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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since you asked, a quick internet search reveals that Romelu Lukaku:

Signed a 5 year / £46,800,000 contract with the Manchester United, including an annual average salary of £9,360,000. Say what you will about that club's results on the field the last several years, but they are currently the world's richest club and have a storied past.

He became the all-time leading scorer for Belgium, at only 24 years old.

He has now scored 45 goals in 79 games for Belgium.

By 25, he had already played in 2 World Cups for Belgium, which, as you may remember, finished 3rd last year.

He also became the first player since Maradona to score two goals or more in consecutive World Cup matches. He eventually ended the last World Cup with 4 goals, which earned him the Bronze Boot award.

Maybe you have higher expectations for your child, but my guess is Lukaku's parents are pretty damn proud of what he has accomplished by 26. [/quote]

That is not the point unless you believe you have a Lukaku in your house with your big, strong and fast child.  We are comparing apples to apples.

Lukaku vs. Xavi.  Xavi would not be a highly thought of player in this country by 90% of coaches and by any reasonable person's standards, Xavi was a far superior soccer player even though he was much smaller and not nearly as strong or fast as Lukaku.

I will take a Xavi type youth player over a Lukaku every day of the week because winning games is not even in the top 5 in terms of developing great soccer players.[/quote]

If you are the same poster as above, you said "Lukaku is extremely strong and fast.  How is that working out for him?"  The answer to that question is pretty damn well.

Now you are trying to go down some silly rabbit hole debating "who's better" among various players.  Who cares?

Let's cut to the chase.  If your ultimate point is that one can still have huge success as a player, despite not being tall, fast or an exceptional athlete, then I don't think anyone is going to argue with you.  There are always outliers in every sport that were SO exceptional at some other skill, that it made up for their lack of athleticism (e.g., Xavi in soccer; Steph Curry in basketball).  However, it is a LOT easier to have success if one happens to be big, fast and/or very athletic.  [/quote]

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