Barthez-Battalion Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Burnely midfielder, Scottish. Apparently eligible for Canada and rumour in England is Canada is persuading him to play for us becuase Scotland keeps passing him over. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/31958241 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aloyol Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Do we know why he's eligible for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 2007–2010 Falkirk 108 (13) 2010–2013 Huddersfield Town 96 (7) 2013– Burnley 73 (10) ....Yes please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barthez-Battalion Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 Do we know why he's eligible for us? No idea, didn't know he had any connections to Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 He looks like an Osorio type of expressive attacking mid who prefers to play in the middle. Interesting piece on Scotland's opinion of him from January: http://www.espnfc.com/scotland/story/2253391/scotland-scouting-burnleys-scott-arfield-and-fulhams-jack-grimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMack Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I wonder if this is legit or if he might just be using this to put Scotland under pressure to call him in. He's on their radar clearly, he can't be that far away from a call up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCreamMan Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 IMO he has a better chance of playing in a World Cup for us vs Scotland. Especially considering he has the resume to be an instant starter here and isn't getting a sniff for them. Now I'm sure he "feels Scottish" but we have seen many examples of players choosing countries for things other than loyalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCF08 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Would be good news if the CSA could convince him to play for Canada. He would be a guaranteed starter. He's been one of the best players of Burnley this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccaliam Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Good player. If he's eligible, that'd be class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I think he's a very decent player. Saw him play for Falkirk and Hamilton Accies (before that if I recall correctly). But I have no idea why he would be eligible to play for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sose Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Larson said on twitter that his dad is from canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Send him some encouragement if he's online (twitter, facebook, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sose Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 His twitter is @scottyarf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghonj Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Tell him he'll get all expenses paid coach class trips to the Caribbean if he suits up for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steedman Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 His twitter is @scottyarf FLOOD WITH SUPPORT!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Seems to me edgar is on board with this, I tweeted both guys, David favourited it. Maybe they've talked about it at Burnley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Arfield would be a great addition. He's been a really good player for Burnley recently. If they could cap him he'd be an instant starter for us and help our chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Another potential player who likely won't play for us! lets keep the list running.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Another potential player who likely won't play for us! lets keep the list running.... This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One American Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I've always wondered why the US could stock its starting lineup with dual nationals and Canada's were always playing in the Slovenian 4th division. For once it's not the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 So, how long until folks complain that Arfield wasn't called up? My guess is the next round of friendlies or the WCQ games in June Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMack Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 He would be a really big boost to the squad, with him coming in, it would bump an actual quality starter out of their place. What do we think our best midfield would be with him included in our current team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMack Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) We could look like this... Borjan Hainault Edgar Henry De Jong Hutch Johnson Arfield Teibert Osorio Ricketts JdG, Piette and Bekker would all be pushed into depth roles and hutch might be able to influence the game even more with better players around him. On a side note, this team would win some games in MLS... I know that's not the bar we're going for, but I mean, we've been using bench players and rookies for the past year so it would be an improvement. Edited March 20, 2015 by BradMack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Just dreaming of Hutch and Arfield as CAM's in a 4-1-4-1, ahhhhhh....but then reality snapped me back to thinking this is a PR stunt by his agent to get Scotland to call him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Just dreaming of Hutch and Arfield as CAM's in a 4-1-4-1, ahhhhhh....but then reality snapped me back to thinking this is a PR stunt by his agent to get Scotland to call him up. You have reached your quota of reasonable posts for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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