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Listed below are comments made by SpookyRichard between Tuesday, 14th October 2008 and Thursday, 12th November 2009.

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Football's forgotten superstar 4:47pm on 12 Nov 2009 There's no doubting that Adu has plenty of pace and skill, but these abilities alone don't make you a great professional footballer, just a ball-juggling sideshow. I'm sure with a good run in the first-team and good coaching that he'll become a reasonably solid professional for a half-decent side in Europe, but he's never going to reach the level that was expected of him when he was 14.

I've watched plenty of MLS and seen plenty of promising youngsters play over there (and there's plenty dotted around youth teams all over Europe) that are much more complete players that Adu ever was or probably ever will be. The world media wrongly picked out a player, who looked good on paper, to hail as the first American football/soccer superstar. With plenty of youth players and the slow improvement of youth academies and youth coaching in the States, I'm sure we'll see one or two in the next ten or fifteen years, but at the moment, I can't think of any who might become as good as the likes of Kaka, Ronaldo, Rooney, Messi, etc...

Little tip, keep your eyes peeled for American Luis Gil who looks like he'll be joining up with Arsenal youth team in the near future. He's got bags of talent and definitely looks a good prospect, who maybe under the guidance of Wenger can play for the Arsenal team. That'd be good to see.

P.S.

It's Real Salt Lake, not Real Salt Lake City.
2010's dress rehearsal 1:01pm on 29 Jun 2009 Your comments about the USA were a bit unfair. If it was a team like Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Mexico, Ireland, etc..., nobody give a hoot, but the USA are proven to be better than all these teams and seem to just attract patronising comments due to unfair prejudice from football snobs.
Low-key start to Brazilian championship 12:05pm on 11 May 2009 MLS would love to enter the Copa Libertadores. It's a strong league with plenty of talent, but can't make the next step up without entering BIG competitions that people want to see so they can earn that respectability. They need the financial boost and the chance to compete for something that the world pays attention too.

That said, it was the USL-1 teams (Puerto Rico Islanders and Montreal Impact) who impressed in the CONACAF, so perhaps they're not quite ready. Although, they are regularly beating Mexican teams, so....
Billy Davies on Forest, Derby and the price of success 10:41pm on 21 Jan 2009 I hope his stint with Houston Dynamo means he'll be tapping in to the pool of MLS players. It's a vastly underrated league in terms of standard of play and players are available for a fraction of what their English equivalent costs.
Playing the numbers game 1:17pm on 05 Jan 2009 I watched Denílson at FC Dallas. He really was awful. He played 8 games, all of which involved him trying to justify being paid silly amounts by doing daft moves in the middle of the park. The players didn't like him and the fans didn't either. He was dropped after a while and spent the rest of the season on the bench before being released. MLS was way too fast and physical for him.
Mickey Mouse in Japan 6:29pm on 18 Dec 2008 Geez, way to be massively patronising. I guess any team outside the Premier League, or even the 'Big Four' doesn't interest you?

It's interesting to see top sides competing with teams from mid-size leagues out of Europe (MLS, J-League, A-League, etc...), because we rarely get to see them in competitive situations together to use as a yardstick for their growth.
What price Brazilian football? 6:24pm on 08 Dec 2008 Ze Roberto has been in talks about a move to FC Dallas of Major League Soccer. Any news on that?
Review of the week 8:19pm on 14 Oct 2008 Morrissey is not only a West Ham and Millwall fan, but he's also a regular attendee at Chivas USA home games. Plenty of pictures of him sporting the Major League Soccer side's kit as well.

Fickle!

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