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Walh Hara
May 11, 2012

DOOP posted:

Here is the 100 list for 2013. Players are born on or after 1/1/91. At first glance, no Jack Wilshere seems odd (though given his injury issues, eh.) Also, England has only two players, which is lacking compared to all of the other "big" nations.

http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2012/12/19/the-ibwm-100-for-2013.html

Meh, they forgot De Bruyne.

edit: welp, apparantly they included him last year and by looking at their review of him it's basically "he's very talented etc, but when he goes back to Chelsea it'll really stunt his growth". Which makes sense I guess.

Walh Hara fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Dec 19, 2012

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Walh Hara
May 11, 2012
The Golden Boy 2012 award has been rewarded some time ago. Just a bunch of journalists from 11 different newspapers deciding which footballer under 21 year had the msot impressive year.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2012/12/22/3621286/isco-wins-tuttosports-golden-boy-award

Results:
1) Isco
2) El Shaarawy
3) Courtois

Pretty logical result.

Walh Hara
May 11, 2012

Modus Trollens posted:

defenders are so 2010

Personally, I have the impression that defenders really need experience to become good. Of course, strikers and such also need experience, but for those offensive players great technical ability can make up for that. Defenders on the other hand really need to know where to be and how to react and that's just something that takes time to learn.

Also, defenders need to be strong/big, which is something that takes time to improve as well.

As such, there aren't that many defenders that are already great at a very young age.

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