phil03 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 At least for me the change in level does matter a lot. IMO he shouldn't have been in the picture when he was in second Dutch division, we have a descent amount of depth at strikers playing at a higher level. Now that he is doing ok in the Eredivise though? He is arguably our third or fourth best striker and fully deserve his spot. PiedPilko and costarg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 5 hours ago, jordan said: Goal from today https://x.com/canucks_abroad/status/1719841510785441845?s=46&t=KtwBDROwUH8sPUlYu2GlIA Great strike, but the defender stood and watched then turned away. If Brym can make that shot while under stronger pressure, then we will really have something exciting. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 On 11/1/2023 at 3:56 PM, BearcatSA said: He's booked his seat for the plane to Jamaica! Well, just when I thought he'd actually get the call up, it doesn't happen. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Interestingly, Netherlands has overtaken France in the UEFA association coefficients. So Brym is playing in a top 5 league while David isn't. Brym has also scored 2 goals against a top 25 team in Feyenoord. Bigandy, johnyb, Shway and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Stryker911 said: Interestingly, Netherlands has overtaken France in the UEFA association coefficients. So Brym is playing in a top 5 league while David isn't. Brym has also scored 2 goals against a top 25 team in Feyenoord. Don’t those same ratings consider Lille the 19th best team in the world or something? Could’ve sworn some ranking system placed them there recently. I wonder how realistic it’ll be so see MLS overtake France once they loosen up roster restrictions. Seems like it would be very easy for some of the big clubs here to overtake a lot of French clubs outside of the European regulars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: Don’t those same ratings consider Lille the 19th best team in the world or something? Could’ve sworn some ranking system placed them there recently. I wonder how realistic it’ll be so see MLS overtake France once they loosen up roster restrictions. Seems like it would be very easy for some of the big clubs here to overtake a lot of French clubs outside of the European regulars. I have no doubt that MLS will become a top 5 league at some point. There is just too much money in the US for it not to happen. Overtaking the big 4 (I include Germany) doesn’t seem likely any time soon but I think the resources, infrastructure and conditions are in place to grab spot 5. I just don’t know when that happens. Could be in the next decade (depending on the 2026 bump) or it could be a more gradual growth over 20-30 years. Jack1997 and InglewoodJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: I have no doubt that MLS will become a top 5 league at some point. There is just too much money in the US for it not to happen. Overtaking the big 4 (I include Germany) doesn’t seem likely any time soon but I think the resources, infrastructure and conditions are in place to grab spot 5. I just don’t know when that happens. Could be in the next decade (depending on the 2026 bump) or it could be a more gradual growth over 20-30 years. Absolutely agree, though I wonder how they're going to make it work with a massive injection of money as well as the concept of complete parity across the league. I don't think North America has the room to have 40 (what MLS wants) hyper competitive, European-quality level teams, where you might have Miami and NYCFC looking to take the training wheels off and go out and spend $200M on transfers in a window vs. CF Montreal who will be looking for hidden gems in the CPL. I think that's realistically where pro/rel will have to come in. Though with the media market and the money, there's no way in the world that MLS stays this 10-15th best league in the world or whatever it is. You now have guys like Giroud, Griezmann, apparently Lewandowski who are all looking to come over, so curious where we'll be at 5-10 years from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: Don’t those same ratings consider Lille the 19th best team in the world or something? Could’ve sworn some ranking system placed them there recently. I wonder how realistic it’ll be so see MLS overtake France once they loosen up roster restrictions. Seems like it would be very easy for some of the big clubs here to overtake a lot of French clubs outside of the European regulars. This is the UEFA Club/Country coefficient that is used to decide the number of spots each country gets in European competitions. Personally I don't think it's something that can really be read as a live table. You have to wait and see how the season plays out. https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method5/crank2024.html This system is also used for the Pot seedings for draws in club competitions. Edited November 9, 2023 by narduch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Just now, narduch said: This is the UEFA Club/Country coefficient that is used to decide the bomber of spots each country gets in European competitions. Personally I don't think it's something that can really be read as a live table. You have to wait and see how the season plays out. https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method5/crank2024.html This system is also used for the Pot seedings for draws in club competitions. Got it- I was thinking of the 538 rankings who have LOSC at 19th: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/global-club-rankings/ Though the UEFA coefficient has Porto at 19, so eitehr way, a second Canadian is playing for a top 20 club. narduch and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: Got it- I was thinking of the 538 rankings who have LOSC at 19th: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/global-club-rankings/ Though the UEFA coefficient has Porto at 19, so eitehr way, a second Canadian is playing for a top 20 club. The UEFA ranking has them at 48th. https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method5/trank2024.html In this system you can only get points from Euro club competitions. So you wouldn't score any points for winning your domestic league. Edited November 9, 2023 by narduch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Stryker911 said: Interestingly, Netherlands has overtaken France in the UEFA association coefficients. So Brym is playing in a top 5 league while David isn't. Brym has also scored 2 goals against a top 25 team in Feyenoord. Wow, that's wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Brym with the start on the wing and an assist. Not much of an assist rhough. Was on a run. Pass was behind him. Got a foot on it while kitolano ripped it home K Edgar, Corazon, Trois Reds and 7 others 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Had an assist in today’s 4-1 win that keeps them in 5th place. ray, Corazon and king1010 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckgbp Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 johnyb, Canuckia, Obinna and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Because they are playing Ajax today (12:45 ET) it's on One Soccer and Fubo dyslexic nam and Canuckia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 (edited) On 12/6/2023 at 2:25 PM, canuckgbp said: There’s some speculation that this is a precursor to a TFC move. Is that agency connected to TFC? Personally, I think it would be a terrible career move for him. Edited December 9, 2023 by CanadaFan123 yomurphy1 and johnyb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 8 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said: There’s some speculation that this is a precursor to a TFC move. Is that agency connected to TFC? Personally, I think it would be a terrible career move for him. We really need a puke emoji response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccaliam Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 The bar is pretty low for decent strikers at TFC, so wouldn’t take much to clear it to be considered a successful signing. Plenty of playing time likely on offer and Herdman clearly believes in Brym, so wouldn’t be the worst move for him IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 ...and if he is the one to combine effectively with Insigne and Bernadeschi there is plenty of upside. Stranger things have happened. Shway and maccaliam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 It's possible Sparta told him he is not in their future plans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 3 hours ago, narduch said: It's possible Sparta told him he is not in their future plans Hes starting today versus Ajax. Shway, sebdeserio, narduch and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Ajax 2 Sparta Rotterdam 1 Brym subbed out at 85' Sparta last five. Two wins, three losses Shway, Obinna and Corazon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 On 12/9/2023 at 8:41 AM, narduch said: It's possible Sparta told him he is not in their future plans He has started the last four and played most of the game. He has worked his way into a starting lineup on the wing. It is a big step up from barely playing 15 minutes a game. As Sparta is struggling with offense, he is getting his shot dyslexic nam, Obinna, Canuckia and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlander Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 1 hour ago, blueseeka said: He has started the last four and played most of the game. He has worked his way into a starting lineup on the wing. It is a big step up from barely playing 15 minutes a game. As Sparta is struggling with offense, he is getting his shot Quite a range in those ratings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trois Reds Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 1 hour ago, lowlander said: Quite a range in those ratings Something I've always noticed with these game ratings: if your team wins, you get high ratings. If they lose, so do you, normally, unless you score a hat trick in a loss or get a red in a win. Two wins, two losses for Sparta in the past four. Tie games would probably give you the most honest assessment. Jack1997, Canuckia, narduch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now