The Official 2024 Paris Summer Olympics Thread (from July 26 - August 11) - Closing Ceremony replay at 7pm EST

[MikelArteta]

Justin Jefferson is one of the most skilled people in the NFL. His feet coordination, balance, body control and hand eye coordination is elite. If he trained since he was a child it's no question that he would be world class in soccer.

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[Harry B]

The sport doesn't work that way. Messi is 5 foot 7 and 150 pounds. Mbappé is 5 foot 10 and 165 pounds. Athleticism is no guarantee of success in football.

I love when people who never even played or watched more than two games wants to tell you who would be good and why

Then trying to equate it to a wide receiver’s skills, hand-eye coordination - is he talking about all the wide receivers becoming goalies?

 

[The axe murderer]

Look at modric dude is prob like 145 lbs and nearly 40 but still controls the game

Man like traore has dribbling absurd speed, balance body control and coordination but missing aspects to his game.

 

[DJSmooth]

I love when people who never even played or watched more than two games wants to tell you who would be good and why

Then trying to equate it to a wide receiver’s skills

Black Americans the most athletic people on the planet. We would dominate most sports if given the resources and expose my bad.

 

[Harry B]

Black Americans the most athletic people on the planet. We would dominate most sports if given the resources and expose my bad.

Jamaicans/incl some other carribeans are per capita as far as athletics goes, and they love soccer but haven’t done shyt in it.

Association football is more like Steph Curry than Lebron James, but most of all it very dynamic and diverse and does not rely too much on strength or athleticism. Which is how countries like Spain can dominate. Or how both Cristiano and Messi can be the best at the same time, in the same position.

 

[Bigwhite2498]

The sport doesn't work that way. Messi is 5 foot 7 and 150 pounds. Mbappé is 5 foot 10 and 165 pounds. Athleticism is no guarantee of success in football.

I keep trying to say we don’t suck because of athleticism but because we suck technically and they just keep saying it’s because we don’t have the best athletes lmao

 

[Bigwhite2498]

Jamaicans/incl some other carribeans are per capita as far as athletics goes, and they love soccer but haven’t done shyt in it.

Because you can’t just rely on athletic ability

 

[Bigwhite2498]

Truth...plus soccer is the kind of sport you gotta be "all in" on from an early age.

Most American kids wanna play 2, 3 or 4 sports. The guys with great spatial awareness, quick feet etc., end up playing DB in college and the NFL. So many 5'10" brehs that would be elite soccer players if trained but they run track, play football etc.

Non necessarily the us goalkeeper then take it seriously till college and he played for Arsenal

 

[MikelArteta]

Jamaicans/incl some other carribeans are per capita as far as athletics goes, and they love soccer but haven’t done shyt in it.

there is no funding that's why they just started to plug english jamaican brehs who weren't good enough to make the england squad
even leon bailey his adopted dad took him over to europe at 13

 

[Bigwhite2498]

thecoli dot com

Can’t believe they got me agreeing with you

 

[MikelArteta]

Non necessarily the us goalkeeper then take it seriously till college and he played for Arsenal

That's goalie though and turner started playing at 14.

 

[Bigwhite2498]

there is no funding that's why they just started to plug english jamaican brehs who weren't good enough to make the england squad
even leon bailey his adopted dad took him over to europe at 13

I think America has the funding they just hyper focus on athleticism at times

 

[KnowledgeDropper]

Will watch volleyball tomorrow and that's likely it (will be at gym during USWNT game). Great olympics this was, looking forward to 2028

 

[KillerPups]

stacy ann williams

BADDD

 

[Bigwhite2498]

That's goalie though and turner started playing at 14.

True but I’m just saying you don’t have to start at like freaking 4 years old to be good.