Garnacho is one of the most foòlish footballers ever.
You're from a country that worshìps Messi. There's no Ronaldo fan in Argentina. In fact, because of Messi, Argentina had to ban families from naming their children Messi. No other person bears the name Messi.
Then you had the effrontery to start idolising Ronaldo and calling yourself "baby Ronaldo."
As long as Messi is concerned, Garnacho will never play a World Cup for Argentina until he retires. He might play friendly games, but never a World Cup.
As a professional footballer, if you never for once represent your country in a world cup, you have failed in your career.
The fact that there’s buzz around a high school soccer game is good, but it doesn’t mean that the quality is high or that players are going to develop well
The passion is something worth building on, but a lot would have to change about HS soccer for it to lead to better players
@brandendurst@LaceUpSoccer That’s generous! I’ve heard of players not having to pay, but parents is a new one and nice luxury. I commend that club and the folks running it
MLS NEXT Cup kicks off Friday in Salt Lake City. 128 teams. Thousands of families flying in. Entry fees, hotels, flights, meals. One weekend could cost a family $3,000 or more.
Ask any parent in that stadium what their kid's development report says. Most have never seen one. They're investing in exposure. Not in evidence their kid got better.
Tournaments sell hope. Evaluations sell proof.
Interested in the concept and here’s why: I’ve long been saying set pieces, corners, free kicks, etc., need a shot clock or a time limit because it’s becoming excessive now. Teams taking 1:30/2 min to blast a corner out for a goal kick, etc. wastes valuable game time.
Time wasting on throw-ins and faking injuries has long been a part of the game, but what if we could curb that or continue to find ways to force players into action?
I don’t like the unpredictability of time, especially from a TV perspective because that hurts us from a broadcast window, sponsorship, commercial standpoint, etc. �� but games can no longer be talked about as 90 minutes. Stoppage time is frequently in the 6+ range every half now and so coaches think about games being 100+ minutes and using 5 subs.
Not sure of the exact implementation and how it works, but I like the idea of trying something.
Hey— who knows; maybe one day we’ll see the 35-yard shootout back 😬😬😬
This is becoming a joke seriously.
Dembele started only 9 league games the whole season.
Dembele played 90mins ONCE all season in the league, and that came in April, yes you read it right, April.
Let me break it down. French Ligue started in August.
Dembele played the first 3 games that month. He got injured and missed 2 months of football, 5 league games in total.
He retuned and played 3 games. In all 3 games, he didn’t accumulate 90mins of football, then he missed the next two games.
He came back again and played two games, he didn’t accumulate 60mins in those two games, then he was out injured again.
Here comes January, he started two league games and one sub. He also started two games in February and out injured again.
He returned in March and came on as a sub twice, those were the only league games he played before international break.
This is where it gets interesting, Dembele plays his FIRST 90mins football in the league in the month of APRIL, this was against Toulouse.
Also, they started resting him from here on because of champions league. The last two games before the Bayern games, Angers & Lorient, Dembele did not play one minute.
He also has 10 goals and 6 assists.
The 8th when it comes to top scorers, there are 4 players on that joint 8th position.
He’s also 8th when it comes to top assist makers, there are 7 other players with 6 assists too.
It’s just unbelievably worrisome that this same player has won the Player of the season award. A player who barely played, a player who only played 90mins once all season.
The PR is so crazy, honestly.
Oh man, thanks for putting this out there. So many parents will die on the hill of their kid playing on the A team. I’m a big fan of B team. Go play and get better on the B team rather than sit and barely touch the ball on the A team.
@EtheV77@PaulSpacey Unfortunately this is mostly true. Best thing parents can do is equip their child to be good enough that they can break in. I know clubs where kids have been with for years get dropped to B team & parents are asking how is my kid not good enough when we have been here for yrs?