How’s the 2025-2026 season going?

[soccerdadlight]

how do you know they are not considering trapped RL for younger NL? that would be odd for sure...

no its not. RLs player stare at the ball, not lift their heads ups (and peer over their shoulders), looking to get rid of the ball as soon a possible rather than scan the fields for opportunities/defensive weaknesses. The speed of play is night and day. Six months doesn't make a difference, it's a mindset - you have it or you don't by teenage years. Yes, there is ENCL teams that carry RL players, but it is political or by necessity or both - but regardless of the reasoning, they're picking splinters out of their behinds because they on the bench. mic dropped

 

[RandomSoccerFan]

no its not. RLs player stare at the ball, not lift their heads ups (and peer over their shoulders), looking to get rid of the ball as soon a possible rather than scan the fields for opportunities/defensive weaknesses. The speed of play is night and day. Six months doesn't make a difference, it's a mindset - you have it or you don't by teenage years. Yes, there is ENCL teams that carry RL players, but it is political or by necessity or both - but regardless of the reasoning, they're picking splinters out of their behinds because they on the bench. mic dropped

If you compare the best NL teams to the best RL teams, there's a large difference that can be easily seen in terms of quality of play. People can debate how much - but they probably can't debate whether the difference exists. And if you compare an "average" NL team with an "average" RL team, you would also tend to see the same difference.

But there are also some pretty bad teams, and some pretty unskilled players, in NL. And there are some pretty fantastic teams, and pretty fantastic players, in RL. The gap from the best to worst team (or best to worst player) in NL is huge. There are quite a number of examples of RL teams that could do quite well in NL, and there are plenty of examples of RL kids who would also be likely to do well in NL. Just as there are examples of NL teams or NL players who make one wonder who thought it was a good idea for them to be playing at that level.

 

[TeamDadJokes]

no its not. RLs player stare at the ball, not lift their heads ups (and peer over their shoulders), looking to get rid of the ball as soon a possible rather than scan the fields for opportunities/defensive weaknesses. The speed of play is night and day. Six months doesn't make a difference, it's a mindset - you have it or you don't by teenage years. Yes, there is ENCL teams that carry RL players, but it is political or by necessity or both - but regardless of the reasoning, they're picking splinters out of their behinds because they on the bench. mic dropped

Maybe Lowe RL teams, but your higher end teams have players who could absolutely play NL and have played NL. For the specific situation I’m thinking about, the 10 RL team blasted the 11 NL team 5-0 when they played last. They have 8 trapped players and the player who had 2 goals and 2 assists is a trapped 2010 who has been on an NL team and chose RL for playtime and development.

But thanks for the laugh for the obvious trolling