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On January 14 2019 02:27 InFiNitY[pG] wrote:In case some of you haven't heard about him, I thought I'd briefly introduce the arguably biggest talent in german football: Youssoufa Moukoko ![[image loading]](https://www.welt.de/img/sport/fussball/mobile184244348/2332502717-ci102l-w1024/B-Jugend-FC-Bayern-Muenchen-Borussia-Dortmund-2-3.jpg) Although a lot of people have doubts about his true age (due to his physique and size) officially he is only 14 years old. Currently playing for Dortmund's under 17 squad, Moukoko led his team to win last season with a staggering 37 goals and 6 assists in 25 matches. His stats this season are even more impressive: 28 goals and 6 assists after 25 games. Barcelona apparently have sent scouts to watch him several times. Pretty excited to have a true up and coming center forward in Germany after so many years.
easily looks 30 there
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Norway28915 Posts
De Gea is such a great shotstopper wow. Looks like Solskjær getting 6 in a row 
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bye bye spurs, no title for you :D
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Man de Gea is just too good. United don't need to defend.
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Yeah De Gea had one of those days.
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That could be very important for Utd. Now they're looking like a potential top 4 finisher. Next season UCL could be very helpful in any contract extensions they're pursuing.
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give solskjaer a mother fking contract
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On January 14 2019 10:11 evilfatsh1t wrote:
give solskjaer a mother fking contract
If he keeps this up it'll be hard to find a reason not to!
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Anyone else play fifa 19? Any tips tricks or opinions to share?
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I haven't seen any of the ManU games under Solskjaer, but the stuff I read from the Spurs game seems oddly famiilar...
Are they doing the early Klopp's Liverpool thingy where they're super active on the pitch for the 60 ish minutes, try to score the necessary goals and then collapse into a nervous defensive hold on whatever they've got at that point?
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On January 14 2019 16:14 MightyBeast wrote:
Anyone else play fifa 19? Any tips tricks or opinions to share?
This year was the first time in ages i bought FIFA instead of PES and I regretted it instantly. In my opinion, FIFA is rubbish, the gameplay sucks and doesn't resemble football at all.
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On January 14 2019 03:33 Rebs wrote:
Yeah De Gea had one of those days.
Maybe one day he will have one of them with the Spain NT.
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On January 14 2019 02:27 InFiNitY[pG] wrote:In case some of you haven't heard about him, I thought I'd briefly introduce the arguably biggest talent in german football: Youssoufa Moukoko Although a lot of people have doubts about his true age (due to his physique and size) officially he is only 14 years old. Currently playing for Dortmund's under 17 squad, Moukoko led his team to win last season with a staggering 37 goals and 6 assists in 25 matches. His stats this season are even more impressive: 28 goals and 6 assists after only 15 games. Barcelona apparently have sent scouts to watch him several times. Pretty excited to have a true up and coming center forward in Germany after so many years.
It's always hard to say whether performances in youth divisions will translate to great performances in senior football. Especially when it comes to players who are greatly superior in physique in their youthly years. At some point, that advantage will diminish.
Lukaku was the best player in the world compared to his peers when he was 15 because he also had a massive physique advantage. He is still a good striker. Time will tell whether Moukoko can also translate his skill into senior football.
Other than that, there's also the mental aspect. Bojan Krkic scored as many goals in youth divisions as this guy, yet never really delivered on his promise.
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They seem to have a solid track record so far.
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On January 14 2019 21:26 Twisted wrote:
It's always hard to say whether performances in youth divisions will translate to great performances in senior football. Especially when it comes to players who are greatly superior in physique in their youthly years. At some point, that advantage will diminish.
Lukaku was the best player in the world compared to his peers when he was 15 because he also had a massive physique advantage. He is still a good striker. Time will tell whether Moukoko can also translate his skill into senior football.
Other than that, there's also the mental aspect. Bojan Krkic scored as many goals in youth divisions as this guy, yet never really delivered on his promise.
You're right of course. It's way too early to predict his future, too many "new Messi" have failed by now.
I don't think he is much larger or stronger than the average 16/17 year old. Since there are no DNA test to accurately determine a person's age, the only official document is an African birth certificate. However, as far as I know, Dortmund did their own test and insisted on him being born in 2004. So we can assume that he is at least somewhere around that age.
Even if he is already 16 or 17, the way he crushes the strongest german youth league two seasons in a row indicates that he is surely one of the biggest talents in his age bracket. So yea, let's see if he turns out to be a Lukaku or more of a Bojan.
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On January 15 2019 10:25 InFiNitY[pG] wrote:Show nested quote +On January 14 2019 21:26 Twisted wrote:
It's always hard to say whether performances in youth divisions will translate to great performances in senior football. Especially when it comes to players who are greatly superior in physique in their youthly years. At some point, that advantage will diminish.
Lukaku was the best player in the world compared to his peers when he was 15 because he also had a massive physique advantage. He is still a good striker. Time will tell whether Moukoko can also translate his skill into senior football.
Other than that, there's also the mental aspect. Bojan Krkic scored as many goals in youth divisions as this guy, yet never really delivered on his promise. You're right of course. It's way too early to predict his future, too many "new Messi" have failed by now. I don't think he is much larger or stronger than the average 16/17 year old. Since there are no DNA test to accurately determine a person's age, the only official document is an African birth certificate. However, as far as I know, Dortmund did their own test and insisted on him being born in 2004. So we can assume that he is at least somewhere around that age. Even if he is already 16 or 17, the way he crushes the strongest german youth league two seasons in a row indicates that he is surely one of the biggest talents in his age bracket. So yea, let's see if he turns out to be a Lukaku or more of a Bojan.
id argue that turning out to be a lukaku if youre considered to be the best player in your age bracket is not living up to expectations.
like twisted said, its fairly obvious lukaku relied on his physical presence in the younger leagues and this advantage is not as prominent now. for example, if you judge lukaku for his technical ability he is WAY off the top bracket of players. clearly he never thought to practice that stuff when you can just shove people out of the way with your size. if this german guy becomes a lukaku then he is no world beater
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On January 15 2019 14:36 evilfatsh1t wrote:Show nested quote +On January 15 2019 10:25 InFiNitY[pG] wrote:On January 14 2019 21:26 Twisted wrote:
It's always hard to say whether performances in youth divisions will translate to great performances in senior football. Especially when it comes to players who are greatly superior in physique in their youthly years. At some point, that advantage will diminish.
Lukaku was the best player in the world compared to his peers when he was 15 because he also had a massive physique advantage. He is still a good striker. Time will tell whether Moukoko can also translate his skill into senior football.
Other than that, there's also the mental aspect. Bojan Krkic scored as many goals in youth divisions as this guy, yet never really delivered on his promise. You're right of course. It's way too early to predict his future, too many "new Messi" have failed by now. I don't think he is much larger or stronger than the average 16/17 year old. Since there are no DNA test to accurately determine a person's age, the only official document is an African birth certificate. However, as far as I know, Dortmund did their own test and insisted on him being born in 2004. So we can assume that he is at least somewhere around that age. Even if he is already 16 or 17, the way he crushes the strongest german youth league two seasons in a row indicates that he is surely one of the biggest talents in his age bracket. So yea, let's see if he turns out to be a Lukaku or more of a Bojan. id argue that turning out to be a lukaku if youre considered to be the best player in your age bracket is not living up to expectations. like twisted said, its fairly obvious lukaku relied on his physical presence in the younger leagues and this advantage is not as prominent now. for example, if you judge lukaku for his technical ability he is WAY off the top bracket of players. clearly he never thought to practice that stuff when you can just shove people out of the way with your size. if this german guy becomes a lukaku then he is no world beater
Isn't it unreasonable to "expect" someone to become a top10 player in spite of how well they do in their youth? Lukaku is most probably among the 50 best strikers in the world and with 250 million people playing this game, that's pretty damn impressive in my book. There's too many variables to predict how well a 14 year old will do in 5 years, but he seems to have his head straight, focus on becoming a better player without caring too much about the hype. Dortmund is also doing a good job at keeping him away from the press and too much pressure. I have a gut feeling that he will go far.
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