Fullback Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 10 hours ago, Nate3322 said: From what I've seen of Adekugbe at Valerenga he hasn't looked fantastic just solid, so right now I think despite being inexperienced Bassong along with Miller and Solomon should all be ahead of Adekugbe in depth. From what I’ve seen of Bassong at Cercle Brugge, he hasn’t looked fantastic, just invisible, because he doesn’t play (on a pretty bad team too). if we are playing with a traditional LB it’s Sam all day for me jonovision, BrennanFan, Kadenge and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 43 minutes ago, Fullback said: From what I’ve seen of Bassong at Cercle Brugge, he hasn’t looked fantastic, just invisible, because he doesn’t play (on a pretty bad team too). if we are playing with a traditional LB it’s Sam all day for me Same goes for Solomon. He somehow in some peoples mind has passed Sam. He plays on one of bottom teams in Isreal and realistically noone even knew he existed 2 weeks ago. El Hombre, Kadenge, Obinna and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northvansteve Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 The non-Davies choice at LB at the moment is between Miller and Adekugbe. Adekugbe gives you more going forward; Miller gives you more certain defense. Good options to have. gigi riva, Obinna and jonovision 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi riva Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Right now I would go with Sam at starting LB , and have Davies as a winger , As far as Miller he would be number 2 but didn't soeone mention that he has played at CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colliedor Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Oi, just got his second yellow for a blatant dive in the box. dyslexic nam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northvansteve Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 On 7/4/2020 at 1:17 PM, Colliedor said: Oi, just got his second yellow for a blatant dive in the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 It does look like there was the slightest of clips on his back leg. Enough to trip him up? You decide... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 He admits that he caused the contact after that..he simply pushed the ball too far and was never getting to it before the next defender so tried to get the penalty..sit out the next one and think about it kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I like Adekugbe but realistically he's a midtable starter at Norway and that seems to be his ceiling. Is that enough for Canada? Probably but there are younger players who seem to have high upside. I still think his knee injury may have lowered his ceiling somewhat. Mikmacdo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 11 hours ago, SthMelbRed said: It does look like there was the slightest of clips on his back leg. Enough to trip him up? You decide... Nope - that's a blatant dive and yellow. He overcooked his touch and went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 hour ago, VinceA said: I like Adekugbe but realistically he's a midtable starter at Norway and that seems to be his ceiling. Is that enough for Canada? Probably but there are younger players who seem to have high upside. I still think his knee injury may have lowered his ceiling somewhat. I remember when "mid-table starter in Norway" gave you a strong case for the starting 11? Think Chris Pozniak. hodgkiss and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyb Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Looks like there was slight contact but he went down too easy. Considering it was in the box, not much choice for the ref but to book him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Yeah, there was contact, but usually when that happens your feet stumble, maybe you kick the ground or something. He looked to bring his upper body down. So he felt the contact and decided to go down. He went down easy, but these are the types of things that I spoke about a few days back where that kind of thing is rarely called if you stay on your feet, even if it screws up your chances of making a play. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I think it is great - he is basically training for CONCACAF. Olympique_de_Marseille, Addona, johnyb and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) Edited July 15, 2020 by Ansem Trois Reds, Kadenge, Unnamed Trialist and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 (edited) The smaller Norwegian club that is Bodø/Glimt (Simon Thomas used to play backup keeper for them a few years back) improved on their superb 2nd place finish last year and just destroyed every other team in Norway to win the 2020 Eliteserien with a ridiculous number of matchdays remaining. The race for 2nd through 4th place however is still fairly open and Adekugbe's Vålerenga have a very good shot at staying top 4. This would get them into Europa League, as the 2020 Norwegian Football Cup (their FA Cup) was COVID-cancelled.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Eliteserienhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Norwegian_Football_Cup Adekugbe is playing a lot of matches and the coach seems to be happy with him.https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/eKKOzM/fagermo-har-fjernet-deilas-gamle-favoritter-sagt-hele-tiden-at-stallen-er-for-stor It looks like they are happy he has another year on his contract with them. Another random observation I had when I was thinking of our LB options is that he is pretty much the same age as Richie Laryea and both players seem to have really come into their own in the past 18 months (although there was much more hype for Sam because he was in England). He is finally getting a long string of games at a very good level. Edited November 27, 2020 by Olympique_de_Marseille cronaldo7, Northvansteve, nolando and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: The smaller Norwegian club that is Bodø/Glimt (Simon Thomas used to play backup keeper for them a few years back) improved on their superb 2nd place finish last year and just destroyed every other team in Norway to win the 2020 Eliteserien with a ridiculous number of matchdays remaining. The race for 2nd through 4th place however is still fairly open and Adekugbe's Vålerenga have a very good shot at staying top 4. This would get them into Europa League, as the 2020 Norwegian Football Cup (their FA Cup) was COVID-cancelled.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Eliteserienhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Norwegian_Football_Cup Adekugbe is playing a lot of matches and the coach seems to be happy with him.https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/eKKOzM/fagermo-har-fjernet-deilas-gamle-favoritter-sagt-hele-tiden-at-stallen-er-for-stor It looks like they are happy he has another year on his contract with them. Just an observation about Bodo/Glimt, they played AC Milan in the qualifiers for Europa League and Hauge did so well in a losing cause they signed him, early October. Hauge is a '99. Yesterday he seemed quite solid, mobile, had a few chances as an attacking mid on the right; he's scored for Milan already. Just saying that the exposure can't be underestimated. Edit: also says a lot about Bodo/Glimt, they lost a leading player, with 14 goals and 10 assists in 18 matches to the end of September, and still won the league. Edited November 27, 2020 by Unnamed Trialist Ivan, Corazon, johnyb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Just an observation about Bodo/Glimt...Hauge...also says a lot about Bodo/Glimt, they lost a leading player, with 14 goals and 10 assists in 18 matches to the end of September, and still won the league. Yup. Bodø/Glimt have been absolutely deadly this season. Their only loss so far has been away to 2nd place Molde and this was in October after Milan signed Hauge. EDIT: and Bodø/Glimt's only draws were against Stabæk and Vålerenga (and Bodø/Glimt scored their goals against Vålerenga before Adekugbe was even subbed in for that match so he wasn't at fault). 16 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: Adekugbe's Vålerenga Going back to Adekugbe's situation, 4th place Rosenborg BK have the top 3 teams left to play in their last 5 matches so Vålerenga's chances of a Europa League finish are very good. I don't think he's ever played UEFA Champions League/Europa League football. Edited November 27, 2020 by Olympique_de_Marseille Unnamed Trialist, johnyb and Corazon 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) On 12/7/2020 at 12:11 PM, Nate3322 said: Norway Sam Adekugbe starts for Valerenga but goes off in the 6th minute. On 12/7/2020 at 1:33 PM, Weng said: Do you know what the injury was? On 12/7/2020 at 1:46 PM, Nate3322 said: No clue, hopefully someone else can provide some information. I couldn't find any details about his injury in the 6th minute on Monday but he was helped off the field. https://www.vif-fotball.no/nyheter/aron-donnum-sendte-valerenga-til-himmels He didn't travel with the team for today's game. https://www.vif-fotball.no/nyheter/flere-endringer-mot-viking Edited December 10, 2020 by Olympique_de_Marseille Weng and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) I have no update about the status of Sam's injury but Vålerenga have qualified for the Europa League (second qualifying round) by finishing Top 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Eliteserien Their last match of the season will determine if they are 3rd or 4th but the Europa League prize is the same. Always nice to see another Canadian reaching this level with their club. Edited December 16, 2020 by Olympique_de_Marseille Corazon, N1ckbr0wn, johnyb and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Congrats to Sam and Valerenga! Will be nice to have another CMNT player getting European experience. Next year we could have Davies, David, Arfield, Borjan, Larin, Hutchinson, Eustaquio, James and Adekugbe all playing in either Champions League or Europa League. That would have to be some kind of record, right? Ivan, Northvansteve and N1ckbr0wn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) Starting LB for me - that's a lock for me Edited December 22, 2020 by Ansem Northvansteve, johnyb, Club Linesman and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club Linesman Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Will we still have room for that kid at Bayern? toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Club Linesman said: Will we still have room for that kid at Bayern? Plenty of room for him up front where he's more efficient for us against better teams. Nate3322, Olympique_de_Marseille and NVsoccer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 @Ansem , another interesting more general stat is that although Vålerenga finished 3rd, they were 6th in "Goals For". Their 3rd place finish is due in large part to their strong defending; they were 2nd best in "Goals Against". Bodø/Glimt who won the league with 26 more points than Vålerenga due to their superb attack, only conceded one goal fewer. Let Davies have fun on the LW and keep this man at LB. Sam was fit enough to play a full match, so bring him to Camp Poutine! Kadenge, dyslexic nam, NVsoccer and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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