David Wotherspoon

[PegCityCam]

Spoonsy is in

[BearcatSA]

41 minutes ago, VinceA said:

Assuming Kone and Wanyama are in fact out, I really hope Choiniere and Zouhir can increase their minutes in 2023.

I would like to see Choinière get more starts next season to help take his game to the next level.  I see that he had 15 starts in 34 regular season games last year so being more in the conversation as a first choice starter will help his NT prospects.

[Bigandy]

1 hour ago, PegCityCam said:

Spoonsy is in

I said it before and I’ll say it again. He’s 100% a lock. 

[jhoops__]

Might even start vs Japan…

[BearcatSA]

26 minutes ago, Bigandy said:

I said it before and I’ll say it again. He’s 100% a lock. 

I would be very surprised if he isn't.

[Joe MacCarthy]

Learn somethin' new everyday

Spoony going to Qatar: St Johnstone star David Wotherspoon selected for Canada World Cup squad
Eric Nicolson thecourier.co.uk November 13 2022

St Johnstone star David Wotherspoon has been selected for the Canada World Cup squad.

Head coach John Herdman has named the three-time cup winner in his 26-man pool for the finals in Qatar.

Wotherspoon timed his comeback from injury perfectly.

After nearly a year out following knee surgery, the 32-year-old made his first team return in October.

Three substitute appearances were followed by a start in the recent win against Rangers, when Wotherspoon played a part in the build-up to James Brown’s opening goal.

Manager Callum Davidson has liaised with Herdman over the last couple of weeks to give the former Hibs man the best chance of securing a place and it was decided that he would be better off staying with Saints than joining up with the national team for two pre-tournament friendlies.

And now Wotherspoon’s task will be to get game-time in the tournament.

This is Canada’s first World Cup since 1986 and their group fixtures are against Belgium (November 23), Croatia (November 27) and Morocco (December 1).

Wotherspoon, who played for Scotland at under-21 level, qualifies for Canada through his mother.

He flew out to join up with his international team-mates ahead of the official squad announcement, having played an important part in Saints’ opening goal against Motherwell the day before.

He is the first Saints player to go to a World Cup since Jason Scotland in 2006.

It will also mean the Perth club receive a six-figure Fifa payout.

[sose]

50 minutes ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

Learn somethin' new everyday

Spoony going to Qatar: St Johnstone star David Wotherspoon selected for Canada World Cup squad
Eric Nicolson thecourier.co.uk November 13 2022

St Johnstone star David Wotherspoon has been selected for the Canada World Cup squad.

Head coach John Herdman has named the three-time cup winner in his 26-man pool for the finals in Qatar.

Wotherspoon timed his comeback from injury perfectly.

After nearly a year out following knee surgery, the 32-year-old made his first team return in October.

Three substitute appearances were followed by a start in the recent win against Rangers, when Wotherspoon played a part in the build-up to James Brown’s opening goal.

Manager Callum Davidson has liaised with Herdman over the last couple of weeks to give the former Hibs man the best chance of securing a place and it was decided that he would be better off staying with Saints than joining up with the national team for two pre-tournament friendlies.

And now Wotherspoon’s task will be to get game-time in the tournament.

This is Canada’s first World Cup since 1986 and their group fixtures are against Belgium (November 23), Croatia (November 27) and Morocco (December 1).

Wotherspoon, who played for Scotland at under-21 level, qualifies for Canada through his mother.

He flew out to join up with his international team-mates ahead of the official squad announcement, having played an important part in Saints’ opening goal against Motherwell the day before.

He is the first Saints player to go to a World Cup since Jason Scotland in 2006.

It will also mean the Perth club receive a six-figure Fifa payout.

fun fact: I was at all 3 T&T matches in the 2006 WC and actually ran into a few Scots who were rooting for T&T because of Jason Scotland lol.

[Free kick]

8 hours ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

 

It will also mean the Perth club receive a six-figure Fifa payout.

Interesting!   We learn something new every day.   

[VinceA]

9 minutes ago, Free kick said:

Interesting!   We learn something new every day.   

Yep Montreal is getting paidddddd

[Joe MacCarthy]

7 minutes ago, Free kick said:

Interesting!   We learn something new every day.   

Jeffrey goes into some detail about it here.  Montreal is in for a big payday.

[RS]

3 hours ago, VinceA said:

Yep MLS is getting paidddddd

Fixed.

[A_Gagne]

8 hours ago, RS said:

Fixed.

 

[sloth8]

This BBC Sport Scotland article has a nice shout out to Wotherspoon:

"Scottish football fans only need to look to the Premier League and other nations to see the system [VAR] is not perfect and it's something many will hope returns a bit more fine tuned by the time a David Wotherspoon-inspired Canada lift the World Cup in the sweltering Qatar sun."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63615188

[gator]

I thought he did well in his short time on the pitch today, it was great to see so many Saints fans tweeting about his appearance with pride and who knew the Spoony Chop was a thing?

Here's a better vid which shows him pulling the "Spoony Chop" vs Hibs and how similar the move was, it's much easier vs Hibs of course!😀

 

Edited December 2, 2022 by gator

[jonovision]

He's an interesting one as to whether we ever see him again in a Canada shirt.

[PiedPilko]

38 minutes ago, gator said:

I thought he did well in his short time on the pitch today, it was great to see so many Saints fans tweeting about his appearance with pride and who knew the Spoony Chop was a thing?

Here's a better vid which shows him pulling the "Spoony Chop" vs Hibs and how similar the move was, it's much easier vs Hibs of course!😀

 

I laughed so hard when he did this lol highlight of the tournament

[BearcatSA]

The Canadian Cruyff:

 

[Gian-Luca]

Felt pleased for him coming back from the injury that he can say he played in the World Cup, since I doubt he will make the cut in his mid-30's in four years time. I thought it might have been partly a sentimental move to play him, but one which made some sense since it was another attacking move.

The flipside is that I feel bad for Piette who may be surpassed as a D-mid by the time he hits 32 in 4 years time and might never play in the WC (I expect Osorio is more likely to take over as the "veteran stabilizer" role Atiba had in 4 years time). Unfortunately for Sam we always needed a goal in the 2nd half of games so I can see why he never played to help us lock a game down as a destroyer in the midfield. Of all the players who didn't play in the tourney, he and Pantemis are the ones I would worry the most (for their sakes) that they might get another chance in 4 years time.