Quote from: Jatiluhung on June 17, 2025, 03:58:36 PM

I think it's quite natural that there are people who don't agree with Gattuso being appointed as the new coach of the Italian national team. But I also agree with you that there is no harm in trying someone who may be different from what other people expect. Which means that it is possible that the success of the Italian national team came from Gattuso's hands. Well who knows if that might happen, right? But what is clear is that we cannot judge from now on. We might be able to start assessing when Gattuso starts accompanying the Italian national team in several upcoming matches. And we will see the results and then we can comment.

Agreed. Also, I would say that the coach has a limited role to play in today's national teams. The real issue with Italy is that they simply don't have enough younger players to replace the seniors who retire each year. And also, unlike the case with teams such as France and England, they don't have a very large immigrant population. This means that they have few people in the 15-29 age group, and this is being reflected in the performance of the national team as well as the major clubs.