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Post by Youth Movement on Jun 12, 2014 10:17:52 GMT -5
even if he started as a youth. He don't have the skill. He can't even develop the elite footwork to learn basketball moves, what makes you think he would last in soccer. lold. and you know this how? and you know he would be great at it how? none of us know, it's just opinion for the most part. Just from watching soccer all my life, 6'8 physical specimens have never been world class soccer players.
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Post by Youth Movement on Jun 12, 2014 10:19:13 GMT -5
Is this dude seriously arguing lebron wouldn't have been amazing at soccer if it were his sport? Omg true, i forgot lebron could play anything..maybe even a great jockey
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Post by Youth Movement on Jun 12, 2014 10:23:41 GMT -5
i mean, we have one of the most athletic teams every year in soccer and guys who have been groomed to play soccer their whole lives, we just don't have the skill.
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Post by Youth Movement on Jun 12, 2014 10:26:38 GMT -5
it's just arrogance and ignorance to think that "if our best athletes played soccer, we would dominate". The whole US infrastructure has to change, we've never produced a world class player, not one. Even if we were to get our hands on a soccer equivalent of lebron, i don't think we'd be able to develop him, the youth program needs to be overhauled completely.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 10:26:57 GMT -5
Is this dude seriously arguing lebron wouldn't have been amazing at soccer if it were his sport? Omg true, i forgot lebron could play anything..maybe even a great jockey Great point George. You proud of this post?
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Post by Youth Movement on Jun 12, 2014 10:31:48 GMT -5
true, i forgot lebron could play anything..maybe even a great jockey Great point George. You proud of this post? been looking at it the last 5 minutes basking in glory
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Post by Bro Namath on Jun 12, 2014 11:09:23 GMT -5
lold. and you know this how? and you know he would be great at it how? none of us know, it's just opinion for the most part. Just from watching soccer all my life, 6'8 physical specimens have never been world class soccer players. i dont but he is one of the greatest athletes ever. if he worked as hard as he did at being a basketball player to become a soccer player i think he would be alright how many 6'8'' guys in those countries can still run faster and jump higher than everyone else lebron was prob a bad example. but yea plenty of short, quick dudes in the nba/nfl to choose from if that is what u like
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Post by Bro Namath on Jun 12, 2014 11:21:21 GMT -5
i mean, we have one of the most athletic teams every year in soccer and guys who have been groomed to play soccer their whole lives, we just don't have the skill. exactly. our 5th tier athletes are still good. just imagine much better athletes and even just as skilled and u act like great soccer players are just born. all those guys are skilled because they've been playing their whole lives
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Post by Youth Movement on Jun 12, 2014 11:28:31 GMT -5
i mean, we have one of the most athletic teams every year in soccer and guys who have been groomed to play soccer their whole lives, we just don't have the skill. exactly. our 5th tier athletes are still good. just imagine much better athletes and even just as skilled and u act like great soccer players are just born. all those guys are skilled because they've been playing their whole lives lol, weve had top tier athletes at times, not all of em our 5th tier...none of em are probably fifth tier, it's just our infrastructure is broke so we aren't developing them the way they should be. Just cause they aren't world class soccer players doesn't mean they're 5th tier athletes, you're making a direct correlation between athlete and skill again.
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Post by Youth Movement on Jun 12, 2014 11:29:14 GMT -5
i mean, we have one of the most athletic teams every year in soccer and guys who have been groomed to play soccer their whole lives, we just don't have the skill. exactly. our 5th tier athletes are still good. just imagine much better athletes and even just as skilled and u act like great soccer players are just born. all those guys are skilled because they've been playing their whole lives lol, no i never acted on that assumption. This whole time i've been shitting on our infrastructure and the way we develop players.
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Post by Youth Movement on Jun 12, 2014 11:31:07 GMT -5
i don't care who you put in our youth system...lebron, cp3, adrian peterson, whoever..we don't have the infrastructure to develop them regardless. Juerggen is changing things though. He's pushing for young players to go to Europe, that's the best step since we got no development here.
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Post by game on Jun 12, 2014 12:16:28 GMT -5
Meh body doesn't mean much in soccer look at the African teams those dudes are 6'1-6'3 and built but still get taken outback by players like Spain who are 5'5"-5'8" and 140lbs
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Post by game on Jun 12, 2014 12:17:33 GMT -5
I'm ready to see Neymar shine .....
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Post by Erbes on Jun 12, 2014 12:20:58 GMT -5
Tons of tall guys in soccer. Biggest name that comes to mind is Ibra. Dude is a beast. Per Mertesacker is tall too. Lebron would have to be target man up top or be a center back. He'd be awesome as a forward. Would be able to out jump everyone.
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Post by game on Jun 12, 2014 12:24:29 GMT -5
Ibra I believe is 6'4-6'5 he's the equivalent of Lebron dude is a freak and those Skills :-o...hope he retired in MLS cuz even at 33 he's still crazy
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Post by game on Jun 12, 2014 12:26:38 GMT -5
MLS where Europeans come to fall off
Have you bought your NY FC season tickets Jeffry Villa/Lampard are coming
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Post by Erbes on Jun 12, 2014 12:27:41 GMT -5
MLS where Europeans come to fall off Have you bought your NY FC season tickets Jeffry Villa/Lampard are coming Lol I live 6 hours away from NYC. Closer to go see Toronto FC. But I'll be moving to DC so probably going to go to a bunch of United games.
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Post by Youth Movement on Jun 12, 2014 13:12:08 GMT -5
MLS where Europeans come to fall off Have you bought your NY FC season tickets Jeffry Villa/Lampard are coming Lol I live 6 hours away from NYC. Closer to go see Toronto FC. But I'll be moving to DC so probably going to go to a bunch of United games. freddy adu
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Post by Erbes on Jun 12, 2014 13:29:32 GMT -5
Lol I live 6 hours away from NYC. Closer to go see Toronto FC. But I'll be moving to DC so probably going to go to a bunch of United games. freddy adu Julio Caesar, Jermaine Defoe, Mike Bradley>>>>
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Post by Irish McIrishy on Jun 12, 2014 16:32:48 GMT -5
Wow fuck Brazil, fucking diving bitches
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Post by Steve on Jun 12, 2014 16:35:39 GMT -5
At a sports bar, awful call
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Post by steve on Jun 12, 2014 16:36:57 GMT -5
at work, really glad to not be watching the world cup
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Post by Youth Movement on Jun 12, 2014 16:37:25 GMT -5
does that goalie suck or what...you could argue that none of those goals should have gone in
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Post by Irish McIrishy on Jun 12, 2014 16:38:13 GMT -5
absolutely ridiculous.
And seeing all this diving reminds me why I never watch soccer... it's so fucking stupid. two guys tapped feet and both rolled around, and showed more pain than when I got my foot ran over with a pallet jack and ripped the toenail off. Fucking disgrace
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Post by Bro Namath on Jun 12, 2014 16:40:20 GMT -5
absolutely ridiculous. And seeing all this diving reminds me why I never watch soccer... it's so fucking stupid. two guys tapped feet and both rolled around, and showed more pain than when I got my foot ran over with a pallet jack and ripped the toenail off. Fucking disgrace
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