Cheeta Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 6 hours ago, El Hombre said: Interesting that Japan doesn't think Celtic is too low a level for Daizen Maeda as they started him in their win over Germany. Or Australia when it comes to Aaron Mooy (90 against France). Or Croatia and Juranovic (90 against Morocco). Interesting. Hasen't played yet (barring injuries surprised if he does) but Carter-Vickars is in with the US. Would be shocked if there's an outfield player with more minutes at Celtic this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vancanman Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 17 hours ago, VinceA said: lmao our forum is linked there and some fans don't like some of the takes here One notable exchange, equating us with MLS fans: Celtic Supporter #1: Interesting thread https://www.canadiansoccernews.com/forums/topic/77266-alistair-johnston/page/24/ MLS fans are worse than Aussies. Celtic Supporter #2: Just wait till they jump on here. A note for any curious Celtic supporters: Although we have three teams in MLS, that's not all we're about. The vast majority of MLS fans are American. Besides, what were you thinking we're worse at than Aussies, surfing? Bison44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, El Hombre said: Interesting that Japan doesn't think Celtic is too low a level for Daizen Maeda as they started him in their win over Germany. Or Australia when it comes to Aaron Mooy (90 against France). Or Croatia and Juranovic (90 against Morocco). Literally no one has said this. The only light criticisms I have seen are that some wish Johnstone would go to a better league. Edited November 26, 2022 by Floortom footballfreak and maccaliam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfreak Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 10 hours ago, El Hombre said: Interesting that Japan doesn't think Celtic is too low a level for Daizen Maeda as they started him in their win over Germany. Or Australia when it comes to Aaron Mooy (90 against France). Or Croatia and Juranovic (90 against Morocco). Interesting. No one is maligning the quality of Celtic as a club. Just pointing out that the level of the league as a whole may not be optimal from a player development standpoint. It’s a tradeoff. He gets to play with higher quality players in training and Champions League, but against weaker quality players in the league. It can certainly be argued that the former is more valuable than the latter is detrimental, but the concern isn’t totally unfounded. Also, if we’re just cherry picking examples: Walker Zimmerman helped shutout England. Jhegson Mendez went 90 against Netherlands Xherdan Shaqiri supplied the winning assist against Cameroon 5 Canada starters that rag-dolled Belgium for 45 mins were developed in MLS. 4 played in MLS in the last 12 months. 3/5 subs were MLS developed, 2/5 are active MLS players. Those examples don’t prove anything as to the relative quality of MLS vs Celtic/SPL of course. Just trying to point out the flaw in that logic. Secondary also: Mooy is 32, Juranovic is 27, Daizen is 25. Johnston just turned 24. Players develop at different rates, but all three of your examples have fewer (or no) years of development left. They’re either fully baked or closer to it than Jonston. ECW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpg_29 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 For me the lines have become increasingly blurred between MLS and non big 5 leagues in terms of quality. MLS has some weird salary rules that can skew things but it's a competitive league. Alikanata 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) On 11/24/2022 at 6:18 PM, Kadenge said: Alistair is the only player on our squad that strikes the ball with power. He needs to do that more often and good things will happen like Larin's rebound goal v Mexico at iceteca and v Belgium when he slammed one at goal. It didn't result in anything but it's the type of power striking we need more of. A spill or rebound by the keeper is what David feasts on. Hoilett? Edited November 26, 2022 by PegCityCam RS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, mpg_29 said: For me the lines have become increasingly blurred between MLS and non big 5 leagues in terms of quality. MLS has some weird salary rules that can skew things but it's a competitive league. Most MLS teams have guys on their roster that wouldn't get a sniff in Scotland. But most, when healthy, are able to field a starting XI that would almost certainly be able to finish right behind the two powerhouses of the league. As an example, surely Montreal has a better collection of players (at least until Johnston, Kone and Miller get shipped out) than Aberdeen or Livingston. As for big 5, I don't think any MLS team would be competitive in EPL. Some teams might be able to hang with the bottom half in France or Germany. Edited November 26, 2022 by jonovision narduch and The Real Marc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpg_29 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 26 minutes ago, jonovision said: Most MLS teams have guys on their roster that wouldn't get a sniff in Scotland. But most, when healthy, are able to field a starting XI that would almost certainly be able to finish right behind the two powerhouses of the league. As an example, surely Montreal has a better collection of players (at least until Johnston, Kone and Miller get shipped out) than Aberdeen or Livingston. As for big 5, I don't think any MLS team would be competitive in EPL. Some teams might be able to hang with the bottom half in France or Germany. I think it's an increasingly lateral move. And the arguments for moving are almost always about the champions league...not the actual league in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 45 minutes ago, PegCityCam said: Hoilett? Jnr's is more precision/curling shot vs pure power. Almost every team I've watched has had a couple of powerful long-range shots taken at goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 1 hour ago, jonovision said: Most MLS teams have guys on their roster that wouldn't get a sniff in Scotland. I don’t follow either leagues closely, apart from Canadian players, but this would surprise me. At least if the reverse weren’t true as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/alistair-johnston-celtic-transfer-fee-28597567 Reported transfer fee is 3M pounds. Fair deal IMO. His $6M valuation on transfermrkt seemed a bit high to me Jack1997 and The Real Marc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 25 minutes ago, Floortom said: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/alistair-johnston-celtic-transfer-fee-28597567 Reported transfer fee is 3M pounds. Fair deal IMO. His $6M valuation on transfermrkt seemed a bit high to me Daily record is rarely correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Wow Montreal FC must be so happy to send yet another player to Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) If this is the actual price that means that between him and Mihailovic they turned 2 million Garber dollars to nearly 9 million Euros. Who said pretend money wasn't worth anything? Edited November 28, 2022 by Stryker911 costarg and Corazon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Protect this man at all costs... Nello and WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Celtic is definitely where I would love to see him but I wouldn't mind him at Rangers either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 (edited) The Celtic supporters are commenting on his full name Alistair William Johnston and talking about it's staunchness. Basically a protestant name in support of the British, more likely a Rangers player. Edited November 29, 2022 by Ruffian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Fun fact: my middle name is Norman and my kids are getting dressed for Catholic School. (Although I do support Rangers). 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 49 minutes ago, Ruffian said: The Celtic supporters and commenting on his full name Alistair William Johnston and talking about it's staunchness. Basically a protestant name in support of the British, more likely a Rangers player. Not surprising, given his mother is from Northern Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Is there an explicitly atheist club I can throw my support behind? h coach and zeelaw 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, youllneverwalkalone said: Fun fact: my middle name is Norman and my kids are getting dressed for Catholic School. (Although I do support Rangers). 😂 You learn something new every day. Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 My point being that religion or lack thereof is fluid. Depressing all this tribalistic bullshit (thinking more Borjan here) is distracting from the only tribalistic experience that matters (at least to me). nolando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frmr Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 24 minutes ago, youllneverwalkalone said: Is there an explicitly atheist club I can throw my support behind? St. Pauli seems notably godless. InglewoodJack, Bertuzzi44 and youllneverwalkalone 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Ruffian said: The Celtic supporters and commenting on his full name Alistair William Johnston and talking about it's staunchness. Basically a protestant name in support of the British, more likely a Rangers player. Fun fact, this is the first openly catholic player to ever play for Rangers (post WW1 I think): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Johnston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 37 minutes ago, youllneverwalkalone said: Is there an explicitly atheist club I can throw my support behind? Whitecaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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