David Wotherspoon

[nolando 1,482]

On 7/24/2019 at 8:44 AM, youllneverwalkalone said:

Right back?

I read somewhere he used to be a RB, actually.

[Ansem 8,906]

 

[SpecialK 1,352]

I would love to see the whitecaps try to get him. He would be a great addition. I bet he wouldn’t cost that much.  

[JamboAl 1,875]

3 hours ago, SpecialK said:

I would love to see the whitecaps try to get him. He would be a great addition. I bet he wouldn’t cost that much.  

Until the window against Cuba, I don’t even know if Spoony had ever stepped foot in Canada before.  Would be interesting to see but I don’t think this would happen.

[jordan 3,562]

Nef's latest interview

https://worldfootballindex.com/2020/04/david-wotherspoon-on-representing-canada-playing-for-boyhood-club-st-johnstone/ 

[Ansem 8,906]

He was man of the match this week for St.Johnstone. Often forgotten, we are very fortunate to have him in our depth chart for the National team 

 

[Shway 3,725]

Although he didn't look good in his few caps, we'll definitely need his leadership and experience for a gruelling year.

[PiedPilko 643]

He actually has the highest average rating on St. Johnstone this year, according to WhoScored.

[Ansem 8,906]

Yes, he's been very good this year despite flying under the radar. A must call up for me

[jordan 3,562]

Its a contract year, and they are trying to tie him to a new deal right now.

 

[toontownman 3,357]

No doubt he gets used this year if we play all the games we are supposed to. Could be a good Gold Cup squad member. 

[JamboAl 1,875]

Another excellent performance in the Betfred League Cup semi-final vs Hibs which the Perth Saints won 3-0.  He flighted in the corner for the first goal.

[Ansem 8,906]

He signed an extension until 2023. He flies under the radar but he's having a solid season. A must have depth midfielder for WCQ who will be in season form when it starts.

 

[Olympique_de_Marseille 3,280]

Played a full match today with a trophy, the Scottish League Cup ( Betfred Cup ) on the line.

EDIT:

They won the match and the cup.

Reminder: Spoony won the Scottish Cup with St. Johnstone in 2014 but the club had never won the League Cup before.

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I think he will get the call for March. I have a feeling that certain players will only stick around for the first match vs Bermuda and others like Spoony might stick around longer to play match #2 vs the Caymans.

Edited February 28 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[toontownman 3,357]

Wow. Fantastic. Does that give a European berth/qualifying spot for next year?

Congrats to David.

[Olympique_de_Marseille 3,280]

2 minutes ago, toontownman said:

Does that give a European berth/qualifying spot for next year?

From what I understand, only the Scottish Cup and not the League Cup gives a Europa League spot  .

Maybe others know more.

[JamboAl 1,875]

5 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

From what I understand, only the Scottish Cup and not the League Cup gives a Europa League spot  .

Maybe others know more.

That is correct.  Not even a spot in the new Europa Conference League.

[Olympique_de_Marseille 3,280]

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/rising-through-ranks-david-wotherspoon-23828169
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/david-wotherspoon-starring-canada-ball-23845754
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/john-herdman-finding-david-wotherspoon-23884900

3 interesting articles on Spoony in the Daily Record (mostly the last one).

In that third article, I find it disingenuous of Herdman that he makes it sound like he personally recruited Spoony (almost from scratch) when it is well known that Spoony spoke with Arfield first.
Surely there was CSA contact (and possibly from Zambrano) first!
This thread was started in March 2017 and Spoony's first match was during the international window in March 2018.

Also, Herdman was announced as Head Coach in early January but didn't speak to Spoony until a month later (February 2018) according to the article!
Why the wait?
I'm not anti-Herdman like @Unnamed Trialist but this all seems a bit much.

[Ivan 1,049]

Edgar also took a lot of the credit during the broadcast.  Said it was he and Arfield who convinced him.

[JamboAl 1,875]

No doubt that Arfield and others tapped up Spoony to play for us.  And maybe JH was working the phones even before he became the CNMT manager.  Does it matter? 

I wonder if sometimes we read too much into these things.  

[Olympique_de_Marseille 3,280]

38 minutes ago, Ivan said:

Edgar also took a lot of the credit during the broadcast.  Said it was he and Arfield who convinced him.

The joke on the broadcast (and that Edgar made in the past) is that Edgar convinced Arfield to join and then Spoony reached out to his fellow Scot, Arfield, and Arfield convinced Spoony. Therefore Edgar should get the credit because he started the chain of events. 

Edited Friday at 09:34 PM by Olympique_de_Marseille

[RS 2,257]

2 hours ago, JamboAl said:

I wonder if sometimes we read too much into these things.

Sometimes?

[Bison44 6,255]

2 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

In that third article, I find it disingenuous of Herdman that he makes it sound like he personally recruited Spoony (almost from scratch) when it is well known that Spoony spoke with Arfield first.
Surely there was CSA contact (and possibly from Zambrano) first!
This thread was started in March 2017 and Spoony's first match was during the international window in March 2018.

Just a little like a used car salesman, always overselling and you come away feeling greasy??  I have gotten that vibe off him from day 1 with the womens program.  

[An Observer 859]

3 minutes ago, Bison44 said:

Just a little like a used car salesman, always overselling and you come away feeling greasy??  I have gotten that vibe off him from day 1 with the womens program.  

If Herdman is a used car salesman, what does that make Bontis? An ice salesman to the Inuit. Herdman has nothing on him.

[Obinna 8,943]

Herdman can sell all the metaphorical used cars he wants, so long as he gets us to the World Cup.