The Beaver 2.0 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Yeah, at the moment Kone is the NT player I am most excited about. And I am pretty damn stoked about Davies, David, Staq, and Buchanan. If Koleosho joins the fray, then my mind might explode. Corazon, Bigandy, Obinna and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 5 hours ago, The Beaver 2.0 said: Yeah, at the moment Kone is the NT player I am most excited about. And I am pretty damn stoked about Davies, David, Staq, and Buchanan. If Koleosho joins the fray, then my mind might explode. I think Kone's ceiling is arguably higher than Eustaquio's, and Staq is a class player. We do a lot of hand wringing about missed dual internationals around here, but he's a massive, massive get for the program. I think when it's all said and done, he's going to be spoken about in the same way as David, Davies and Buchanan. He'll be part of that group of players who go on to reach Canada 100 caps. Allistair Johnston probably gets there too, now that I think of it. He's only 24 and he already has 33 caps. El Hombre, GasPed, The Beaver 2.0 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Saw on Instagram a journalist from Radio-Canada is in Watford, assuming it's to interview Kone. For how much we trash soccer media in Canada, I think Quebec has done an awesome job of covering Kone's rise. For such a quiet guy, he's been covered pretty extensively, and it's funny to me to hear journalists flip between covering Habs highlights and then switching over to Watford. Jack1997, NVsoccer, GasPed and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I wonder if RDS or TVA would pick up Watford matches Jack1997 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 6 minutes ago, narduch said: I wonder if RDS or TVA would pick up Watford matches I wonder what that contract would look like. If Kone leaves in June, if he gets injured or gets benched at some point, those games would be absolutely useless for us. But on the other hand, most of Watford's games happen between 7AM-3PM ET, so it isn't like those channels would be sacrificing marquee television to host watford games. Jack1997 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 10 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: I wonder what that contract would look like. If Kone leaves in June, if he gets injured or gets benched at some point, those games would be absolutely useless for us. But on the other hand, most of Watford's games happen between 7AM-3PM ET, so it isn't like those channels would be sacrificing marquee television to host watford games. Just thinking it would be like One Soccer only showing Lille matches. A contract like that. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 3 hours ago, narduch said: Just thinking it would be like One Soccer only showing Lille matches. A contract like that. That could be really cool. I wonder since they have the same ownership if they could agree to something where if he moves to Udinese, they'll play those games instead. Not sure how much pull an individual player other than Davies and David have in terms of getting people to tune into some game from a random european league, but with how lacking Quebec's been in putting out hockey players as of late, Kone might be the most talked about local athlete in the province after leyla fernandez and felix auger-aliassime. I'm sure Watford games will draw at least as much as the competitive darts tourneys they show at that hour. narduch and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 (edited) Starting today v Rotherham Edited January 21, 2023 by narduch ADP10, johnyb, solsous and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 It's cool he's playing beside Mario Gaspar, a really experienced veteran who spent teens and entire career at Villarreal. Won Europa League with them. In fact his only experience outside of Villarreal is Watford, he also debuted young, age 18. More a holding mid. If Kone knows how to learn from these guys it'll do him well. Dominic94, narduch, JamboAl and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Unnamed Trialist said: It's cool he's playing beside Mario Gaspar, a really experienced veteran who spent teens and entire career at Villarreal. Won Europa League with them. In fact his only experience outside of Villarreal is Watford, he also debuted young, age 18. More a holding mid. If Kone knows how to learn from these guys it'll do him well. Playing alongside Wanyama for a year won't have hurt either. Great experience for him to learn from for sure. Jack1997, Unnamed Trialist, solsous and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasi Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 He is taking free kicks. Dam. Amazing how quickly this kid has settled. Kadenge, The Real Marc, narduch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scullion44 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Watford are actually good fun to watch. Lots of exciting yount players up front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Off after 64 mins. Looked a bit tired and mainly anonymous. What he did do was neat and tidy though. He didn't have much space and they weren't able to play through him as much as the other day. He is going to be great I think. Reminded me a bit of David at Lille early on where he wasn't often involved and kind-of sauntered around. Think that's more just a bit of fatigue aclimatizing to the move. He was all action last game. Seems like he also had solid ratings online too. Dominic94, gator, GasPed and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 As with a lot of young players - and as we've seen with Kone's appearances for Canada as well - consistency is probably something he needs to work on. Still, very promising start at Watford! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) Starting v MIddlesbrough. Its on DAZN Edited January 28, 2023 by narduch baulderdash77, Approve My Account Pls, johnyb and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Any realizable streams. The pop ups are killing me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin Radd Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 17 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: Any realizable streams. The pop ups are killing me. Have you tried a pop-up blocker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Norrin Radd said: Have you tried a pop-up blocker? Just on my phone. Managed to find a stream. Unfortunately. Some pretty sloppy play all around. Kone has had some dangerous deliveries but it seems like he needs to get more hustle on the defensive side. Edited January 28, 2023 by dyslexic nam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOcanadafan Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Kone pulled at the half... First Watford game I've watched with Kone...Watford has been horrible, moreso the backline, but can't argue with the change unfortunately. dyslexic nam, Dominic94, DeRo_Is_King and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccMan Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 10 minutes ago, TOcanadafan said: Kone pulled at the half... First Watford game I've watched with Kone...Watford has been horrible, moreso the backline, but can't argue with the change unfortunately. The pessimist in me tells me his playing time will keep getting reduced even though he is only a few games into his new team. It’s the old let’s blame the new guy and the believe I feel some of these coaches have that well he is from Canada maybe he really is not that good mentality. Hopefully I’m wrong and he continues to get playing time . Getting pulled off at half time is never a good look, but watching this game there were a few others who could have come off before him . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I don’t know - he looked pretty ineffective today. Like I said, he had some good long passes that could have led to chances but otherwise he was pretty anonymous- and he gave up the ball a couple of time leading to some dangerous situations. TOcanadafan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Not always going to be Sunshine and roses boys InglewoodJack, Jack1997 and TOcanadafan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 1 hour ago, SoccMan said: The pessimist in me tells me his playing time will keep getting reduced even though he is only a few games into his new team. It’s the old let’s blame the new guy and the believe I feel some of these coaches have that well he is from Canada maybe he really is not that good mentality. Hopefully I’m wrong and he continues to get playing time . Getting pulled off at half time is never a good look, but watching this game there were a few others who could have come off before him . Bilic used to coach Atiba, which should've left a good impression of Canadians on him. Jack1997 and WestHamCanadianinOxford 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Not unusual for a young player to fade in some games. "Young" in that he only has 1 pro season at age 20. The Championship is a physical league with a packed schedule. Kone has gone from playing a full MLS season to the WC and then to Watford without the benefit of a proper break or pre-season. May need a pause in games to recharge. He has already shown he can play at this level not to mention his 3 WC performances. Dominic94, DeRo_Is_King and TOcanadafan 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Starting from the bench v Reading Approve My Account Pls, dyslexic nam, GasPed and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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