Please discuss the following list of "THE 50 MOST EXCITING TEENAGE FOOTBALLERS IN THE WORLD"

KERMIT ERASMUS?!!

Anderson looks the business at the moment.

Reads like a scouting report from a 2010 FM game.

Hooray Gareth Bale on there though.

Cristian Nazarith is another made up name, surely?

KERMIT ERASMUS?!!

-- Matt DC, Thursday, 21 February 2008 12:04 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

"The South African Rooney", ie has an arse the size of a transit van, 18, gonna sign for Feyernood in the summer, has the best name of any Sifrican footballer since Doctor Khumalo.

I have not heard of nearly all of these. I am a worse talent spotter than Frank Arnesen.

In what way is Micah Richards exciting?

http://www.solointer.it/public/foto_notizie/mario_balotelli.JPG

^^^proud Sicilian Mario Balotelli, who will no doubt be the centre of lots of "FACE OF NEW EUROPE" style articles. And being an actually black Sicilian will really piss off Lega Nord types.

In what way is Micah Richards exciting?

-- Pete W, Thursday, 21 February 2008 12:08 (45 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

You not seen that T2 video?

Look, we can't possibly do this properly without YouTube clips culled from the meagre amount of footage around featuring these exciting young talents tapping in from two yards, or going round two defenders and shooting into the side netting from a narrow angle.

I give you Sadick Adams.

"les buts de Sadick"

Dumitru Copil performs the worst keepy-uppy display ever.

Why the fuck must all these videos bookend 30 seconds of action with three minutes of Panini stills interspersed with 'EXCITING NEW TALENT!' written in Portguese? In comic sans.

They need to get some Youtube video making advice from those girls who synch up Dragonball Z clips to My Chemical Romance songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=binLTfa0AS4

Pretty good Toni Kroos goal

Ismail Aissati runs up and down a touchline a bit in training.

Okay but this on the other hand is a belter.

Macauley Chrisantus

Some exciting names on this list!

Ismail Aissati looks like he should be bartending in Tiger Tiger or somewhere.

Digeo Buonanotte kicks a Boca Juniors midfield in the jimmy

I was about to ask if any of these were vicious thugs.

Did Vicious Thugs not make the list then?

Is McGeady too old?

Kerlon's finally turned 20 then? When does he officially become the new Ronaldinho?

I can't see Paul Caddis on the list. Must've been a C&P error :)

McGeady's 21.

he's 21.... i though he was younger

"No Videos found for 'kermit erasmus"

:(

Sadly no place in the list for the 16-year-old Reggina defender Chelsea stole in a helicopter.

(xp) Watercolour found though:

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/belgium/images/brussels/erasmus-house/erasmus-by-holbien-younger-1523.jpg

Those foreigners can't handle the english winter eh..

I like how Tom D went with a picture of Erasmus, and not a picture of Kermit.

Or a picture of Fabio?

http://www.flashroyal.de/images/kermit.gif

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4161/kermitthehammer4ze.jpg

*splutter*

Is it possible to Photoshop an entire gif of Kermit signing for West Ham, breaking his leg in his first game and being mercilessly chastised by his national manager (Stadler or Waldorf perhaps) for going there in the first place?

http://www.muppetcentral.com/collectibles/muppetpics/doll_igel_le_soccer.jpg

First Kitson, then Bullard, now Kermit Erasmus. ILX = FICKLE

Meanwhile, here is some YouTube footage of Nikolai Mihailov.

Truly this list is the gift that keeps on giving.

^Far too much fannydangle

No Zoltán Stieber, no credibility

I heard Lordi's goal for Finland was immense.

We're already the #3 match on Google for "Sergio Tejera"

Quick get some google ads up.

I'm going to say hello to his mum.

Quick get some google ads up.

-- Jarlrmai, Thursday, 21 February 2008 13:03 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

If only we hadn't banned Heave Ho for the seventh time

There's a Swiss kid who's pretty good but his name completely escapes me.

Eren Derdiyok?

Bless you

Dammit one day that joke's going to work

I prefer "That's easy for you to say" on these occasions

No Zoltán Stieber, no credibility

-- That mong guy that's shit, Thursday, 21 February 2008 12:56 (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Man, if only that fat guy had succeeded in signing him for Oswestry Town...

No Jozy Altidore?

ones to watch
Minanda
Burchet
Castello

The omens are pretty poor for English football here aren't they?

What d'ye mean, they'll all be playing in the Premiership next season

Yeah, this list is basically FM08 after a few seasons. But minus Alex Teixeira, Charles Andre-Doudin, and Bogdan Stancu.

or charles-andre whatevvvvvvvv

let's turn this into a FM08 bargain thread then

so i'll give a shout-out to my man Kevin Monnet-Paquet, Arsenal star striker in the year 2014

I saw Sergio Tejera playing last night in the FA Youth Cup final. He was okay. Bit of a diver.

Best players were City's winger, Vladimir Weiss and Chelsea's Gael Kakuta.

The future of the England football team is assured I see

There were a couple of good English kids. Chelsea's Michael Woods and Nana Ofori-Twumasi (Ghanaian born, but been here since he was a kid), and Daniel Sturridge for City (who has played first team). But the eye-catching players tended to be foreign.

This thread is less of a discussion than a list of random words. More facts please. Who are these guys? Where are they from? What positions do they play and who for? Why haven't I heard of any of them? Where is Sonny Pike?

(My contribution: that Bojan's pretty good.)

Where is Sonny Pike?

-- Ismael Klata, Friday, 4 April 2008 11:55 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

He's a sports psychologist in Scotland now, and he's changed his name to Luke Pike.