Top 50 Un-Established Youngsters In The World from 2001

26-10-2008 5:45pm #1

http://www.footballtransfers.info/youth/top50_2001.html

2. Jermaine PENNANT - Pennant is a breath-taking prospect set to take the English Premier-League by storm

~Rebel~ · 26-10-2008 5:50pm

paddyg91 wrote: »

http://www.footballtransfers.info/youth/top50_2001.html

why is this a thread? Back in 2001 Pennant was a fantastic prospect. Did very well in Arsenal's youths, had a fantastic loan spell with Leeds, and then a great spell with Brum...

Xavi6 · 26-10-2008 5:51pm

~Rebel~ wrote: »

why is this a thread?

Why are any of them threads tbh

glenjamin · 26-10-2008 6:22pm

~Rebel~ wrote: »

why is this a thread? Back in 2001 Pennant was a fantastic prospect. Did very well in Arsenal's youths, had a fantastic loan spell with Leeds, and then a great spell with Brum...

+Became the most expensive teenager in the world when he joined Arsenal, hit a hattrick against Southampton if I can remember correctly.

This happens all the time, players been labbelled the next big thing then all of a sudden disappearing. I mean when was the last time you heard anything about Djemba-Djemba or Kléberson?

Yawn......

Chong · 26-10-2008 6:28pm

Shush ....... they never actually existed, as will this thread soon enough.

1 more post to 5000 Yay, nearly 7 years of Crap .

missingtime · 26-10-2008 8:26pm

Pennant Sucks.

zAbbo · 26-10-2008 8:33pm

Liverpool have had 5 of the Top 10 on their books, and 8 of the Top 20 on their books at one stage or another.

So in conclusion, Liverpool buy players from Top XX lists

shane86 · 26-10-2008 8:50pm

The Algerian-born sensation is inevitably now compared to another Algerian-born player playing for France, the world’s greatest player probably, Zinedine Zidane. And indeed, Meghni reminds of Zidane in many aspects of his game.

Christ. Another one. If you are French, vaguely Arab and can kick a ball you will be christened as Zidane Mark II.

Pennant Jamiacan born, Zidane Algerian born, AFAIK they are both UK/French born. Cant even get the basics right

Relatively few who are on the MIA list (John Welsh though....who? And our friend Zidane II hasnt set the world alight) but tbh while Cisse and Ibrahimovic have their moments Torres is arguably the only world class player on the list.

kryogen · 26-10-2008 9:10pm

to be fair there was about 12 or so arguably good calls on the list

spotted another 1 or 2 on the other list also

tetsujin1979 · 26-10-2008 10:53pm

spotted this:

Tounton Mkouko (Derby County, FWD) - Strong and pacey attacker who has not really settled at Derby but nevertheless produced quality displays for the club’s reserve and youth sides. A very talented player set to star for the first team in a year or two.

One for the Championship Manager players!

JPA · 27-10-2008 3:35am

shane86 wrote: »

Christ. Another one. If you are French, vaguely Arab and can kick a ball you will be christened as Zidane Mark II.

Pennant Jamiacan born, Zidane Algerian born, AFAIK they are both UK/French born. Cant even get the basics right

Relatively few who are on the MIA list (John Welsh though....who? And our friend Zidane II hasnt set the world alight) but tbh while Cisse and Ibrahimovic have their moments Torres is arguably the only world class player on the list.

Ibrahimovic, Van Der Vaart and Iniesta are definitely world class.

anonymous_joe · 27-10-2008 3:45am

I found that fascinating if I'm honest.

Xavi6 · 27-10-2008 4:05am

shane86 wrote: »

while Cisse and Ibrahimovic have their moments Torres is arguably the only world class player on the list.

Robben? Adriano? Quaresma?!

I see Trochowski on that list. He's playing superbly at the moment (some goal agaisnt Wales). Mexes, Kallstrom and Heitenga are all playing top level football too.

And John Welsh was a serious FM legend.

shane86 · 27-10-2008 10:24am

JPA wrote: »

Ibrahimovic, Van Der Vaart and Iniesta are definitely world class.

Ibrahimovic is inconsistent. VDV.....meh.

Xavi6 wrote: »

Robben? Adriano? Quaresma?!

I see Trochowski on that list. He's playing superbly at the moment (some goal agaisnt Wales). Mexes, Kallstrom and Heitenga are all playing top level football too.

And John Welsh was a serious FM legend.

Unless Im mistaken Hettinga isnt even a first choice player for Holland yet.

Mexes plays for Roma. Hardly a world class side. Doesnt get a reg game for France (though IIRC he fell out with that clown Domenech. Maybe he has a bad starsign or something

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eZe^ · 27-10-2008 2:00pm

Robben, Ibrahimovic, Adriano, Iniesta and Van Der Vaart are all certainly world class. Then theirs the next tier of players like Quaresma and Mexes who are good too.

Galvasean · 27-10-2008 2:00pm

Ah Aliadiere, I remember having such high hopes for that lad. Alas, never lived up to the hype.

Xavi6 · 27-10-2008 3:01pm

shane86 wrote: »

Unless Im mistaken Hettinga isnt even a first choice player for Holland yet.

Debut in 2004 and 42 caps since. He's a first choice whenever fit.

HalloweenJack · 27-10-2008 3:29pm

Of those 50, 16 are currently playing for teams in the Champions League (Pennant, Torres, Sinama-Pongolle, Fletcher, Van der Vaart, Ibrahimovic, Mexes, Iniesta, Adriano, Robben, Romagnoli, Quaresma, Donati, Kallstrom, Heitinga, Givet).

Oddly enough, two are now at Boro (Aliadiere and Mido).

There are loads more who have played in the Champions League in previous seasons.

Your man Meghni is now at Lazio.

mayordenis · 27-10-2008 3:35pm

Liverpool had 8 of the top 18.
I wonder was a copy of this hanging up in our boardroom?

thusspakeblixa · 27-10-2008 4:25pm

tetsujin1979 wrote: »

spotted this:

One for the Championship Manager players!

Ton-Ton Zola Moukoko- what a legend.
I started a thread about him in the FM forum a while ago.

AFAIK he's either in Sweden or Ghana now... if I remember correctly he had a trial with Finn Harps a year or two ago :cool:
...I would've gone to see him
''Ton-ton in the hole, tra la la la laa''

edit: I searched his name- got an interview with him-
http://www.derbycounty.dk/artikler/tonton-zola-moukoko-3.html
... he is in Sweden now with IK Sleipner, and apparently he's never played FM! :eek:

Nalz · 27-10-2008 8:19pm

eZe^ wrote: »

Ibrahimovic...certainly world class.

He's a youtube footballer, world class he is not. some rare fantastic goals here and there thats it

LuckyLloyd · 27-10-2008 8:27pm

That link makes for a fascinating read - the benefit of hindsight eh? I think a lot of you are being overly harsh on it's success rate in predicting good talent too. The percentage of players on it to enjoy solid professional careers or better is impressive.

An Citeog · 27-10-2008 8:44pm

Trilla wrote: »

He's a youtube footballer, world class he is not. some rare fantastic goals here and there thats it

I wouldn't agree with that at all. People seem to solely base their opinion on him from Inter's games against Liverpool in the CL last year. Truth is, he's one of the most highly rated strikers in Italy and imo, he's like a better version of Berbatov.

eZe^ · 27-10-2008 10:21pm

Exactly, Berbatov is a poor mans Ibrahimovic imo. He may not be the deadliest finisher, but there is NO better striker in the world at bringing his fellow team mates into scoring opportunities. Overall he has a strike rate better than one goal every two games for Inter in the league, and his assists records are excellent. 22 goals last year in 33 games. 17 goals and 9 assists in the league, and he only played 26 games in the league, so he was worth a goal every game he played in the league last season, hardly only a 'youtube' player.

5 goals and 1 assist in 7 league appearances this season.

If Ibrahimovic is a youtube footballer, than Berbatov is a redtube footballer.

LuckyLloyd · 27-10-2008 10:37pm

lol guys - you are fighting a lost cause. Didn't you get the memo that unless you play in the premiership and have that hype machine in your corner you aren't actually any good?

I love it when people come on here and say that the likes of Ibrahimovic or Toni are rubbish when they probably have seen no more than a handful of full games from their entire careers.

Bubs101 · 27-10-2008 11:00pm

Trilla wrote: »

He's a youtube footballer, world class he is not. some rare fantastic goals here and there thats it

Are you serious. Look at Inter's forwards. Cruz,Adriano and Balotelli. The last thing they need is another finisher. Ibra gets so many assists it is unreal and he is of such value to a team. He's probably only a youtube footballer because you only watch the Premiership

20 Times 20 Times · 28-10-2008 12:05am

Thread made me laugh and think about playing championship manager.(FM)

dfx- · 28-10-2008 2:12am

eZe^ wrote: »

If Ibrahimovic is a youtube footballer, than Berbatov is a redtube footballer.

Agree and why I wouldn't rate either..

The thread made me laugh because usually reading about highly rated teenagers and finding out where they are now is a criminal offence...or so I am told

Though whoever at any stage rated Pennant a better prospect than Torres or Robben for example

Xavi6 · 28-10-2008 2:19am

dfx- wrote: »

Though whoever at any stage rated Pennant a better prospect than Torres or Robben for example

The English media?

Top 50 Un-Established Youngsters In The World from 2001

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