We don't need another gyro: Freddy Adu's Greek Tragedy

I think dark knight messed up.

We have a different thread for Freddy news and analysis.
https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1506036&highlight=Freddy

This is in fact the designated place for flippant, snarky one-liners.

 

i'm thinking to really serve the community, we need at least 5 specialized adu threads by my count.

news
comments on that news
his tweets and their analysis
his food intake and its analysis
snark

 

And a 6th thread called "Match Performance". But that thread would remain in hibernation for the time being.

Did I post this comment in the correct thread?

 

I like it... let me run it by my boy, Essien, first...

 

how many more "my boy essien" comments do we need before it gets beat to death?

10 more pages?

if there was something that funny maybe i could understand having a separate thread for a yank abroad. well, no i couldn't. someone could be coming to this site for the first time and not understand that a separate thread had to be created for news only. i find it's pretty ridiculous to create a thread for a general sound board. it shouldn't be this way. there should be one thread, not two because some people think what have to say is so important.

the same repeats come on here because they are bored and think they have something so wonderfully funny to share with the rest of the internet need to chill for a bit. go create a thread on USA men for that crap.

 

So basically, you're saying that this site should be run the way you think it should and no one else should use it in any other way than how you approve? If you want a site for news updates only you don't need to come here. You can go to any of the established sports/soccer sites/magazines online. This is an online COMMUNITY. It's a forum. People come here to discuss things. People make jokes. Even if they aren't funny, which is subjective by the way (that means not determined by you alone), that is part of the experience. Also, the reason the "my boy" thing came back is probably because Freddy made another tweet using that phrase.

The funny thing is, this kind of stuff goes on in nearly every other YA thread, but no one seems to care. Come on, who is really getting hurt by this? If you don't like it you can always unsubscribe and follow the news only thread.

Also, this is an internet forum, everyone on here, yourself included, thinks what they have to say is important. Otherwise, they wouldn't even say it.

tl;dr

Lighten up, Francis.

 

Lets be honest, Freddy's interest for most of the US soccer community was as the next big thing. If he returns from Europe wihout having made it, the interest left will be mostly as a 2 Corey's type freakshow of failed child star.

An MLS team will take a flyer on him for his talent, though I think Freddy will be hurt by what I think will be seen as a lack of seriousness and dedication as a professional. I could see LA doing it, as I think the sideshow aspect of it would actually appeal to them, but I dont see NYRB biting on it. Only certain teams will be interested I think, and it really comes down to which ones think they can take him in without really disrupting the rest of their team.

As for him taking the money, on a personal level I dont blame him, but on a professional level, I sort of have to wonder how hungry he is. Thats the biggest thing about any team in MLS that will take him, they will want it to be on their terms.

 

Then what is this thread about and how does it differ from the other thread?

 

so your saying i shouldn't make a joke referencing my earlier joke, quoting the anti essien (not sure what the poor guy ever did to that poster) post suggesting i underestimated the amount of threads that should be dedicated to adu?

btw, i think most (definitely me) are just taking the piss. the separation of church and state in regard to adu was a good move in a situation that obviously needed something to happen. not sure why the jokes are discouraged in this thread in the absence of real developments, but i'm not the one with the shnazzy admin tag under my username, so my vote only counts for 3/5th of a vote.

 

No offense Dark Knight because I appreciate the work you do here, but every thread starts out with a smarmy one liner title. That is part of the fun of the non-news threads. If folks get a hair up their butt about it, they can resurrect the "news" thread from the ashes and post there.

 

seriously, what do you have to do to be a mod anyways? sit on your comp all day waiting to tell others not to make jokes about a player whose career has nosedived? I just don't get this at all, this forum can be so snooty and ridiculous at times. Nothing is going on with Freddy. I wish the thread would just die. But it doesn't so whatever, I'll post some jokes about him because he blew it, continues to blow it and will most definately never pan out in the future.

TRUTH

 

well since he currently has no career you might as well lock this thread.

 

What's the word on his training situation? With Aris or by his lonesome self?

 

Freddy training with Aris would certainly be news so I suggest checking the Freddy Adu News thread. This is some other kind of thread.

PS: I forget where the Adu News thread is located. Maybe someone else can help out??

 

https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1506036&highlight=Freddy

Nobody's posted in there for 3 weeks, so it's completely off the grid.

I'll refrain from a spunky one-liner as to avoid a rebuke from the "seriousness" police.

 

your agreeing with a tone of derision i had no intent of being present in my post. i was mostly just taking the piss and cracking a joke.

i've admin'd forums before. its not an easy job, and while i don't see the harm in jokes (even a lot of them) in an otherwise news barren thread, i understand that those who hold the keys to the throne are good people doing the best the can with a relatively bad situation.

 

This is just my 2 cents. I was in the stands when Freddie debuted as a kid for DC United and I bit into the hype as much as anyone. I remember showing an English guy at work some of his You Tube highlights. It knocked him out as well and we thought this might be something special.

I think the tone of this thread is a result of this promise resulting in a parody of what a professional soccer player should be. The twitter posts are icing on the cake. Freddie seems to have no clue as to how far his star has fallen.

It is sad, but the amount of ATP burned in commenting about his fractured career in nonsensical posts is surreal, and strangely, entertaining.

Again, one fan's opinion.

 

"I remember showing an English guy at work some of his You Tube highlights. It knocked him out as well and we thought this might be something special."


Maybe he was just trying to be nice....

In all seriousness. Freddy Adu's story is a unique story to US Soccer (before Adu, whens the last time we had some teenager who was branded as the next Pele????)

However, in countries all over Europe and South America it happens more often.. A young teenager rises through the ranks of an academy and looks as though he will be the next great soccer superstar....only to turn out to be a very average player or worse..

For every kid with superstar potential that turns into a Messi, there's another kid that you never heard of that doesn't. Were just not used to a potential superstar failing (probably becuase it's a rare for us to have a potential superstar in the first place), at least when it comes to soccer. Thats why Adu is such a talked about figure...

 

I second this motion...

 

THIRD'D

shut this down, no freddy talk til there is freddy talk.