InglewoodJack Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Can’t say I like it, especially because apparently Laval was interested too. You can definitely bounce back from this, but yeah. He’s fully in the Sam Piette development funnel right now. Wouldn’t hate Montreal giving him a shot if France doesn’t work out. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) He basically only played 5th tier the past 2 seasons. 3rd tier is probably where he needs to be. If he tears it up they can always recall him and loan him to Ligue 2 Edited July 11, 2023 by narduch johnyb, Jack1997, Olympique_de_Marseille and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corazon Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Let's hope he has a similar trajectory as Eustaquio. At the same age of Smith currently (20), Stephen Eustaquio was playing 2nd division in Portugal. johnyb, Borjans Sweatpants and Obinna 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rydermike Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Nice probably wants him guaranteed time. They probably thought he'd get it with QRM, but he didn't, so rather than send him to another D2 team, only for him to play D5 with the Bs again, D3 seems a better bet. Like narduch said, they can always recall and re-loan him to D2 in January if he plays and plays well and theres interest. Better to play D3 than not play in D2 Obinna, An Observer, Corazon and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rydermike Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 No purchase option per https://www.actufoot.com/logc-nice-prete-encore-justin-smith-officiel Obinna and Corazon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footyeh Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 A player like this should seriously consider the MLS route. Even if it means one season in Next Pro. He's quality, could easily play for the 3 Canadian MLS teams based on lack of domestic talent in either CB or CDM. Jack1997, Obinna and TOcanadafan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 1 minute ago, rydermike said: No purchase option per https://www.actufoot.com/logc-nice-prete-encore-justin-smith-officiel Suggests they believe in him and want him for themselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Starting as a CB today Vs Brest phresh, Jack1997, costarg and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 5 minutes ago, jordan said: Starting as a CB today Vs Brest CB? Corazon, costarg, narduch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Just now, VinceA said: CB? YouTube’s from the stands, good thing his hair cut is so weird that you can pick him out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) What number is he? Nvm I was looking at the wrong team. Didn't realize he got loaned to a 3 division team. Edited July 15, 2023 by Shway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOcanadafan Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Last season must have really set him back - not getting any game time. This guy was miles ahead of everyone else on the U20 team. Kind of disappointing he’s been loaned to the 3rd tier, but I guess the positive is he will get playing time and a chance to get back to form / improvement. Jack1997, NVsoccer, narduch and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 11 minutes ago, TOcanadafan said: Last season must have really set him back - not getting any game time. This guy was miles ahead of everyone else on the U20 team. Kind of disappointing he’s been loaned to the 3rd tier, but I guess the positive is he will get playing time and a chance to get back to form / improvement. There was an interview last year that was how they were working on getting him around a first team only as education rather than being boomeranged back and forth, he did so, he’s now doing first team minutes. Corazon, TOcanadafan, NVsoccer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Looks like French's National Leagues are all available for free. Justin Smith is playing live now for Avranches https://ffftv.fff.fr/video/6312673332112/j5-national-i-fc-versailles-us-avranches-msm-en-direct-18h45 toontownman, NVsoccer, narduch and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack1997 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Anybody know how he’s been this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 19 minutes ago, Jack1997 said: Anybody know how he’s been this season? He’s played every single minute of the season so far, so that’s encouraging. There’s this article about him from yesterday, behind a paywall in case anyone can get passed it or has an account on this site for some reason https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/us-avranches/national-us-avranches-justin-smith-le-pari-de-la-jeunesse-2baa1e08-4e2f-11ee-930d-65ce11740f9c Obinna, johnyb, Jack1997 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Looks like he is playing on a CB this season with Avranches Corazon, aredding77, sebdeserio and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 I know he hasn’t had a meteoric rise but I still have hope he can be a top player. He was so clearly above everyone else on our team at the Olympic qualifiers (I think that is what those were) that he has to have solid potential. Obinna, toontownman, aredding77 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 He's playing 3rd division in France right? It's not exactly the English League One but it's still probably on par or even better than a lot of first divisions in Europe. The fact he's playing every game now is very encouraging. He's still the property of Nice, so maybe he can follow up this loan with another at a better level. Key is that he must be playing regularly. WestHamCanadianinOxford, toontownman, Northvansteve and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footyeh Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Obinna said: He's playing 3rd division in France right? It's not exactly the English League One but it's still probably on par or even better than a lot of first divisions in Europe. The fact he's playing every game now is very encouraging. He's still the property of Nice, so maybe he can follow up this loan with another at a better level. Key is that he must be playing regularly. CF Montreal apparently offered him a loan last season but the player rejected it. Who knows if it would've went well, but playing MLS is certainly better than having not played in Ligue 2 and now finding himself in the 3rd tier. johnyb, Dominic94, nolando and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Footyeh said: CF Montreal apparently offered him a loan last season but the player rejected it. Who knows if it would've went well, but playing MLS is certainly better than having not played in Ligue 2 and now finding himself in the 3rd tier. Maybe that's an option for his next loan? The player may have rejected Montreal because he felt it was more important to drop further down to play regularly. MLS is arguably stronger than Ligue 2, so the possibility of back-to-back loans with few minutes would have been high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Not sure how many more minutes he could’ve played for a very good CF Montreal team last year either. Miller, Camacho, Corbo, Waterman- hard to play less than he did for Quevilly, but those guys are certifiably better players than whoever he was being benched for in Ligue 2. Even as a DM you had Wanyama holding it down, Piette- just not sure how he would’ve played. toontownman, Olympique_de_Marseille, Obinna and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footyeh Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 4 hours ago, Obinna said: Maybe that's an option for his next loan? The player may have rejected Montreal because he felt it was more important to drop further down to play regularly. MLS is arguably stronger than Ligue 2, so the possibility of back-to-back loans with few minutes would have been high. Without knowing why the player didn't take it, I think there's also still a lot of arrogance from players in Europe about coming to MLS at a young age when they are attached to such big clubs like Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Footyeh said: Without knowing why the player didn't take it, I think there's also still a lot of arrogance from players in Europe about coming to MLS at a young age when they are attached to such big clubs like Nice. Probably. Good news is that MLS enhances it's reputation with each passing year. I think sometimes it's easy for us to forget not all leagues have such continual growth. Many leagues around the world have stagnated and some are actually getting worse, not better. We are very fortunate to have MLS and the CPL as well, which has also seen steady improvements so far in its young life. costarg, Ivan, Corazon and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi riva Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Obinna said: Probably. Good news is that MLS enhances it's reputation with each passing year. I think sometimes it's easy for us to forget not all leagues have such continual growth. Many leagues around the world have stagnated and some are actually getting worse, not better. We are very fortunate to have MLS and the CPL as well, which has also seen steady improvements so far in its young life. In Justin Smiths case playing in Ligue 3 is not that bad he is only 20 , and he is playing reguarly which is a good thing , If He continues to improve he should move up the ladder in France . But at the same time MLS is not a bad option Edited September 11, 2023 by gigi riva johnyb, Corazon and costarg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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