frederic38
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the thread from the last season: http://www.castefootball.us/forums/threads/13689-really-bad-defenders-2011-2012
european clubs currently have a tendency to buy black defenders for their phisicality, they tipically take a big black guy, put him a jersey on, and this is how they produce defenders
this is especially true in france, and a little bit in england (and USA i guess) but these "french" defenders often leave france and play in other leagues
for example there are many of them in england, and now there are some of them in italy (mobido diakité in lazio)
blacks make naturally bad defenders because they are not able to keep focused for 90 minutes, they have bad coordination (hence the goofy look), no intelligence (so no tactical awareness), no charisma (which is important to lead the defence), they are bad headers and they are worthless on set pieces, and they are (believe it or not) not as strong and powerfull as whites
another thing that make them stand out even more than that as bad defenders is that they are bought by european clubs for their physique, and not for their skills - that's one of the reasons why african blacks and european blacks are worse than south american blacks for this matter
it can be argued that some of these black defenders are not even soccer players
here are quotes from article or know coaches from france and other countries:
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/jesus-says-devils-best-of-mediocre-premier-league-2941341.html
french coaches: http://www.castefootball.us/forums/threads/13607-French-Soccer?p=254729&viewfull=1#post254729
and a great article about the issue: http://www.worldsoccer.com/blogs/si...ill-served-by-europes-obsession-with-physique
a quote from karel brokken:
but the central defence is the most important part of a team, it's fundamental
last year chelsea won the campions league with 2 white central defenders and a white goal keeper, while the other team in the final, bayern munchen, had a black central defender (a "european" one)
since the creation of the champions league, only 5 teams won with 1 central defender: marseille in 1993 (they were relegated for corruption the next season), benfica with a brazilian central defender in the 60's, bayern munchen with sammy kuffour helped by 2 white central defenders, barcelona with yaya touré as a central defender because there were a lot of injuried players, and manchester united with rio ferdinand
some very big teams like manchester city and manchester united were kicked out of champions league very early last year, because they had black central defenders, while chelsea and arsenal did better because they had solid white defenders
black defenders are also the number 1 reason why french clubs fail at champions league, while portugal won it in 2004 with a white defence
this is why i will once again monitor the black defenders playing in the european leagues
you can post videos, reports from websites or written by yourself of a bad match by a black defender
as a start, here is the first own goal of the new season, scored by a black defender from french ligue 1:
[video=youtube_share;Yxn5bxDhRes]http://youtu.be/Yxn5bxDhRes[/video]
european clubs currently have a tendency to buy black defenders for their phisicality, they tipically take a big black guy, put him a jersey on, and this is how they produce defenders
this is especially true in france, and a little bit in england (and USA i guess) but these "french" defenders often leave france and play in other leagues
for example there are many of them in england, and now there are some of them in italy (mobido diakité in lazio)
blacks make naturally bad defenders because they are not able to keep focused for 90 minutes, they have bad coordination (hence the goofy look), no intelligence (so no tactical awareness), no charisma (which is important to lead the defence), they are bad headers and they are worthless on set pieces, and they are (believe it or not) not as strong and powerfull as whites
another thing that make them stand out even more than that as bad defenders is that they are bought by european clubs for their physique, and not for their skills - that's one of the reasons why african blacks and european blacks are worse than south american blacks for this matter
it can be argued that some of these black defenders are not even soccer players
here are quotes from article or know coaches from france and other countries:
"The English league is a good league but compared with Spain, Germany and Italy it is not so good,"
"In Spain, Germany and Italy there is a big technical and tactical input in every match. "
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/jesus-says-devils-best-of-mediocre-premier-league-2941341.html
french coaches: http://www.castefootball.us/forums/threads/13607-French-Soccer?p=254729&viewfull=1#post254729
and a great article about the issue: http://www.worldsoccer.com/blogs/si...ill-served-by-europes-obsession-with-physique
a quote from karel brokken:
"Les Ouest-Africains sont généralement beaucoup plus imposants et plus physiques, et c'est ce que les clubs européens veulent. Le travail technique vient après.
west africans are bigger (he compares them to the south-african blacks) and that's what european clubs want
skill is secondary for them
but the central defence is the most important part of a team, it's fundamental
last year chelsea won the campions league with 2 white central defenders and a white goal keeper, while the other team in the final, bayern munchen, had a black central defender (a "european" one)
since the creation of the champions league, only 5 teams won with 1 central defender: marseille in 1993 (they were relegated for corruption the next season), benfica with a brazilian central defender in the 60's, bayern munchen with sammy kuffour helped by 2 white central defenders, barcelona with yaya touré as a central defender because there were a lot of injuried players, and manchester united with rio ferdinand
some very big teams like manchester city and manchester united were kicked out of champions league very early last year, because they had black central defenders, while chelsea and arsenal did better because they had solid white defenders
black defenders are also the number 1 reason why french clubs fail at champions league, while portugal won it in 2004 with a white defence
this is why i will once again monitor the black defenders playing in the european leagues
you can post videos, reports from websites or written by yourself of a bad match by a black defender
as a start, here is the first own goal of the new season, scored by a black defender from french ligue 1:
[video=youtube_share;Yxn5bxDhRes]http://youtu.be/Yxn5bxDhRes[/video]
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