phresh Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 That team is ridiculously stacked. dyslexic nam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 dyslexic nam, Jack1997, clamlinguine and 12 others 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC_Hali Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Delighted that he’s found his feet so quickly at Galatasary. Must have been an incredibly challenging last few months for him then having to focus again on football in a different city. maccaliam, PegCityCam, cronaldo7 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beaver 2.0 Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Nice to see our guys continuing to rise to new levels. Sam was a lot of fun to watch when he was a young Cap, but he was raw-as-hell and a bit rash, but he took his move to Europe and continued to grow and improve. There were times during WCQ that I thought he was consistently among our top two or three players. We're finally building some depth. Very happy for Sam! Now, let's get Tajon out of Brugges. johnyb, cronaldo7, Cheeta and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Sam had the biggest discrepancy IMO between club and country form- if you know nothing about club soccer and watch us play, he’s easily one of our best players and a guy you assume is playing in a top 5 league, but I can’t remember too many impressive Hatayspor highlights from him during his time there. Now at Galatasaray, from what I’ve seen, he’s much closer to the player he is for Canada, and it’s really encouraging to see him perform at a level that suits his Canada form. Larin is very similar- I know causals who see him for Canada and think he’s a premier league guy, and then shocked when he was a DNP for a team in Belgium- now he’s in La Liga and killing it. It’s unrelated, but it’s why I have a lot of hope for Tajon to land at a good club and perform well despite his relatively quiet stint at Brugge. It’s crazy when you think about it- there are so many players spread across so many leagues that it’s more difficult to connect a player with a team at his level than it is in other sports leagues, so there are way more cases of a bad fit or a mediocre club bringing a player down, or simply clubs not being aware of these hidden gems. PegCityCam, The Beaver 2.0, SirBobsaget and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beaver 2.0 Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 7 hours ago, InglewoodJack said: Sam had the biggest discrepancy IMO between club and country form- if you know nothing about club soccer and watch us play, he’s easily one of our best players and a guy you assume is playing in a top 5 league, but I can’t remember too many impressive Hatayspor highlights from him during his time there. Now at Galatasaray, from what I’ve seen, he’s much closer to the player he is for Canada, and it’s really encouraging to see him perform at a level that suits his Canada form. Larin is very similar- I know causals who see him for Canada and think he’s a premier league guy, and then shocked when he was a DNP for a team in Belgium- now he’s in La Liga and killing it. It’s unrelated, but it’s why I have a lot of hope for Tajon to land at a good club and perform well despite his relatively quiet stint at Brugge. It’s crazy when you think about it- there are so many players spread across so many leagues that it’s more difficult to connect a player with a team at his level than it is in other sports leagues, so there are way more cases of a bad fit or a mediocre club bringing a player down, or simply clubs not being aware of these hidden gems. Yeah, and then you toss in the fact that managers change frequently and sometimes mid-season, and a player's fate is made even more precarious. Davies is a good example: did not start again today. (Mind you, all of this was predicated on his playing a fairly terrible match recently.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Sam has gone from the last placed team to the top team in the Turkish league. May explain his recent performances. It's hard to soar like an eagle when you are surrounded by crows johnyb and Soccerpro2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauditYvon Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Holds a British passport. Just saying. The Real Marc and Shway 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Kadenge said: Sam has gone from the last placed team to the top team in the Turkish league. May explain his recent performances. It's hard to soar like an eagle when you are surrounded by crows Come to Besiktas ahmedou, CanadaFan123, Kadenge and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmedou Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Adekuge is in the lineup of Galatasaray vs Besiktas 👍 Obinna, narduch, costarg and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 1 hour ago, ahmedou said: Adekuge is in the lineup of Galatasaray vs Besiktas 👍 subbed out mid way through the second half when they were 2-1. They ended up losing 3-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 On the bench again today. Third game in a row. It looks like they struggled in a couple games (a 3-3 draw with Karagümrük and the 1-3 loss to Besiktas) and he was subbed off in both. The last two games, they have gone with a young Turkish leftback who has struggled with injuries this season. Unfortunately if you are just a Canada supporter, they have won with 2 clean sheets. Corazon, NVsoccer, narduch and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: On the bench again today. Third game in a row. It looks like they struggled in a couple games (a 3-3 draw with Karagümrük and the 1-3 loss to Besiktas) and he was subbed off in both. The last two games, they have gone with a young Turkish leftback who has struggled with injuries this season. Unfortunately if you are just a Canada supporter, they have won with 2 clean sheets. I went looking through Galatasaray social media and forums a few weeks ago and they really hate Adekugbe. Online Turkish supporters seem to be very harsh generally (remember their over the top dislike of Larin) in fairness so I have no idea if what I was seeing was representative or not. Regardless, there was near consensus that we wasn’t good enough for them. I have no idea how justified or not that view is. Edited May 20, 2023 by Floortom WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfreak Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 5 hours ago, Floortom said: I went looking through Galatasaray social media and forums a few weeks ago and they really hate Adekugbe. Online Turkish supporters seem to be very harsh generally (remember their over the top dislike of Larin) in fairness so I have no idea if what I was seeing was representative or not. Regardless, there was near consensus that we wasn’t good enough for them. I have no idea how justified or not that view is. The takes I saw on their subreddit were decidedly more mixed. I wouldn’t say he’s popular, but he wasn’t getting much negative attention either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 Sam shedding tears for Christian Atsu at title celebrations. InglewoodJack, sebdeserio, phresh and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 1 hour ago, red card said: Sam shedding tears for Christian Atsu at title celebrations. ...and wearing the Canadian flag. Love the guy. Ivan, Corazon, costarg and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 Wonder where he ends up next season. 0 minutes in the last 5 matches costarg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack1997 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 6 minutes ago, Floortom said: Wonder where he ends up next season. 0 minutes in the last 5 matches Kinda weird he just stopped playing, would think he’ll got a spot on top half Turkish side anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 This says he’s linked to Samsunspor narduch and Corazon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack1997 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Fell like he could do better than a newly promoted team sebdeserio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 I don’t get it. He looks awesome for Canada, his numbers with Galatasaray looked solid, how isn’t he able to latch on to a team? johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiedPilko Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 1 minute ago, InglewoodJack said: I don’t get it. He looks awesome for Canada, his numbers with Galatasaray looked solid, how isn’t he able to latch on to a team? Galatasaray fans do not think he was solid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 11 minutes ago, PiedPilko said: Galatasaray fans do not think he was solid Yeah that’s what I heard. I haven’t watched the games much, but his numbers look a lot better than what the comments say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finchster Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Antalyaspor please and thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 No shame in not being quite at the Galatasaray level (maybe, Turkish big clubs can be fickle) but you'd still think he'd have better options, even from other quality leagues. sebdeserio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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