masster Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Summary article on Yahoo from Gavin Day. Recently broke into the first team, but now has to impress a new manager. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/-canadared-soccer-weekly--national-team-stint-propels-petrasso-to-qpr-starting-berth-165806193.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=tw jpg75 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fussball_eh Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 14 minutes ago, masster said: Summary article on Yahoo from Gavin Day. Recently broke into the first team, but now has to impress a new manager. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/-canadared-soccer-weekly--national-team-stint-propels-petrasso-to-qpr-starting-berth-165806193.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=tw Yeah, so good to see that he was finally breaking into the first team. Too bad that this was just the interim coach :-(. Same problem for Junior actually! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Canada currently has some depth with Hoilett (who, Petrasso says, has raved about his national team experiences) A great line from the article. Fussball_eh, yomurphy1 and Cheeta 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Petrasso not in the 18 for QPR against Burnley after starting the last two. Disappointing, but I guess that's the breaks when a new manager comes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1zzurri Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Nice to see him getting two starts in which they won both games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 http://www.westlondonsport.com/qpr/football-wls-hasselbaink-explains-why-he-played-henry-on-the-right-and-dropped-petrasso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coramoor Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 little bit concerned by his use of the word experience, but hopefully Petrasso will get some games against weaker opposition then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 He respected Arfield so much he needed a defensive presence on the right side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 How does a player get experience if his coach won't play him because he doesn't have it? That doesn't sound promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) 3 hours ago, Soccerpro said: How does a player get experience if his coach won't play him because he doesn't have it? That doesn't sound promising. To be fair Petrasso was never really expect to start every week for them. In fact i would have been happy with sporadic substitute appearances. For a guy who is only 20 and isn't ready to get called up by Floro he was playing way above his expectations. ~90% of the Canadian national team play below the Championships' level. Also the coach is just trying to say he isn't ready to start but luckily in a year or 2 he will be. From what i saw his performances were just average so i would understand why the coach would want to make the switch and just substitute him on to "gain more experience" Edited December 13, 2015 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 wasn't he dropped off the bench altogether though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 For me he's still getting the call against Mexico, and hopefully his 1st cap. Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 1 hour ago, Alex said: For me he's still getting the call against Mexico, and hopefully his 1st cap. Who would you drop....Kianz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 3 hours ago, Jahinho Guerro said: Who would you drop....Kianz? He might be the one to be dropped due to match fitness at that time. But I'm not convinced because Kianz can play the CM role the way Floro likes plus he can be depth on the wing. With Petrasso the only role he can play in our system is left wing so that makes it tough for him to get into the squad, especially since with Hoilett there is little chance of him starting and Akindele is a pretty good option off the bench as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yomurphy1 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I really like the idea of Petrasso as a super sub who can run at tired defenders. I almost think he might be more effective than Tesho this point. Bertuzzi44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Petrasso can play right wing as well as left wing. To be honest for the first time ever we have legitimate depth at all our 3 attacking spots with Petrasso's emergence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 39 minutes ago, Keegan said: He might be the one to be dropped due to match fitness at that time. But I'm not convinced because Kianz can play the CM role the way Floro likes plus he can be depth on the wing. With Petrasso the only role he can play in our system is left wing so that makes it tough for him to get into the squad, especially since with Hoilett there is little chance of him starting and Akindele is a pretty good option off the bench as is. I thought about this, but when you have Will, Atiba, JDG, Teibert, Piette and even Straith who all play in the middle. It makes me believe that Kianz is a very deep, deep reserve, and would be one of the last options to come in the middle. Personally I would play Trafford over him. Then you look at the crop of our wingers, and you'll realize we only have 3 in Hoilett, Tesho, and Ricketts. I'm all about the competition for spots, and having like player options - baring any injuries in mind, they can be replaced with a like player rather than playing someone out of position, which we tend to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) He plays on the left. He plays on the right. Michael Petrasso makes Ricketts look shite. Edited December 13, 2015 by shermanator yomurphy1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince193 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 5 hours ago, Jahinho Guerro said: I thought about this, but when you have Will, Atiba, JDG, Teibert, Piette and even Straith who all play in the middle. It makes me believe that Kianz is a very deep, deep reserve, and would be one of the last options to come in the middle. Personally I would play Trafford over him. Then you look at the crop of our wingers, and you'll realize we only have 3 in Hoilett, Tesho, and Ricketts. I'm all about the competition for spots, and having like player options - baring any injuries in mind, they can be replaced with a like player rather than playing someone out of position, which we tend to do. I'd add Tissot to the list of wingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 3 hours ago, Vince193 said: I'd add Tissot to the list of wingers. Sheeeit him too. Hopefully he gets some early pt next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltfc91 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Canadian U-20 Player of the Year winner. Ahead of Larin sort of surprising, but hopefully Petraasso breaks into the first team for QPR and Canada. He REALLY impressed me in the U-23 CONCACAF tournament, really the only time I've seen him play and he was better than anyone on USA and could probably start on Mexico U-23 team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fussball_eh Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 1 hour ago, michaeltfc91 said: Canadian U-20 Player of the Year winner. Ahead of Larin sort of surprising, but hopefully Petraasso breaks into the first team for QPR and Canada. He REALLY impressed me in the U-23 CONCACAF tournament, really the only time I've seen him play and he was better than anyone on USA and could probably start on Mexico U-23 team You might be able to watch him play tomorrow as QPR take on Brighton tomorrow, shown BeinTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) 5 hours ago, michaeltfc91 said: Canadian U-20 Player of the Year winner. Ahead of Larin sort of surprising, but hopefully Petraasso breaks into the first team for QPR and Canada. He REALLY impressed me in the U-23 CONCACAF tournament, really the only time I've seen him play and he was better than anyone on USA and could probably start on Mexico U-23 team If Larin is not the U-20 player of the year than it surely means he's the men's player of the year. Petrasso was great in Olympic qualifiers but had a really rough year otherwise until a few weeks ago. Edited December 15, 2015 by shermanator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 2 minutes ago, shermanator said: If Larin is not the U-20 player of the year than it surely means he's the men's player of the year. Petrasso was great in Olympic qualifiers but had a really rough year otherwise until a few weeks ago. Great Olympic qualifiers and a better U20 tournament than Larin too. I can't see Larin beating out Hutchinson for Men's player of the year either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 It's quite possible the criteria was heavily weighted on how the players played for Canada. In which case Petrasso was better than Larin. Soccerpro and yomurphy1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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