Jude Bellingham

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While all the attention is currently on Haaland,and with good reason......this 17yr old kid is taking that league by storm.

He has the makings of a lung bursting complete midfield general - i suspect the same clubs who are in the mix for Haaland will also be keeping a very close eye on this potential superstar too.
 
FantasyIreland said:
While all the attention is currently on Haaland,and with good reason......this 17yr old kid is taking that league by storm.

He has the makings of a lung bursting complete midfield general - i suspect the same clubs who are in the mix for Haaland will also be keeping a very close eye on this potential superstar too.
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We already sing his song...
 
Bellingham is a world-class midfielder in the making, right up there with Camavinga for me. But in truth, that ship has sailed last summer. He's 17 and has just made his first "big" career move, and he's on a five-year contract. Dortmund will probably build the team around him, Reyna & Moukoko under Marco Rose. He likely won't be on the market again until the mid 2020's.
 
Joleebindo said:
Bellingham is a world-class midfielder in the making, right up there with Camavinga for me. But in truth, that ship has sailed last summer. He's 17 and has just made his first "big" career move, and he's on a five-year contract. Dortmund will probably build the team around him, Reyna & Moukoko under Marco Rose. He likely won't be on the market again until the mid 2020's.
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Maybe but they have a clear business model it seems,and i imagine if someone waves the dollar (or in reality,a shit load of em!)

He looks special,something of a Yaya/Dinho hybrid.
 
I didn't think he was as outstanding as seemingly everyone else.

He worked incredibly hard and never stopped running or winning the ball back, but there were a few instances when he had the ball in space and had a relatively simple pass to put someone through on goal, and he couldn't make it.

It was also very clear he was having to be coached by the players around him a lot, they were constantly telling him to fix his positioning or chastising him for making the wrong pass etc.

Let's see him when he's 21.
 
domalino said:
I didn't think he was as outstanding as seemingly everyone else.

He worked incredibly hard and never stopped running or winning the ball back, but there were a few instances when he had the ball in space and had a relatively simple pass to put someone through on goal, and he couldn't make it.

It was also very clear he was having to be coached by the players around him a lot, they were constantly telling him to fix his positioning or chastising him for making the wrong pass etc.

Let's see him when he's 21.
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No one's saying he's the perfect player, far from it. The praise he's been given comes with the extremely important caveat that the kid is 17 years old. I think he showed fantastic maturity for someone of that age in the engine room of a knockout Champions League tie.
 
Bobby Heaton Moor said:
No one's saying he's the perfect player, far from it. The praise he's been given comes with the extremely important caveat that the kid is 17 years old. I think he showed fantastic maturity for someone of that age in the engine room of a knockout Champions League tie.
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Spot on.Its all about the potential and I'll stick my neck out and say he's got the lot.

If we can get a good England manager,we could finally see that golden generation properly emerge.
 
FantasyIreland said:
Spot on.Its all about the potential and I'll stick my neck out and say he's got the lot.

If we can get a good England manager,we could finally see that golden generation properly emerge.
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With this current crop of youngsters, England should be competing for every major tournament for the next decade.
 
blue oli said:
With the tactical genius that is Southgate ?
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I never really understand when people go off on international managers. Yeah of course he's not world class, none of them are, or they'd be managing clubs getting paid 10x as much.

Didier Deschamps is a joke of a manager, Low is awful, del Bosque was nothing much despite some success with the most star studded club side of all time.

Lippi was a successful club manager to be fair and is the exception, but Scolari was a journeyman at best and Aime Jacquet had failed non stop for 10 years before France won in 98. Carlos Perreira was genuinely a joke, bouncing around middle east management jobs before miraculously landing the Brazil job and just letting Romario loose.

Southgate is no worse than 6 or 7 of the last 8 world cup winning managers, and you could go back further.

International management is not about being a good coach, it's mostly about creating an environment where the players take care of things. Don't got too crazy with formations, call up mostly the right players, try and organise the defence and the rest sorts itself out.

Southgate is fine, he won't be the reason if England aren't successful over the next 4/5 years.
 
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With this current crop of youngsters, England should be competing for every major tournament for the next decade.
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They should.....as long as the right ones,in the right formation,are chosen on form,and not reputation or the club they play for.

@domalino makes a good point.....An England manager is about bringing out the best in the group,getting them to gel and play their best as individuals and as a squad,hence he needs to be someone recognises strengths and weaknesses,and who commands respect,inspires and motivates.
 
FantasyIreland said:
They should.....as long as the right ones,in the right formation,are chosen on form,and not reputation or the club they play for.

@domalino makes a good point.....An England manager is about bringing out the best in the group,getting them to gel and play their best as individuals and as a squad,hence he needs to be someone recognises strengths and weaknesses,and who commands respect,inspires and motivates.
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Southgate sounds like the perfectly fit then.
 
FantasyIreland said:
They should.....as long as the right ones,in the right formation,are chosen on form,and not reputation or the club they play for.

@domalino makes a good point.....An England manager is about bringing out the best in the group,getting them to gel and play their best as individuals and as a squad,hence he needs to be someone recognises strengths and weaknesses,and who commands respect,inspires and motivates.
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Don't forget picking every available rag and dipper regardless of form, quality or experience.
 
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