Potroh
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Well you did call him an idiot, but let's just get over it.
As I've said elsewhere, the "fucking China" factor would be truly important if the player had played nowhere else, so he was actually "coming" from China but Paulinho still plays for his NT, so China doesn't really matter in his general context. I don't say he is a Barca material player, because I don't know it as yet, I just say: his years in China don't really matter.
A rich club needs and wants players who can fulfill their particular aim. They usually don't care about their age because they want to stay on top all the time, have the money, therefore they like to possess the best ones, regardless their present age. Smaller clubs live on cultivating the young talents, then selling them over.
Barca is a special case because of the academy and its tradition giving WC players, but as you can easily see, that tradition is fading and the bad management tries to wrongly buy unfit players like Arda or Gomes, Vidal or Douglas - hoping that the investment pays off.
Unfortunately I didn't address the "beer in hand in front of the TV" parable particularly towards you, didn't even think of making such a judgement. It was/is simply a general sentence towards those statistical-minded folks, who think and believe that the mere age of a player tells a lot about him.
So no reason to get angry again, I didn't mean to hurt you personally.
No, I'm not a bit better just because I played on a relatively high level.
I just might have a DIFFERENT angle to see things, compared to the average chair-beer-player. I think (might be wrong) that very rarely reading a tiny bit more insider-type of opinion would never hurt, even if I'm wrong time to time.
My opinion is just one out the many, and I don't feel being "superior" in any sense, just because I used to be a pro. Perhaps you will understand that when you calm down a bit.
Wrong. Older players tend to slow down but it's not always the most important factor.
Wrong. Older players NEVER lose their skill, they are simply not motivated anymore for different reasons. Skill is a gift, that stays and never goes away. Other negative factors just cover it.
Paulinho is an international-class player, who can give 2-3 good years to the team. But who knows, maybe not. Regardless of that, his mere age tells little about his future in this team.
The utter nonsense I say is what 95% of all players or ex-players worldwide would answer to the question, that's why I repeatedly say that the players or pros think a bit differently about these basic questions.
