Andrija Novakovich at Calcio Lecco 1912 (Serie B)

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  1. GiallorossiYank

    GiallorossiYank Member+

    Jan 20, 2011
    NJ/Roma/Napoli
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That pic - suprisingly huge in Italy
     
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  2. chalaron

    chalaron Member+

    Aug 15, 2006
    Baton Rouge, Louisia
    The little girl in the top left looks like she's plotting someone's death. I think she poisoned someone's drink.
     
  3. ttrevett

    ttrevett Member+

    Apr 2, 2002
    Atlanta, GA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    First ever cartoon photobomb from the weird uncle guy at the lower right.
     
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  4. deejay

    deejay Member+

    Feb 14, 2000
    Tarpon Springs, FL
    Club:
    Jorge Wilstermann
    Nat'l Team:
    Bolivia
    That would be Norman Rockwell putting himself in the picture like he often did.
     
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  5. ttrevett

    ttrevett Member+

    Apr 2, 2002
    Atlanta, GA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Much appreciated, Buzz Killington.

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  6. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wouldn't that be a cartoon selfie?
     
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  7. ttrevett

    ttrevett Member+

    Apr 2, 2002
    Atlanta, GA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Genius.
     
  8. jcsd

    jcsd Member+

    Jan 27, 2006
    It would've been very surprising if he'd got more than cameo minutes with Reading this season - he's only just turned 19.

    If you look at the competition he's up against at Reading, its very stiff, there's one of the top scorers in the Championship,, a sometime Portuguese NT player, a Czech NT player on loan from Watford and a Brazilian U-23 NT player on loan from Chelsea, none of whom have sucked. His main competition for cameo minutes is the top scorer in the Premiership Development League (who ironically is an English player who came from the US college system via non-league). We also have a few strikers out on loan.

    In my experince you can be one of the best players in reserve Premeirship and still not be able to get minutes at Championship level. At the moment Novkovich is not even the best striker on Reading Reserves, so realistically he is not close to getting anything more than the odd few minutes for the 1st team. That's not to say that Novakovich is behind the curve - there aren't any younger strikers who would be ahead of Novakovich for minutes.
     
  9. soccerusa517

    soccerusa517 Member+

    Jun 23, 2009
    Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So basically he was held out of the US U-20 World Cup team for nothing.
     
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  10. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

    Aug 1, 2010
    Dublin
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    The manager, Steve Clarke, has been sacked after only one win in 8 games. Might be good for Andrija; might be bad; most likely neither.
     
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  11. nycfc919

    nycfc919 Member+

    Aug 17, 2015
    Okay so why was he not allowed to go to the u20 World Cup?
     
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  12. Brotheryoungbuck

    Jan 24, 2015
    parts unknown
    Mate, you know the answer. You can't be upset at the coach that Nova didn't live up to the standard necessary to get first team minutes. Be glad he was given an opportunity.
     
  13. nycfc919

    nycfc919 Member+

    Aug 17, 2015
    If the chances were remote, as you said, he should've been allowed to go.
     
  14. Brotheryoungbuck

    Jan 24, 2015
    parts unknown
    I literally never said that. He didn't live up to the standard, coach obviously saw potential in him since he played him last season, so he gave him an opportunity. At the end of the day him in the first team of a club is more important than him be on the U20 World Cup team. The coach wasn't sitting in his office like "oh USA wants Novakovich? F*** them, I'm gonna not let him go and not play him this season", we should honestly be happy a young yank was given an opportunity.
     
  15. jcsd

    jcsd Member+

    Jan 27, 2006
    Whetehr its the right or wrong decision, I get the feeling this season is seen as important as transitioning him from a youth player to a pro player and the club wanted him to spend the pre-season with the senior squad. The chances of him getting serious minutes were not high though.
     
  16. Dough Boy

    Dough Boy Member

    Sep 27, 2014
    Novakovich on the bench for Cheltenham Town today for their game vs. Chester City.
     
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  17. Dough Boy

    Dough Boy Member

    Sep 27, 2014
    He entered the game in the 56th minute. The one existing tweet about his gameplay:

     
  18. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  19. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  20. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Novakovich's loan expired on Jan 2. He's back with Reading now and came on as a substitute against Manchester United U21 on Jan 11.
     
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  21. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Entered in the U21 match against Liverpool:


    And missed a great chance at goal.
     
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  22. TheFalseNine

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    Arsenal
    United States
    Jul 15, 2014
    Norman, Okla.
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  23. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    On the bench for the Reading U21s against Tottenham:
     
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  24. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    U21 league action:

     
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