JAVIERF Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 What kind of player is this Kone is a playmaker or a holding mid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAVIERF Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Piette was getting better and better I understood why At 17 he was At La Coruña! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frmr Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 44 minutes ago, JAVIERF said: What kind of player is this Kone is a playmaker or a holding mid? I haven't seen him play much but I think he's a box-to box number 8 type. costarg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beaver 2.0 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Just caught the highlights from the match vs. Atlanta. Looked very good on the three goals he was involved with. Hope to see him get some minutes over this last window! Not to get ahead of ourselves, but it feels like we are starting to develop some good young depth now. I still feel a guy like Priso will develop into an excellent player, and now Petrasso is looking encouraging. And that's just a few of the guys who seem to be joining a list of other young turks, some of whom have yet to declare for Canada. gator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack15 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 johnyb, dyslexic nam, toontownman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 The fact that 2 Belgium teams didn't sign him means assessing talent is not as easy as we think. See RB Salzburg re David narduch, Ruffian and PiedPilko 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Approve My Account Pls Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, Kadenge said: The fact that 2 Belgium teams didn't sign him means assessing talent is not as easy as we think. See RB Salzburg re David https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/cf-montreal-sign-midfielder-ismael-kone In this article it mentions he was on trial just before the pandemic. As a June 02 birthday, I believe he would have been 17 still, am I wrong in thinking that would be the reason? Kadenge and Xavier. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 7 minutes ago, Approve My Account Pls said: https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/cf-montreal-sign-midfielder-ismael-kone In this article it mentions he was on trial just before the pandemic. As a June 02 birthday, I believe he would have been 17 still, am I wrong in thinking that would be the reason? That's a good shout. He doesn't seem to have a Euro passport so he would have had to wait until his 18th Birthday to move abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowcrash Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 18 hours ago, frmr said: I haven't seen him play much but I think he's a box-to box number 8 type. If he continues to progress, a rich man's Michael Bradley. He's already better than Bradley at the same age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Snowcrash said: If he continues to progress, a rich man's Michael Bradley. He's already better than Bradley at the same age. That is a comparison I wouldn’t have thought to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Kadenge said: The fact that 2 Belgium teams didn't sign him means assessing talent is not as easy as we think. See RB Salzburg re David In general I think talent evaluation is more of a crap shoot than we realize. There are so many examples of players “falling through the cracks” early only to bloom late thereafter. It’s not just Canada (happens all over the world) and it’s not even just soccer (Michael Jordan was cut from his high school team). Moments make careers and I believe those who succeed do so because they got a chance and took it. I like using the example of Bryan Rochez, the failed young DP at Orlando in 2015, and Cyle Larin, who came in as a 1st round draft pick and took his chance. Had it been Rochez and not Larin who took his chance, we could be looking at two very different career trajectories for both players. David is another example. He came on as a late sub on his pro debut and scored, then he did the same thing the next game, then repeated it again, then he was offered a contract extension. All of that happened in basically a handful of games, but it’s not as if he was the starter at Gent, he was just an 18 year old kid who was brought up from the reserves. Yes he had talent, but everyone playing pro soccer has talent. I believe it was the hot start combined with the belief it gave him that saw David maximize his talent and then take to the next level. Many kids don’t score on their debut and so they don’t grow that believe. Then, some kids don’t even get the chance despite being talented. I remember playing in U15 and U17 national championships and being impressed with so many players and it always stuck with me how many won’t be picked for the youth national team, because you can’t select everyone. Case in point: Kone almost went to the CPL, where things would have undoubtedly played out differently (and not for the better). Same player, just different timeline, if you know what I mean. The margins are thin when it comes to this topic. Edited March 22, 2022 by Obinna Ally McCoist, SirBobsaget, Kadenge and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantic Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 He’s with a good agency (Axia). Once he’s ready to make the leap to Europe I’m pretty confident he will land somewhere best for his development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottsy3 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Kadenge said: The fact that 2 Belgium teams didn't sign him means assessing talent is not as easy as we think. See RB Salzburg re David 47 minutes ago, Atlantic said: He’s with a good agency (Axia). Once he’s ready to make the leap to Europe I’m pretty confident he will land somewhere best for his development. If he is with Axia, one of the clubs was likely Peter Reynder's KAA Genk (same club that David went to). Edited March 23, 2022 by Pottsy3 oops I didn't actually read the article, I see that it mentioned the clubs were Genk and Mouscron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Did he break a record with CANMNT? I figure he must've. He has like what, 6 pro games under his belt before being called into CANMNT? Pretty impressive. I love his composure on the field and I loved his interviews, he seems very grounded and mature, the only two thing that concern me are how fast it's all happened for him and his Instagram handle (holllywood something something - That doesn't sound very grounded). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, costarg said: Did he break a record with CANMNT? I figure he must've. He has like what, 6 pro games under his belt before being called into CANMNT? Pretty impressive. I love his composure on the field and I loved his interviews, he seems very grounded and mature, the only two thing that concern me are how fast it's all happened for him and his Instagram handle (holllywood something something - That doesn't sound very grounded). No one beats Jamie Peters El Hombre, Bison44 and johnyb 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beaver 2.0 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 14 minutes ago, narduch said: No one beats Jamie Peters Or Wynn Belotte narduch and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 27 minutes ago, costarg said: Did he break a record with CANMNT? I figure he must've. He has like what, 6 pro games under his belt before being called into CANMNT? Pretty impressive. I love his composure on the field and I loved his interviews, he seems very grounded and mature, the only two thing that concern me are how fast it's all happened for him and his Instagram handle (holllywood something something - That doesn't sound very grounded). Pretty sure Larin got his first cap when he was still a college player johnyb, narduch, Ruffian and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, jonovision said: Pretty sure Larin got his first cap when he was still a college player He did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally McCoist Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 johnyb, MCa, Dominic94 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 8 hours ago, Ally McCoist said: Following in the steps of Mauro Biello and John Liminatis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 13 hours ago, jonovision said: Pretty sure Larin got his first cap when he was still a college player Kyle Bekker got his first cap in the time between being drafted and his pro debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier. Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 toontownman, Sal333, Ivan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag futbol Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 On 3/22/2022 at 7:06 PM, Snowcrash said: If he continues to progress, a rich man's Michael Bradley. He's already better than Bradley at the same age. I don’t know. My memory of vintage Bradley is fuzzy but feel like that’s not the profile. Bradley hasn’t weighted a single ball into space in his career as well as the one Kone played last week. I’d say someone like Moussa Sissoko. Progressive ball carrier. Plays box-to-box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Dominic94 said: ...I’m sure Kone was contacted by Ivory Coast. He rose up the ranks so fast, I'm not sure they had time! How many of us here knew about him 4 months ago, let alone rated him enough that we felt he deserved a senior call? GasPed and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 @Xavier. , They truly followed the hierarchy, he got the news of the call-up from Olivier Renard. Interesting. Xavier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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