Re: [nas] How Long Do We Ride Landon?

I still feel Adu has been the victim of coaching. A coach likes him,  
brings him in, gets fired two weeks later and the new coach, or  
coaches have their favorites and he rots.
Maybe he's not the best practice player. Neither was Allen Iverson  
(NBA), that doesn't mean that when he goes in game he won't perform.  
He was actually a very good sub for Benfica. The Monaco loan was a  
disaster. Here's hoping he has a great Gold Cup and someone wants him.
Cheers!


On Jun 13, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Paul Darter wrote:

> Agreed. Adu at 20 is not an impact player for club(s) or country  
> despite his
> talent. In 2002 WC both Donovan & Beasley were impact players at the  
> world
> cup.  Adu seems far behind both of them at this point.
>
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> Tab Ramos started his final must-win game for the US at age 34.  
> Claudio
> Reyna had a World Cup team built around him as he was nearing 33.  
> Looking
> around our top Concacaf rivals right now, Costa Rica's playmaking
> centerpiece is 34-year-old Walter Centeno and Honduras' is 33-year- 
> old Amado
> Guevara, while Mexico just went back to 36-year-old Cuauhtemoc Blanco.
>
> This brings me to Landon Donovan, who in 2010 figures to be a healthy
> 28-year-old at the peak of his game. As a 32-year-old in 2014, he'd  
> be a
> much shakier proposition, but the only challenger I see on the radar  
> is
> Freddy Adu, still less than a sure thing.
>
> As much as we're justifiably concerned about the weak links in our  
> line-ups,
> the impact of star performers is far bigger (this is why getting Rossi
> would've helped so much). If the national team is stuck riding  
> Donovan on
> the downhill slope of his career, the entire program may stagnate as a
> result.
>
> P
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