SthMelbRed Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) 17 hours ago, AvroArrow said: I would imagine Larin has dreams of playing for one of the big clubs of Europe. He likely saw moving from the MLS to Turkey as a step in that direction, so I don't blame him for taking the opportunity. Besiktas is not Barcelona, so I would imagine he viewed himself as having a good chance to crack the starting lineup consistently. Also, I'm assuming he got a pay raise, so he likely viewed this as win-win, with the exception of living in Florida vs. living in Turkey. Hutch seems to be doing fine though. I may be in the minority here, but I'd choose living in Istanbul 100 times out of 100 over Orlando. One is a historic, cultural mecca of a city and the other is a soulless shithole of a theme park. (I wrote this comment before reading the next page with other comments agreeing with my sentiment.) Edited March 14, 2019 by SthMelbRed adding context zeelaw, Greatest Cockney Rip Off, Unnamed Trialist and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Grizzly said: And if that doesn't work out he will still at least get a loan or transfer to another club. THIS. He has a nice cheque while living in a cosmopolitan city, and the worse that can happen to him (professionally) is that he gets a loan-deal to a smaller club. I bet he is laughing out loud. jpg75 and Cheeta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 12 hours ago, dyslexic nam said: It is easy to say it was a bad move in retrospect, but at the time of the transfer I don't recall anyone waving their hands and screaming that he should stay in MLS for a lot less money. He was a fairly dominant striker in MLS and had the chance to move to a team that was playing in the Champion's League and had a stronger domestic league. The fact that it didn't pan out is unfortunate but it seems like historical revisionism to claim it was the wrong move at the time.. I suspect anyone in his position would have done the same thing. Yeah of course and there's more ways to Rome. The fact that he hit a rough pad right now doesn't mean it's the end of his career. he'll rebound again and will take a step back to take another one forward (don't know if it makes sense the way I put it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruud Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Orlando seem to suck without him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoginess Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I don’t care how well Besitkas has treated Hutch or what the true reasons for Larin not getting a run are, they are officially blacklisted by me. I no longer want any of our young hopefuls going there. I’m so glad Davies didn’t head over there Red and White, Obinna and Shway 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 On 3/14/2019 at 9:50 AM, SthMelbRed said: I may be in the minority here, but I'd choose living in Istanbul 100 times out of 100 over Orlando. One is a historic, cultural mecca of a city and the other is a soulless shithole of a theme park. (I wrote this comment before reading the next page with other comments agreeing with my sentiment.) The only problem with that, sad to say, is that Turkey is in an extremely repressive mode, and human rights are being destroyed. Thousands of civil servants, perceived to be not favourable to the governing party (Erdogan), have been summararily fired. School teachers dumped. And all opposition is repressed violently. There was a supposed coup attempt a few years ago, real or not, and that is the excuse to purge tens of thousands. The current leader of the league in Turkey, Istanbul Basaksehir, is the regime's team, they have virtually no fan base, but are beating out the big three in the capital. The struggles of teams with a more "liberal" reputation, in terms of more relaxed Islamic ideals and social mores, Besiktas included, could be arguably related to them being out of favour politically. A former design student of mine who is a skater and has a street wear line, was in Ismir for almost a year looking to produce his textile there. Because he did skating with socially deprived kids he caught the attention of the authorities, and was offered a job in Ankara, with the Ministry of Culture, to run skate programs. But he says in Ismir, he had friends skating, students, workers, and he'd find people would just disappear, because just being skaters they were perceived as dissidents. He did not take that job. Let's not even mention the disgusting treatment of ethnic minorities, Kurds, Alevis, others. So to conclude: in principle more interesting than Orlando, but lots of caveats there. Shortdutchcanuck, zeelaw, SkuseisLoose and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/03/21/cyle-larin-commitment-besiktas-close-knit-canadian-national-team Obinna and Grizzly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Word on the Streetz.. Besiktas and Whitecaps have agreed on a 2 million dollar transfer fee. Phil Dos Santos just denied it on tsn 1040 BCM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 23 minutes ago, SpursFlu said: Word on the Streetz.. Besiktas and Whitecaps have agreed on a 2 million dollar transfer fee. Phil Dos Santos just denied it on tsn 1040 Hope it isn't true. He needs a change of scenery in a Euro league like Netherlands, Poland or elsewhere. It's premature to come back to MLS now Chad_Impact 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikmacdo Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 I dont care where he goes he just needs to play. Ruffian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Yeah, better to succeed in MLS and get playing time than continue watching matches in Europe from the sidelines. Maybe there is a league above MLS but below Turkey where he could be successful, but another year lost on the bench would be a huge setback. shamrock, baulderdash77 and Floortom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Vancouver also needs to win some games and Larin is a legit striker who can really make them better. If he comes back I hope it’s for decent amount. BCM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I hope it is a loan and not a transfer. It is hard to imagine Larin wanted to give up on Europe. For Besitkas, it would be short sighted to cut their losses, but I never trusted them with player development to begin with, so I can see them selling him on. Could be a cost cutting measure though, as he's on +€1M/yr, I think. Most Turkish clubs are struggling lately on the financial side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Glasscity says it’s got legs, so probably something in the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Who is @GlassCity anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 18 minutes ago, BrennanFan said: Who is @GlassCity anyway? The first rule of GlassCity is that you do not talk about the real identity of GlassCity... Unnamed Trialist, GlassCity and Longrange 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullback Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 This rumour doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense to me. Whitecaps already have Ardaiz and Montero. I can’t imagine they would a third striker who would want a lot playing time. Doesn’t MdS prefer to play a 433 anyway? No room for all those strikers yomurphy1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Grizzly, Zem, Obinna and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 3 hours ago, Ansem said: Good. Grizzly, Kadenge, LeoH037 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 4 hours ago, Ansem said: d I think they wanted to sign him so that MDS and Lenarduzzi could get in on the next transfer fee, now that Robbo is gone they are getting rusty on the insider trading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack15 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 19 hours ago, Ansem said: This should be taken as good news, I just believe that it would have been too disappointing for him personally to abandon his European experience and return to MLS, even if he would have tear it up with the whitecaps like he did with Orlando City. He's far from done, I do think he needs to get the hell out of Turkey; the pressure in Besiktas is just too much. I think a good side in Erevidise will do, not PSV/Ajax or Feyenoord, but Utrecht for example would be the right fit for him Super Lig has a different style of play that doesn't suit Cyle's game, that and the fact that his confidence is low and needs to play; he's got stiff competition at the Instanbul Giants johnyb and toontownman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazlo_80 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 I'm a big Larin fan but...I think a 2 mil transfer fee can be better spent by the caps too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 (edited) Turkish media is pretty bad, he’s been linked to 20 teams since November, this likely was not a real link. They had him linked to Dallas in July... Edited April 3, 2019 by jordan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 I think the whole going to play in the MLS is a walk of shame sentiment is a little past its best before date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, SpursFlu said: I think the whole going to play in the MLS is a walk of shame sentiment is a little past its best before date I would agree for most players that had a rough go in Europe, but hard to deny that Larin left MLS in a way that returning has a bit of a different flavour. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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