norway game on the road. That is about all I remember off the top of my head at the moment.
Against Scotland he was good but the problem was still the same with the offense even though he had Totti to help him. That game ended 2-0 on 2 goals by Pirlo off free kicks. The Norway game I did not see on TV but I saw some highlights and from those I guess he did Ok. That game ended 0-0 but I remember that Cassano fed a nice ball to Vieri but he was too slow to do anything with it.
Mazzarri for the future. He never failed a single season in his career, even in 'desperate' conditions (Reggina with the 11 points deduction in 2006/07). He also discovers new talents, regenerates old ones like Cassano, gives the team a very effective attacking kind of play. But for now the best choice is Lippi.
I still think he would make an excellend depth defender though. He was solid this season for Milan, and he can play both fullback and centerback easily as well. Considering our lack of options at CB I don't see how Bonera would make such a bad choice for us.
Like who at the moment? Cannavaro is entering his late 30's and won't be able around forever. Barzagli has proven to us that he is not the world class defender that we once thought him to be. Santacroce is an excellent young defender, but will he be ready for the senior squad by 2010 where he won't even be 23 years of age yet? So with this in mind we are left with Gamberini and Chiellini who will both be likely Azzurri regulars over the next couple of years. I know that Zaccardo can play CB as well and that Lippi was always very fond of him, but will he be recognized as well by the NT now that he's playing in Germany? Thus with all this being said I don't see how taking Bonera would be such a major risk for us at this time.
Hopefully we also get to see more of Rosina and Palladino as well. Both these guys are at the perfect age (24 years old) to start to make their impact with the senior side. On top of that they were both VERY impressive in their limited with appearances with the NT over the past year. Hopefully Lippi will keep this in mind IF it is indeed him who takes over as coach again.
Bonera may not even get much time next season with AC Milan. That's ofcourse, if AC Milan actually make the signings they need in defense.