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Quote: Originally Posted by ebbro He does better in friendly, friendly, friendly, U-23, U-20, friendly, etc..., but the coaches won't put him in when it really counts at the senior level. What do mean "does better." That's when he was played. Yeah, it's a reasonable inference you're making. But there's also the evidence of quite a bit of really outstanding, game-winning play, and lessons from other...

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Quote: Originally Posted by Smithsoccer1721 I would love to do that so I wouldnt have to retype the same thing basically twice. You actually said 5-1 in one and 5-2 in the other.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bruce S Roberto Baggio and Del Piero are pretty small. Messi was a pituitary dwarf until treated. The size thing is a total red-herring, I am not buying it. Same here. Serie A has always had small attackers who have thrived there: Zola, Signori, Rossi, etc. At present Antonio Di Natale (5'7") is leading the league in goals. And look at Sebastian Giovinco; 5'4" and a starter for Juventus.

Quote: Originally Posted by garbaggio In Bueno's blog item, that segues into the talk w the Pachuca exec about their youth system where Jonathan Barron, the American kid born in 1994, is mentioned. And while Barron may have been with Pachuca at one time, it appears he's playing HS ball in the D.C. area, where he's from. One to watch down the line I guess.

Quote: Originally Posted by prowazekii Mariedals IK is in the 5th division in Sweden? sweden has 5 divisions??

Quote: Originally Posted by superdave Um, he put the "laugh" in a tweet. I'm middle aged, and even *I* know that's just the language of those kinds of communication tools. Y'all need to stop overreacting like a 14 year old girl reading a Sylvia Plath poem. I'm not middle aged, and that didn't come off as "Twitter-speak."

Quote: Originally Posted by Nepal Footy The American guys were with the club just for the Martyr's League. To be very blunt about it they played very poorly and I doubt any Nepali club would sign them. I think Kathmandu Club felt that since these guys were American and played college soccer they would be better than most Nepali players. Unfortunately, it did not turn out that way. Re: Kathmandu Club (KC) - despite its name, KC is one of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Clint Eastwood Gotta talk about something I guess. We must be going for some sort of Big Soccer record. Most posts about a player per minute played. At some point we're going to approach infinity here........and some sort of black hole will open up. Maybe I can go back in time and tell Freddy's mom to let him go to Inter. Freddy can do that himself when he invents the time machine. Whatever happens it...

Quote: Originally Posted by gmonn So he does better against Spain, Argentina, Juventus, Netherlands, Brazil, Celtic etc. than he does in practice against Belenenses' defense. Okay, fine. I'm not saying that's an unreasonable inference. It's just not....clear-cut, let's say. Well let's see, if he's played so great against Spain et al as you say, then what are the other possible explanations? Racial bias?...