De Sciglio Fan Club

Arquitescu wrote:You all know my views on De Sciglio as he is already close to be world class. One of the few complete fullbacks out there. Ambidextrous, can cross with both feet, intelligent, versatile, iron hard mentality etc

Yet why is the notion that he is future captain coming up? Mauro Tassoti already said that Mattia's largest problem is that he is too quiet and introspective on and off the pitch. The Milanisti senatore, staff and Allegri have already spoken of El-Shaarawy's leadership on the pitch while already being a huge presence in the locker room. The difference is obvious. SES is our futuro capitano.

MDS though

De Sciglio's current manner on the pitch should not exclude him from such a conversation as the quiet manner in which he goes about his business owes much to his position as a youngster still on the fringes of the squad. Captains need not necessarily be born or ready made, but rather De Sciglio has the requisite characteristics to become a true leader. Despite his lack of seniority in the squad and the confines of his youthful naivete, De Sciglio's performances have highlighted two important strengths, great composure and resilience. Whilst Mattia lacks the seniority within the playing group currently, our culture remains strong and we are a club that teach responsibility and leadership. His position as a young Italian who is hugely popular with the fans is already involving Mattia in many ventures in which he will be trained and helped to teach others about the culture of the club and instilling our values not just on the pitch but off it. Our very own leader Montolivo, is a player who has grown throughout his career, and grown as a leader as opportunities for leadership have been put into his path. At this stage in his career, Mattia's opportunities have been limited by his status in the squad, however he is, I am sure, a player we will see grow in stature as a leader on the pitch. De Sciglio would certainly not lack illustrious company as an introverted leader, with the likes of Philip Lahm and Lionel Messi leaping to mind as captains who break the mould that most envision for a leader.

Importantly, the issue of a new captain is many years off, time which will be crucial in developing the new leaders amongst a squad that is increasingly regenerating itself and time I feel that De Sciglio will better utilise. I am however swayed by my personal preference for the captaincy to not be held by a forward. We shall see in future, of course. For now though, he still has much to do to grow as a player and this should remain his primary focus.

Yes, the captain after Monty should once again be a defender and I cannot think of a better candidate than MDS.

tonight was a beast. kept wijnaldum park ji sung off, and even when Jozefzoon came blazing with pace he did enough.

Amazing kid, so glad to have him back from injury. Hopefully this is the beginning and he can show us even more

BEAST

This difference in class between De Sciglio and Emanuelson is like comparing a Ferrari to Fiat(even that is overrating Urby at LB).

amazing performance

It takes a lot to come back from an injury after many months and deliver such a performance at such a young age. Can we clone him?

By far the best U-21 Fullback in World Football at the moment. I cannot believe how Ribery covered brainless Alaba is mentioned in the same breadth as this kid who shows intelligence, technique and maturity far beyond his years.

Absolutely unbelievable what he did for us tonight as in his CL performances as a whole.

Also I like ...

and then he does not seem to be a swollen headed , defect of many young players.

MOTM last night.

What's cool about MDS as well is that he's going to develop into a more modern full-back. The Maldini comparisons are likely to happen, but MDS is quite good technically on the ball, he could become multi-dimensional player in that regard. What I mean by that is that he might just be the player to add a new verve to Milan's flank play on whichever side he plays. Not just overlapping runs and crossing, but actual direct dribbling ability. I can't name too many Italian full-backs with that in their locker these days. MDS appears to be one of the rare few who does.

I'm not quite on the hype wagon yet, but he's got quite a bit of promise. Let's see if he can get into the WC Squad and put in some good performances in Brazil.

McLewis wrote:What's cool about MDS as well is that he's going to develop into a more modern full-back. The Maldini comparisons are likely to happen, but MDS is quite good technically on the ball, he could become multi-dimensional player in that regard. What I mean by that is that he might just be the player to add a new verve to Milan's flank play on whichever side he plays. Not just overlapping runs and crossing, but actual direct dribbling ability. I can't name too many Italian full-backs with that in their locker these days. MDS appears to be one of the rare few who does.

I'm not quite on the hype wagon yet, but he's got quite a bit of promise. Let's see if he can get into the WC Squad and put in some good performances in Brazil.

I agree McLewis, but i don't like comparing anyone as the 'next-Maldini' or 'next-Baggio'. MDS is MDS, he should play as himself and not let those comparisons blind his path.

Anyways, your points are spot on. He's a very technical and smart fullback, not many Italian fullbacks have the skillset that MDS has. He's also very potent when defending, as exemplified yesterday. But, i don't think we should expect much from him internationally tbh, if he gets called up then i think its going to be very hard for him to see minutes with the likes of Criscito and Pasqual in the fray, he may get some minutes out of a poverty matchup. But ultimately i don't think we should expect him to explode internationally.



MDS

I'm impressed by his control and confidence on the ball. I feel like hes a veteran and knows exactly what to do. Trust him completely.

I just lost count of how many times he covered the CB position last night. Can't wait to see him against Totti again last season when we faced Roma at the Olympico it got really heated between the two...

Btw I think we played Roma around this time of last year and lost 2-4

McLewis wrote:What's cool about MDS as well is that he's going to develop into a more modern full-back. The Maldini comparisons are likely to happen, but MDS is quite good technically on the ball, he could become multi-dimensional player in that regard. What I mean by that is that he might just be the player to add a new verve to Milan's flank play on whichever side he plays. Not just overlapping runs and crossing, but actual direct dribbling ability. I can't name too many Italian full-backs with that in their locker these days. MDS appears to be one of the rare few who does.

I'm not quite on the hype wagon yet, but he's got quite a bit of promise. Let's see if he can get into the WC Squad and put in some good performances in Brazil.

thats generous of you to speak nice about our promising de sciglio. #Respect to you my dude!
I had impression Italia will suffer a lot for years to come because there aren't quality fullbacks anymore; with the exception of the likes of Santon, criscito, and (in some way abate), but this is good that de sciglio has come to frame to prove his worth for both club and country.

I m super jealous that AS ROMA got their own gem in Dodo!!! that kid is going to develop well with big club hellhounds sniffing his trails...

baresi wrote:I just lost count of how many times he covered the CB position last night. Can't wait to see him against Totti again last season when we faced Roma at the Olympico it got really heated between the two...

yeah he was killer throughout the game. its his great intelligence i guess.

i like how maldini was saying about him , that de sciglio is too nice boy, and needs to toughen up physically and mentally hahaha.

arabprince wrote:I'm impressed by his control and confidence on the ball. I feel like hes a veteran and knows exactly what to do. Trust him completely.

I wouldn't heap lot of pressure that he is already genius but he has shown a trait of that of some of our classy defenders!!

i am glad though that he has flown abate's suit, of exploiting the best out of his own potential.

and in some respect lucky too, because I am pissed that some of our talented players who really deserve to play more like saponara, and cristante are on the brink of getting shipped out... and shitty players like nocerino muntari or whoever that maybe mediocre are kept!!!

so in that respect, i m so glad we have de sciglio as regular.

injury is a problem, dunno what the heck is going on with club medicals.

Arquitescu wrote:By far the best U-21 Fullback in World Football at the moment. I cannot believe how Ribery covered brainless Alaba is mentioned in the same breadth as this kid who shows intelligence, technique and maturity far beyond his years.

Absolutely unbelievable what he did for us tonight as in his CL performances as a whole.

hahaha i know deep inside you're exaggerating lol ... alaba is hell of a defender, perhaps the best there is currently of his age.


but de sciglio is growning, and getting the best out of his potential at such young age so thats going to benefit the club in a long term.

JespSwe wrote:

McLewis wrote:What's cool about MDS as well is that he's going to develop into a more modern full-back. The Maldini comparisons are likely to happen, but MDS is quite good technically on the ball, he could become multi-dimensional player in that regard. What I mean by that is that he might just be the player to add a new verve to Milan's flank play on whichever side he plays. Not just overlapping runs and crossing, but actual direct dribbling ability. I can't name too many Italian full-backs with that in their locker these days. MDS appears to be one of the rare few who does.

I'm not quite on the hype wagon yet, but he's got quite a bit of promise. Let's see if he can get into the WC Squad and put in some good performances in Brazil.

thats generous of you to speak nice about our promising de sciglio. #Respect to you my dude!
I had impression Italia will suffer a lot for years to come because there aren't quality fullbacks anymore; with the exception of the likes of Santon, criscito, and (in some way abate), but this is good that de sciglio has come to frame to prove his worth for both club and country.

I m super jealous that AS ROMA got their own gem in Dodo!!! that kid is going to develop well with big club hellhounds sniffing his trails...  

Thanks, Jesp, but MDS>>>>>>>>>>>>>Dodo

And it's not even close.

What's going on with De Sciglio? New Marco Motta?

Too early to say, he was fantastic in 12/13, but he's taken a nosedive in the past 2 seasons

Watching De Sciglio in the national team, I get to wonder if it's the same player that has featured the last two seasons for us. He looks so much better, so composed both on and off the ball.

The more I try to evaluate the circumstances, the more I realise it's the system within our club that is hindering his development. Dude has WC potential but I don't think he can reach such heights here in Milan unless there's a massive change both tactically and otherwise

As much as I would hate to see him go, I think leaving to a better team where he can develop better will be best for his career at this time

Well Milan has been a pretty toxic environment for youngsters for a while now. We just recently started to see an emphasis on young players recently and that was due to Miha. Unfortunately, the damage was already done by that point for De Sciglio.

The guy is still very young and, although he's had two rough years, he clearly has loads of potential. With a good environment and in a team with actual tactics and a plan, he could develop into quite the player.