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Not sure about that bale has a hammer from the gods on his left foot and can cross, Walcott isn't so great... And was touted like sterling
He is being judged because he is being overhyped.
I've just been writing a similar post in the Arsenal thread, you English people do it all the time: Walcott, Bale, Sterling, Oxlade-Chamberlain. They are all very promising young players but the fans and the media make it sound if they are all the next Messi, Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic.
When afterwards these players turn out to be very good players, but not world stars, people are disappointed and think those player are underachieving (best example: Walcott, very good player, but not the new George Best).
Oh and another thing, why are you Liverpool fans so easily offended ? Gomito isn't a WUM. He is just writing about his opinion. If you people perceive it as too negative, you call us WUM's. Why ? Do you really thin kwe watch English football hoping that Liverpool will loose ? Personally i would be over the moon if Liverpool would compete for the title. I want as much team to compete for the title, not like it is now where only both Manchester clubs can win it.
Brilliant post yet again Gerd. Evo-webs most knowledgable and fair poster from what I gather.
Walcott is a pretty accomplished finisher in comparison and Bale has a fantastic cross on him.Yeah, but to be fair... It is a good trick.
Theo Walcott and Garth Bale have made pretty decent early careers out of the same trick.
Walcott is a pretty accomplished finisher in comparison and Bale has a fantastic cross on him.
I know getting Sanchez is highly improbable. I would prefer if we got Walcott instead of Sturridge.
On other news Borini is close to returning from injury.
W regards to Sterling however I find it is perfectly normal to hype the very young in almost any sport (we'll forget about gymnastics). Rooney & Owen had to face similar pressure and somehow found a way to mostly live up to the expectations. The (un?)fortunate fact for Sterling is that he is coming up the ranks in a time of 24/7 media coverage. Seems like this is pressure similar to what you often see here in the US, and the same in Germany, Spain and Italy (albeit perhaps to a slightly lesser extent). Whether that pressure is good or not I'll leave that up for debate. One could argue that the small markets of the Netherlands, Belgium, etc. create "safer" and more sheltered breeding grounds for the young and talented.
Don't agree.
You mention Rooney and Owen two players who succeeded.
But did they really live up to the hype that was created around them when they emerged. Personally i don't think so.
Rooney was supposed to become the best football player in the world: he never was.
Owen was supposed to become the best forward in the world: he never was.
Do i think they didn't succede? Of course not. Both became world class players (although one might argue that it all went downhill for Owen after he left Liverpool), but they never fullfilled the unreasonably high expectations.
You just gave a perfect example of what i'm saying. Even those two didn't live up to the hype. I remember very well that Rooney was seen as some new Pele or Maradonna.
I don't agree with your argument about small markets and more protected surroundings for younger players. In saying this you presume that all these players stay in the small market. Here in Belgian, two years ago we had an hyper-talented under 16 national squad. Only one of those players is still in Belgium. The rest of them is already playing for clubs like Man City, Man United, Chelsea, Sporting Club de Lisboa, PSV Eindhoven,...
At the moment there is a real hype around young Belgian football players.
I'm a youth coach myself. I have been coaching my son's team (curently under 11 team). They started playing football at the age of 4,5 years and turned out to be a very, very good team. Until this season (where they play boys that are two years older) they only lost one match, and were seen as the best youth team of the country in their age category. After a while, every single match there were scouts watching them. It started at the age of 6 years and since then it never stopped. My son is promising and weekly we got telephones from people who claim to speak for this or that big club or who propose themselves as manager. We got sick of it and took a private telephone number. Fortunately my son is still very immature for his age and he is barely aware of it all. he is now nine and he loves to play football with his friends, but he doesn't care about his future. Nine year olds should't care about a future prof carreer, but i can assure you that with all the attention they get, it is very hard to play football for your pleasure and without the anticipation. What i have lived myself as coach and parent is about very young childeren. Imagine what it must be for 16 year old kids, or for a player like Sterling ? It must be awfull.
Don't agree.
You mention Rooney and Owen two players who succeeded.
But did they really live up to the hype that was created around them when they emerged. Personally i don't think so.
Rooney was supposed to become the best football player in the world: he never was.
Owen was supposed to become the best forward in the world: he never was.
Do i think they didn't succede? Of course not. Both became world class players (although one might argue that it all went downhill for Owen after he left Liverpool), but they never fullfilled the unreasonably high expectations.
You just gave a perfect example of what i'm saying. Even those two didn't live up to the hype. I remember very well that Rooney was seen as some new Pele or Maradonna.
I don't agree with your argument about small markets and more protected surroundings for younger players. In saying this you presume that all these players stay in the small market. Here in Belgian, two years ago we had an hyper-talented under 16 national squad. Only one of those players is still in Belgium. The rest of them is already playing for clubs like Man City, Man United, Chelsea, Sporting Club de Lisboa, PSV Eindhoven,...
At the moment there is a real hype around young Belgian football players.
I'm a youth coach myself. I have been coaching my son's team (curently under 11 team). They started playing football at the age of 4,5 years and turned out to be a very, very good team. Until this season (where they play boys that are two years older) they only lost one match, and were seen as the best youth team of the country in their age category. After a while, every single match there were scouts watching them. It started at the age of 6 years and since then it never stopped. My son is promising and weekly we got telephones from people who claim to speak for this or that big club or who propose themselves as manager. We got sick of it and took a private telephone number. Fortunately my son is still very immature for his age and he is barely aware of it all. he is now nine and he loves to play football with his friends, but he doesn't care about his future. Nine year olds should't care about a future prof carreer, but i can assure you that with all the attention they get, it is very hard to play football for your pleasure and without the anticipation. What i have lived myself as coach and parent is about very young childeren. Imagine what it must be for 16 year old kids, or for a player like Sterling ? It must be awfull.
Good news for Liverpool..had my doubts about Rodgers but he appears to be turning things in the right direction...though his biggest test yet imho will be holding onto Sterling and seeing what he brings or doesn't bring in during the transfer window. Part of me would like to see Huntelaar reunited w Suarez but both have grown tremendously as individuals so not sure how much they'd benefit each other now.
I'm pretty sure Sterling is holding out for a much bigger offer at this point. He'll basically be a free agent in the winter transfer window and clubs will be throwing bags of money at him.
Can't blame him, doesn't he already have 3 children? Kids are expensive.
i agree rooney certainly is a top five player in the world in my eyes. I will hold my judgement on sterling. I probably jumpend the gun on him. I do hope to see more of the left winger they got from the dutch league(assati?)I never knew they played together! Hadn't heard of Suarez when the Hunter left.
On over-hyping, I think it depends what you mean. Rooney and Owen had hype, but both have achieved a ton, footballing wise.
Owen was a scoring machine, won the Ballon D'Or and went on to Real Madrid.
Behind Messi and Ronaldo - who are genuine phenoms - Rooney is the most productive player in Europe in the last 5 seasons. He's won every tournament out there except (oddly) the FA Cup.
Of recent 'overhyping' I've seen lots on Joe Hart but he genuinely was one of the top keepers in Europe last season. Not sure if people outside of LFC fandom are really over-hyping Sterling to be honest. I don't get the impression there are hoards of people in Madrid or Paris saying ooooo that little winger at Anfield, let's get him!