TOCanada115 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Watched Gala vs Lazio a month back. They played not bad, and won off the keeper scoring on his own net. It’s clear that Portugal is right there with the big 5. Porto has had some very good seasons in UEFA over the last 10 years. Turkey to me is with Belgium for 7th/8th. I firmly believe Besiktas is way worse this year than last, and we are looking a bit to much into the entire league, because of 1 teams results. Still a decent league, an upgrade over the MLS, albeit not a crazy difference. narduch, GasPed, Unnamed Trialist and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 38 minutes ago, TOCanada115 said: Watched Gala vs Lazio a month back. They played not bad, and won off the keeper scoring on his own net. It’s clear that Portugal is right there with the big 5. Porto has had some very good seasons in UEFA over the last 10 years. Turkey to me is with Belgium for 7th/8th. I firmly believe Besiktas is way worse this year than last, and we are looking a bit to much into the entire league, because of 1 teams results. Still a decent league, an upgrade over the MLS, albeit not a crazy difference. Agreed. The top three in Turkey would also be top 5 in MLS, same with Portugal, with Old Firm. In the past you could say that for the top 3 in Greece, Olympiakos, AEK and Panathinaikos. The top of these leagues is better than almost all of MLS, I would only give the best of MLS in any given season a chance against them head to head. I also agree that Besiktas are not as good this year as two years ago. Last year they really did not have a good season, only everyone else was worse. For a long time they were out of the league race and got gifted back in, so made CL. Two years ago, without Larin has to be said, they were a more solid team. This year, they have poor results, and are not dominating their rivals. Has to be said, in some leagues this year there are suprises. In Spain I saw an interesting stat yesterday, analysing since 2000 how many fixtures a season was a team other than At Madrid, Real Madrid and Barça, only league winners in the last 15 years, leading the league. This season so far none of those three at leader. Turkey looks similar. Top clubs go through transitions, and sometimes it affects an entire league and lesser teams rise up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Free kick said: Ok. you are excused. PS: Here you go: Country coefficients | UEFA Coefficients | UEFA.com ??? Not sure how this is relevant. You said the Turkish league has never been good. Not talking about top 5, top 10 , top 50, but never been good? You might want to do some reading on the history on the league, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, kacbru said: ??? Not sure how this is relevant. You said the Turkish league has never been good. Not talking about top 5, top 10 , top 50, but never been good? You might want to do some reading on the history on the league, Then that is your perspective. If you think 11-20 ranking in europe is good, that is your perrogative. Just like it my perrogatuve to say it is not. Edited November 4, 2021 by Free kick The Real Marc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Free kick said: Then that is your perspective. If you think 11-20 ranking in europe is good, that is your perrogative. Just like it my perrogatuve to say it is not. I am immensely proud of someone like Atiba, who will have spent the last decade of his career and won championships in a league that I think is pretty good. But from your perspective, you would see it as a shame that stepped down from playing in a good league at the peak of his career with his transfer to Besiktas, in a league that has never been any good. Or to bring it back to Cyle, it is a shame that he went out on loan to a better league in Belgium, only to have to return to an inferior league that has never been any good. But fair enough, we clearly have different perspectives on "good". Xavier. and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfreak Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 A goal, a yellow card and 20 minutes to go. Gordie Howe hattrick incoming? johnyb, Norrin Radd, canuckgbp and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 sebdeserio, N1ckbr0wn, Corazon and 8 others 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, jordan said: Nice burst of speed by Larin. You don’t see that too often (for Canada - I don’t see much of Besiktas) but he looked like he was moving at a pretty good clip to get to that ball. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfreak Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, jordan said: Wow. Fotmob’s description of “Larin scores from very close range” undersold this goal by just a bit. Looking sharp. Ruffian and jordan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, jordan said: I did not know Larin could move this fast jordan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 That was an all effort goal there. Larin has a fairly high top speed; it just takes him a bunch of strides to get there. I wonder what his speed reached. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, baulderdash77 said: That was an all effort goal there. Larin has a fairly high top speed; it just takes him a bunch of strides to get there. I wonder what his speed reached. Effort and anticipation. Watch the replay. He's already in motion cause he saw that dirty back pass coming before the guy even hit the ball. Edited November 6, 2021 by A_Gagne johnyb, Approve My Account Pls, canuckgbp and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cblake Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 What a great goal for Cyle today, looking forward to him doing the same vs Costa Rica and Mexico over the next 10 days. johnyb, footballfreak and Sal333 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Cblake said: What a great goal for Cyle today, looking forward to him doing the same vs Costa Rica and Mexico over the next 10 days. Reminds me of a similar play in our 2-0 win over USA in 2019 where David anticipated the back pass in a very similar way, but failed to score. But Larin's run comes from much, much deeper. Edited November 6, 2021 by jonovision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoH037 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) LaRin NeVEr ScoRes iN IMPorTanT GamES... put some respect on that name, Cyle Christopher Larin Edited November 17, 2021 by LeoH037 canuckgbp, Kadenge, BradMack and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Maybe we are running away with the Octagonal if Larin wasn't hurt in the 2nd window sebdeserio, Dominic94 and king1010 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadasoccer20 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Still remember the times when people wanted Cava over Larin and for good reason. What a special performance from a special player tonight. The Cyle Larin Game. Corazon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corazon Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Remember when just 6 months ago this board was 50/50 on whether Cavallini or Larin should be our starter. But... Cavallini is the only player that wins that late corner with his strength. baulderdash77 and Pottsy3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Did he just earn a January move to the premier league? canadasoccer20, Ruffian, johnyb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdog Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 1 minute ago, king1010 said: Did he just earn a January move to the premier league? If he was American he'd be at Barcelona right now lol Xavier., BradMack, Ruffian and 9 others 3 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoH037 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 always rooted for this guy, since day 1, ugh, this makes me so happy for him, always knew he had it in him. Grandbloke, Corazon, Ivan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMo Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Embarrassed I ever questioned his ability to deliver in big moments. A_Gagne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin Radd Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, king1010 said: Did he just earn a January move to the premier league? Would teams pay a large transfer fee for him given that they can sign him for free next summer? johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Legendary performance tonight, we dropped when he came off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, Norrin Radd said: Would teams pay a large transfer fee for him given that they can sign him for free next summer? Counterpoint: would a team in the chase for a CL spot and needing some goals pay for the upgrade? Larin is probably going to be transferred in January since his team can’t afford to let him go for free. johnyb and A_Gagne 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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