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you are partly right. He did return quick but as far as I recall United did confirm that he had a leg break
And Le Tissier.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-fuming-Pogatetz-horror-tackle-Brazilian.html
actually im just reading the updates from that time, looks like you're right
Yeah it makes his regression all the more bizarre
This is a huge myth. He was out for 2-3 weeks and people actually reckon that those 3 weeks out of football were the difference between him becoming world class and ending up in Brazilian 4th Division.
so you're saying he was just crap?
He probably wasn't that talented if he ended up where he is right now. Or just did not work hard enough, I don't know. Clearly there was something wrong other than being sidelined by injury for 2 or 3 weeks, I don't know a single footballer who was never injured and a 3-week injury does not usually turn Iniesta into 4th rate footballer.
I'm referring to the interview when LVG mentions that he watched TFM, decided that he'd be better as a fullback, and told Joyce to start playing him there. Obviously I have no problem with him getting his first-team bow there if that's where the opportunity is, I just don't like the idea that Van Gaal sees him playing there in the long term, because I definitely don't.
I still don't necessarily think thats what van Gaal meant. We are having serious injury problems at fullback so he saw TFM and thought he could do well there so asked Joyce to play him there to see. I don't think it means anything about where he will end up playing but we need a fullback now and he thought TFM would be a good fit.
van Gaal is not really going to decide on his long term future anyway. At most he has a year and a couple of months left on his contract. At which point Fosu-Mensah will still be young. If he's earned a lot of Premier League experience playing full-back for us in the mean time he's probably better off for it than if he's only played for the U21s.
Nah, pretty sure Bale was into athletics or something like that. I remember hearing or reading that he was rapid in school.And Le Tissier.
Still, I'm thinking Bale wasn't really lightening when Spurs bought him, but trained up his pace, a bit like Ronaldo with us.
Or am I wrong?
Probably. He ran the 100m in under 11 seconds at the age of 15.
Probably because a lot of people have seen more of them than just Sunday's match and even if they haven't its impressive that a player who is still eligible to play under 18s football came on for his debut against one of the top teams in the league and didn't look out of place
I liked what I saw. He is physically ready for the league, and did some great things with the ball and positioning his body under pressure. Made a couple mistakes too, but he strikes me as exactly the sort of player we are in need of at present. And don't underestimate the importance of physical qualities - speed never takes a day off, as they say.
I thought he looked very nervous tbh, but in reality, he was thrust into a high pressure match where we were under the cosh a bit at times. Can't judge him on that appearance. Gave away the ball horribly that one time, but fingers crossed it's a learning curve and he can potentially be one for the future.
I ran it under 12 when I was younger than that!
All of the players in our academy are talented. You get there by talent, you survive and improve yourself because of your mental strength. Your head game is the most important factor in football and you never know who's going to lose it be it because a family member died, living in another country is hard, you don't care enough or you might be depressed.
Ghanaian Dutch!
You should start watching him for the youth team then. I'm much more impressed with his technique, passing ability, and tackling ability which will become apparent to some of you the more he plays. If he didn't have that part of his game in combination with his physical qualities, I would be much less excited.
Okay. Right back it is then.
Bet LVG puts Rojo at CB and Fosu-Mensah at LB.
Oh, I hope so. Would love to see more of him. I'd expect a couple of mistakes, but he's still so exciting a prospect.
He has only just turned 18.
Easy tiger. It's simply easier to start at fullback then at one of the hardest positions, where you'll be against most teams better players.
There's a bit of a difference between sub 12 and sub 11 for 100metres though...
Nothing in the fact he came on against one of the best teams and looked like he'd been there for years?
