Unnamed Trialist Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 5 hours ago, Kent said: This is what I was responding to. "If that one clip is indicative of his skillset, he might be second to Davies for us in terms of creating his shot." I wasn't saying anything about ignoring what people say that have watched him play. I was warning against never seeing a player play a full game, then watching a highlight package and then jumping to the conclusion that this guy is better at creating his shot than Tajon Buchanan, Junior Hoilett, or Liam Millar. But you said he was playing against kids, and those clips are him playing against pro men, the Liga team he was playing against needed a goal in the final minutes to not relegate, they were critical and highly intense pro minutes. So warning people to see those with caution was unwarranted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 5 hours ago, Kent said: This is what I was responding to. "If that one clip is indicative of his skillset, he might be second to Davies for us in terms of creating his shot." I wasn't saying anything about ignoring what people say that have watched him play. I was warning against never seeing a player play a full game, then watching a highlight package and then jumping to the conclusion that this guy is better at creating his shot than Tajon Buchanan, Junior Hoilett, or Liam Millar. It’s not about the competition, it’s about his skillset. The competition doesn’t matter when it comes to seeing how fast you are, how strong you are with the ball, your ability to quickly find open spaces to get a shot off of, etc. That isn’t to say he’s better than all of the guys you mentioned, but if this is what his raw skill package looks like, by the time he’s playing for our NT, he’ll be closer to Davies than he will be those other guys. Just what I’ve observed so far. anyways, we all know he won’t play for us since you’d have to be an insane person to commit to Canada when you aren’t even really Canadian to begin with, but if for whatever reason we get this kid, man that’ll be sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Unnamed Trialist said: But you said he was playing against kids, and those clips are him playing against pro men, the Liga team he was playing against needed a goal in the final minutes to not relegate, they were critical and highly intense pro minutes. So warning people to see those with caution was unwarranted. True, I was apparently off on that. I didn't have the context for the games. Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack1997 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 This whole situation has either really helped his chances of committing to Canada or really messed them up, we can hope it’s helped but I don’t know about that, hope he’s having a good time and guys like eustaqio and Davies are trying to make him commit and convince him but I’m not sure about his future with us tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Be interesting to see if he is still with the team. Was only supposed to be here for a week i believe toontownman and Addona 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 1 hour ago, blueseeka said: Be interesting to see if he is still with the team. Was only supposed to be here for a week i believe This whole contract situation is a ruse engineered solely to guilt him into playing against Curacao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjoes Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Luca is not in any of the UBC training clips unfortunately. Fingers crossed he's on the U20 list tomorrow. narduch and Approve My Account Pls 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Güerito Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 This is probably a good sign.. You also have Kamal Miller saying he's locked in. https://www.instagram.com/p/CeZG1N-raSL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= dyslexic nam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sose Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 8 minutes ago, Güerito said: This is probably a good sign.. You also have Kamal Miller saying he's locked in. https://www.instagram.com/p/CeZG1N-raSL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= That was a couple days ago before the ish hit the fan lol.. but yea not the worst sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frmr Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 37 minutes ago, Güerito said: This is probably a good sign.. You also have Kamal Miller saying he's locked in. https://www.instagram.com/p/CeZG1N-raSL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= What's this? toontownman and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler55 Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 10 hours ago, frmr said: What's this? Luca posted a picture of himself in a Canada kit and Kamal made that comment. Addona, johnyb and Güerito 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frmr Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 The crossed fingers emoji after the comment is less encouraging, but still. All signs seem positive thus far. Kadenge, Obinna and toontownman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler55 Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 The post was made on the 5th, when the players were all supposedly in the same room the whole day. For what it's worth Luca liked Miller's comment. Addona, LeoH037, toontownman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Oh well. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 19 minutes ago, narduch said: Oh well. As expected. canuckgbp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Approve My Account Pls Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Hopefully he enjoyed the boys enough to select us for U20 toontownman and Shway 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 3 hours ago, narduch said: Oh well. One of the replies..... N1ckbr0wn, El Hombre, Unnamed Trialist and 5 others 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Approve My Account Pls Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 10 minutes ago, red card said: One of the replies..... So Mitchell Ryan lasted exactly 100 days maximum as a fan Ivan, Kadenge, Corazon and 8 others 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Approve My Account Pls said: So Mitchell Ryan lasted exactly 100 days maximum as a fan To be fair, I joined this forum in late 1999 or early 2000 because I'd had enough. I was fed up, especially with the CSA, from before day 1. I would think that a kid walking into a major labour dispute and being made one of the group would be impressive. It's his first full week with top pros, he's only trained a bit with the Espanyol 1st team and always as a kid brought up with other kids. IMO his parents are encouraging him to try out Canada and are mentoring him on his choices. BTW they've finally hired a new coach at Espanyol, Diego Martínez, so the pre-season and where he'll be starting will be decided in the next few days. I'm pretty sure he will be moved to the B team and from there get the odd shot at the 1st team Edited June 8, 2022 by Unnamed Trialist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 7 hours ago, Approve My Account Pls said: So Mitchell Ryan lasted exactly 100 days maximum as a fan Don't we have a new poster here that goes by MitchRyan11? narduch, Mitchryan11 and johnyb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, El Hombre said: Don't we have a new poster here that goes by MitchRyan11? Didn't he used to be in a band with the Detroit Wheels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal333 Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, Joe MacCarthy said: Didn't he used to be in a band with the Detroit Wheels? That was his cousin twice removed: Mitch Ryder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 12 hours ago, red card said: One of the replies..... I don't get it? Can someone enlighten me please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frmr Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Just now, costarg said: I don't get it? Can someone enlighten me please? It's a commonly repeated joke in online football circles poking fun at bandwagon fans/plastics. costarg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 13 hours ago, Approve My Account Pls said: So Mitchell Ryan lasted exactly 100 days maximum as a fan Wimp...did not make it through the rigorous Voyageur Seal Test (VST) which this year included a presser by Bontis. Many try but few succeed. It's not easy to wear the V badge...takes blood and guts Joe1973, narduch and red card 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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