Don't ask no question. Don't have the basic analytical skills to make an at-least-half-wit decision!

No have no ambition!

And you know what happens to them later in life? They grow up to be the same dimswits they are now!!

(p.s. Didn't Philred, Lincoln, et al have a similar discussion a few months ago and came to the same conclusion?)

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Originally posted by Princess:
Well both !! But dem ultimately responsible fi demself! Big hard tuff gray back bwoy like some a dem cyaan tink fi save dem life!

Don't ask no question. Don't have the basic analytical skills to make an at-least-half-wit decision!

No have no ambition!

And you know what happens to them later in life? They grow up to be the same dimswits they are now!!

(p.s. Didn't Philred, Lincoln, et al have a similar discussion a few months ago and came to the same conclusion?)

[This message has been edited by Princess (edited 02-24-2006).]

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U.S. Player Finds What He Needs in Denmark: Game Time

By JACK BELL
Published: February 21, 2006
Whether it was a business decision or a personal decision, Heath Pearce knew that to succeed in European soccer, playing is not the thing, it is the only thing.

"There were a lot of worries when I went to Denmark," Pearce, a 21-year-old defender from Modesto, Calif., said in a telephone interview. "I was leaving my friends and family for a whole new life to live in a different country. It was a chance to start over with a clean slate as a nobody and has been a positive opportunity. Going to Europe was the right step for me, especially the decision to go to a small club. It may have been questionable in some people's mind, but I think I made the right decision because I'm playing every week and that got me on to Bruce's radar."

The Bruce that Pearce referred to is Bruce Arena, the manager of the United States national team. As Arena prepares his team to play in its fifth successive World Cup, American players are aware that Arena is partial to those who play regularly.

Pearce left the University of Portland after his junior year and found only modest interest from teams in Major League Soccer. He took a leap of faith, signing one year ago with FC Nordsjaelland of the Danish Superligaen. With the Danish league in an extended winter break (from early December until next month) Pearce was able to join the six-week national team training camp in California.

Last Sunday, Pearce, a left-side defender, started his first game for the United States national team, playing 90 minutes in a 4-0 victory over Guatemala in Frisco, Tex. His chances of being one of the 23 players on Arena's final roster for the tournament in Germany might be slim, with competition from players like Eddie Lewis, Carlos Bocanegra and Todd Dunivant, but Pearce recognizes that he is making an investment in his future.

"For me to achieve, I need to play every week for my club," Pearce said. "It's not about chasing a contract or being at a club like Manchester United and sitting on the bench and then being loaned out. That is not a good situation. I have to trust my ability and right now I can't be chasing the money. I think most guys would give up the money for a spot in the starting lineup."

Pearce made his second appearance for the United States on Sunday (he came on as a substitute against Scotland in Glasgow in November) and was the youngest starter for the American team. He is quick, agile and strong, and plays a position that is often difficult to fill.

"I think I bring a lot to the table because I'm able to go forward and defend, I'm a modern outside back," he said. "These days the left back has the ball more than nearly all the other players on the field."

Pearce feels he always has something to prove. When he was part of the under-17 residency program in Bradenton, Fla. (the United States federation selects the top players in the country and sends them to the IMG Academy for intensive training and schooling), Pearce was the only one not picked as a Parade All-American.

"I was left out," he said. "It was really crushing. I was overlooked. It was a difficult situation."

Now he has turned that slight into motivation.

"Obviously, I would like to be part of the team that goes to Germany," he said. "But I could also be the first player called back after this World Cup for the next go-round. Realistically, I see myself as the future left back, but I also want to make my presence felt now."

At present, the United States has three matches on its schedule through mid-April: against Poland (March 1 in Kaiserslautern, Germany), Germany (March 22 in Dortmund, Germany) and Jamaica (April 11 in Cary, N.C.).

"All I wanted was a chance to prove myself for the immediate future, and I think I've done that," Pearce said.

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U.S. Player Finds What He Needs in Denmark: Game Time
By JACK BELL
Published: February 21, 2006
Whether it was a business decision or a personal decision, Heath Pearce knew that to succeed in European soccer, playing is not the thing, it is the only thing.

"For me to achieve, I need to play every week for my club," Pearce said. "It's not about chasing a contract or being at a club like Manchester United and sitting on the bench and then being loaned out. That is not a good situation. I have to trust my ability and right now I can't be chasing the money. I think most guys would give up the money for a spot in the starting lineup."
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I make this argument here often and get hit with the "man affi eat a food" comment. While this young man was probably better off financially than most Jacan footballers in the same situation, the logic still holds: Chasing money/contract at any cost is no way to grow a sustainable program or become successful.

Yes, one person might become successful that way and create a false sense of a model, but ultimately the successes are minimal compared to the failures, and inconsequential actually detrimental to building a successful program.

At some point we have to be real and say that we need good teachers(Like Mexxx used to say) after all if the players keep making the same mistakes year in and year out it have to reflect on the teachers.

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Originally posted by Jahjesty:
Pele and Princess: US citizens don't need visas to go to any European country. Trips for trials are therefore as routine as vacations for them. The player from my team who is among the least deserving has travelled all over Europe with moderate success because he is a US citizen. Funny enough, his challenge is the work permit issue in Britain where most of his Dad's contacts are.

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Jahjesty I wasn't discounting the challenges a Yahd balla has to overcome compare to a Yanki balla. As a matter of fact I pointed out that the Yanki balla most likely enjoys a better financial condition that affords him a better opportunity to weigh his options in a more level-headed manner than a Yahd balla.

My point is that yahd ballas would be more successful if they were more discriminating in the way they put themselves out there and the offers they accept. I am not speaking from a Yanki experience, I know many ballas from other countries in similar financial situation as Yahd ballas who turned down what appears to be good financial offers compare to their current situation. They realized that in the long run this very offer will be detrimental to their future and therefore not worth it.

It will appear, base on the comments from the ites on this forum, that too many Yahd ballas are taking those offers hoping for the best, and true to form it seems not to be working out. Yet they and the ites continue to advocate the same old, same old "man affi eat a food approach".

We are quick to complain when the players conduct themselves unprofessionally on the pitch yet we see nothing wrong with advocating that they prostitute their talent fi eat a food.

Luckily for the ites, after the inevitable happens they don't have to endure the same dissapointments the balla has to endure.

[url] http://www.hif.se/shownews.asp?newsid=1195[/url]

Also the GAIS.se website has a report on Khari....

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Originally posted by Jahjesty:
Pele and Princess: US citizens don't need visas to go to any European country. Trips for trials are therefore as routine as vacations for them. The player from my team who is among the least deserving has travelled all over Europe with moderate success because he is a US citizen. Funny enough, his challenge is the work permit issue in Britain where most of his Dad's contacts are.

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Sound like a guy I played in college with, biggest rucks balla, but his dad was an exec with a European Investment Bank and the you got a tryout/training stint every summer with a European based team.