22-06-2018, 07:53 PM
(22-06-2018, 07:46 PM)Maltared Wrote: Cant understand why all this excitement for this play...comments from the Fiorentina fans are pretty negative...if he was that good Fiorentina would have kept him nd not let him go a year earlier...he sounds like another Dumitru...still remember the fuss some made upon his signing..what followed was the comedy of the season...
Replied on the other thread before you deleted, so I shall delete that and repost it here :)
I'd say there's a bit of a difference between Dias and Dumitru personally. Dumitru had been going on loan to teams in Serie D before we signed him. Dias went on loan from Monaco (who have a great record with signing youngsters) to Fiorentina a top side in Italy and actually made 30 appearances for them in 1 season, far more than Dumitru managed for Fiorentina in 7 years.
Dias is also just 21 so lack of consistency can be expected, Dumitru was 25 when we signed him? You'd expect some consistency by that age.
We also have a lot better depth in that position now than we did when Dumitru was here so if Dias has an off game or two it isn't a problem, he drops to the bench and there are 2 or 3 players who are good quality that can come in.