@TheTerriers_com Yeah if we want to continue doing business as a mid end League One club. We need to get cracking now and set sights a bit higher to get out of this disaster of a division.
@HTAFChondlr Your positivity is something to behold.
How do you know we are ‘no where near ready’?
What good are rumours. If you want rumours put on some Fleetwood Mac.
Stop being a baby and just enjoy life.
The mindset that money is the overriding factor in football is a huge obstacle, maybe one the Americans can’t overcome.
The money is a bonus.
I would give up all the money I ever earned to put on my football club’s shirt and have played one game for them.
My theory is because soccer players don’t make any money, relatively. Vini Jr would be ~45th highest paid NBA player.
Donovan Mitchell isn’t even a top 10 player in the league and just signed for $70M a year. NBA role players are signing for 10-20M a season.
NFL players get paid noticeably more. Nailor was WR3 in Minnesota and signed for 3 year/35M (12M a season)
Soccer struggles because every European country has a top league that is respected. (Premier, La Liga, Ligue 1, Seria A, Bundesliga). Not to mention the divisions within each. Too many teams and players.
Pulisic plays for a top club in Seria A. The face of America soccer is making $8M a year.
Why would any kid / parent pick that? Get paid less AND you are at a severe training disadvantage compared to Europeans.
@AaronBastani Their culture ‘bigger is better’ won’t cut it at football. Until they change the whole structure of kids football at grassroots they’ve no chance.
@StanCollymore I remember when you played for Southend Stan against my lads at Huddersfield in the FA Cup. You tore us a new one, bit like you’ve done here with Neil 😀
@joeh50 Generally speaking, English people culturally don’t celebrate or promote success. They resent it. Beckham, Rooney, Gazza. One mistake and the public hound them out. It’s the tall poppy syndrome. It’s ridiculous and needs to stop. Sadly, it won’t.