I can't believe no one is talking about this here.... https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=148861&page=1&pp=15 -bs
Some of us only give a rip what he does in an FC Dallas shirt and a USA shirt, not arguing whether or not he's "good enough" for Manchester United. Personally, it would not bother me too much if EJ spent his entire professional career in Dallas, knocking in goal after goal on a very regular basis and eventually far eclipsing Kreis' MLS goal-scoring record. And I would be very happy if did the same for the USA. But what do I care if he becomes the greatest thing since sliced bread in Manchester or London? His success there does nothing for me as an FC Dallas fan.
We've already been through this. We had this hoedown a month ago leading up to and after the US-ES & US-PAN games. GAM will be gone. He will be an UN-96er. We all would love to see him stay in Frisco forever. And the chance of that happening is NIL. Where he goes, and at what price, will affect when he goes, and what we get in return, and the two latter issues will have a HUGE affect on FCD. If you want GAM in FCD hoops as long as possible, you should be over in the scum thread talking him down. Of course, SAF usually sees past spin, and knows bargains when he sees them. A 20-year-old Thierry Henry starter-kit with all of EJ's laurels from this year equals bargain if Gazidis is stupid enough to let EJ go at cut rate before Germany. Throw another useless allocation on the HSG community chest kiddy. -bs
Where did I say SAF reads the bigboard? It's called The Echo Chamber. You know, the NeoCon/Newscorp "urban legend" manifesto of "news" creation. The scum fanbase is huge. They're collective groupthink has reach. Whatever the consensus reality on any player, it will eventually filter up to the top 100 or so people who form the closest circle around SAF. Fastest way to throw a wrench in the machine? Fans of local Dallas club talking down GAM regardless of the truth at the base level. Introduce noise in to the signal. Classic op. -bs
Personally, I'd put the odds even lower. Anyone would be wasting his time trying to talk Eddie down just to keep him here, not to mention holding a player back.
Right. [SARCASM] A worldwide venue of discussion for passionate soccer fans has no value. [/SARCASM] Right.
i agree with jefe in this that after GAM is gone from here i will root for him no more than i root for any other yank across the pond
I'll be booing him if he goes to ManYoo. I'd rather see him in City's blue. But I'd rather see him in Dallas hoops over anything else.
you wouldn't use the "Scholes Exemption" on him? where you like the player - as long as he's playing for the Nats?
Didn't EJ train with Man U last summer for a few weeks? I seem to remember something about that. Anyway, I wouldn't get too excited just yet. Besides, just about the worst place for him to go would be a club like Manchester or Arsenal. No way he cracks the starting lineup. I'd rather him do like Beasley did and go to a big team in a second tier league. Immediate contributor, if not starter, and Champion's League or UEFA Cup games galore. Not sitting on the bench, not relegated to the reserves, not loaned out to some backwater crap club in Portugal or Belgium.
Of course Eddie would get the SE...I didn't mean to imply otherwise. Only the enemy when on the ManU pitch wearing that godforsaken shirt.
I am with El Jefe on this, too. I rarely see or look to see Americans playing on European teams anyway.
I wonder how much GAM's transfer will bring to the league's coffers. Personally I want him to stay for 2 more years. There is no way he will stay in MLS. He is just too talented.
I don't care who he trains with as long as he comes back ready to kick of Frisco 05. If and when EJ goes to Europe, I rather see him join Bolton where he could get playing time. However I won't pay too much attention to him unlike some of the people on the yanks abroad forum who thinks every American should start(75% of them think that anyways).
EJ has trained with them multiple times since he was about 17. He also went to france once or twice (brodeaux?) He had said before he wanted to go to Europe after his current MLS deal is up. But then he went with teh Nats and said talking to some of them (Landon etc) that Europe sucks if you are not playing. SO he then said he would consider a new deal.... we'll see in two years.. or a year and half... or one year....
Other than Nunez maybe to Celtic as TLo reported a couple weeks ago... Not that i know of, but I will keep asking.
I think I once heard Eddie say: "I'm Gamby dammit". That confused me, because he wasn't even wearing the green suit. Maybe someone can clarify.