Ah well, same thing, eh ?

A lot of the Belgian clubs are conveyor belts for young Africans. For every one who gets a football career, 40 or 50 get chucked onto the street.

The real talents get picked up quickly by teams like Arsenal and a lot of French clubs.

Also, some Belgian clubs are feeder clubs for Dutch teams, like GBA who are mostly owned by Ajax.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on July 16th 2008 at 15:59:26

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Regarding our youth players: (NCFC) - cookpassbabtridge, Jul 16, 15:33:50
- dion dublin is a case in point (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 15:48:55
  - then was rubbish at cambridge (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 15:50:00
    - i assume you are being sarcastic... (NCFC) - Rofl_Harris, Jul 16, 15:56:58
      - rosey did a cracker against southamptons once we all did a big hurray (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 15:59:26
        
        Yeah. I remember thinking 'what the hell is he doing now?' (n/m) (NCFC) - Small, Jul 16, 16:03:30
        
        lol. i remember always thinking that when kevin bond stumbled into the path of the ball (n/m) (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 16:04:50
        
        gool of the season on motd? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 16:00:06
        
        itv and I voted for it (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 16, 16:12:45
        
        saint and greavsie (NCFC) - Rofl_Harris, Jul 16, 16:02:23
        
        i think it might have bin (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 16:02:09
        
        Can't believe Forest paid all that for him (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:06:40
        
        A million quid? He just sort of disappeared (n/m) (NCFC) - Small, Jul 16, 16:09:13
        
        600k from us to Coventry and he again couldn't hit the proverbial cow's arse with (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:11:06
        
        Youtuberrage: Rosarios great solo effort (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 16:10:56
        
        Here, Rosario scores from midfield in the MLS (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:12:41
        
        keeper! (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 16, 16:37:14
        
        ?ctually he was player of the year in the MLS, playing in Midfield (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, Jul 16, 16:17:12
        
        Our Rosario that is...aboot ten yare agoo (n/m) (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, Jul 16, 16:23:04
        
        Bobinsons a star isn't he? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 16:17:52
        
        To be fair, this De Rosario lad doesn't look too shabby (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:22:14
        
        (Actually looks like a perfect replacement for Hucks!) (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:23:04
        
        clunk! (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 16:16:08
        
        More shit keeperage for Rosario (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:18:52
        
        AWESOME!!!!! (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 16:43:23
        
        The 3 man wall, I reckon that'll catch on in football (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 16:24:09
        
        Nope, but he does look quite a tidy finisher from the Youtoobage (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:25:29
        
        I mean, MLS or not, the goals are in the same place (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:25:49
        
        Oh, forget it. He's 30 already. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:27:21
        
        Aye, sounds like someone who's been absolute quality in South American footer (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 16:32:37
        
        S. American ? The bloke is Canadian (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:36:41
        
        I just thought with a name like that he might have come out from the rich mexican league (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 16:46:59
        
        says on wiki he's been in the states most of his career (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 16:35:11
        
        dead rubbish today me (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 16:48:47
        
        No wonder you don't have to be good to play there (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 16:14:44
        
        with his socks (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 16:10:02
        
        (and Coventry before that) (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:07:41
        
        yeah, I was dead young (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 16:05:31
    - everyone's rubbish at cambridge (n/m) (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 15:52:06
      - Unless john beck was manager (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 15:54:07
        
        if you say so, then yes unless john beck was manager (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 15:56:54
        
        :) (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 15:58:28
- "We'll be like the next Arsenal." (NCFC) - NCFC4life, Jul 16, 15:39:28
  - what is the next arsenal like? (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 15:45:08
    - all little french boys around the age of 14 (n/m) (NCFC) - NCFC4life, Jul 16, 15:46:50
      - kenny froggo? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 15:52:52
        
        yes (n/m) (NCFC) - NCFC4life, Jul 16, 15:55:20
        
        good (n/m) (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 15:57:47
  - cool, we can buy into some dutch club, and force them to sell us players for (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 15:43:48
    - I meant Belgian (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 15:53:40
      - Ah well, same thing, eh ? (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 15:59:26
        
        no, not the same thing, which is why I corrected myself (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 16:03:16
    - Sounds like a plan! (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 16, 15:45:20
      - wait a minute 'buy' (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 16, 15:46:44
        
        Buying ok when it is land or property...its just those fotballers we have an aversion too (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, Jul 16, 15:48:09
        
        a dutch club sounds good though (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 15:47:41
        
        Yes we might unearth the next Colin, Derveld or De Waard (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 15:51:38
- you don't win anything with yoof (n/m) (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, Jul 16, 15:39:05
  - No, you're right we won't WIN anything that's not the aim here. The aim is to be (NCFC) - cookpassbabtridge, Jul 16, 15:42:04
    - cant we be like the current arsenal or the recent arsenal? (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 15:46:10
- we are due a couple surely? (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 16, 15:38:36
  - The thing is Renton and Martin definately have what it takes (NCFC) - cookpassbabtridge, Jul 16, 15:40:28
    - It is plausible I suppose, to draw comparison in future, using Martin (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 15:47:20

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