why should Americans limit themselves in ways completely different from how europeans or south americans handle their careers?
Interview with Jedi on win vs Spurs and upcoming international duty. Check out this post from Fulham FC https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2024/march/17/jedi-performance-of-the-season/
1-0 home defeat v. Newcastle, now winless in 3 against Sheffield United, Forest, and Newcastle. Wheels falling off a bit.
Started: The Fulham™️.#WHUFUL pic.twitter.com/RuFNByNnLK— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) April 14, 2024 Up 1-0 at the half.
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Don't follow the FUT cards so closely anymore, but it's very very rare for an American to get this kind of recognition. I can't recall too many other guys getting a "top level" card like this. Maybe Puli during lockdown?
I haven’t been joking here all season- a substantial number of Fulham pundits and fans think he is their best player (at least best player not from Portugal). He’s one of the absolutely best left backs in the Premiership and he’s still young. If he’d score 4-5 a season, he’d be considered world class (I think).
Starts in season finale: The final Fulham squad of 2023/24. 🫡#LUTFUL pic.twitter.com/ycBhlLUjnf— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) May 19, 2024
Good left backs are rare everywhere. Left-footers are like 5% of the population, even less common than left-handers.
8% of the population is left footed and 30% is both footed. For anyone interested in the data https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...many are right,and 30.2 percent mixed-footers.
I'm not as special as I thought. I always wondered why everyone isn't two-footed since we walk on both and virtually do nothing special with either. Maybe just lack of even trying to use the left for years results in it not being used?
I'm a little skeptical of the 30% stat. That's from a self-reported study of the general population asking them about which hand and which foot they prefer to do a variety of tasks (including kicking a ball). But, unlike the hand-related tasks, none of those foot-related tasks are the type where you would expect most people to be highly cognizant of their own preferences because it makes a big difference in how well they perform at their job or function in day-to-day life. I strongly suspect if you only asked football/soccer players those same questions, that 30% would be much closer to zero.
There is some math shenanigans, but those psych studies are always a bit strange. You'd need a huge pool of subjects. https://medium.com/illumination/im-right-handed-but-left-footed-is-that-weird-b8c2d1f0268b Just over 10 percent of people are left-handed. Studies show that about 40 percent of left-handers are right-footed, but only 3 percent of right-handers are left-footed. Some people are left-handed and right-footed. 3% of 90% is 2.7%. So 4% + 2.7% is about 6.7% left-footers. Less than the 10%+ left handers. There is some evidence that the % of left-handers and left-footers varies with the populations. Certain ethnic groups have much lower % of left-anything, http://www.med.mcgill.ca/epidemiolo...chapter06/HistoryGeographyHumanHandedness.pdf Of course, as with all things in the social sciences, I take those numbers with a grain of salt.
The Athletic says he’s the player of the season for Fulham https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/55...fulham-usmnt-poty/?source=user_shared_article
I'm guessing that means he's the Athletic's pick for Fulham Player of the Season, since it doesn't seem like the club itself has awarded that honor for the season yet.