jpg75 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 As suggested by Loyola, i have opened a thread for this... http://www.canucks-abroad.com/content/julian-uccello-richmond-hill-italia He should be signing shortly with a club in Italy. p.s. i'm waiting on Dan Jakovic to get back to me and i should have his interview up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 i was disappointed when he was left off that u20 team, really thought he was as good as will johnson at the time, but in hindsight it seems that mitchell made a justifiable decision. at least he's not bitter and seems committed to canada. hopefully he will take his game to the next level soon. maybe it would be good for him to leave italy. seems that our italian-canadian players all seem to hit a wall there pretty quick. and this goes back to sandro grande in 2000 or whenever he went to brescia. talented players but not one has had any kind of success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag futbol Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Kind of sad nobody called him since 2005. Can the CSA not cover Dale Mitchell's phone bills? It'd be nice if our association would let our players know they existed. Time will tell if he is doing the right thing by staying down at a lower level. As the leagues get higher, there are basically no gifts, you will always have to fight for a spot. Sure the coach might pencil you in as third or fourth, but an injury and a bit of luck later you might find yourself in a better position. Different approaches would work for different people. I think Jamie Peters would have been much better off pushing himself to fight for a spot on a higher level club in the past as opposed to staying with a lower division side. At the very least he could put "big english club" on his resume, then rejects like Mo Johnston would always want him on his team, regardless of how many times he failed. Uccello may well be a better suited to work his way up than Peters. Can't really speculate as i haven't seen him play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 quote:Originally posted by BrennanFan i was disappointed when he was left off that u20 team, really thought he was as good as will johnson at the time, but in hindsight it seems that mitchell made a justifiable decision. Justifiable decision? He ended up taking an underage Lombardo in Uccello's place and what good was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 quote:Originally posted by masster Justifiable decision? He ended up taking an underage Lombardo in Uccello's place and what good was that? Age difference between Lombardo and Uccello.....6 months. I'm not sure we can talk about an underrage Lombardo in this instance when he's only 6 months younger than Uccello and both guys were playing at the same level at that time. At that time, people who were complaining about Uccello getting cut where arguing that Will Johnson should've been cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 No two coaches will necessarily select the same group of players plus hindsight is always 20:20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 quote:Originally posted by ag futbol Kind of sad nobody called him since 2005. Can the CSA not cover Dale Mitchell's phone bills? It'd be nice if our association would let our players know they existed. Time will tell if he is doing the right thing by staying down at a lower level. As the leagues get higher, there are basically no gifts, you will always have to fight for a spot. Sure the coach might pencil you in as third or fourth, but an injury and a bit of luck later you might find yourself in a better position. Different approaches would work for different people. I think Jamie Peters would have been much better off pushing himself to fight for a spot on a higher level club in the past as opposed to staying with a lower division side. At the very least he could put "big english club" on his resume, then rejects like Mo Johnston would always want him on his team, regardless of how many times he failed. Uccello may well be a better suited to work his way up than Peters. Can't really speculate as i haven't seen him play. That's something I thought about too. Problem for Julian is he got burnt doing that a few years back, he was with a team in C2 and didn't see much PT. Also, Mr. Uccello mentioned in the past that a number of teams in Italy employ only one forward, so that kind of limits options too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag futbol Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 quote:Originally posted by jpg75 That's something I thought about too. Problem for Julian is he got burnt doing that a few years back, he was with a team in C2 and didn't see much PT. Also, Mr. Uccello mentioned in the past that a number of teams in Italy employ only one forward, so that kind of limits options too. I hear ya, it's definately no easy task. The opporunity window is generally very small. Couldn't argue with his decision to continue on with his current team and build his CV. Hopefully that will create a solid opporunity for him to continue working his way up through the ranks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPjr Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 ^ I'm not going to compare Julian to Luca Toni but Toni did "languish" in the lower levels of Italian soccer for many years before making his way through the ranks and ultimately becomming a global star. It's better for Julian to play, ALOT, and score lots of goals. Staying healthy is key too because teams get spooked by guys with injury issues. Julian is wise to follow the advice he's being given because moving up only to ride the pine is a recipe for a stalled career. If he continues to impress, he'll be signed to a bigger club that has plans to use rather than bring him to be cover for their existing starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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