Comments on: Karimaldo

By: Evilo

Evilo — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 08:10:05 +0000

Go ahead.

By: Corey

Corey — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:59:19 +0000

Well I would simply be updating your list, there are a few on their that need to be removed, a few younger guys who could make it and two players from Le Mans you overlooked. I dont care if my list is better or not, I simply have different insights and if people saw two lists they could form their own opinions on the young players.

By: Evilo

Evilo — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:01:47 +0000

You could?
Except for Dia, I don’t think any player deserved to be on that top 50 more than the guys that were on it.
Maybe you missed the cutoff date?

I’ll listen to any opinion, I’m pretty sure in all modesty (:)) that there isn’t a better L1 prospect list anywhere in the world, in any publication.

By: Corey

Corey — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:10:24 +0000

Evilo, your list is good, I could find a few more though.

By: Evilo

Evilo — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:20:28 +0000

You’ll find the whole list here with details and videos :
http://hfboards.com/showpost.php?p=9124630&postcount=55
My top 50 L1 prospects (so yes I don’t have the french players playing abroad) as of May 2007.

By: Inara

Inara — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:07:14 +0000

I agree absolutely. No other country, not even Spain and Italy, can boast the number of young talents in every position. Just take a look at this:

GKs: Lloris, Riou, Pouplin, Pele
DF: Sagna, Kaboul, Mathieu, Clerc, Clichy
MF: Diaby, Toulalan, Digard, Diarra, Diarra, Mavuba, Nasri, Gourcuff, Flamini, Chantome
AT: Briand, Benzema, Gouffran, Ben Arfa, Menez, Gakpe

I’m missing so many players, and all of the ones I listed are 24 or under.

By: Pride of Lyon

Pride of Lyon — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:48:57 +0000

let’s not forget pele as a very promising keeper… he just needs to become more regular.

By: Corey

Corey — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:20:10 +0000

Evilo- Im pretty sure PSG got some sort of payment from Arsenal, its why bios of him refer to him as the former PSG youth team product. But now that I understand the system, it seems like France is asking for all of its best youngsters to be bought up by bigger clubs if players that go into Claire dont have contracts and are put in the shop window pretty much. Strange that they would be tied down before they get there…

Also, you guys always are spot on with how optimistic everyone should be about France’s young players, but you leave out a few. Jimmy Briand, Mathieu Coutaduer (Le Mans), Malaury Martin (Monaco), Kevin Bru (Rennes), Alain Traore (Auxerre), and Sandy Paillot (Lyon) are all good bets for the future, along with someone like Blaise Matiuidi who always has impressed me. Someone like Yoan Gouffran could still impress us, but I think everyone should keep an eye on Kevin Gamiero of Strabourg, he scored a beauty in the third of fourth round.

By: pride of Lyon

pride of Lyon — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:18:15 +0000

hehe… I will change this wikipedia article then. check it in 3 hours.

By: Loopy

Loopy — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:06:15 +0000

Not that it means anything, but boredom led to a search for our young french stars on Wikipedia. It appears that the author of the articles is under the imperssion that Ben Arfa (and probably Benzema) will probably be playing their footbal at Arsenal.
Guess he wasn’t a OL fan!