masster Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 http://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/there-and-back-again-issey-nakajima-farrans-football-journey?page=0%2C0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) Great point by Issey regarding the Americans-as-domestics issue. I know many folks here believe that many Canadians on Canadian MLS clubs simply aren't good enough to play in MLS but I agree with Issey 100% “Canada playing in Major League Soccer is supposed to help Canada develop their football and the local players. The one thing the authorities screwed up is on the issue on foreign players,” he said. “MLS said to Canada that Americans could play in Canadian teams and be considered as local players whereas Canadians playing in America are foreign players. Who agreed to this? I got fired from the local Canadian team in favour of an Argentinean. “While I understand it’s business, the whole point is to develop the players and not to exploit the city, like MLS exploiting rich Toronto. The point they said to develop young players did not materialise because you exploit the city by having Michael Bradley. The Americans play for a Canadian team while the locals sit on the bench, which makes you think ‘Why bother?’” Edited August 6, 2015 by shermanator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 With all our Begovices, Hargreaveses, Hoillets and Vitorias, I'm always impressed to hear players that took pride in playing for the national team. Thanks Issey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Issey > Ricketts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlander Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Great article, thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Issey > Ricketts This is true on the wing. Ricketts can no longer be played as a striker for us either. I would like to see how he does at RB since he was played there all year in Israel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlander Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Another article on Issey posted on espn. Seems he is doing very well in Malaysia. http://www.espnfcasia.com/blog/football-asia/153/post/2557982/ex-singapore-u21-star-issey-shines-in-malaysia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Good for issey. He got screwed around by MLS a bit. Glad hes found his feet. I wouldnt be opposed to seeing him called up in sept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Here is another article written by Issey himself on the situation in Malaysia.http://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/fourfourtwos-telling-it-it-issey-nakajima-farran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farrelld Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 When he says he was "fired from the local Canadian team in favour of an Argentinean" he is talking about him time in Montreal and being replaced by Romero or Piatti. Romero won the MVP award for Montreal that year and Piatti is miles better than him. If he was replaced by someone like Duka his quote would have been more credible. Issey is the same calibre player as Duka, but Duka was brought in because he was with Klopas in Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 1 hour ago, farrelld said: When he says he was "fired from the local Canadian team in favour of an Argentinean" he is talking about him time in Montreal and being replaced by Romero or Piatti. Romero won the MVP award for Montreal that year and Piatti is miles better than him. If he was replaced by someone like Duka his quote would have been more credible. Issey is the same calibre player as Duka, but Duka was brought in because he was with Klopas in Chicago. Duka was not as good as Piatti or Romero but still a lot better player than Issey. We miss Duka this year. Issey was a real borderline MLS player especially since he was so weak defensively. Marc and SoccMan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farrelld Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 22 hours ago, Grizzly said: Duka was not as good as Piatti or Romero but still a lot better player than Issey. We miss Duka this year. Issey was a real borderline MLS player especially since he was so weak defensively. I don't think we miss Duka. He was very inconsistent and rarely had a solid 90 min. I'll always remember his brace against Pachuca but besides that he did nothing else special. We did offer him a contract for this year though, but he wanted to look elsewhere. IMO Romero's injury has been a bigger loss for us this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Romero has been a lot more inconsistent than Duka. At his best Romero is better than Duka but in his off games he is really terrible. Still it would be good if he would return before the end of the season. Duka is a lot better player than Shipp who has taken over his role at the club. He is also better than either Ontivero or Venegas who have both disappointed. I would like us to get rid of those two and get an upgrade in the midfield and hopefully a real number 10. I am not saying we should try to get Duka back but he is a lot better mediocre MLS midfielder than the mediocre midfielders we have replaced him with and a lot better than Issey was. Still we need an upgrade in midfield particularly in the attack to a non-mediocre attacking midfielder who can distribute the ball, maintain possession and give the DMids a better option to pass to. Our DMids are not as bad as people think they are just lacking a central attacking midfielder to control the game ahead of them. What the Impact need is a good number 10 and a better CB partner for Ciman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zem Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Looks like Issey could be leaving Malaysia soon as Terengganu are currently last in the Malaysian Super League with one matchday left (bottom two clubs drop from the 12-team league). They could theoretically still finish as high as 8th with a win as five different teams at the bottom of the table have 19-21 points. Terengganu plays their last game of the season on October 22nd, against fellow relegation candidates Pahang, so they stand a reasonable chance of staying up if they win, although they have the worst GD in the league. They are completely boned if they lose or draw however. Issey currently leads Terengganu in league scoring with 7 goals, compared to 9 last season (soccerway says he's played 17 out of 21 league games this season, no data for 2015 though). Didn't Issey say in an interview that he was unhappy with management at Terengganu and was planning to leave at the end of the season anyway? It would be nice to see him playing in Canada again. He seems like he could be a great fit with Ottawa, he's that dynamic, ball-at-feet type attacking player Paul Dalglish likes. http://footballmalaysia.com/portal/index.php/league/super-league/ http://footballmalaysia.com/portal/index.php/super-league/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mluciani Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Looks like he is available for MLS or CPL. https://twitter.com/isseynfarran/status/950740828837875717 BCM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jith12 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) Edit. Edited April 27, 2019 by Jith12 I know that the post has been quoted, but I would like to take that back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 33?? He had better hope that CPL starts soon if he wants in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 21 hours ago, Jith12 said: It's pretty pathetic that he is trying to get someone to sign him off of a resume posted on Twitter. Whatever happened to going on trial? In a response to that thread he said 3 times he's gotten a job through social media. badname22, BuzzAndSting and nolando 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yothat Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 saves on agent fees ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I hope the CPL picks him up. Always a fan favourite, he's a good interview, need vets like that in the league. Hume too. Zem and nolando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yothat Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 is he good enough for the fury? must have played with De Guzman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Always liked Issey. Bit of an Enigma of a person! Goodness only knows what kind of playing shape and standard he is at. He said a few years ago he would like to play in a Canadian league if it got going though didn't he? Would be shocked if he didn't end up in the CPL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Issey back in Canada on a business trip. Could this be CPL related? johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I like his funky, off beat personality. Maybe he's got a deal for some of his art in the works? Football was never his be all, end all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badname22 Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 A possible move to the Fury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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