Re: [nas] [R] Fulham News (Yank related)

yes I was talking about field players, clarification below.

 

Howard was at Man Utd and deemed not the level for Championship play. My personal belief is that Howard is a top notch goalie, one of the top 5 in the EPL. Everton's gain.

 Friedel is another good example. Still a classy goalie, still a few years left.

 EPL is 3 groups, one that fights for Champion League spots, one that fights for UEFA cup spots and one that fights for survival, I'd put both teams in the mid bracket.

 Another thing I might mention is that goalies and field players are two different breeds, we do develop goalies over here much better than we develop field players, why I don’t know. Goalies are also a scarce product so when there are a good one on the market they tend to be swept up fast by the bigger clubs who like to have 2-3 top goalies on their books, field players are a much bigger market so clubs have a bigger and wider variety to buy from.

 

 

From: canetti@optonline.net

Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 10:31 AM

To: JMag

Cc: nas@americakicks.com

Subject: Re: [nas] [R] Fulham News (Yank related)

I was watching Super Sunday on FSC and one of the analysts pretty much agreed with your assessment about Colman.

When you say that no American player could play for top ten clubs, I assume you are referring to field players?  What do you call Everton (Howard) or Blackburn (Friedel)?

----- Original Message -----
From: JMag 
Date: Monday, December 24, 2007 9:57 am
Subject: Re: [nas] [R] Fulham News (Yank related)
To: nas@americakicks.com

> Just my 5 cents.
> first of all I have been impressed with Dempsey since he got to
> play at
> Fulham. Much better players than him have come to England and failed.
>
> however to my mind there are a few factors that needs to be
> looked in this
> situation.
>
> first Fulham made a huge mistake by fire Chris Colman, his
> system was based
> on utilizing each players skills into his system. Fulham was a
> much better
> playing and a much more efficient team with him as a coach.
>
> second, Brian McBride is missing which mean about 50 percent of
> Fulhams 
> attacking force is missing. McBride has earned the respect and
> reputation
> from the bigger clubs which leads to double teaming him at most
> times which
> opened up areas for the other players. Dempsey doesn't have that
> r&r yet,
> but it might come. if Fulham had both McBride and Dempsey up
> front at the
> same time it would have been a lethal combo.
>
> third, both fulham and Wigan is in a relegation battle which is
> not an
> American thing. once teams get into that battle they have to
> resort to
> tactics a little easier than what they normally would play like.
> at this
> point it is all about getting a point at the away ground and 3
> points at
> home. all tactics and all skills out the window, it is a steam
> train going
> forward.
>
> my conclusion is that at the moment there are no American
> players that can
> move to England and take a starting job on the top 10 clubs, but
> if they go
> and get jobs at the lover clubs they should take them. it is
> much more
> beneficial to them to play week in and week out against world
> class players,
> they gain the speed, physicality, mentality and necessary skills
> to make it
> on the world stage of soccer.
> however it is only if they get to play of course, if they are
> not getting
> any playing time then they should stay and play locally at their
> own level
> of play.
>
>
>
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