He started and went 65 minutes in his debut for Rangers today
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=242122&cc=5901
He wears sweater number 2.
Edu @ Rangers, Don't read if not interested
He started and went 65 minutes in his debut for Rangers today
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=242122&cc=5901
He wears sweater number 2.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
Also Check out the article on Rangers' website
Edu Debut Joy..
http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/p...391857,00.html
Keep the posts coming. Proud of him. If he played today against Columbus, you can bet your ass we would have seen what rangers seen in him on the pitch today.
There'd be no space for him on our starting lineup today anyway.
Robbo and Guevara's partnership is really strong now.
Atta boy Mo. Do us and yourself proud.
love the thread title lmao
Good for edu make us proudmate
How is this TFC related?!?!
Mo Edu is the most overrated american soccer player
Not according to Mo Johnston, who says he's "easily the best young player in the US"!Originally Posted by NateDoGG
http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/p...~44415,00.html
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
Good for Mo. Anybody know how much he's making? I know the transfer was 5 mill but I never heard how much he would get payed this season.
Keep us updated.
Keep it up Mo
Mo Johnston said he would make "7 or 8 times" what he made in MLS....Edu was on US$150K so that implies US$1.0-1.2 million
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
From a Rangers fan I know
Also, not holding back here but Edu, $5m, holy f**k he better get his finger out !
He looks like a lost boy in the midfield, his touch was shocking, looks clumsy in the tackle and only plus point was his pace !
Think Mo Johnston has stung us here
We knew this already ...
It was only a matter of time before Edu got "figured" out.
I kind of feel sorry for him tbh ... too much, too fast for a player of his talent level. (or lack of talent level)
I mean ... there's a reason why the Diego's and Thiago Neves' of the world go to Werder Bremen and Hamburg (no disrespect) and not straight to Real, Man.U or Juventus.
(It's not quite the same with Edu, but you get my drift ... there should be a gradual progression of where a player moves teams and adds challenges to best build his talents and to not overwhelm him all at once. A last place MLS team for about 40 games straight to a CL worthy team is hardly logical progression)
It's also similar to Dale Mitchell's predicament in a way ... got hired for a job he wasn't qualified for.... oh well.
Last edited by LucaGol; 09-15-2008 at 12:24 PM.
"Trader Mo" strikes again!Think Mo Johnston has stung us here
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
Diegos was being scouted by Chelsea and Bremen aint such a bad place to be especially at his age. Diego came from Porto too, both relatively big teams for their regions. Just cuz they are currently there doesnt mean they wont move in the future. Look how long it took for people to catch on to Berbatov. Dude played for bayer leverkusen for a number of years.
5.96 in his first match.. not too shabby
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...xt/6273209.stm
except that I'd rather have Edu than Robbo.
I think Edu looked better in red...
I think you missed my point.
Diego and Thiago Neves will undboutebdly end up at one of the big clubs.
Point is .... they're plying their trade and second tier clubs in the world of European football first ... so that there is a natural and gradual progression of themselves as players and as people.
Unless a player is brought up through the youth ranks of a team (ie Leo Messi) its very difficult for younger players to go straight from their club of development ... straight into a top 5 team right away. Obviously there exist exceptions, but I believe they are rare.
Getting back to Edu ... going from TFC to Rangers ... after only having played 40 odd games or so ... is hardly natural progression. I believe it will hurt him more in the long run. Some people may disagree with this notion, no doubt.
Mo is still raw talent unharnessed; is he best as a dm, a box to box, a central defender? The US Nats seem to feel the latter, in his frist year with us he was box to box, he was pithched to Walter Smith as a dm;
I think it says a lot about the lack of sense in a purchase when the player you're buying is 24 and they still don't really have a clue where he fits best. It's quite the 'project' purchase, an experiment that Smith probably thinks has the added benefit of giving Beasely someone from back home to hang with, getting more out of both players as a result.
To back your point, Diego had a very poor first season in Europe while he was adjusting. There were big question marks whether or not he would be able to succeed at that level.
Exactly, even Porto appeared too big of a jump for him. (from Santos I guess) If he had stayed there, or heaven forbid gone to a bigger club ... he may have ruined his career.
But now look at him .. he's spent time at Bremen .. become a full Brazil international, is a second tier superstar ... pretty well known ... his talents and maturity have all progressed.
Im sure even though he's proclaimed he's seeing out his contract at Bremen till 2011, he'll be gone next season.
"Also, not holding back here but Edu, $5m, holy f**k he better get his finger out !
He looks like a lost boy in the midfield, his touch was shocking, looks clumsy in the tackle and only plus point was his pace !
Think Mo Johnston has stung us here"
Haha. Knew that was coming. I thought he would have maybe had a couple good games before he stood out as being poor. But guess not. Definitely going to be SPL bust of the year.
I have nothing against Edu. He's just not very good, average MLS player at best. Awful touch, awful passer, good pace, decent shot, lazy, cocky.
With that said I wish him luck, he'll need it because he is going to be torn up soon.
That was an ugly 10 minute experience by TFC vs. Vancouver.
Literally he was at CB for 30 seconds and he made a brutal blunder that gave them the tying goal.
Does anyone know what has happened to Maurice Edu?? He is not even listed on Rangers' roster for the past three weeks??
Has he been loaned out??
he's on the site
http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/p...~44415,00.html
They still have him on there site: http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/p...~44415,00.html
He was an unused sub last week and didn't make the bench this week for Rangers 1-0 defeat to St. Mirren. Nothing special going on.
I know he's listed on the main rangers website, but look at the official line-ups from the last 3 games rangers have played, he's not listed as suiting up or sitting on the bench....
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