Soon to be official: Mutu to Juve (14 Viewers)

Jun-hide

Senior Member
Dec 16, 2002
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Zidane didnt move to Juve until he was 24, and he was hardly the world's most famous youngster back then. Davids, and Reiziger, for instance, were regarded as better "prospects". And nobody would have given him a chance at that stage of career that he would turn out to be better player than Del Piero, Raul, and Ronaldo, so called big 3 cant miss talents.
Morfeo, on the other hand, were tipped to become the next wunderkid by the age of 16, and expected to become equal player to Francesco and Totti. The matter of fact is that it is hard to predict the learning curve of a particular player, and thus different people mature at different age. Maresca isnt the youngest player around, but I do think he deserves a chance, given that he opportunities had been limited until now.
 
Jul 12, 2002
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++ [ originally posted by Jun-hide ] ++
Zidane didnt move to Juve until he was 24, and he was hardly the world's most famous youngster back then. Davids, and Reiziger, for instance, were regarded as better "prospects". And nobody would have given him a chance at that stage of career that he would turn out to be better player than Del Piero, Raul, and Ronaldo, so called big 3 cant miss talents.
Morfeo, on the other hand, were tipped to become the next wunderkid by the age of 16, and expected to become equal player to Francesco and Totti. The matter of fact is that it is hard to predict the learning curve of a particular player, and thus different people mature at different age. Maresca isnt the youngest player around, but I do think he deserves a chance, given that he opportunities had been limited until now.
But, Maresca's been called the next Zidane since he was 17, so he's got some serious hype surrounding him for the little to nothing that he's accomplished.
 

3pac

Alex Del Mexico
May 7, 2004
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i was going to say landon donnovan next owen! the exact same one. but i think its clear, no one can stop jeff agoos, hes following beckenbauer's footsteps


and while im at it, i think I am going to be the next johan cruyff

i watched freddy adu and, what the hell? i mean yea hes "14" but i dont believe hes 14. so if hes 18 he isnt really very special at all
 

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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Believe it or not, I played against Adu two years ago, and I thought he would be unstopable in the MLS. Well, so far he has looked out of place.
 

3pac

Alex Del Mexico
May 7, 2004
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i think the mls is COMPLETELY rigged for entertainment purposes anyway

i went to the allstar game 3 years ago in san jose the score was 8-8 , what the hell?

and whenever i go to earth quakes games in the playoffs, they have these insane like 6 goal come backs??

last year they were losing 4-0 overall
and in 1 half scored 5 goals, that happens in almost every game
 

swag

L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++
Believe it or not, I played against Adu two years ago, and I thought he would be unstopable in the MLS. Well, so far he has looked out of place.
Well, the guy is still only 14! If the American media stopped putting the microscope on him for a while -- something they always do with their obsessive sports pedophilia bias -- maybe he'll have the chance to mature into what his longer term potential might indicate.
 

Jun-hide

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Dec 16, 2002
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I have seen Freddy Addu play for US junior teams - He is a real talent. As long as Americans can be patient and provide right environment for him to develop, there is no doubt he can turn out to be a superstar.
 

JUVESUPPORTER

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Aug 25, 2003
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++ [ originally posted by Jun-hide ] ++
I have seen Freddy Addu play for US junior teams - He is a real talent. As long as Americans can be patient and provide right environment for him to develop, there is no doubt he can turn out to be a superstar.
Yes but that isnt goin 2 happen. Have u ever heard of a patient american?
America are so desprate to have a good player on their NT that they will rush his devolopment and he will be a complete flop.
 

baggio

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Jun 3, 2003
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I think the greatest injustice we could do to youngsters is by hyping them up. it doesnt serve them well in the long run, besides unnecassarily heaping untoward expectations on them, they are further pressurized by the media. who should just let them play. in fact, during the euro when the some1 stated rooney to be the next pele, besides laafing my guts off, i just wondered how bad this would be for him in the long run. not only will he get arrogant with such unbelievable comparisons and so full of himself he'll actually lose touch with reality. and in doing so, lose his own game, which is not exactly the best in the world, but at a very decent level.
 

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