This is a good read and I like the authors writing , but I don ' t appreciate how cocky he comes across with his I always rated him , everyone else was wrong mentality . It ' s easy to say with hindsight , but go back a few months and it really was difficult to say whether Luiz would have been a good signing . It really was a gamble , and most people had a feeling it would go absolutely great or be a complete shambles . Not many people were in the middle and many people made decisive opinions when in reality no one knew any more than anyone else . I for one did believe David would do well under Conte , but that was just a guess at the end of the day . I don ' t take pride in guessing correctly and neither should anyone else really . Other than that , good article .