The Freddy Adu catchall thread

Discussion in 'USA Men' started by Blustar, Jan 27, 2014.

  1. wixson7

    wixson7 Member+

    May 12, 2009
    boulder
    Booooo
     
  2. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Anyone who saw him get winded while walking around with Portland could tell you that.
     
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  3. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    And the latest:

    http://sportowefakty.wp.pl/pilka-no...-trafi-do-sandecji-nowy-sacz-to-wymysl-mediow

    Freddy Adu will not be in Sandecja Nowy Sącz. "This is a media invention"

    "He was not with us for tests or anything else, his transfer was not a topic," coach Radoslaw Mroczkowski tells us about the alleged transfer of the former USA representative to Sandecja Nowy Sacz.

    Mroczkowski could not help laughing when we asked him about the chance to get Adu. The midfielder was recognized in the past as the greatest talent in the world. He made his debut with the main National Team at the age of 16.

    After the years of greatness, however, he failed to thrive. Today he is more celebrity than a football player. There was no topic of his transfer to Sandecia at this point, Mroczkowski said.
     
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  4. chad

    chad Member+

    Jun 24, 1999
    Manhattan Beach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The coach is lying! I read on the internet that Adu had gone for tests but had failed them.

    Oh, right, it was something a know-it-all blowhard had just made up.

    My bad.
     
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  5. atomicskiracer

    Jun 1, 2006
    Virginia
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Didn't realize the FAKE news had made its way to Adu. SAD!
     
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  6. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Many outlets reported that Adu had gone for the medical tests, including media from Poland. He was even reported seen at the club:

    https://translate.google.com/transl...s-wielki-talent-moze-zagrac-w-polskiej-1.html

    https://www.dreamteamfc.com/c/freddy-adu-sign-another-new-club/

    http://www.thesportbible.com/other/...y-adu-set-for-his-worst-transfer-yet-20170228

    Etc.

    My money is on the coach lying, actually.
     
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  7. Crewmudgeon

    Crewmudgeon Member+

    Sep 3, 1999
    Crewdom
    I miss the time when you could trust what you read on the internets.
     
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  8. Rahbiefowlah

    Rahbiefowlah Member+

    Oct 22, 2001
    Las Vegas
  9. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
  10. Rahbiefowlah

    Rahbiefowlah Member+

    Oct 22, 2001
    Las Vegas
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    I think Freddy fits in well
     
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  11. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    #3988 Suyuntuy, Mar 21, 2017
    Last edited: Mar 21, 2017
    Oil money, not bad. The owner is the (in)famous Arifin Panigoro. He and his family, through Medco and PTAMI own a good chunk of Indonesia's oil, gold & copper exports.

    Guy could probably buy Messi & CR together, too.
     
  12. diablodelsol

    diablodelsol Member+

    Jan 10, 2001
    New Jersey
    I actually played against this club' s youth teams quite a few time as a kid.

    Which makes me wonder if Freddy had played with this club his entire career whether we would have ever played agains each other....

    In 1990
     
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  13. Rahbiefowlah

    Rahbiefowlah Member+

    Oct 22, 2001
    Las Vegas
  14. Drippingmilk

    Drippingmilk Member

    Jul 30, 2008
    https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...e-germany-england-world-cup-borussia-dortmund

    Hmm

     
  15. ebbro

    ebbro Member+

    Jun 10, 2005
  16. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

    Aug 1, 2010
    Dublin
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    #3993 The Irish Rover, Mar 22, 2017
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    He's suggesting that maybe the reason for Feddy Adu becoming a washout is that he suffered/suffer from a rare muscle disorder called myopathy, which causes fatigue and weight gain. Therefore, his love of nightlife, 3-chick picks, shopping and dislike of tactical discipline and training had nothing to do with it.
     
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  17. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    Maybe these are symptoms of myopathy. :p
     
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  18. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Dang poor Götze. Just like "neuralgia" is one of those blanket terms that means "a nerve hurts and let's pray it stops hurting," a miopathy is unlikely to ever be resolved. It just means "his muscles have gone weak, man." It's likely curtains for him as a top player.
     
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  19. TOAzer

    TOAzer Member+

    The Man With No Club
    May 29, 2016
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I suppose he can be/ should be thankful for this "small" favor: it's a myopathy that ends [perhaps] a career...as opposed to those horror shows that killed Lou Gehrig and Walter Payton....:(
     
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  20. Aduesque

    Aduesque Member

    Atlanta United
    May 11, 2010
    Georgia
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  21. ebbro

    ebbro Member+

    Jun 10, 2005
    #3998 ebbro, Mar 22, 2017
    Last edited: Mar 22, 2017
    I understood that. I know drippingmilk well enough. My post still stands.
     
  22. Drippingmilk

    Drippingmilk Member

    Jul 30, 2008
    #3999 Drippingmilk, Mar 23, 2017
    Last edited: Mar 23, 2017
    Probably not an either/or situation (ie hookah). But to hire multiple personal trainers and still be unable to get in shape is odd. People said Gotze was slacking in training as well. Were he not at such a big club it likely never would have been diagnosed. No shortage of athletes who partake in night life to some extent, but I've never seen someone who was slower as an 18 year old than they were at 14 (all this while still being pro/training/running every day). Wouldn't be surprised if there was something medical.

    Or it could just all be slacking/burn out/depression/lack of seriousness, probably more likely, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was something else too.
     
  23. Roger Allaway

    Roger Allaway Member+

    Apr 22, 2009
    Warminster, Pa.
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Track is littered with them, former phenoms who turned into has-beens long before their time.
     
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