How can you guys compare this kid to Ronaldo, Messi, Sterling, Wilson, etc? They are the exception to the rule. Most young players who are light-weight don't make it.
Pretty sure half the fans will like him just because he has a foreign sounding name therefore he must be good!
Cristian Cebbalos could also be coming our way. Recently released by Spurs but has more experience than Lameiras. Loads on Youtube off him.
Most young players don't make it whatever their build is. Even those that do progress fall out of the profession at various stages of a career.
mrtrench
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Well anyone at all 'could' be coming. I suspect this is just a misunderstanding of the nature of the advertised understanding with Spurs.
i honestly dont know what all the "we are going to take our time on our decision" is all about.
I guess i trust our manager so i will have to accept that maybe there is something else swaying his decision... but that aside, this guy was signed by & played for a top 10 premier league club... looked good on his debut... and is available to us.. and we are in league 1... SIGN HIM UP!!!!!
I guess i trust our manager so i will have to accept that maybe there is something else swaying his decision... but that aside, this guy was signed by & played for a top 10 premier league club... looked good on his debut... and is available to us.. and we are in league 1... SIGN HIM UP!!!!!
It might not just be Mowbray taking his time coming to a decision Lameiras may have options too.
perhaps a little more deliberation over some of our previous signings might have paid dividends.
I'd forgotten about Brown. Didn't we try him at centre half and right full back....and wasn't he equally poor in both positions? He never made it after us either just playing a handful of games here and there. Where is he now?
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And did he make an impression? Will they have him back this season. Clearly didn't make it as a championship player if they loaned him out
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He left them by mutual consent in Jan 2015. So I'm guessing the answer to your question is no
. He was very poor in a City shirt though...
He left them by mutual consent in Jan 2015. So I'm guessing the answer to your question is no
Thanks...I'm not surprised. Couldnt see him making it at professional level
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All the talk about League One always being a physical league, like Swansea didn't coast to the Championship with a midfield of Leon Brittain and Ferrie Bodde who are 5'5 and 5'8 respectively.
Yeah I don't get the lightweight argument. The one thing that players either have or don't is ability. The rest is all achievable given the right attitude and the correct support structure around them.
A professional athlete should surely be able to bulk up with the correct gym work, training routine and dietary advice. If you've devoted your entire life to achieving a goal of being a pro footballer and you get this close and all you need to do is weigh a bit more then FFS! Give him a nando's platinum card and a few crates of guiness
A professional athlete should surely be able to bulk up with the correct gym work, training routine and dietary advice. If you've devoted your entire life to achieving a goal of being a pro footballer and you get this close and all you need to do is weigh a bit more then FFS! Give him a nando's platinum card and a few crates of guiness
No kidding? You think a Villa scout was there for Maddison alone. Sherwood wants to bolster his development squad. Anyone is game.
More importantly Lameiras wants a club!
but we may get one yet, and he will be in coventry to boot so no long drives from bagpipe land!
It is like, will European players cope with our winter?
People who say that have never been to Bilbao in winter, Florence in February and don't realise there are ski resorts just outside Madrid.
To me Mowbrey will be assessing his ability to learn, his ability to listen and carry out instructions, his competitive hunger and his consistency; rather than his current body build.
People who say that have never been to Bilbao in winter, Florence in February and don't realise there are ski resorts just outside Madrid.
To me Mowbrey will be assessing his ability to learn, his ability to listen and carry out instructions, his competitive hunger and his consistency; rather than his current body build.
Workrate concerns might be why TM is cautious.
"He has talent, but I don't think it covers up for his limitations personally. He's not a particularly hard worker and maybe that's it - perhaps needs to graft a bit more."
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sp...s/watch-coventry-city-triallist-ruben-9652053
"He has talent, but I don't think it covers up for his limitations personally. He's not a particularly hard worker and maybe that's it - perhaps needs to graft a bit more."
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sp...s/watch-coventry-city-triallist-ruben-9652053
Interesting comments, he looked good but we shouldn't get carried away, I remember Lewis Rankin having a stormer in pre season and we were all thinking he would kick on and become part of the first team...
I'd be happy if we signed him, he looked good on Saturday, but it was only against the boro.
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Because you imply TM has workrate concerns. The quote is by a Spurs Academy blogger - you didn't point this out.
Really, do I have to?
By his own admission TM's key attributes for a player are professionalism and commitment, etc. So any hint of work-rate issues are bound to raise concerns. admittedly they are from one source only, but as TM says you can only spend the money once. Ruben will have more chances to convince TM, but all I was saying is that he might have concerns in that direction.
