Obinna Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said: It's important for people on this board to understand what is at stake. Because I think too many people are sleepwalking through the moment. Anyways, @Obinna are you seriously making a comparison with someone doing cheap taunting of Muslims on the board and what I posted? But hey, if you and others want to push it'll come to shove, and everyone will lose. Just saying I would take the tact of quickly moving on without the history lesson. I appreciate what you are trying to do, but it's more damaging in my opinion. If I were a new poster I would see your post as a negative. Even my own post is verging on the same thing the longer it gets, so I will digress now. Cheers Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyb Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Common name or not, it's certainly a coincidence that a guy born a week after 911 has the same name as one of the hijackers. Years ago It would have been ok to mention a trivial fact like this, but right or wrong we're not allowed to anymore. If Kent had stopped at the fact, and not mention how the dude's parents may have been sensitive to the cause it probably wouldn't have garnered the same reaction. Anyway, I thought Joel played well last night. Obinna, Nate3322, Bison44 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckgbp Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 I would like to see him eventually get a shot at RCB with this team. Johnston won't be able to play every minute of every game and other then Henry we don't really have another obvious option without trying to convert a FB into it. Obinna and Northvansteve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 23 minutes ago, canuckgbp said: I would like to see him eventually get a shot at RCB with this team. Johnston won't be able to play every minute of every game and other then Henry we don't really have another obvious option without trying to convert a FB into it. I think Herdman likes Johnston at RCB because he can fluidly shift to a FB mid game. I don’t think Henry can do that, but Waterman probably can. johnyb, Corazon, Shway and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corazon Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Obinna said: I think Herdman likes Johnston at RCB because he can fluidly shift to a FB mid game. I don’t think Henry can do that, but Waterman probably can. The same can be said about Kamal Miller on the left side. The first half his Canadian caps came as a LB. He played there in Orlando as well. When playing with a back 3, I think it's important to have those types of players for two reasons. 1) They can fluidly shift throughout a game & 2) The LCB & RCB role is really a cross between a outside back and center back. Hence why you do not see players like Vitoria & Henry do well there. While Kamal, Johnston & Kennedy can all play both positions (their skillsets allow for it). You would not likely see players like Gutierrez, Laryea, Davies do well as a LCB or RCB role. Whereas those types of outside backs can play further up as wingbacks. You truly have outside backs that can play in a back 4 or in a more advanced wingback role and then you have a different type of outside back that can play in a back 4 and also slide into a back 3 formation. Edited September 23, 2021 by Corazon Obinna, GasPed, costarg and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 34 minutes ago, Corazon said: The same can be said about Kamal Miller on the left side. The first half his Canadian caps came as a LB. He played there in Orlando as well. When playing with a back 3, I think it's important to have those types of players for two reasons. 1) They can fluidly shift throughout a game & 2) The LCB & RCB role is really a cross between a outside back and center back. Hence why you do not see players like Vitoria & Henry do well there. While Kamal, Johnston & Kennedy can all play both positions (their skillsets allow for it). You would not likely see players like Gutierrez, Laryea, Davies do well as a LCB or RCB role. Whereas those types of outside backs can play further up as wingbacks. You truly have outside backs that can play in a back 4 or in a more advanced wingback role and then you have a different type of outside back that can play in a back 4 and also slide into a back 3 formation. Yup, you nailed it. Players who can play both FB and CB are ideal for LCB or RCB. What makes Johnston interesting is because he never had much (any?) experience at CB previously, but he did play CM in League 1 Ontario and also in NCAA div 1. Shows it's more about the players attributes than prior experience. johnyb, Northvansteve, Corazon and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) On 9/23/2021 at 4:30 AM, Unnamed Trialist said: This board almost was closed, and was within weeks of being denounced publicly in the press, due to the insistence of certain racist and white supremacist elements to use it to further their views. I know this first hand. We had whole fanatical threads on here, propagating white supremacist positions amongst fans purportedly supporting a racially, ethnically and religiously diverse national team programme. I understand being 5 foot 7 could make one such as yourself develop an inferiority complex when in the presence of more dominant males, and therefore makes you retreat into misguided political views based on feelings in lieu of facts. However, I can change that for you. I can bring you out of this constant state of despair that you live in. I know you're crying on the inside brother. Let me help you. I will set you free. Edited September 25, 2021 by Macksam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulkrogan Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Holy hell. Can we move on from the childish garbage and back to the water man? RS, Nate3322, Ol'Bill and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 6 hours ago, hulkrogan said: Holy hell. Can we move on from the childish garbage and back to the water man? @Unnamed Trialist How about it bro? Can we move on? It's entirely up to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 It looks like Joel played another good game, despite the loss costarg, canuckgbp, johnyb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Xavier., johnyb, dyslexic nam and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebdeserio Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 He is the CPL's first ever successful transfer to a noticeably better league, and since he's only relatively recently made the move from midfield to centre back he could still improve a lot. Hopefully he opens the door for other CPL to MLS moves, although I don't think American teams will sign CPL players if they barely sign USL players. chalms04, deschamp86, baulderdash77 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 41 minutes ago, sebdeserio said: He is the CPL's first ever successful transfer to a noticeably better league, and since he's only relatively recently made the move from midfield to centre back he could still improve a lot. Hopefully he opens the door for other CPL to MLS moves, although I don't think American teams will sign CPL players if they barely sign USL players. According to Transfermarkt 76 players have moved from USLC to MLS in the last two seasons, compared to CPL's 1 player. Though the incoming transfer fee for Waterman was higher than all of those USLC signings combined. Crazy Bison44 and Dominic94 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Are some of those moves call ups from affiliates?? Thats a heck of a lot more movement that I would have thought. sebdeserio, El Hombre, Dominic94 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Regardless, USLC is a defacto farm league. Makes sense to me. The Real Marc, narduch and Dominic94 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 2 hours ago, sebdeserio said: He is the CPL's first ever successful transfer to a noticeably better league, and since he's only relatively recently made the move from midfield to centre back he could still improve a lot. Hopefully he opens the door for other CPL to MLS moves, although I don't think American teams will sign CPL players if they barely sign USL players. I would consider Pantemis the best MLS to CPL loan. A_Gagne and Dominic94 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallflower Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Pantemis is MLS quality. There is a whack of CPLers could play MLS. There is a whack of MLSers who ought not be in MLS. The MLS dudes wear a lot of electronic gadgetry for metrics. Is there a politics analysis metric? you know, to explain why they are in MLS? ps. apologies to the water man - another post of recent pages having ZERO to do with him but I have heard it said again and again that even bad publicity is good for one's ratings ... narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 MLS struggles with its evaluation of lower league talent and it’s promotion… however, you’d better believe Houston is going to go back to USL given how good Pasher turned out, and believe me Montreal will go back to the Can PL given how Waterman turned out, others are going to follow. I’d imagine there’s interest in Sirois who’s literally been Valour’s team this year and is very much ready to play in MLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Bottom end clubs like Houston with no depth can certainly skim the cream off USL and put them to good use. Expansion keeps creating more and more jobs for domestics at MLS level. I am kind of amazed that no one has given Abzi or Farsi a flyer yet. That younger type CPL stand out, like Waterman with potentially room to improve for a tiny investment from a MLS club should be a juicy target in the off season. dyslexic nam and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 29 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: MLS struggles with its evaluation of lower league talent and it’s promotion… however, you’d better believe Houston is going to go back to USL given how good Pasher turned out, and believe me Montreal will go back to the Can PL given how Waterman turned out, others are going to follow. I’d imagine there’s interest in Sirois who’s literally been Valour’s team this year and is very much ready to play in MLS. Sirois has been fine. Pantemis last year was much better. Andrew Jean-Baptiste was Valour's team this year as the lights basically went out on the season as soon as he was injured. wallflower 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 42 minutes ago, jonovision said: Sirois has been fine. Pantemis last year was much better. Andrew Jean-Baptiste was Valour's team this year as the lights basically went out on the season as soon as he was injured. Didn’t Pantemis play like 8 games ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Dominic94 said: MLS struggles with its evaluation of lower league talent and it’s promotion… however, you’d better believe Houston is going to go back to USL given how good Pasher turned out, and believe me Montreal will go back to the Can PL given how Waterman turned out, others are going to follow. I’d imagine there’s interest in Sirois who’s literally been Valour’s team this year and is very much ready to play in MLS. Karina Yao has been a beast at Cavalry while on loan from Montreal, so they wont even have to look too hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 35 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: Didn’t Pantemis play like 8 games ? Yes, but he was better and more vital to whatever success 2020 Valour had than Sirois in 2021. Matt Silva has been selected several times to start ahead of Sirois, and often not without merit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Not necessarily playing the best game of the bunch thusfar, but this guy can sure concacaf with the best of them! Impressive stuff, he's really baiting them well. Corazon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Disappointed that CFMTL are playing both Waterman and Johnston at that RCB position. I was hoping they would both get a lot of playing time this season but absent any injuries it might be one or the other. Not the best situation. dyslexic nam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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