Dominic94 Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Nate3322 said: Jebbinson is eligible for England so he may not want to play for us if he could play for England He’s at a higher level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 looks like he got called up to england’s u18 Aird25, Ivan, johnyb and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Doesn't he need to apply for a passport and everything to even be considered for Canadian selection? Also we don't play games at youth level so this isn't surprising. TFC2017, toontownman, Dominic94 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) 44 minutes ago, JamesF said: looks like he got called up to england’s u18 I can’t say I expected this and I didn’t know he was eligible. I wouldn’t sweat it, look at his competition lol. Balgoun is being coveted for a reason. Edited March 20, 2021 by Dominic94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Wow didn’t know he was rated that highly..good for him ! (And potentially us down the road - cracking that England squad won’t be easy). Ivan, TFC2017 and Dominic94 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) So he was born here, left at 13/14 and signed with Sheffield. I’ll say this, Dias, Flores and him leaving early for better soccer kinda sucks, but we’re clearly doing right if we’re producing kids who are clearly above the rest and are doing well at higher youth levels and becoming youth internationals for other countries. until we play youth games we will see more duals play for other countries at the youth level. Given his scoring rate clearly England wants a look. Longterm the odds of him playing for England senior are the same as Dias playing for Portugal. they both play positions that are currently occupied by top 10 players in the position, and they have depth. Anything can happen, but it’s unlikely they pass everyone. I would say this for 98% of prospects btw and same deal if Flores were to try to play for England or Portugal. The only difference is Flores us more likely to be good enough for Mexico, than Jebbison and Dias being good enough for England and Portugal. not a knock on either, just that both are going through resurfaces/golden generations. however the 2003 birth year in Canada looks very very nice. Edited March 20, 2021 by Dominic94 Bikerack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) On 3/20/2021 at 12:05 PM, JamesF said: looks like he got called up to england’s u18 Not soo bad of a situation. If we make the Olympics or put in some performances at the Gold Cup, he gets convinced and BAM! He is ours permanently when he files the one time switch. Edited March 21, 2021 by Macksam toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 How many world class players are ahead of him for England realistically, at striker ? Kane, Rashford, Sterling, Abraham ? Sorry I don’t know all their depth. exicting though that he was called apparently he’s been excellent as of late. toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 40 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: How many world class players are ahead of him for England realistically, at striker ? Kane, Rashford, Sterling, Abraham ? Sorry I don’t know all their depth. exicting though that he was called apparently he’s been excellent as of late. This is one call up we can only embrace. He will get great experience here that will likely only serve him better for us down the line if he can turn into a championship/premiership level striker. Even beyond the 10 or so choices in the premier league for England there are another 10 in the championship and elsewhere. He would have to turn into a player of such a high standard we would likely easier accept losing (if that is even a thing). Good luck to him, at the moment the odds are in our favour but even for us he needs to turn into a striker of Premiership standard to crack our team. Nice problem. Ivan, HochelagaFC, Dominic94 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 28 minutes ago, toontownman said: This is one call up we can only embrace. He will get great experience here that will likely only serve him better for us down the line if he can turn into a championship/premiership level striker. Even beyond the 10 or so choices in the premier league for England there are another 10 in the championship and elsewhere. He would have to turn into a player of such a high standard we would likely easier accept losing (if that is even a thing). Good luck to him, at the moment the odds are in our favour but even for us he needs to turn into a striker of Premiership standard to crack our team. Nice problem. My thinking exactly and if Balgoun doesn’t switch its just one more ahead of him. Most England youth do have decent careers to my knowledge so if he can become even a borderline premier league striker it helps us so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Dominic94 said: How many world class players are ahead of him for England realistically, at striker ? Kane, Rashford, Sterling, Abraham ? Sorry I don’t know all their depth. exicting though that he was called apparently he’s been excellent as of late. No Vardy no party. Dominic94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostknownunknown Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Dominic94 said: How many world class players are ahead of him for England realistically, at striker ? Kane, Rashford, Sterling, Abraham ? Sorry I don’t know all their depth. exicting though that he was called apparently he’s been excellent as of late. Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Ollie Watkins and Eddie Nketiah are a few that come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 add Patrick Bamford, Danny Ings, and Harvey Barnes. Then there's young guys like Eddie, Mason Greenwood, Rhian Brewster, and Noni Madueke Dominic94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, Shway said: add Patrick Bamford, Danny Ings, and Harvey Barnes. Then there's young guys like Eddie, Mason Greenwood, Rhian Brewster, and Noni Madueke Forgot about Harvey Elliot. yea I don’t Jebbison’s odds but like that he was called. do we know if he’s played for our youth before ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Reminder: This is a U18 friendly. No one-time-switch would need to be filed for him to play with us. yomurphy1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 51 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: Forgot about Harvey Elliot. yea I don’t Jebbison’s odds but like that he was called. do we know if he’s played for our youth before ? He's not a pure striker...but more so a winger. However I did mention Barnes, so I'm correcting myself right now lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HochelagaFC Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 According to Football Manager he’s also eligible for Jamaica. Maybe our real competitor for him in the end. Dominic94, TFC2017 and The Real Marc 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 7 minutes ago, HochelagaFC said: According to Football Manager he’s also eligible for Jamaica. Maybe our real competitor for him in the end. So we'll have to wait until he's 31 to find out. MtlMario, Dominic94, dyslexic nam and 8 others 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I've never seen this guy play so I'm not getting too worked up about him, but I remember similar excercises of people listing all the guys ahead of other duals while people tried to convince themselves that there is no way the Canadian guy could crack the more established soccer nation's lineup. Guys like Tomori, JDG2, and Cristante. It happens for every dual, including for some who do end up getting away. So just a note of caution I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 25 minutes ago, Kent said: I've never seen this guy play so I'm not getting too worked up about him, but I remember similar excercises of people listing all the guys ahead of other duals while people tried to convince themselves that there is no way the Canadian guy could crack the more established soccer nation's lineup. Guys like Tomori, JDG2, and Cristante. It happens for every dual, including for some who do end up getting away. So just a note of caution I suppose. Fair but I think at the time the odds just favoured Cristante, JDG2 and even Tomori a lot more. JDG2 wouldn’t make Holland’s bench for their squad with this group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFC2017 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I didn't realize he was rated this highly, I must admit I've never seen him play a full 90 (Only seen some highlights here and there). Good for him though, I know that he does want to represent Canada in the future and the task of breaking into that English team especially as a striker will be a tall task. Even if he was playing for Sheffield's first team every game it'd be tough to break in. I'd imagine Kane, Calvert-Lewin, Watkins, Ings, Bamford, Wilson, and Vardy are all ahead of him. Not to mention the young strikers like Abraham, Nketiah, Brewster, Balogun, and Solanke. It's great though because this will raise his profile and hopefully he can end up playing with the 1st team of either Sheffield or another club on loan in the 2nd or 3rd division similar to Liam Millar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 12 hours ago, TFC2017 said: I didn't realize he was rated this highly, I must admit I've never seen him play a full 90 (Only seen some highlights here and there). Good for him though, I know that he does want to represent Canada in the future and the task of breaking into that English team especially as a striker will be a tall task. Even if he was playing for Sheffield's first team every game it'd be tough to break in. I'd imagine Kane, Calvert-Lewin, Watkins, Ings, Bamford, Wilson, and Vardy are all ahead of him. Not to mention the young strikers like Abraham, Nketiah, Brewster, Balogun, and Solanke. It's great though because this will raise his profile and hopefully he can end up playing with the 1st team of either Sheffield or another club on loan in the 2nd or 3rd division similar to Liam Millar. How do you know he wants to play for us ???? 😂 just curious if you have a direct source to re-assure us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngravs Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 The guy always replies to twitter messages if you really want to ask him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 47 minutes ago, Ngravs said: The guy always replies to twitter messages if you really want to ask him I don’t have an account ahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I really wish Canada had a real youth program and our talent young players would be playing against decent teams or high level teams. Showcasing their talent in a Canadian Uniform. It’s sad ! It’s criminal Junkie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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