Applies to managers as well - McClaren, Lennon, (maybe) de Boer.
"Average" players looking godlike in weaker leagues
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Darío Conca, Elkeson & Ricardo Goulart in China.
That's a bit harsh the kid basically had his leg shattered, probably won't be the same player again. Was doing ok up till then.
Ah, didn't realise that. I just assumed he's disappeared back into obscurity. I take my comment back.
No, they have never been consistent. Depay & Balotelli are flops. I'd say instead Ben Arfa 2 years ago with Nice.
The troll
Eto'o is just the greatest African player in the history of the game IMO
He is just on the decline because he's is very old
I'd say Weah, but I'm possibly older than you so he sticks in my mind more.No, they have never been consistent. Depay & Balotelli are flops. I'd say instead Ben Arfa 2 years ago with Nice.
The troll
Eto'o is just the greatest African player in the history of the game IMO
He is just on the decline because he's is very old
Or, you could technically say Zidane cos he's as French as I am lol.
Depay is no flop he has only been there 6 months!No, they have never been consistent. Depay & Balotelli are flops. I'd say instead Ben Arfa 2 years ago with Nice.
The troll
Eto'o is just the greatest African player in the history of the game IMO
He is just on the decline because he's is very old
I do remember Weah: fantastic player but inconsistent for my taste. Stats not very impressive. Weah is spectacular, talented, complete but he hasn't the fighting-spirit of a player like Eto'o.
Weah: around 200 goals in his career
Eto'o: around 400 goals
Lol
Scott Sinclair
Let's say I'm harsh. He isn't a godlike in any case :-)
I take it you mean Eto'o now rather than at his peak cos he was an absolute monster
You were born in France, grew up in France, played over 100 times for France and are an officer of the legion of honor?
I don't think you can underestimate any of these players.
Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, scoring goals ANYWHERE is hard.
I don't buy into the whole "They can't handle the Premier League" bollocks. Sometimes it's simply the Team that doesn't suit them.
Look at Torres at Chelsea... if he didn't light it up for Liverpool, I bet lots of people would say he couldn't handle the Premier League. But we all know his spell at Chelsea wasn't much different to someone like Shevchenko or Falcao when he was here. And those are two players that constantly get that said about them.
Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, scoring goals ANYWHERE is hard.
I don't buy into the whole "They can't handle the Premier League" bollocks. Sometimes it's simply the Team that doesn't suit them.
Look at Torres at Chelsea... if he didn't light it up for Liverpool, I bet lots of people would say he couldn't handle the Premier League. But we all know his spell at Chelsea wasn't much different to someone like Shevchenko or Falcao when he was here. And those are two players that constantly get that said about them.
Gignac in Mexico
You're born and raised in Marseille?
Nope, and my parents aren't Algerian. Hence me being as French as Zidane. You can birth a pig in a stable, doesn't make it a horse.
I was born in Malta, I'm not Maltese.
See my last reply.
Paulinho in China. God I hope he's not a disaster!
That's your opinion, and you're replying to mine. Deal with it, you don't have to agree with it.
That's a ridiculous concept of what makes someone a constituent of another country. Being born there and living there isn't enough?
Why do you care what my opinion is? Read the original post that got quoted and you'll see it's tongue in cheek. Too many snowflakes on this Internet thingymajingy.
As I was born in Malta and lived there also, I'll now proclaim myself to be Maltese. That seems to be how it works, and I might even get called up to play England. Hurrah
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5 pages and I'm still clueless as to what the point of this thread is.
My opinion is you're an imbecile. Deal with it.
I've seen some nonsense but this really takes the cake.
Once you start going down this path you're basically promoting ethno-nationalism which is problematic to say the least.
Zidane is a Frenchman of Algerian descent. As the father of mixed-race and heritage children who were born and live in a country neither of their parents originated from, I would find it ridiculous to deny them their birth nationality and insist they only identified with countries that they have zero experience of living in.