Feilhaber leaves AGF Aarhus for MLS(5) [R]: Come give Ceres positive rep and say goodbye

Re: Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus (5) [R]: Ben and Jerry make like a banana and...

It's time to let go, I guess, but we still don't have a final destination ...

http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2011/04/who-might-make-a-play-for-feilhaber.html#more

 

Re: Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus (5) [R]: Ben and Jerry make like a banana and...

So is this an automatic closing once he finally lands with an MLS team?

I humbly propose that we let it stay open until this summer's Gold Cup. Obviously its not the same as Davies' situation, but it is also not the same as Cooper's and Demerit's. Both of those guys went from not playing at all (and they're YA threads dwindling) to MLS in preseason.

Feilhaber is going straight from playing in Denmark to playing in MLS. The thread is already well past the 1,000 post threshold. I think we could at least give people a place for discussion about his earliest MLS play and keep Ceres involved for a time.

 

Re: Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus (5) [R]: Ben and Jerry make like a banana and...

Eh, once not a YA Benny will have another forum (with local fans) to support him. The best way to keep tabs on him will be with their additional input. I don't care if this thread stays open (it's not like anyone is forcing any of us to click on it) but we generally let the threads go when the player transfers to MLS.

On another note, I'd like to add my thanks to Ceres for all his great posts over the past few years. I hope he stays around here and helps us keep tabs on the Danish leagues-- there will always be a few yanks playing there I'm sure.

Cheers.

 

Re: Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus (5) [R]: Ben and Jerry make like a banana and...

since this is obviously going to be going into closing soon, as far as Benny's overseas career goes, i think he had the capacity for great things over there. He just had "it" to me. Hamburg may have been above him, but he was most certainly above Derby IMO. That place was a backbreaker for his overseas career. The injuries didnt help obviously, but for me Derby was the ultimate backbreaker. I think he could have hung onto a lower BL side, mid table La Liga/Ligue 1 side and slipped right on in. He has great vision, sees the field well, and has that flair to his game that we all like to see (so does Bob). He's been one of my favorite players for some time. We all got our players we have a soft spot for. For me its Gooch and Feilhaber. I just like what he brought to the table. Whichever of Chivas USA, New England Revs, Houston Dynamo, etc get him, you will see a notable difference in their play. If Dom can somehow get his gloves on him......and play Ching and Koke up top.....i think youd see Houston become a top side pretty quickly.

What do you guys think?

 

Re: Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus (5) [R]: Ben and Jerry make like a banana and...

Ditto. Thanks Ceres.

 

Re: Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus (5) [R]: Ben and Jerry make like a banana and...

At first, I thought he would but he sort of stopped growing both athletically and mentally (or, at the pace a 20-YO American kid would). In retrospect, he was more advanced at 20 then because he had still some Brazilian flavor to his game but even that stopped producing dividends at some point.

So, after 5-6 years in Europe, you basically are what you are. If he was worth seven figures, there'd be bigger clubs lining up for him and MLS would have to stretch far outside its comfort zone to land him.

Personally, I am against Charlie Davies' DCU move because I thought Chuck still had room to grow and that growth would have carried more potential outside MLS. Benny, on the other hand, has reached his limits and they are within the MLS financial self-restraints.

I am not even sure how effective he'd be at a club like the Chivas. He can pass the ball but he needs someone to be making runs for him also and too few MLS players are as savvy as he is in seeing the game.

And athletically, MLS took another step forward this year. It's not easy being a slow little dude in this league.

 

Re: Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus (5) [R]: Ben and Jerry make like a banana and...

yeah, Derby was just a black hole....I was hoping like all hell it was West Brom. That was a team that would play exactly to his strengths and been an appropriate level for him. They play direct, attacking ball that would have suited him ideally. But Derby.....man, in my 6 or 7 years of watching the EPL devoutly i have never seen a Premiership team that poor. They were just god awful. Darn shame benny got caught in that pestilence.

Dude is gonna make whoever he plays for better, and going to make what is a pretty sorry team as of now (Chivas USA, New England, Houston, someone of the like) much....much more pleasing of the eye. Im certain of that. If he goes to Houston and hey get Koke in as withdrawn forward.....that team is a playoff team to worry about that could go places.

 

Re: Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus (5) [R]: Ben and Jerry make like a banana and...

Has Chivas grabbed him? I thought that was still up in the air. One strike against MLS (and players like Feilhaber returning) is the uncertainty. At his age/status I would want to know where I was headed before I signed.

Do we know the salary/terms of Feilhaber's deal? The second strike imo is the difficulty MLS players face trying to escape - those one-way 'option years' on their contracts. I wonder if Feilhaber (or Davies) has an 'escape' clause.

More likely, Feilhaber has accepted his own limitations and adjusted his ambitions accordingly.

[Davies still seems ambitious, and imo we can think of this year as the completion of his physical rehab, assuming he hasn't trapped himself with his MLS deal.]

 

Re: Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus (5) [R]: Ben and Jerry make like a banana and...

I think today is the D-day.

You'd think so but MLS is known for giving occasional wink-wink, nudge-nudge assurances.

Ceres and I guessed the same number on different threads.

I'd bet a house his contract is guaranteed.

yes.

Who knows what deal Davies has in place with MLS.

At this point, I assume none.

He is still on Sochaux's payroll.

 

Welcome home, Benny!

It will be interesting to see where you land . . . .

Props to our friend, Ceres, for providing the information loop.

 

A little less that 2 hrs until the deadline for Chivas. Anyone know how long Philly has if Chivas passes? Is this potentially going to drag on into next week?

Edit: I would also like to add my thanks to Ceres for his updates and match reports. I hope we get another YA to Aarhus soon.

 

I suggest a U-20. One of the promising collegiate guys would make sense.

 

The MLS is getting STRONG.

 

strictly a rumor now, but Chivas PASSED on Benny and New England just locked him up. Proceed with falling on the floor at Chivas USA's expense in 3....2....1....

 

So Chivas know that Bocanegra is coming back this summer? Interesting...

 

or EJ. Its the only possible defense of this. Philli passed on him too, but with Nowak that was obviously gonna happen. New England on the clock. I cannot fathom them not taking him. They are absolutely terrible right now, possibly the worst team in the league.

a midfield of Joseph-Feilhaber would be fun to see though.

 

Re: Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus (5) [R]: Ben and Jerry make like a banana and...

Dude....

Its a really.....really d-bag move quoting one's self but....

Benny just went to Houston. Who wants to touch me......

it didnt go down exactly like that, but it was pretty darn close. final details still emerging. Looks like Chivas and Phili passed, Houston traded up with New England. for what, we dont know as of yet

 

Re: Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus (5) [R]: Ben and Jerry make like a banana and...

Except for the fact that he didn't go to Houston. Talk about fail.

 

Re: Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus (5) [R]: Ben and Jerry make like a banana and...

Are you sure? According to Wikipedia (a supremely reliable source):

This is a great move for Buxmont...

 

oh man it appears i just got punked by Mr Cochrane's tweet. nothing for sure yet then, new england still on the clock

 

Re: Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus (5) [R]: Ben and Jerry make like a banana and...

NE probably did not want anything EXCEPT the chance to NOT pay someone serious money. That is their overall goal: not to pay anyone.