And not only that, Spurs will do the quadruple that year, a year after coming off a PL+CL doubleWe will win the 2022 World Cup, which will take place here in the United States. Book it.
Order them dvd's now lads
And not only that, Spurs will do the quadruple that year, a year after coming off a PL+CL doubleWe will win the 2022 World Cup, which will take place here in the United States. Book it.
Seriously tho I can see double then a quadruple... Greatest team the world has ever seen. COYS bitchesAnd not only that, Spurs will do the quadruple that year, a year after coming off a PL+CL double
Order them dvd's now lads
2 - Rise in popularity
- Young Americans aren't just playing it, they're watching it. The lowly MLS attendance scores have already matched the NBA and NHL, but as of 2013, among young adults (aged 18-29), soccer is surpassed only by football as the most popular sport.
I hadn't seen or heard anything about CCV this time last year, mainly because I wasn't following this thread. But not even Terry, or Rio or...well any players get game time at CB at 16. I want to blood our youth but if he makes it in for 2016/17 then it will still be precociously early to start in the EPL.
Usually, a 16 year old would not be physically ready for professional football. However, I think we can all agree that Cameron is physically 'ready' and could handle himself amongst men. As I say, with that in mind I think it comes down to whether he has the talent to feature in our first team and I think he has a greater level of ability than Dier with even greater physical capabilities.
Whether he is mentally ready I do not know, but involving him in pre-season would/will go a long way to answering that.
Who died?Totally with sendmark, some people are getting carried away
Died is a very technically accomplished player and a massively promising defender. CCV looks like he has bags of potential, but my guess, given the opposition he's been playing against and his performances (good though they may have been), is that he's some way behind Dier
From all the descriptions you and others make, do we have a new Ledley in the making?
i'll be delighted if ccv ends up being as good as dier.
I don't even know why I'm being picky as I enjoyed that post, but wihout researching capacity, could this point not be attributed to the NBA and NHL are both indoor sports so cannot hold as many people as football. Therefore if your measuring popularity on sheer attendance then these numbers may not be useful as not as many people can get to the other sports. Unless you mean TV viewing figures.
He has shown to be a better defender at the same ageHe has shown nowhere near the technical ability of Dier. There is a lot more to being a defender than simply being physically developed at a young age and CCV still has to show that consistently. He has potential, but putting him in anyway above people who have already shown their quality in the Premiership is silly. Although preseason is useful, it's also still a long way from the real games. Hopefully he can at least show he's ready for some first team football on loan to League One rather than another year of U21 football. If you're expecting anything more than that, you're being unfairly unrealistic both to the player and the management.
6ft at 17? This kid could well grow to be 8-9 ft by the time he is finished.
Yup haha that is very much a factor. However, fact is they're turning up in droves compared to a decade ago, and the stadiums are bigger but not that much bigger. Ten years ago they were struggling to fill even borrowed stadiums, now they're all building their own stadiums on their own owners' monies.
MLS will likely never reach anywhere close to the strength of Europe's top leagues, but it doesn't need to. As long as it continues to inspire interest in the game here and prompts more of our best athletes to take up the game vs our more traditional sports, it's a step in the right direction.
Another great factor working for us is the increasing amount of evidence of just how bad concussions are for people. More and more parents are steering their kids away from gridiron and towards youth football as a result of this.
How many semi/professional teams are there in the US though? 762 teams compete in the FA cup. Admittedly the coaching standards are pretty low for some of the teams but they are all producing players. I know you rely heavily on your Colleges to produce players but doesn't that mean that you are missing out on late developers? Ian Wright was playing non-league football and only got discovered just short of his 22nd birthday. Drogba and Rob Lee were the same. Also our players are professionals from the age of 17 (i think).
Tbh I don't know how US football works well enough to make a judgement.
4mill? I'd have them living with me for the yearBecause the English media are rotten to the core scum bags ? It would have taken a lot more than £4m for me to put up with those clowns too.
From the first youth cup semi I saw he definitely dominates the box like Rsol and Ledley could. Always attacks the ball and positionally looks very good for his age
Didn't see enough of his athletisism or pace to form a judgement on that but certainly will have the power