🇧🇪 Charly Musonda Jr.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

29 minutes ago, Jeronimo123 said:

Your comparison with France is pretty exact. Same thing in Belgium.

Half of the belgian national football team have got foreign roots. I don't really know why that is. Probably because of social factors. Maybe genetics also play a part.

Black guys are just ridiculously good at sports. That's why 80% of the NBA is black.

[The Skipper 20,609]

On 3 March 2016 at 10:08 PM, Pizy said:

José being gone is indeed a very good thing when it comes to Musonda. The problem is (if you can really call it a problem) that the club and new manager will Ben of desperate to get back to the top that a top player may be brought in that plays the same position.

I'd hate to see a Pogba situation here where everyone can see his talent but he isn't given a chance, moves clubs, and becomes a superstar. Already rumors of several of our rivals sniffing around.

We don't necessarily need to buy another player/superstar in the AM strata, we seem to be pretty stacked there, especially if Hazard stays and regains form. I'd be happy with any combination of Hazard, Willian, Pedro, Kenedy, Oscar, Musonda or Traore/Boga next season tbh. If we wanted to improve there I'd simply sell Oscar and upgrade on him. 

[The Skipper 20,609]

PS. Shout out to Emenalo for managing to get Charly to the club. 

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

4 hours ago, johnnythefirst said:

Black guys are just ridiculously good at sports. That's why 80% of the NBA is black.

Or the fact that is where the opportunity goes.

 

We have counties down here where the white schools will get new science/ buildings, while the prominently black and hispanic schools will get new football(American) fields. Then people wonder why people come into college behind kids who have been doing calculus for years when kids from certain high schools are lucky if they can get teachers to teach them trig or pre cal. Its a messed up education system.

[DYC. 7,542]

On 8/24/2015 at 4:33 PM, DYC. said:

Promote Musonda.

Play Musonda.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is what we call natural ability. The improvement in his two latest games compared to the 2/3 games before is already clear to see. Thought he was qutie underwhelming in his first few games, judging him as first team footballer and ignoring his young age. But he's already stepped up a few levels in a matter of weeks. You can't teach that. It's a special talent residing inside the boy.

My only fear was his ability to cope with the physical demands of first team football but he's playing 90 min every week and doesn't look jaded at all. Neither is he getting bullied on the pitch. I'm so happy he's doing well.

Biggest talent at the club for me and my view hasn't changed. He has to be Hazard's successor, who'll most likely be gone by 2019. A year or two in Spain and bring him back afterwards.

Play Musonda.

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

Deportivo (second game): 6/10.

All the other games: At least 8/10.

 

There is no clear improvement, he started at a world class level already. People maybe think they see improvement because Deportivo was not as good as his other games.

[Shakez 755]

8 hours ago, Blue Colored Sky said:

You sure that he will be called ? I remember his interview with one of Belgian papers in September 2014. He was so eager to impress and said that he dreams to play in Euro 2016. And I thought "Is he for real ? He is playing in youths at the moment". That's why he was waisted imo but if he can make last-ditch call-up before tournament that would be fantastic.

For one of the upcoming friendlies id say probably yes, now that KDB will be out for those. Wilmots is already scouting him, and he's always been a big advocate for youth in the past, examples: Bakkali, Januzaj, Ferrerra, Denayer, Praet, Tielemans, etc. If he will take him to the euros is a different matter. That will depend on injuries mostly because our AM department is quite stacked with Hazard, Mertens, Chadli, KDB, Ferrera-carrasco, Mirallas... But you never know, Origi was also a surprise call up at the World Cup.

[nyikolajevics 2,700]

11 hours ago, johnnythefirst said:

Black guys are just ridiculously good at sports. That's why 80% of the NBA is black.

 

Why is 95% of the NHL white then?

[TQB 19]

18 hours ago, Jeronimo123 said:

Your comparison with France is pretty exact. Same thing in Belgium.

Half of the belgian national football team have got foreign roots. I don't really know why that is. Probably because of social factors. Maybe genetics also play a part.

Definitely also genetics. The fathers of Lukaku, Musonda and Origi were all professional football players that came to play in Belgium. 

[MefiX19 1,092]

8 hours ago, nyikolajevics said:

 

Why is 95% of the NHL white then?

Because theres no snow in Africa

(plz dont ban me )

[Henrique 9,133]

2 hours ago, TQB said:

Definitely also genetics. The fathers of Lukaku, Musonda and Origi were all professional football players that came to play in Belgium. 

Please stop the stupid comments. I regreet making the first question. Nevermind.

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

2 hours ago, Henrique said:

Please stop the stupid comments. I regreet making the first question. Nevermind.

Agreed. It has as much to do with genetics as political figures that are family of other political figures.

Those are the main reasons why you see that many footballers are sons of other professional footballers.

1. Their fathers know everybody in the world of football (45%)

2. Money (27%)

3. Their fathers give them the right tips starting at a very young age (16%)

4. They start extremely early (9%)

5. Genetics (3%)

[OhForAGreavsie 6,075]

My biggest gripe with the coverage of football is pundits and commentators who don't do their homework. They have such a fun job, just put a little bit of effort in lads. Shortly after kick-off in today's game the co-commentator was having a moan up about Betis, listing a couple of players who might help them but saying that apart from those two Betis had no creativity in their side. The two names did not include Charly which shows that he can't even have watched Betisi's last game and that is surely the least he should do. Anyway, by the 35th minute he was able to say, "If Betis can get the ball to Musonda as often as possible they'll do a lot better in this game."

Obviously Charlie has shown enough to open the commentator's eyes but actually Betis have not been able to set him up with good possession all that often. Consequently, despite being the most effective player so far, both he and his team have been fairly quiet in the game. That said, they enjoyed their best spell in the last 7 or 8 minutes of the half so maybe we'll see more in the second period.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

He's actually a better defensive midfielder than Matic. Vargas was sent off so he was moved from RW to CM and Granada haven't created a single chance in the 2nd half. Hasn't been caught out of position once so far.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,075]

1 hour ago, Gilvorak said:

He's actually a better defensive midfielder than Matic. Vargas was sent off so he was moved from RW to CM and Granada haven't created a single chance in the 2nd half. Hasn't been caught out of position once so far.

As I've posted previously, the two best performances I saw Charly put in for us were both in the Modric role. Thing is those two games were the only occasions he played there and they were18 months apart so no one at the club seems to have any interest in seeing Charly used in that way. I don't know if you would call that a DM position however.

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

I think his extreme dribbling skills should be used closer to the goal of the opponent. AM is his position for me.

[Leif 6,006]

He reminds me so much of Silva really, but with a better burst of pace

[Yeboii 1,844]

What I look forward to see is him playing against Barca, Real or Atletico

[chelseafan26 293]

27 minutes ago, Yeboii said:

What I look forward to see is him playing against Barca, Real or Atletico

I expect him to be playing FOR barca/RM/ATM

[Yeboii 1,844]

4 minutes ago, chelseafan26 said:

I expect him to be playing FOR barca/RM/ATM

Yeah like Chelsea want to let him go lol