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It is a decent drink….dry January, I always do it but I hardly drink so wondering if it’s worth it, the crappest month of the year, why make it any worse?Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
I have a personal friend who is a football agentSome are , some aren’t , and out of interest do you have a personal friend who’s son is a professional footballer- thought not.
Ultimately stick to your specialised subject clIMate change
Linked with Tsunoda from Japan. Can't wait for the person to say they've seen him loads and he's a great player.
Apparently he is off to Belgium first.
I've seen him loads and he's a great player
Apparently he is off to Belgium first
Do you have friends who aren't personal?
interesting one, decent potential upsides to this move, player seems to be growing in reputation and a much better age to be bringing in than most of the players we are linked with
at first glance looks like a replacement for Panzo - left sided CM who can also cover at left back
but that wouldn't explain the loaning out to Kortrijk, and why wouldn't they just sign him directly?
https://youtu.be/iB3Nvw-cWDM?si=VIkCEmp8lV2GTp_c
probably to early for the obligatory grainy YouTube footage set to the worst music you've ever heard, but I'm posting it anyway in the hopes that it kick-starts the transfer window
Strange highlight video. I was beginning to wonder if he could do anything besides pass.
weirdly that is considered a desirable skill amongst some team's supporters, I don't think it'll catch on here though
Was going to say the same thing. Whenever the question is asked of what sort of player do we need, it's generally a big target man, no-nonsense defender or midfield hard man. Players who can pass the ball well and have sound technique are rarely ever considered.
I’ve read a few on social media suggest that the instant loan could be due to the difficulty in obtaining a work permit so quickly for the UK, and that Brighton did similar with Mitoma. Haven’t checked either, but in principle the work permit matter could make sense.
thats true - is it easier to obtain in Belgium?
If that was the case, then it is even more interesting, as it raises questions about who would be driving this transfer, as you wou'dn't have thought Bulut would be pushing for a transfer that he might not even get to use
Linked today with Luton attacking midfielder/striker John McAtee
https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/su...ton-town-star/
Hes 24 and been at 10 different clubs already by the look of it. Having a good season in league one though
Yes but …. Is this really the level we’re looking at? Had it been his brother, that’s a different matter.
According to an online checker it seems that he probably wouldn't get a work permit for here.
Think youre being a little unfair, half of those clubs were when he was 18/19 going out on loan. Id much rather someone go out on loan playing mans football than playing academy football. We know only too well from our own acadamy weve had many prospects who played meaningless academy football for far too long instead of going out on meaningful loans and have just drifted out of the game.
Agree, and u23 football. Whenever I have watched it it looks like an exercise in showing how an individual has been coached to death, a bit like those shit courses you have to go on with work that are carried out in safe and forgiving environments without the obvious Panic factor of a real life situation. Maybe that's harsh, but it's noticeable when young players make the step up.
Thing is, and without sounding like an old Twat ( which I sort of am) there doesn't seem to be the urgency with young players coming through at the club, and I don't think it's their fault, it's got to be the way they're coached and nurtured. Look at the players we have produced pre academy. Gunter, Lesley, Earnshaw, Ginge, Ramsey, Mathews etc They all had their faults, but they all had that character to succeed, take control of situations, prepared to make mistakes. That type of attitude seems to have gone with this ultra level of coaching. Might be wrong as it's only anecdotal, although I'm only speaking about our club.
using our club as an example is not ideal, we must have one of, if not the worst track records in bringing players through to professional football
These kids are wrapped in a bubble from the age of 7 years old sometimes younger, and theyve not got the fight or desire that generations before had. Add that to the fact there is less aggression in the game and, for me anyway, weve lost something from our game.
Look at Sam Bowen for example. Dropping down to Newport at 21 years old he wasnt prepared for the physicality of league two. Its only now hes playing for Wealdstone, who like to get the ball down and play, hes finally showing what he can do in the mens game but hes 23 this month. Boys like that left to stagnate in academys its no good long term.
Sion Spence another. He was flying as a teenager, one of the best players for his age with Neco Williams with Wales under 21s. I think hes playing 6th or 7th tier now.
Dont get me started on the coaching either, I commented on social media earlier on a clip of Dennis Bergkamp showing some individual skill how we are unlikely to see players like him again because coaches dont want individuality they are coaching the players into robots.
I had a bet on the other night and I needed a Gateshead goal v Chesterfield so I watched fo a bit. Ive never seen a side pass it backwards as much as Gateshead. They make Swansea City look like John Becks Cambridge. The amount of times they were in the opposing half and the ball ended back with their own keeper was mental. The left back was permanently facing his own goal. Honestly, his starting position to receive the ball was literally with his back to the goal he was meant to be attacking and first thought to pass it back to the centre half. Didnt see him look to pay forward once. 5-0 down and still tippy tapping across their own box when at least two of the goals they conceded were as a direct resut of them not being able to beat the press and losing it in their own area.
But if he plays in Belgium, he will immediately qualify. That loophole closes if Kortrijk get relegated
It’s so ****ing boring too. Don’t get me wrong, Leicester are an unbelievable side but it’s hardly wave after wave of attacks. It’s pass pass pass, until there’s half an opening, and then that might close and it goes back to square one again. It’s extremely effective and you have to be good to do it but it’s not something I enjoy watching
I go to watch Merthyr, who play some really good stuff and more often than not are better than the opposition so play out from the back succesfully. However, when the opposition does have the measure of them with the press, which has happened a few times at home this season, the manager still point blank refuses to go to a plan B and it seems would rather lose the game sticking to his principles than revert to the defence clearing their lines and winning second balls. Its bizarre to say the least.
Everyone is the same. Nobody wants to turn a back 4 around or play balls into channels to unsettle teams. We were playing it out from the back when Leicester were going man for man, it was mental
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