Mexico's Football Related Random Thoughts Thread - Volumen Cincuenta Una

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  1. Romario'sgurl

    Romario'sgurl Member+

    Wakanda FC
    Aug 26, 2000
    Wakanda
    Club:
    FC Ingolstadt 04
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    MLS players have better self awareness than their fans. Nagbe and Dwyer should be higher on the list....

    LA Galaxy forward Giovani dos Santos is the most overrated player in Major League Soccer, while Montreal Impact midfielder Ignacio Piatti is the most underrated, a poll of their peers found.

    On the condition of anonymity, ESPN asked 104 current MLS players during the preseason who they believed were the league's most overrated and underrated players, among a series of other questions on the state of the league. Check back on Wednesday for the full results of ESPN's poll.

    Most overrated
    Dos Santos, entering his fourth season in MLS, received 11 percent of the votes for the most overrated, just edging out Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley, who received 10 percent.

    The 28-year-old Mexico international, currently sidelined by a hamstring injury, ranked sixth in the overrated poll in 2016 but was not among the leaders last year. But after the Galaxy's poor results last season, one Western Conference player said he selected Dos Santos "because he's the leader on the team that finished last in MLS in 2017."

    Dos Santos scored six goals and added three assists in 25 games last season while making $5.5 million in guaranteed compensation, the sixth-highest pay in the league. A year earlier, he had scored 14 goals with 12 assists in 28 games.

    Bradley captained Toronto FC to the MLS Cup title last season, but players also said he bore responsibility for the U.S. national team's failure to qualify for the World Cup.

    Many of the other players named in the overrated poll also featured in the Americans' defeat to Trinidad and Tobago last October that sealed their World Cup fate. Toronto striker Jozy Altidore was named by 7 percent, D.C. United's Paul Arriola received 6 percent of the vote, LAFC's Benny Feilhaber and Colorado's Tim Howard got 4 percent, while Atlanta's Darlington Nagbe got 3 percent.

    trending toward signing younger prospects rather than aging stars. Mix Diskerud was named most overrated the past two editions of the poll, but he's now off the books of New York City FC.

    "It was easier with Mix and [Frank] Lampard and even [Andrea] Pirlo," one player said. "Before it was easy. Me answering like that is probably a good sign for the league.''

    Other players named by multiple respondents were: Vancouver's Brek Shea (4 percent), New England's Juan Agudelo, Philadelphia's Alejandro Bedoya and Chicago's Nemanja Nikolic (3 percent) and Orlando's Dom Dwyer (2 percent). Twenty-one percent of players declined to answer.
     
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  2. sidspaceman

    sidspaceman Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 20, 2002
    AMÉRICA DE CALI
    Club:
    America de Cali
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
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  3. Don Boppero 3000

    Don Boppero 3000 DNALMQNLGLLMX!

    Jan 15, 2001
    The Fullerton Hotel Chicago
    Club:
    Club América
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    @metalmaster done hacked your poasts.
     
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  4. Baysic

    Baysic Member+

    Jun 11, 2009
    The Bay Area, CA
    Club:
    Club América
    What if he's beenone of my alternate accounts all this time, and I've been using him to influence yall.... <_<
     
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  5. Colima24

    Colima24 Member+

    Jul 28, 2005
    Villa de Alvarez
    Club:
    Club América
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
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  6. Colima24

    Colima24 Member+

    Jul 28, 2005
    Villa de Alvarez
    Club:
    Club América
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    You cheeky bastard. >_>
     
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  7. chiva_guero

    chiva_guero BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 4, 2007
    Mexico NSR
    i'd say one of your kittens lost his mittens
     
  8. Miguel Myers

    Miguel Myers Member+

    Dec 3, 2011
    Club:
    Club América
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
  9. Centauro del Norte

    FC Juárez
    Sep 15, 2013
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Villarreal CF
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    [​IMG]
     
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  10. Centauro del Norte

    FC Juárez
    Sep 15, 2013
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Villarreal CF
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
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  11. LGRod

    LGRod Member+

    Mexico
    Aug 14, 2010
    Listenin to Los Bookies
    Club:
    Club Tijuana
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    We need to finally get rid of his ass.
     
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  12. vilafria

    vilafria Member+

    Jun 2, 2005
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  13. Hecho en Chivas

    Hecho en Chivas Member+

    Apr 22, 2004
    Chulajuana
    Club:
    CD Chivas de Guadalajara
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    Pinche Kuri mamon

    Ese cabron es un cancer y uno de los culpables de por qué el fútbol mexicano es una mierda
     
  14. ninjew

    ninjew Member+

    Oct 14, 2009
    Discordia 2.0
    Club:
    CD Chivas de Guadalajara
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico

    Yo, while I agree with the poll, this is how you know it's a wack ass league.
     
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  15. Centauro del Norte

    FC Juárez
    Sep 15, 2013
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Villarreal CF
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    #11815 Centauro del Norte, Mar 20, 2018
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    Neta que si. Pinche viejillo corrupto. Aparte ese dinero ni es de él
     
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  16. CyberAce100

    CyberAce100 Member+

    Jul 4, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
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  17. CyberAce100

    CyberAce100 Member+

    Jul 4, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    He has been pretty shitty. But hey, he can at least go to In n Out and eat a burger without being bothered. Who the fvck rates Paul Arriola?
     
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  18. Centauro del Norte

    FC Juárez
    Sep 15, 2013
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Villarreal CF
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
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  19. sidspaceman

    sidspaceman Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 20, 2002
    AMÉRICA DE CALI
    Club:
    America de Cali
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
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  20. Miguel Myers

    Miguel Myers Member+

    Dec 3, 2011
    Club:
    Club América
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    Sadly, we are coming to the day that it'll be the last time we will read this with his name
     
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  21. Paul Calixte

    Paul Calixte Moderator
    Staff Member

    Orlando City SC
    Apr 30, 2009
    Miami, FL
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not surprising that Piatti is the most underrated - Montreal's generally treated as a footnote in MLS. Never mind Piatti spearheading Montreal's run to the CCL final right after having done the same with San Lorenzo in the Copa Libertadores.
     
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  22. Miguel Myers

    Miguel Myers Member+

    Dec 3, 2011
    Club:
    Club América
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
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  23. EDonEnta

    EDonEnta Member

    Nigeria
    Jun 2, 2014
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Absolute nonsense. Enough with the stupid stereotypes. From a "Staff member" too, no less. Disgusting.
     
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  24. Paul Calixte

    Paul Calixte Moderator
    Staff Member

    Orlando City SC
    Apr 30, 2009
    Miami, FL
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  25. ninjew

    ninjew Member+

    Oct 14, 2009
    Discordia 2.0
    Club:
    CD Chivas de Guadalajara
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico

    How come it only shows GDS Vela and Cheech as options? I want to get a Lozano and a Raul one. :coffee:
     
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