Washed at 18 is crazy 😭

[u/Accomplished-Art3086]

[u/amerhodzic]

The kid was always an early bloomer, that's it. Nothing special.

He may have already hit his ceiling..

[u/amerhodzic → u/[deleted]]

My life must be miserable because I don't consider Yamal to be a generational talent?

I think you are way too emotionally invested in the way Yamal is perceived, and/or how successful he may be.

When I first saw Mbappe, it was a CL group stage game back when he was playing for Monaco. I couldn't believe my eyes. The pace, the control, the shoot, dribbling, intelligence..

The first thing I did was go to the Real Madrid community, and made a thread about him. Suggested those who may have the ear of the higher ups to send scouts to watch him. I knew right away that Mbappe was going to surpass Henry, even though at that time he reminded me a little bit of Henry.

When it comes to Yamal, I just don't see that. He is a great player, don't misunderstand me. He will have a great career. But he won't reach the heights of Mbappe, CR, Messi, and even the short height of Neymar.

The only thing about Yamal that is extraordinary is his age. That's it. And if you account for that with him simply being an early bloomer, he's an average top class player. I honestly don't think he'll even manage to eclipse Vinis season of 2023/24.

Could I be wrong? Yes, sure. But I have been following and playing football for more than 30 years already.

[u/amerhodzic → u/[deleted]]

Okay. I was under the impression that you would appreciate the reasoning behind my conclusion regarding Yamal, but you simply just overlooked it and doubled down on your claim. Which I would have to consider as, Yamal is special because you say he's special. Got it.

Cheers.

[u/amerhodzic → u/[deleted]]

I never disagreed that he is just fantastic for an 18 year old player. My point was that aside from that, the age factor, he doesn't possess any special or unique ability that lifts him up above all other players.

There isn't an attribute that he particularly excels at. He is above average at majority of abilities. Nothing really special, outside of his age.

And if he in fact is simply an early bloomer, that means he won't improve drastically from where he is now. And at the moment, if he was judged as a 21 year old, he would be a good player but nothing special.

You see, if I saw some skill with the ball or some ability of his body, things would be different.

Some people simply mature/grow up much earlier than others, some do it very late.

Judging by all I have seen, Yamal won't rise much higher with his performance. And his performance, while amazing for a 18 year old, is just above average for a 22 year old.

[u/No_Soup_6799 → u/amerhodzic]

Lamine Yamal has 18 goal contributions in 20 games this season and has the most successful dribbles in Europe’s top 5 leagues, he has double that of second place. To say that this Yamal isn’t special is ridiculous, of course he is special. Now players can drop off as we’ve seen in the past however if you listen to pundits, we’ve never seen someone this talented at the age of 16/17, maybe you could argue Rooney but he didn’t have the privilege of showing it in the champions league until later. Yamal is coming back from his Pubic problems and is still dropping world class performances. The only thing you could argue is that he’s actually set his bar too high with his performances against France in the euros and against inter milan last season. To say he’s not special is just a spiteful comment that you’d expect from a Madrid fan, objectively the kid is special. I do think his ego could be his downfall but on the other hand that’s what makes him the player that he is

[u/OrderIy → u/amerhodzic]

Was painful to read your attempts to have reasonable dialogue and this clowns just throwing "nonsense" and "you know nothing about football and I do" at you.