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I agree for once.
Floating
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Glad we didn't have any of our players involved in that shower.
Bigbludfire
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Working hard doesn't make those passes those clowns Henderson and Shelvey failed to make from 5 yards away.
On another note, Zaha was a definite bomb missed, forget a bullet.
--------- Steele
Clyne - Wisdom - Lees - Rose
-- Chabolah -- McEachran --
Zaha ---- Shelvey ------ Ince
-------- Wickham
VS
---------- DeGea
Montoya - Batra - Martinez - Moreno
--- Illarramendi --- Thiago -------
Tello ------- Koke --------- Isco
---------- Rodrigo
It would be hard for the England NT to beat this Spanish U21, its frightening to think what they would do to our U21 side
The depth and the quality of footballers that Spain is producing is frightening but its also a credit to the vision that has taken decades to come to fruition, England should copy it but we all know they wont
Clyne - Wisdom - Lees - Rose
-- Chabolah -- McEachran --
Zaha ---- Shelvey ------ Ince
-------- Wickham
VS
---------- DeGea
Montoya - Batra - Martinez - Moreno
--- Illarramendi --- Thiago -------
Tello ------- Koke --------- Isco
---------- Rodrigo
It would be hard for the England NT to beat this Spanish U21, its frightening to think what they would do to our U21 side
The depth and the quality of footballers that Spain is producing is frightening but its also a credit to the vision that has taken decades to come to fruition, England should copy it but we all know they wont
Enfield
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The problem with the English youth system is the same as the problem with the senior set-up.
You aim for a tournament with unrealistic high standards, you fall flat as you are not good enough and then have a massive over reaction and probably blame it on the massive amount of non eligible players playing in the PL.
The only difference between La Liga and the PL is Messi, Ronaldo and a few ogilarchs/sheikhs. How many english lads would even contemplate leaving england, there is a team of spanish lads playing in England.
None of your managers want to leave and neither do your players. Finally didn't Stuart Pearce set a record at Man City for the longest run of home games without scoring a goal. And the FA put him in charge of something other than making the tea..
You aim for a tournament with unrealistic high standards, you fall flat as you are not good enough and then have a massive over reaction and probably blame it on the massive amount of non eligible players playing in the PL.
The only difference between La Liga and the PL is Messi, Ronaldo and a few ogilarchs/sheikhs. How many english lads would even contemplate leaving england, there is a team of spanish lads playing in England.
None of your managers want to leave and neither do your players. Finally didn't Stuart Pearce set a record at Man City for the longest run of home games without scoring a goal. And the FA put him in charge of something other than making the tea..
yuvken
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Hope to see him managing Sp**s one of these days.jones said:
If I remember correctly it was 11 games without a goalEnfield said:
Bigbludfire
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Enfield said:
You're definitely right, but that being said. Why would you want to leave England when the average PL wage is 30k, your language is predominately number 1 (apart from Mandarin), your friends + family etc etc are all there and so on. I can see why, I personally would leave but then again I'm not completely English
On that note, I've also noticed that Eric Dier, some Scottish kid in Madrid and some English kid who plays in Malaga are all in foreign youth teams and are said to be the best of their age groups
Giroud
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Bigbludfire said:
Dier broke into the Sporting team during the second half of the season but considering they were utter **** over the season that may not be the biggest achievement. Everton took him on loan the season before but it didn't seem like they were too impressed.
Problem in England is the training. There are not enough qualified coaches and believe me I've experienced the huge difference. There are now two full time coaches at my club, one with the UEFA B License and I've improved so much as player since they arrived. His nephew went on a trial for Rayo Vallecano where there are 4 full time coaches dedicated to the U14 side, I'm not sure what is the standard is around the world but that sounds pretty good to me. No wonder they produce such good players in Spain as it is likely a lot of the other clubs are set up similarly.
Enfield
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If those three lads are abroad trying to make it then it suggests to me that they have a lot more belief in their football abilities and a lot more confidence in themselves to adapt to a foreign culture than most young english lads. Belief and confidence are two hugely important traits in making it as a pro..
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Crowley, Sanogo, Julio Pleguezuelo and Raage - DONE
and people say we are quite movers in the transfer market
Raage looked good against Frankfurt and Singapore.
SomGooner will be happy about this!
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Apparently Manure tried to sign him as a 13 year old. Don't scroll down in that thread past the opening post unless you want to be bombarded with spastic efforts at 'humour'.
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Apparently Manure tried to sign him as a 13 year old. Don't scroll down in that thread past the opening post unless you want to be bombarded with spastic efforts at 'humour'.
23AndreyArshavin
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ArsenalDNA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk4f9vn4YCc
Hope he impresses enough next year to get more of a chance with the first team.
Hope he impresses enough next year to get more of a chance with the first team.
musicmonkey
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Me too, i'd like him to take Arshavin's place given his contribution wasn't a big one. We don't have someone who'll come on and run at opponents and provide that spark. We had the Ox for that but he's gone a little more tame recently, Arshavin's been useless for a while. Think he's got a niche in the squad to fill.
ArsenalDNA said:
Dude looks a complete player already. I reckon we should sort him out a long term loan at a Championship club, then bring him in the squad full time.
Massive young talent. Massive.
Floating
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How good is Isaac Hayden? Can anyone who watches him give us a report?
Floating said:
Best young CB at the club arguably (Miquel??). He's versatile (CB, RB, DM) and is almost as good at DM. Good on the ball, quick and very composed. He's also very intelligent and reads the game well.
As is customary with young CBs at Arsenal, he's not immune to mistakes - but more often than not he's been impressive.
Floating
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MutableEarth said:
Sounds exciting! Love your avatar as well mate.
