Findley's MLS career wasn't as successful as you might think. For example, he never held down a consistent starting job. He did have a brief hot streak during the 2009 playoffs, and that led Bob Bradley to give him a place on the national team, but his numbers for the US speak for themselves. 595 minutes played, 0 goals, 0 assists. The positives are that he's got great speed and he works hard, but even by MLS standards he was still very much a work in progress.
NF still have to pay him. When Ingolstadt was on hook for Buddle's salary, they just let him go and allowed MLS to pick him up for about a half of the contract. Givem Buddle's career stage, it was a reasonable move for Edson to return. With Robbie's speed, I'd try Denmark-Holland-Belgium type of a club and see if he can get some proper teaching first. Athletically, he can carry this into his mid-30's.
Some good points . . . given the athletic potential, it has been a real surprise that he has not been given more of an opportunity.
http://www.soccerbyives.net/2013/01...-robbie-findley-after-deal-with-portland.html A month after completing the deal to send Will Johnson to Portland, the Timbers and RSL have made another deal, with Real Salt Lake acquiring the rights to forward Robbie Findley from Portland, sources confirmed to SBI on Tuesday.
So whats his final stats stand at Forest? I'm sure his bank account aint hurting after 2 years of good pay
Safety school but he's arguably had no other suitors ... which is what happens when you sit on the bench for a year.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/01/08/report-rsl-acquire-findleys-rights-trade-portland True speed forward to pair with Saborio...I think the RSL faithful will approve.
Findley was a very rough product when he went to England. He had missed some of the steps in his training. England is a tough place to have to learn on the run. Only a few of our players, even fewer forwards (probably the toughest position to have to learn) have made it. Props to him for lasting two years, injury riddled at that. He beat out Eddie Johnson, remember, for the WC spot in '10. I'd be surprised if this were not a good move for all concerned.
My take was that someone like Robbie still should have gone to a league more known for its player development even if he had to settle for less upfront money. Call it the Yura Movsisyan Way. Yura was not known for his silky smooth skills in his first half a season in Denmark but improved in his second half and was promptly sold on, allowing Randers to cash in on his one full year with them. Past results, of course, do not guarantee future returns but it seems pretty obvious that everything in the Championship is about the $150M that a club gets with a Premiership promotion, development be damned. Leagues that depend more on transfer fees have more stake in development. The Championship is all about "this year".
Notts Forest - 29 games, 6 goals Gillingham - 7 games, 0 goals 36 games, 6 goals and about $500k richer.
Eddie Johnson missed out on the 2010 World Cup through a hamstring injury. Jason Kreiss not Randers took Yura Movsissyan from donkey to competent forward. Yura took it from there. Jason Kreiss worked with Robbie Finley and took him from donkey to a donkey who could run competent routes. Fin is what he is.
You should find Yura's early Randers threads. There were plenty of comments about him fumbling the ball in front of the net and missing a bunch of chances. He still scored because he got into positions to score but his conversion percentage was so-so. His big season in Denmark was the second half of 2010 when he pumped in 14 in 26. Even in Russia, over a 37-game switch season, he scored 14 but IIRC, 5 or 6 were from PK's and he was often left on the bench. He was considered as "having bloomed" in 2012, having scored 9 in 13, with only a couple of PK's.
The thing with Robbie is that, while he may blow a lot of easy chances but he will also get a lot of these chances because of his pace. I just think that a decent Dutch side would be able to exploit that talent a lot easier than a typical Championship team that plays more crosses than through-balls.
As horrible as that miss is, it's silly to demonize someone over one poor play. By that logic, this guy is an awful player...
Here's the Lion of Barcelona (playing for Inter by this time) missing a gift vs Jueventus: Of the three, Findley's was the most difficult (see the third angle) but still should have been finished.
From Marcus Tudgay: @tuggy777: @RobbieFindley geez jus heard ur going back to the states, all the best and good luck for the future, tugs Sounds like a done deal.