Ismael Kenneth Kone

[Bison44]

9 minutes ago, Vasi said:

 Well said. People need to relax. He is super raw. Give him time. Also, with huge amounts of new people watching our national team and jumping on the train, over reactions and hot takes are to be expected. Unfortunately that is a byproduct of a successful program

.....and we have one

 

We have come a long way in a very short time...but a successful program needs legs.  We havnt taken the youth teams serious for years...poor coaches, no camps, no money, no games, no preparation for tournies etc etc.  If we want to keep guys like Kone in the program, and stop this FLORES/MITROVIC soap opera baloney, we need to be serious about the youth set up.  Sort these kids out and get them on stream when they are 16-17, wearing the maple leaf and playing games for us before they hit the senior team.  The stuff proper football programs do.  

[dyslexic nam]

Anyone know how he did today for CFM?   I watched the TFC game.  

[toontownman]

24 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said:

Anyone know how he did today for CFM?   I watched the TFC game.  

Heard he played well, certainly in the first half.

[CanadianSoccerFan]

On 4/1/2022 at 4:22 PM, Bison44 said:

We have come a long way in a very short time...but a successful program needs legs.  We havnt taken the youth teams serious for years...poor coaches, no camps, no money, no games, no preparation for tournies etc etc.  If we want to keep guys like Kone in the program, and stop this FLORES/MITROVIC soap opera baloney, we need to be serious about the youth set up.  Sort these kids out and get them on stream when they are 16-17, wearing the maple leaf and playing games for us before they hit the senior team.  The stuff proper football programs do.  

The World Cup windfall should help.  Bontis mentioned the youth team camps as a top priority for the WC money

[MM3/MM2/MM]

2 hours ago, toontownman said:

Heard he played well, certainly in the first half.

For what it is worth, he was the lowest rated CF Montreal player on Sofascore.

[Dominic94]

3 hours ago, CanadianSoccerFan said:

The World Cup windfall should help.  Bontis mentioned the youth team camps as a top priority for the WC money

Atleast now we know why we never had a youth camp.

[BearcatSA]

2 hours ago, MM3/MM2/MM said:

For what it is worth, he was the lowest rated CF Montreal player on Sofascore.

I see on the highlights that he forced the Cincy keeper into a good save with a quickly taken right footed shot from distance.  No hesistation or looking to lay it off first.  Good to see.

[Sal333]

14 hours ago, dyslexic nam said:

Anyone know how he did today for CFM?   I watched the TFC game.  

 

14 hours ago, toontownman said:

Heard he played well, certainly in the first half.

Let me put it this way: if he continues to play like he did last night no one on the national team has to worry about losing their  midfield position to him for the Qatar WC.

Edited April 3, 2022 by Sal333

[costarg]

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WhoScored: the 5 lowest grades are the 5 Canadians.  Johnston, Waterman and Kone all at 6.3, Miller at 6.4 and Breza at 6.8.

 

[Francois79]

On 4/2/2022 at 5:59 PM, dyslexic nam said:

Anyone know how he did today for CFM?   I watched the TFC game.  

He had one good flash with a shot on goal, but the rest was ok at best. He made one really bad pass deep in Montreal's territory, outside of that, nothing to talk about. 

[SpecialK]

Ok I’m gonna say it…. Kone is not making the World Cup team and if he is we are in serious trouble. People on here, Facebook, OneSoccer  and Twitter please relax !!! He’s a 19 year old talented kid that has played only 8 real game. God I see Montreal fans just going crazy. Relax !!! Please stop being SO stupid and use your brain not your heart for this one. He looked good for 10 mins vs a Park the bus CR team and not very good against a decent Panama team. 
 

this World Cup is gonna bring out some stupid fans. It’s the same with Shaffelburg. My family and friends from the east coast are going crazy and saying oh he’s gonna make the World Cup. “He got pick for team Canada once, he’s an amazing player. “ Again if Shaffelburg makes the world cup we are in trouble. 

Edited April 4, 2022 by SpecialK

[VinceA]

He's one for the future. Nothin wrong with that.

He's another in a long list of talented 2002-born players who all have their best years ahead of them. This is all a wonderful experience for him and we'll see where he goes from there.

[Macksam]

On 4/4/2022 at 11:03 AM, SpecialK said:

Ok I’m gonna say it…. Kone is not making the World Cup team and if he is we are in serious trouble. People on here, Facebook, OneSoccer  and Twitter please relax !!! He’s a 19 year old talented kid that has played only 8 real game. God I see Montreal fans just going crazy. Relax !!! Please stop being SO stupid and use your brain not your heart for this one. He looked good for 10 mins vs a Park the bus CR team and not very good against a decent Panama team. 
 

this World Cup is gonna bring out some stupid fans. It’s the same with Shaffelburg. My family and friends from the east coast are going crazy and saying oh he’s gonna make the World Cup. “He got pick for team Canada once, he’s an amazing player. “ Again if Shaffelburg makes the world cup we are in trouble. 

Well, they both could go on an incredible run of form from now until the season end, which leads into the World Cup. Looks like you need to relax a little as well, whether they get called or not is not so black and white. 

Speaking of form, somebody give me the QRD on how he did today.

Edited April 9, 2022 by Macksam

[Corazon]

1 hour ago, Macksam said:

Well, they both could go on an incredible run of form from now until the season end, which leads into the World Cup. Looks like you need to relax a little as well, whether they get called or not is not so black and white. 

Speaking of form, somebody give me the QRD on how he did today.

I didn’t watch the game but I was intrigued to check his stats.  Won a fair amount of duels but I read that his passing completion was 52% on the game and he lost possession 13 times.

I didn’t see the game so I can’t comment if the eye test was better than the stats on FotMob.

[Sal333]

1 hour ago, Macksam said:

Well, they both could go on an incredible run of form from now until the season end, which leads into the World Cup. Looks like you need to relax a little as well, whether they get called or not is not so black and white. 

Speaking of form, somebody give me the QRD on how he did today.

 

4 minutes ago, Corazon said:

I didn’t watch the game but I was intrigued to check his stats.  Won a fair amount of duels but I read that his passing completion was 52% on the game and he lost possession 13 times.

I didn’t see the game so I can’t comment if the eye test was better than the stats on FotMob.

Those stats are pretty much the story. Actually, I thought his passing was worse than stated in those stats.

[Dominic94]

Montreal was pretty poor today and honestly fortunate to win.

[costarg]

16 hours ago, Corazon said:

I didn’t watch the game but I was intrigued to check his stats.  Won a fair amount of duels but I read that his passing completion was 52% on the game and he lost possession 13 times.

I didn’t see the game so I can’t comment if the eye test was better than the stats on FotMob.

Ya, he had a pretty bad game passing wise, most of the passes were placed well enough, but perhaps a tad not crisp enough vs the RedBulls famed high press.  Growing pains, he'll adapt, adjust and it'll make him better.

[pod818]

Kone looking very sharp today. Has made a lot of excellent passes which created a few chances

[dyslexic nam]

3 minutes ago, pod818 said:

Kone looking very sharp today. Has made a lot of excellent passes which created a few chances

Yeah I have been watching him closely. Definitely still very excited about his future.  

[El Hombre]

Someone needs to teach him how to get over the ball when he strikes it.

[Macksam]

He played more defensively today, almost like a deep lying midfielder distributing the ball out. He was excellent in this role, played some great passes out to the wingers throughout the first half and and early part of the second. I think Nancy is giving him a specific role to play each week, developing a different aspect to his game, great thinking in my opinion to have him eventually become a complete midfielder. 

He needs to work on his strikes from outside the box though, and he fizzled out the last half hour, but that was like the rest of his teammates so I'm not going to really knock him for that considering it seemed like a team issue.

Edited April 17, 2022 by Macksam

[El Hombre]

Kone looks like the player that everyone wanted Okello to be.

[frmr]

What’s up with him? Hasn’t been playing lately?

[Shway]

3 minutes ago, frmr said:

What’s up with him? Hasn’t been playing lately?

Simple. got droppped. 
The guys in front of him have been playing better. Choinierre to be exact.

[Gian-Luca]

He started on the weekend, went 65 minutes. Given they play again in a few days, they might have just been resting him for tonight (which I think is the first time he hasn't played, and whether a coincidence or not, also the first time in quite a while that they lost).