All-East TN team (Coach T)

[moneysh0t]

I am just as impressed by his space opening runs off the ball and his passing in and near the box. Ricardo is a high quality player who has developed his game a great deal over the last couple of years.

 

How old is Ricardo? What club team does he or did he play on? Although he is old, does he have the experience?

[TheGoldenBoot]

How old is Ricardo? What club team does he or did he play on? Although he is old, does he have the experience?

 

 

I don't know for certain. I don't think it matters. I've seen both of them play quite a bit and I would still pick Tanner over Ricardo. I like how Tanner is a little bit dirty, I think it's just his aggressiveness coming out and his will to win the game.

[Frenchfutbol11]

That sounds like to me an excuse for cheap play. I am all for aggressiveness but there is a difference in class between aggressive and cheap.

[liverpool9]

That sounds like to me an excuse for cheap play. I am all for aggressiveness but there is a difference in class between aggressive and cheap.

 

i disagree completely many pros are like this very much. You think Sir Alex Ferguson is against rooneys "cheap" very aggressive soccer , no or Tevez. You think Rafa Benitez doesn't like Mascherano because he gets carded alot, and tackles very hard. These players have made it to where they are because of this aggressive will to win the game!!

[Frenchfutbol11]

If you want to use big name examples liverpool9

Tell me what makes Ballack or Gerrard or even Pele as talked about and good as they are??

They win with class.

[ucsoccer]

you can not compare u.s. high school players to pros.... the "cheap" tactics that they use are part of the game. the cheap habits that tanner has is shoving, hacking, and alot of queiting of the ball when lost.... if you call that a will to win then i guess high school soccer went street

[liverpool9]

you can not compare u.s. high school players to pros.... the "cheap" tactics that they use are part of the game. the cheap habits that tanner has is shoving, hacking, and alot of queiting of the ball when lost.... if you call that a will to win then i guess high school soccer went street

 

where do you think they learned to play soccer... o wait they were born pros haha

[ucsoccer]

i am stating that the cheap tactics of the pros and that of tanner is not the same. i don't even know how you could compare a kid who fouls when there is no need to pros who foul when it's neccessary..... plus the pros have the skills to back it up..... not saying that tanner doesn't have skills but if he would work on these habits his skills will come of more use. i watched him closley tonight..... he didn't give up on to many plays and even tract back to steal the ball once or twice. he got shoved more then he was shoved. Do you know how you take skills away? you play agressive and foul them........ at the college level everyone can do what tanner is doing. he just resorts to physical play rather then skills just like tonight science hill resorted to physical play rather then skills. In high school physical play can overcome skills.... not in college because EVERYONE has skills and is physical. Not saying i dont like physical play but there is a difference between that and what tanner does. to compare what he does to pros or that of witch the habits that these pros had is nuts....

[Frenchfutbol11]

Well said UC

[DigginDitches]

Tanner is a goal scoring machine, so is Ricardo, they both scored some beautiful goals in their sectional matches yesterday. I went to both.

[liverpool9]

i am stating that the cheap tactics of the pros and that of tanner is not the same. i don't even know how you could compare a kid who fouls when there is no need to pros who foul when it's neccessary..... plus the pros have the skills to back it up..... not saying that tanner doesn't have skills but if he would work on these habits his skills will come of more use. i watched him closley tonight..... he didn't give up on to many plays and even tract back to steal the ball once or twice. he got shoved more then he was shoved. Do you know how you take skills away? you play agressive and foul them........ at the college level everyone can do what tanner is doing. he just resorts to physical play rather then skills just like tonight science hill resorted to physical play rather then skills. In high school physical play can overcome skills.... not in college because EVERYONE has skills and is physical. Not saying i dont like physical play but there is a difference between that and what tanner does. to compare what he does to pros or that of witch the habits that these pros had is nuts....

 

well im sorry i dont know how they do it on the division 3 level of college soccer!

[moneysh0t]

i am stating that the cheap tactics of the pros and that of tanner is not the same. i don't even know how you could compare a kid who fouls when there is no need to pros who foul when it's neccessary..... plus the pros have the skills to back it up..... not saying that tanner doesn't have skills but if he would work on these habits his skills will come of more use. i watched him closley tonight..... he didn't give up on to many plays and even tract back to steal the ball once or twice. he got shoved more then he was shoved. Do you know how you take skills away? you play agressive and foul them........ at the college level everyone can do what tanner is doing. he just resorts to physical play rather then skills just like tonight science hill resorted to physical play rather then skills. In high school physical play can overcome skills.... not in college because EVERYONE has skills and is physical. Not saying i dont like physical play but there is a difference between that and what tanner does. to compare what he does to pros or that of witch the habits that these pros had is nuts....

 

is there something you have against tanner? i have seen him play for both his high school and his club team (KFC Liverpool) and it seems very effective. He scores goals and is not selfish with the ball.