This is what I posted......
13:57 02 Jan 09 Eastend, Toronto, Canada- Carl Robinsons' omission as one of the best midfielders in the MLS is a grave injustice. I know he plays on a team at the bottom of the table (for now) but that is not the point....player for player he should have been mentioned here.
Goal.com's opinions just don't mean much. Scalped news articles from elsewhere and umour publishing are their speciality.
How are you going to sit there and say that Carl Robinson is a better and more valuable footballer than either of Rogers, Schelotto, Joseph or Kljestan?
This adoration of Carl Robinson is really getting completely out of control, and the argument for how good or bad a player he is has lost all sorts of perspective.
Robinson does not even deserve to displace any of the midfielders that were awarded honorouble mention in what is a largely meaningless, yet interesting to read article anyways!
Goal.com is crap, any asswipe can post an article on it. I know, I was one of those asswipes who contributed weekly LOL.
No Toronto FC player with even a mention? LOL funny stuff.
Every solid team needs a good DM.
A good DM will never make a highlight reel, will probably never get "player of the year," but try playing without one.
Football is a team sport, and a team's defensive qualities are as important as their offensive qualities. Just look at LA if you have any doubts.
Last edited by Oldtimer; 01-03-2009 at 09:49 AM.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
^ IMO Senna was the best player for Spain.....
Senna was a much bigger asset for Spain than Carl Robinson has ever been for TFC.
Marcos Senna is excellent passer of the football, regularly takes free kicks for Villarreal and sometimes for Spain, is a massive physical presence in the midfield and has great positional sense.
Marcos Senna is not a Carl Robinson type player.
If you are going to make a comparison, Carl Robinson is the MLS equivalent of Rino Gattuso. Great bulldog and midfield warrior, but not much else .. important player, no doubt ... but certainly not worthy of top midfielder or best 11 honours.
Those should be reserved for complete players.