If Zakuani didn't get his leg broken in half, he'd be a star in MLS. The boy can play.
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If Zakuani didn't get his leg broken in half, he'd be a star in MLS. The boy can play.
Kunty McPhuck
Scust Szn has Returned
my favorite player to watch, before he fell off the last 2 seasons, was Xavi.
I liked his quiet domination of every match he played from 2008 to sometime in 2012.
I really believe he could have made any decent side a title contender in that period.
I was always a fan of his game before, but those years he was
After that, I love watching Ibra. The dude is insane and volatile on top of that out of this world skill even though he is 6'4". He doesnt make sense to me. And he is one of the few players that can score from anywhere on the pitch.
Xavi got that achilles injury which has plagued him for what the last 2-3 years?
isn't it in the bushes right now??
He's about to be sold to a mid-table club in Brazil.
because he wont take a paycut.
EDIT
Chelsea Fans:
Does ur team have any plan of bring De Bruyne back and actually play him??
I'd bring Freddy along every single time. People gotta realize his talent isn't always there, so he's good for an explosion of talent/speed here and there.
MLS is probably the worst league for him to shine in. Group mentality, no space, hard tackling. I bet in Brazil he's gonna be treated like the star he is, and he'll have room to shine and respect from everyone. Adu is one of those types Brazilian crowds love with the showy shyt, exact opposite of the mentality here. He won't even have to track back and defend.
See the Gold Cup and how he made a difference. The international game is slower and more technical and he fits in perfectly.
I don't even care about Adu right now though, its those defenders I'm worried about.
MLS is probably the worst league for him to shine in. Group mentality, no space, hard tackling. I bet in Brazil he's gonna be treated like the star he is, and he'll have room to shine and respect from everyone. Adu is one of those types Brazilian crowds love with the showy shyt, exact opposite of the mentality here. He won't even have to track back and defend.
See the Gold Cup and how he made a difference. The international game is slower and more technical and he fits in perfectly.
I don't even care about Adu right now though, its those defenders I'm worried about.
If John Anthony Brooks chooses Germany over us, we're screwed. We need some productive young centerbacks real bad right now.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Yeah, I agree with this completely.Solid work chaps.
New subject
Is the MLS Superdraft the greatest waste of rented hotel conference/ballroom space in all of athletics?
The two best #1 picks are Adu and Edu. By a fukking landslide. Michael Bradley was a fourth rounder the same year Freddy went #1 . Looking through these selections and it's mind-boggling. The MLS draft encapsulates everything wrong with youth scouting on the whole, but specifically in the U.S.
The funny thing is for all the flops at #1, #2 has a solid success rate. Twellman, Shea, Guzan, and Ricardo Clark.
they're all 6-footers? It's hilarious.
Those first picks have been weak and awful. It's to the point where I am not sure they should even have the draft anymore.
Sorry to break in brehs but listening to The Times Podcast - Spurs have the 2nd best XI in England Rory Smith 
Is it because what works in college doesn't work in the pros? You can be the Don of College Soccer by being bigger and faster than everyone fucc a technique
, in the pros you just a another nicca 
while all those 2nd rounders with the so-so athleticism had to work on their technique and football IQ.
Solid work chaps.
New subject
Is the MLS Superdraft the greatest waste of rented hotel conference/ballroom space in all of athletics?
The two best #1 picks are Adu and Edu. By a fukking landslide. Michael Bradley was a fourth rounder the same year Freddy went #1 . Looking through these selections and it's mind-boggling. The MLS draft encapsulates everything wrong with youth scouting on the whole, but specifically in the U.S.
The funny thing is for all the flops at #1, #2 has a solid success rate. Twellman, Shea, Guzan, and Ricardo Clark.
Is it because what works in college doesn't work in the pros? You can be the Don of College Soccer by being bigger and faster than everyone fucc a technique
, in the pros you just a another nicca while all those 2nd rounders with the so-so athleticism had to work on their technique and football IQ.
Kunty McPhuck
Scust Szn has Returned
Favourite player to watch 
how long you got
Redondo
Michael Laudrup
Savicevic
Real Ronaldo
Gazza
Waddle
Kaka
Henry
Figo
just off the top
how long you gotRedondo
Michael Laudrup
Savicevic
Real Ronaldo
Gazza
Waddle
Kaka
Henry
Figo
just off the top
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Why did you link me this garbage?Sorry to break in brehs but listening to The Times Podcast - Spurs have the 2nd best XI in England Rory Smith
I ignored this pod the entire year. Then listened to see if they would talk about Kay and sat through this dredge.
Also, RVP is a 4 matches away from the old white striker watch list. I was thinking about it beforehand but I need to wait this out a bit.
Yeah, they been managing it since 2011 but its gotten worse.
He still great but not
status he was a few years ago.
Especially considering the MLS academies has produced guys like Najar, Agudelo, and Luis Gil who look to be better than 98% of the players taken in the Superdraft.
Why did you link me this garbage?
I ignored this pod the entire year. Then listened to see if they would talk about Kay and sat through this dredge.
Also, RVP is a 4 matches away from the old white striker watch list. I was thinking about it beforehand but I need to wait this out a bit.
I only listened for the Kay stuff and how they would shyt on us. They let Kay off the hook but they took a nice shyt on us (poor at Swansea
)Van Persie is a big moment bottler but he had an unreal 18-24 months he was due for a Torres stretch. The thought of him peaking did hit me last season.
We have playoffs because this is AMERICA. Besides that, AMERICA is not the the only place where the league champions are crowned champions after the playoffs.
We have a draft because there used to be a time, not too long ago, when college soccer was the backbone of AMERICA'S national team. Then came MLS with 10 arbitrary teams that needed rosters they needed to fill. How did they do it? They looked at AMERICAN tradition and decided to use what everyone else uses, the draft. And besides that, the draft we have now is not like the drafts of old. It's the SUPERDRAFT.
Besides that, there is only 1 first ever overall pick. The legend:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_MLS_Inaugural_Player_Draft
Right now, ALi. Like how he used his pace and strength and anyways know where to find space. His game at Newcastle last season was brillant. Now ALi the actual poster is meh.
Back in the day, Paddy Kluivert.
