They are absolutely terrible at giving their youth players a chance not developing the talent. I would think you were correct but teams like Spurs and Southampton are bucking that trend, even Man City at one point looked like it was going to become an elite academy (it still might be but they need to bring through their youth) - we need more managers willing to give English players a chance. Tottenham are doing it and it's paying off, Southampton are doing it and it's PAYING off.
Whatever happened to Freddy Adu?
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They are absolutely terrible at giving their youth players a chance not developing the talent. I would think you were correct but teams like Spurs and Southampton are bucking that trend, even Man City at one point looked like it was going to become an elite academy (it still might be but they need to bring through their youth) - we need more managers willing to give English players a chance. Tottenham are doing it and it's paying off, Southampton are doing it and it's PAYING off.
desjardins
Veteran
He was aight when he was young. he never developed or lived up to the expectations, but he was legit good when he first started getting tick in the us. i almost think he just finessed the whole soccer thing in order to get US citizenship cause in all his interviews it seemed like his main motivation was getting his fam over here. and that was the reason why he didn't just try to develop in the ghanian system.
that being said i met dude in rumors in philly couple years ago. he was in VIP buying bottles and stunting. i was with some nigerian and ghanian charlies and one of the dudes in our group knew him. he gave some of us a ride in his silver Q7 after the let out. i remember thinking how little and normal looking he was. he was probably the shortest out of all of us, but you could tell he was in shape.
i think the partying may have been his downfall. dude was like the soccer version of AI. ppl i know were always seeing him in rumors, green room, walnut room, trilogy clubbing back then
that being said i met dude in rumors in philly couple years ago. he was in VIP buying bottles and stunting. i was with some nigerian and ghanian charlies and one of the dudes in our group knew him. he gave some of us a ride in his silver Q7 after the let out. i remember thinking how little and normal looking he was. he was probably the shortest out of all of us, but you could tell he was in shape.
i think the partying may have been his downfall. dude was like the soccer version of AI. ppl i know were always seeing him in rumors, green room, walnut room, trilogy clubbing back then
Y'all know Joe Cole signed with Tampa right?Remember when Joe Cole was dubbed the "British Zidane"?
Or when Quaresma was considered the "next Cristiano Ronaldo"?
It was his biggest problem, dude was addicted to the nightlife and had his best success when he was in a place with no nightlife. Now he's a vet with no green light and he's seeing how hard pro soccer really is. Thankfully, he's at a level where technically, he's superior so this is like a 2nd chance for him.
There team was good they beat pato led brazil but lost to austria in QF. I was watching live at bmo field the usa - uruguay game..it was intense cause bradley scored that extra time and cause it ended in a brawl suarez and his teammates started the fights shyt was funnyI thought most of those players on that under 20 team were going to be special
They all flopped except for Jozy and Bradley
One player i thought would do well in europe was danny szetela
J Money
No weapon formed against me shall prosper
Yall really need to stop with this bullshyt. Barcelona would DESTORY every team in the league. They routinely beat english teams with ease in the CL but would struggle with teams like West Ham and Stoke aye!
Suarez killed nikkas in the PL and he aint even the best forward at Barca
Get the fukk outta here
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Yall really need to stop with this bullshyt. Barcelona would DESTORY every team in the league. They routinely beat english teams with ease in the CL but would struggle with teams like West Ham and Stoke aye!
Suarez killed nikkas in the PL and he aint even the best forward at Barca
Get the fukk outta here
premier league is a much more physical game
dude went from being nextr, to just some short nikka who cheated on jojo
J Money
No weapon formed against me shall prosper
It is but you have to remember Barca press at a higher intensity than most teams in the world themselves. The only english team theyve had real trouble with in the past was chelsea when they played defensive/on the counter but even those barca teams arent as good as this one. They would win it the premier league with ease imo
Black Bolt
Superstar
Jozy trash brehI thought most of those players on that under 20 team were going to be special
They all flopped except for Jozy and Bradley
Black Bolt
Superstar
I hate to
for Man U cos fukk 'em 
but their academy is anything but trash. Birthed Giggs, Beckham, Scholes, Butt Neville brothers with 2nd strings stars like O'Shea, Fletcher, Evans, Brown etc amongst many others, backbone of their most successful era and the England team for the best part of a decade.Yall really need to stop with this bullshyt. Barcelona would DESTORY every team in the league. They routinely beat english teams with ease in the CL but would struggle with teams like West Ham and Stoke aye!
Suarez killed nikkas in the PL and he aint even the best forward at Barca
Get the fukk outta here
We talking about an out and out forward? Suarez is the best forward at Barca
Look at the stats 
Messi aint a forward, Messi is Messi. Neymar is more of a SS than a complete forward at this point of his career. Oh and FYI, Neymar would need to put on weight before he can do anything in the PL.
Hmmm maybe? We have a much more taxing league, and the standard of football throughout the league is much higher. I'm not saying they wouldn't ball the fukk out but there's a massive difference between playing in a league where your opposition for the most part is sub-standard and a league where the teams you play are spending 15mil+ on their players. Stoke, Southampton, Everton, Leicester, Spurs, Liverpool, West Ham, I could go on. There really isn't an easy game in this league anymore (aside from Aston Villa
). There is a gulf in quality between Barca and Bayern but for the most part the Prem is better.J Money
No weapon formed against me shall prosper
We talking about an out and out forward? Suarez is the best forward at Barca
Messi aint a forward, Messi is Messi. Neymar is more of a SS than a complete forward at this point of his career. Oh and FYI, Neymar would need to put on weight before he can do anything in the PL.
Hmmm maybe? We have a much more taxing league, and the standard of football throughout the league is much higher. I'm not saying they wouldn't ball the fukk out but there's a massive difference between playing in a league where your opposition for the most part is sub-standard and a league where the teams you play are spending 15mil+ on their players. Stoke, Southampton, Everton, Leicester, Spurs, Liverpool, West Ham, I could go on. There really isn't an easy game in this league anymore (aside from Aston Villa
I know wat you mean but the gulf in quality between Barcelona and pretty much most other teams in Europe is huge. This is a legendary team, somehow even better than Guardiola's barcelona you could argue the bottom half of the league is better but still Barcelona would run away with the league imo
