07 Feb 2018 10:56:13
why does everybody rave about pulisic? he hasn't scored this season yet he's considered a 60 million plus player? i hope kent and wilson get a chance to prove themselves next season as they were brilliant also ojo too. wilson i'd say has more potential than pulisic the lad just needs to adjust to the man's game which i think he will. harry kane was on loan to millwall a few years ago, let's give our youngsters time.


1.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 11:07:08
Agreed lerchy, I'm with ya on that.

Wilson could be outstanding if things go his way, not every player can be a Fowler/ Owen and go straight into the first team.


2.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 11:38:08
Pulisic is the real deal, Lerchy. I saw him play vs RM in the CL and he was unbelievable and at only 19, he will be very good if all goes well. Just my opinion.


3.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 12:02:18
i'd say wilson is of equal ability with a similar potential ability hence why we should develop our own. class of 2018 woodburn, trent, wilson, ojo, kent?

{Ed001's Note - Wilson of equal ability to Pulisic? Are you for real? He is not even close, unfortunately.}


4.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 12:21:43
How can you say Harry Wilson who has played once for us against Plymouth has the same ability as one of the highest rated young players in world football, madness.


5.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 12:37:36
in a crap dortmund team he has contributed nothing? we will see on wilson. he ain't out of klopps plans trust me.

{Ed001's Note - contributed a lot more to Dortmund than Wilson has yet to anyone in proper first team football.}


6.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 12:47:13
Nobody can say for sure who is better than who unless both have equal opportunities in similar situations - Wilson looks fantastic in the U-23's, would Pulisic look as good? Impossible to say. Same if it was the other way around.

Ings has hardly looked a world beater in the U-23's but yet he's probably our backup Striker right now.
Circumstances make the difference sometimes and in my opinion if the circumstances are right, Wilson could be a top player - not saying better than Pulisic or worse, but just that he needs a run of games before judging - same for many players i. e. Salah at Chelsea in recent history, look at him now though, flourishing in the right circumstances and atmosphere.

The potential is all there with Wilson, I have no doubt about that after watching him well over 20 times over the last 4 years or so and I hope it's realised with us or it'd be a real shame and missed opportunity to develop another youth prospect.

It's just my opinion though.


7.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 13:05:25
Guys, we've hit peak silliness with this thread. It's so silly I can't bring myself to make an argument. All I can say I will remind you of this conversation when Wilson is a jobbing winger in the championship.


8.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 13:21:40
Wow!

That was a completely pointless post then wasn't it if you have nothing to point out - it's okay, forget it, I wouldn't waste my time reading an arrogant opinion anyway - everyone is wrong and you're right clearly.

What did you hope to achieve with knocking a youth prospect at your own club without explaining your reasons why - this is one of the most pointless posts I have read on here in many many years.

Don't bother replying to me Putney, I don't personally have time for arrogant, empty and baseless posts - thanks.


9.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 14:55:47
Kev
Maybe Putney has a bit of reality? Not every young player makes it thru the ranks, infact very few at Lfc. Putney thinks Wilson will be plying his trade at a Championship club, i tend to agree with him. Maybe that's where Wilson starts, who knows where he might end up in the future. Its working out for Coady. I know Liverpool fans want every youngster to "make it" Reality is seldom do.


10.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 15:12:28
I have watched Pulisic for the USMNT and believe me he is the real deal. He will go down as the best American ever, and he is still so young. If you read about him, he is humble and grounded. I wish the club snaps him up for two reasons. He is that good, I think he will be better than Phil. And 2 he will raise the profile of LFC in the states
Matt in FL.


11.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 15:51:39
Rover, that's all he had to say but instead he decided to knock the lad and be smug about his opinion being the correct one with nothing to back it up.

Wilson is a kid and he plays for us right now and has gone on loan to Hull after signing a new contract with us, so somebody obviously sees some talent in there, but I respect your opinion as you offered it in a very fair way unlike the other fella.

If he becomes a permanent Championship player, there's nothing wrong with that either but no need for "fans" to say it smugly as if that'd be a personal failure for this kid.


12.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 15:57:10
By the way Rover, i am very much a realist, hence why i say he needs a chance. I never said he'd definitely make it with us, not once.

Is a realist someone who smugly knocks one of our youths definitively saying he's not good enough and will fail?

No mate, that's not realism, that's smugness and it's pretty sad in my opinion Rover.

Even if Wilson does fail with us I'll say the same thing. Should always back your own not knock em, especially when it's just a 19 or 20 year old kid.


13.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 16:29:34
Oirish, I apologise, it was meant to be more light hearted than it came across.

My position is that favourably comparing a player who can't even get on the bench with us to a guy who not only is a regular starter at one of the best clubs in Germany but is also one of the highest rated youth prospects in world football is not reasonable.

Wilson had done very well at U-23 level but nothing at senior level. He is behind Woodburn, Ojo and Kent and it is unlikely that he will make the grade with us. I suspect that he will find his level in league 1 or the championship.

My previous post may have been frivolous but I believe my assessment is reasonable.


14.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 16:30:01
Pulisic is good on the ball but he lacks any end product, there’s no doubt he’s a good player, but let’s not go over the top here. They said Freddy Adu would be America’s greatest footballer! To say he’ll be better than Coutinho is a ridiculous comment, given that there’s no evidence to support it, he lacks the shooting ability for a start! It is also worth commenting that m he has said, unequivocally, that he has absolutely no desire to play for us. The only team he wants to play for in England is the mancs.


15.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 16:47:26
MrDennis,
Have you seen him play? Pulisic doesn't go missing in games, he gets manhandled, and im telling you he is that good. The eye test doesn't lie. And I stick by my opinion that he will be better than Phil. Also low bliw on Freddy Adu🙄.

{Ed001's Note - Pulisic is nothing like Adu, Adu was just fully grown at 14 so looked great in youth football. Pulisic has been playing against adults for years now and still standing out.}


16.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 19:02:50
Lerchy. I like your optimism mate.


17.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 19:08:01
Freddy Adu was a victim of all the hype put on him, IMO cos I saw him play lots of times esp. for the U. S Olympic team and the U20 World Cup in 2007 alongside Altidore, Marcelo, Pato, Aguero, Vidal, Sanchez, Di Maria etc. He was very good BUT his career never got off the ground.

OlIrish, I don't know what you are on about BUT I think you are responding to comments I never made.

{Ed001's Note - do you really think he was very good? I remember seeing him as a kid and wondering what the hype was about as he was exceedingly average. If he had been playing at 14 on Merseyside he would have struggled to get in the school team, just at the period the hype blew up around him. He is the epitome of crap dressed up as quality because they are physically advanced.}


18.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 21:41:28
No problem Putney.


19.) 08 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 22:30:32
You may be right about that Ed BUT you have to admit that he was also a product of the American sports merchandising, trying to force soccer on kids at the time esp. in high school. I just felt that he had some ability at the time BUT he should have been allowed to grow like Pulisic is doing now in Germany where the academies are more suited to help these kids. In the U. S, that was and is STILL not the case. Just my opinion, I guess.

{Ed001's Note - like I said, I never saw anything in him that you wouldn't see in every schoolkid who actually grew up playing the game. He was miles off the level of a quality youngster in a place where kids grow up playing the game. It was just that he was playing against kids who were still new to the game, not that he was good, that made him look so much better.}