Yanks Abroad reporting "Freddy Adu will not be on the bench for Monaco when they travel away to Marseille."
It's getting more and more ridiculous. Some minutes any minutes and I would be happy. How many games in row has he not be the bench? 3 or 4?
I saw that as well on YA. My only question is what is that it isn't clear what they are basing this on. Is it normal for the gameday roster to be announced two days prior?
Well, it might be preposterous and wishful thinking, but one interpretation is that he might actually play.
Well, they were right: Le groupe monégasque : Thuram, Ruffier - Mongongu, Modesto, Nkoulou, Müller, Simic, Adriano, Mangani - Leko, Gosso, Pokrivac, Diaz, Mollo - Licata, Park, Gakpé, Pino, Nimani
Adu's next blog entry: Ricardo gave me an encouraging boost today. He said that he really appreciated the way I have been training with the team lately and that I will be rewarded very soon. I'm getting really excited about potentially getting some good minutes in the near future.
^^Don't forget the part where he says that he's working very hard to earn more minutes (well, in this case, any minutes!). And how he's happy about the US win and happy/sad about whatever Monaco does this weekend.
He should do a video blog, so he can blink "help me help me sos" in morse code while he talks into the webcam about how Ricardo says he'll be able to contribute soon.
This would be a great skit for a comedy show, if anybody actually cared about American soccer. (besides us of course)
Because he's got the worst advisors in the history of professional sports? When you're on loan with a club, and the manager has come out and stated repeatedly that he didn't want you in the first place and that you are not his type of player, you need to get the hell out of there. This whole keep your head down and work you way through it is a load of shit and is the product of him listening to guys like Bradley (he needs to be a good person). After completely wasting this year, he's going to accept a token callup this summer and completely ******** up his preseason with his next club. Hell, the transfer window doesn't even open until most clubs are already well into preseason, meaning he's going to miss a majority of it anyway. This kid should have forced Benfica AND Monaco to shit or get off the pot this transfer window.
there is one and only one very slight positive that can be had from this. maybe two. he will never be in this situation again. he's learned his lesson. if he can avoid it, he'll never make a move without the coach wanting him there. if his handlers are dealing with the director of sport on a possible move, he'll tell them to talk to the coach first. that, and he's only 19, which is very early/young for an american player. question: who are the other players who make the bench every week, but never get on the pitch? or is freddy the only one?
I'd be willing to bet that, at the end of this season, Freddy will have played fewer minutes at Monaco than any other loanee field player in Europe this season. At any level of professional football.
For me the issue is less appearances, he has appeared in 9 league games. The bigger issue is minutes, 100. Adu averages 11 minutes per appearance, hardly time to show very much, good or bad. If you take out his one long appearance, his average per appearance goes down to really more like 5-6 minutes per appearance, I can't imagine anyone showing much with that average.
http://www.justin.tv/htvkeeper Since there is no [R] in the title I won't be a spoiler other than to say when Pino was subbed off in the second half, he jumped the fence and went straight to the locker room instead of joining his team on the bench. Theres is a very cool, high tech post game show after the match....nice..nice..
Monaco deserve every single ignominious defeat and the eventual relegation that's coming to the them.
Well since there is a score in here now I can say....that 0-1 score should or could have easily been 0-4. Marseille dominated play and missed 2 sitters and mis-hit 2 perfect set ups. One of the sitters the Monaco goalie stood on his head, just a spectacular play(s) x2 on the same play. 6 to 1 SOG