Lord Bob Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Lance has already played for Jamaica a few times so he's a known quantity. It's not like their midfield is a bunch of scrubs, either. I'm not saying he doesn't deserve a call, just that he has a lot of work to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 To add to Lord_Bob's comments, wouldn't it be a benefit to the club if another club wanted Laing's services and signed a transfer fee (of course, depending on the sum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steedman Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Meow. Perhaps I should have stated it was more of a sarcastic posting. Laing has had a great couple seasons, and I'd like him to play more international games with the Reggae Boyz and yes be sold for a nice fee to another league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I honestly don't understand how Laing hasn't been signed by an MLS team by now. Even with a transferfee he wouldn't be a DP and the influence he has on games is extremely valuable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 He had some cups of coffee in MLS. Maybe he'd rather be a starter than a depth player in MLS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 There's probably a number of reasons why Laing is still in Edmonton. First, I think he likes the city. as he also lives in Edmonton in the offseason. Maybe he likes the cold! Also, maybe the pay in Edmonton is better than what he would have received in MLS? Also, the fact that when he signed an extension while the potential for a labour dispute was still ongoing could factor in as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Laing probably would have signed in MLS before joining the Eddies, but Columbus wanted him and Salt Lake had his rights. MLS is not a meritocracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Ah so now if any club was interested, they would have to pay FCE and work out a deal with Real? With those crosses he woud be a succes at any team IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMack Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 3-2 loss to San Antonio, Mallan Roberts with a bad mistake gifting the winning goal to SA. A positive to take away from this match is that they scored 2 goals even though they didn't start significant offensive players like Laing, Nyassi and Ameobi (wasn't even in the squad) in preparation for the Vcup 2nd leg against Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMack Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Noticed Smits got back on the pitch this week. I only saw the highlights but he had a couple of big saves and the goals didn't look to be his fault. Can anyone enlighten me on how his overall game was? Think he could be winning the spot over MVO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 It was reported that van Oekel was injured, and that's why he was not in the 18. Didn't hear anything reported before the 18 was announced and he wasn't in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedinathan Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Sador tweeted out just before the lineups were officially posted. Looked alright when he arrived at the pub afterwards though. Smits looked good. I'm not convinced he's not at fault for the first goal, seemed to have come off his line early. Absolutely beautiful combo of saves in the first half off a free kick (4th min I believe) and came up big when there was some miscommunication between the defense. Just for those two plays, absolutely man of the match. In my opinion, his distribution was poor to start the game, but as he got used to the players again, it got much better. I would wager that we see him for a few games now. Other big story was Ameobi getting hurt. Was helped off the pitch by Watson and the medic, and was limping quite badly around the goal to the bench. Talked to him at the bar after the game and he said that he was going for X-Rays today (Monday) but seemed really optimistic. Said that he might miss the Ottawa game, but didn't think he would be out much longer (which is fantastic news for FCEd fans). Jones easily could have had another... just a beautiful play by Laing I believe to set him up in almost the exact same way as Ameobi did. Header went only a few inches over the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMack Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Good to hear Smits did well. Lets hope he gets a good run going here. Zebie has also been starting a lot recently, maybe he should get a look in for Olympic qualifying, Adekugbe's backup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I didn't look at the announced attendance but the stadium looked a lot better from what I saw...hope the lower attendances to start the year were just a weather thing similar to previous years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I didn't look at the announced attendance but the stadium looked a lot better from what I saw...hope the lower attendances to start the year were just a weather thing similar to previous years. Yes, crowd looked much better than previous games on TV. 3,756 They got treated to lots of goals too so hopefully they come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Good to hear Smits did well. Lets hope he gets a good run going here. Zebie has also been starting a lot recently, maybe he should get a look in for Olympic qualifying, Adekugbe's backup? Zebie signs a contract extension through 2017. Good for the kid. http://www.fcedmonton.com/news/2015/05/24/zebie-signs-extension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I was at the game last night and Frank Jonke looked okay but when I looked him up on Wiki I noticed he has yet to score for FCE, what is going on? He looks big and slow, does he not have the service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Shaman Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 ^^^ He is big and slow, especially slow if he has the ball at his feet. Basically a target man but not very mobile, useful for set pieces or drawing a foul but does neither of those things well very often. Maybe his service could be better but he is far from a sure thing when it comes to doing something useful with the service that he gets. Has also been injured a lot with various niggling ailments. Frankly (pardon the pun) Ameobi, Nyassi, Laing, Jones and others are more dangerous finishers and have other elements to their game. I like Frank but he has to start earning his keep. Interesting to see what the future holds for him; either gets it going or doesn't get re-signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 ^^^ He is big and slow, especially slow if he has the ball at his feet. Basically a target man but not very mobile, useful for set pieces or drawing a foul but does neither of those things well very often. Maybe his service could be better but he is far from a sure thing when it comes to doing something useful with the service that he gets. Has also been injured a lot with various niggling ailments. Frankly (pardon the pun) Ameobi, Nyassi, Laing, Jones and others are more dangerous finishers and have other elements to their game. I like Frank but he has to start earning his keep. Interesting to see what the future holds for him; either gets it going or doesn't get re-signed. You would think 30 and not resigning in Edmonton would be then end of his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Shaman Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Unless things start going his way, it might be. Not sure if some of the Scandinavian leagues might still see him as a useful addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I think Jonke is more useful holding up the bar than trying to get on the end of long, vertical service. Ameobi, by contrast, definitely thrives on a direct style. Jonke's generated chances and even in Finland scored in streaks. He was also heroic against Montreal and Vancouver in the Voyageurs Cup. I decline to give up on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yothat Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 He's played well in the voyageur cup the last two years .. Won the starting forward job this year... I can't see Fced giving up on him with the lack of canadian strikers available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Jonke didn't exactly win the spot, he was gifted the spot by Miller. When Ameobi is healthy Jonke will be a sub, at best. Even Jalali, who hasn't exactly been impressive in his 3 years in Edmonton has shown more this year than Jonke, albeit in more of an attacking mid role. Even when getting the start last week, he did absolutely nothing up top. But, to give him his due, Jonke did force a penalty in the Voyageurs Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 This is it for Colin Miller right? Second-last in the spring season and subs the keeper at half? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Nope. Having only watched the highlights, I do believe his was the worse performance of Eddies this season (ok maybe on par with their opener against Jacksonville). BUT, they were missing Laing (who's been responsible for 50% of the goals made with 4 goals and 4 assists) and Roberts who hasn't missed a minute so far. Add to that the absence of Ameobi (3 goals 2 assists) and it's obvious that Miller couldn't exactly field his strongest side yesterday. I don't know what happened, but Moses seems to have fallen out of favor. Which is kinda surprising. And the keeper-sub could be very debatable, unless Smits was injured or got sick or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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