Can't understand why no creative mid in this generation

[OJ]

interesting question. I will say look around the world though and do you see that player. My assumption is in the quest for the perfect player at the youth level we tend to beat out the creativity and skill out of player by selecting bigger stronger player. If you look the best or mose heraled player on the U 17 that went to the world cup was Holness... not creative but a north south gerrard type player who can strike the ball. We have to let kids play .. This is a world wide thing.

[Assasin]

True true. I remember Karl telling me that Valderama couldn't play into today's game because he is too slow. I guess the closest we have is Modric and Silva in the EPL.

[Stonigut]

We have a bunch of guys who have a lot of skill and control, problem is they don't produce, go look at our list of midfielders and forwards, very little production on the assist side, we have three people who have more than eight assists for the season last year in a 38 plus game season, Senior, Marlon King And McAnuff.


We have a lot of guys who can play the role but they are not good enough to produce, players like Watson, excellent ball control and skill but cannot pass and create Much beyond himself! Vision and creativity is limited and this shows specifically on the production side. I think the best I have seen is Andy Williams in a Ja shirt in past 15 years, his touch, control, turns and passes could move the field on occasion however he was not fast and his work rate was just not there. Again we must "big up" attacking mids going forward based on one thing, their assist production, being Able to consistently Produce Leading to goals puts the focus where it should be.

You must measure what you want to produce the most of, it must be the central focus. You cannot produce Gros Michel bananas if all you grow is lacatan, you can't produce 800 runners if all you are focused on is the short sprints, you can't produce attacking midfielders with vision and creativity if you are not measuring them by assists, but measuring them on dribbling skills and deft moves, "what you measure therin you will produce manifold" lastly you cannot improve something which you don't measure, that is the bottom line on the issue.

[Karl]

...or could it be the selectors are blind to the real deal?

Look at Cesc Fabregas he does not too often 'pop'...it is more about 'moving and passing, passing and moving' (inclusive of more than 'fair share' of defense splitting passes). Could it be that our selectors fail to recognise that type TEAM player as they are fixated on the 'bruker'?

[TheDread]

Was Kingston really "the hotbed for creative mid" or were the players from Kingston given more exposure and opportunity represent Jamaica???

Being that Kingston and st. Andrew have the largest population in JA, it is natural to expect more creative mids to come from there.

[OJ]

the little spanish at arsenal now fit the mould.. of a true attacking general, scholes to some degree.... and the whole heap of barca dons.. but wi stop mek them..

[OJ]

a suh you know x a baby. box to box mid is like vierra and dem man deh.. not necessarily creative but plays from 18 to 18... defend and attack....

[Stonigut]

There you go, that is the real deal right there, still cannot understand how a guy can be league MVP but everybody else the non-mvpers are getting game left right and center.

What people still don't understand is the role of hard work, discipline and attitude in getting to that next place, hell we have seen two wunderkinds of the last 15 years, probably the best talent we have ever had in that time Black Pearl and Nandi Lowe if they had just a tad more self control and focus on the important things we have no idea what those two could have been in the football world.

[Pbanta]

Some Reasons

Please don't tell me about Jermaine Hue because he is in his thirties ana have maybe one more year or two to go.

I can't understand how we haven't produced a creative mid in this generation. Kingston was the hotbed for creative mid well until Tappa but Jamaica usually produce some decent midfielder who could change a game, make a blind pass or a dummy or two. Now over the pass 10 years we fail to create one youngster who has been able to step up in this postion. From Keith Kelly to Akeem Priestly and all the others, Dada need to step up or he will also be seen in this light.

What are we doing wrong. Is it at the youth level? Is it the club level? are they not giving the players this kind of responsiblity? or is it the national team?
Is it all of the above? or is it that modern football is saying we don't need this as most of the top teams including spain don't really use such a player?

I still think some creativity is needed as is not only big kick game is direct football.

Reasons:

1. No correct youth development program on a national to club level (young kids only play a few game each season and for a few weeks)
2. No correct youth deveopment coaches program
3. Present senior play for the past several years is not competitive enough for development beyond the shores of Jamaica
4. Not enough money that has developed a higher level of player to call football an industry for jobs for players in side Jamaica
5. The best players must leave for wages in the USA and other countries or a scholarship to the USA
6. Coaching at the senior level is not at the standard to develop players for a professional league. Same coaches seem to circle from one club to another. A to to develop coaches in club football
7. To many teams in Jamaica that water down a quality teams and funding.
That should do it for now.