Quote Originally Posted by beds
u cant judge anyone who plays well in scotland!

rod wallace at the age of 39 knocked in 50 odd goals for gers and he couldnt even find the net south of the border

personally i think becks has done more for the mls than any american has done for the prem even though he hasnt kicked a ball

Liek Onyewu wasnt up to the job, 1 season is enough to tell you what a player can do, especially a defender as there job is the same on every pitch in the world, he was big but losing 50 50's to smaller guys and being taken out of the play by smart strikers is not good enough in this league

mcbride and howard are doing very well and have stepped up as well as fridel who is quality between the sticks

we will never know how good Altidore is unless he plays here, sure that was a good goal but when you get the likes of essian, mascherano, makele, gerrard, hargreaves, even jimmy bullard running along side you you aint gonna get a shot like that away before the balls gone

but hopefully he will be good, personally though american soccer needs to get rid of the american football markings on the pitch, dreadful!!!

The football markings is bush league, most places don't have that though.

I'm really impressed by Altidore and I usually am pretty down on American strikers. I was surprised at how well McBride's done in England to be honest. I always just thought of him as a grinder, nothing really special. That is kind of his game but he's done well with it. Altidore seems to have all the ability, good size, speed, very powerful shot, seems to be pretty good in the air and he's only 17. I wouldn't be surprised at all if he ends up doing better than Adu. He doesn't have to play in England to prove himself but I'd like him to go somewhere in Europe.

I just wanna see what our young guys end up doing. The guys on our U-21 team I think have much more natural talent than were use too. Not just Adu, Altidore, but other guys too. Sal Zizzo is talented, signed with Hannover after the tournament, and Danny Szetela's going to Roma. I don't think we've ever had a non goalie go to a club as big as Roma.

I think Onweyu is ridiculously overrated and I don't see why he continues to start. He always looks shit to me. Jay Demerit's a clearly better player IMO. Not too high on Bocanegra either.