Blacks develop quicker, and early bloomers rarely develop into elite players.

grandmaster

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Of the 10 youngest players in the 30+ year history of the Premier League (as of Sep 19, 2022)...

All 10 were born in England.
Only 1 has represented England at full international level; Aaron Lennon.
7 are black, while the Premier League overall is 43% black.

It's too early to judge Nwaneri and Elliott, but I think it's safe to say, at least 7 of these guys will never represent England at full international level.

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43% black? Talk about over representation. Aren't they only about 3% black by population? And that high only recently after the gates were opened to all and sundry. It is somewhat exaggerating, but that would be like the NFL being 43% Sikh separatists.
 

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well looking at the career of the majority, all with poor careers including the white ones, the one with the best career was Aaron Lennon (but nothing much, his best was being regular for Tottenham), None became a great player.
 

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Studies show that black babies start walking and crawling a few months sooner on average than white babies, Asian babies unsurprisingly start walking and crawling last. But its clear whites continually develop into our 20’s whereas blacks are basically done by 17
 

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Early bloomers across racial lines often do not live up to the hype.

Lukaku at 17 was supposedly destined for greatness. But he has scored only 18 goals in the Champions League, and has had an inconsistent career. He excelled in Everton and disappointed in United, before having two strong seasons in Inter, and then flopping again in Chelsea.

Alvaro Morata is a decent player, but his career-high in goals in a single season at club level is 21. He was predicted to be a world-class striker, as he emerged during Spain's dominance in the early 2010s. It's fair to say that his peak was well below that of his contemporaries Diego Costa and Radamel Falcao.
 
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Early bloomers across racial lines often do not live up to the hype.

Lukaku at 17 was supposedly destined for greatness. But he has scored only 18 goals in the Champions League, and has had an inconsistent career. He excelled in Everton and disappointed in United, before having two strong seasons in Inter, and then flopping again in Chelsea.

Alvaro Morata is a decent player, but his career-high in goals in a single season at club level is 21. He was predicted to be a world-class striker, as he emerged during Spain's dominance in the early 2010s. It's fair to say that his peak was well below that of his contemporaries Diego Costa and Radamel Falcao.
Donny Van de beek, de ligt And Frankie de Jong, The last two are not total flops ( And de Jong suffers from injuries) But they didn't achieve what are Expected (top 5 in their positions in 5 years Especially De ligt And de Jong, De ligt He had an irregular spell at Juventus and is trying to recover at Bayern now, And de Jong Had the misfortune to fall into Barcelona's worst phase since 2000-02, And he started to suffer from some injuries, And van de beek It didn't go well at Manchester United and now it's in a midteam in bundesliga), All three emerged very young as Ajax's stars who reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2019 (Eliminating defending champions Real Madrid with a 1-4 in bernabeu and Juventus With Cristiano Ronaldo).
 
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Donny Van de beek, de ligt And Frankie de Jong, The last two are not total flops ( And de Jong suffers from injuries) But they didn't achieve what are Expected (top 5 in their positions in 5 years Especially De ligt And de Jong, De ligt He had an irregular spell at Juventus and is trying to recover at Bayern now, And de Jong Had the misfortune to fall into Barcelona's worst phase since 2000-02, And he started to suffer from some injuries, And van de beek It didn't go well at Manchester United and now it's in a midteam in bundesliga), All three emerged very young as Ajax's stars who reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2019 (Eliminating defending champions Real Madrid with a 1-4 in bernabeu and Juventus With Cristiano Ronaldo).

I question the true ability of those three, plus Ziyech, because Ajax looked even better, shortly after they'd all left, they just didn't go as far in the UCL because they had tougher matchups.
 
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We see this in hs football and basketball all the time. These 5* are just physically more mature at 15-16 and bully kids around. Blacks hit puberty quicker and dominate weaker opponents but once that advantage goes away so does their game
 

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Further to my point; the Golden Boy Award has been awarded every year since 2003 and goes to the best player under the age of 21 who plays in a European nation's top tier.

8 of the 21 winners have been black; that's 38%:

1. Anderson - 2008
2. Balotelli - 2010
3. Pogba - 2013
4. Sterling - 2014
5. Martial - 2015
6. Renato Sanches - 2016
7. Mbappe - 2017
8. Bellingham - 2023

...but only one of those guys has ever finished top 5 in Ballon d'Or voting; Mbappe.
 

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We see this in hs football and basketball all the time. These 5* are just physically more mature at 15-16 and bully kids around. Blacks hit puberty quicker and dominate weaker opponents but once that advantage goes away so does their game
And this goes to the long term advantage white athletes have bc white athletes learn the game and engrain long term motor patterns and
“If-then” reactions based off previous experience. This leads to faster playing speed, better coordination, etc that white athletes possess. And shows that whites have far more “upside” as it is far easier to improve your 40 time or vert than it is to change your central nervous system
 
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