SthMelbRed Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 On 6/25/2024 at 1:22 AM, narduch said: League Two seems pretty low Jarell Quansah spent half a season on loan in League One as a 20-year old before impressing massively at the top end of the Premier League the following season. If this kid can do well on loan at Crewe for a season, there's no reason why he can't step up to being a Championship regular the following season. He just has to perform. InglewoodJack, narduch, Canuckia and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 He played the second half in a friendly today. They won 5-0 with all of the goals scored in the second half. johnyb, Vasi, sebdeserio and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 He got the start. Up 1-0 at half. This could be a great loan for him this year PastPros, Dominic94, WestHamCanadianinOxford and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 If he starts he may actually be able to crack our lineup on the bench. League 1 and 2 have some good players that could probably be MLS level even if those leagues aren’t great compared to what MLS. Obinna, Corazon and Canuckia 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 57 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: If he starts he may actually be able to crack our lineup on the bench. League 1 and 2 have some good players that could probably be MLS level even if those leagues aren’t great compared to what MLS. I’m a fan of the level but we have players at higher levels in his position so can’t see it. It’s an okay level for a player his age at that position but they also don’t break for internationals so probably best he stays there in any event. YorkRegionFan, Dominic94, Obinna and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 I am bullish on JKL long term, but at best he is probably 3rd behind Bombito and LDF. That said, we'll see where things stand after he plays a full season in League One, hopefully as a starter. Depending on what the other two lads do, he could be very much in the mix come next summer. Corazon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 20 minutes ago, Obinna said: I am bullish on JKL long term, but at best he is probably 3rd behind Bombito and LDF. That said, we'll see where things stand after he plays a full season in League One, hopefully as a starter. Depending on what the other two lads do, he could be very much in the mix come next summer. Crewe is in League Two, but agreed. He will be fun to keep an eye on. Maybe he plays so well that Bristol bring him in next season. Think it’ll be some time before we see him crack our squad though. Our centre back quality is growing very quickly, and anything lower than championship probably doesn’t crack the lineup. Even at that level, not too many players from our Copa roster I think he gets called over. Obinna and Corazon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 19 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: Crewe is in League Two, but agreed. He will be fun to keep an eye on. Maybe he plays so well that Bristol bring him in next season. Think it’ll be some time before we see him crack our squad though. Our centre back quality is growing very quickly, and anything lower than championship probably doesn’t crack the lineup. Even at that level, not too many players from our Copa roster I think he gets called over. Right. Mixed that one up, thanks for the correction. In my mind, a successful season in League One could catapult him into a starting role in the Championship with his parent club, but a successful season in League Two may not be so much. I lean towards your opinion here given that it is League Two, but let's see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 48 minutes ago, Obinna said: Right. Mixed that one up, thanks for the correction. In my mind, a successful season in League One could catapult him into a starting role in the Championship with his parent club, but a successful season in League Two may not be so much. I lean towards your opinion here given that it is League Two, but let's see what happens. I think you are right- if he has an amazing season, maybe he gets catapulted into the championship, but I’m inclined to believe he’s got a few years to go before that happens. Think he’s realistically one for the 2030 cycle. Obinna, Borjans Sweatpants and Corazon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 50 minutes ago, Obinna said: Right. Mixed that one up, thanks for the correction. In my mind, a successful season in League One could catapult him into a starting role in the Championship with his parent club, but a successful season in League Two may not be so much. I lean towards your opinion here given that it is League Two, but let's see what happens. There were in the League 2 playoff final so close. He is very well thought of, like LDF and had a similar year last year, making the bench and a quick appearance and lots of youth team. But his youth team was a level below Fulham's and so you probably say he is a tier down from LDF at the moment. A full season against men even in League 2 will show more clearly where he is at. Highlights from their preseason game yesterday He started and is #3 (from the process of elimination). Good run that maybe keeps the keeper honest/distracted? on their goal. Tight marking on a chance against from a corner and his replacement at RCB has a horrible own goal. blueseeka and Obinna 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 44 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: I think you are right- if he has an amazing season, maybe he gets catapulted into the championship, but I’m inclined to believe he’s got a few years to go before that happens. Think he’s realistically one for the 2030 cycle. We seem to have the same "best case scenario" in mind for him. I see him possibly getting his feet wet this cycle, maybe attend a few camps or maybe even a cap, but then next cycle would be when he has an impact for Canada, if all goes well of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Another start in preseason. The league starts this weekend. WestHamCanadianinOxford, dyslexic nam, Ivan and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 (edited) A bit disappointed (though you probably can't blame them) to see Crewe bought a youngish centre back from League One Bristol Rovers at the beginning of the month. Knight-Lebel was starting most of the preseason games with their veteran captain but this new signing Connolly gets the start on the first day of the season. Edited August 10 by WestHamCanadianinOxford blueseeka and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Has the start in the League Cup v Rotherham aredding77, dyslexic nam, WestHamCanadianinOxford and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corazon Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Highest rated player on his team according to FotMob. Rotherham seem to be dominating the game so lots of work to do for Crewe defence. Halftime Stats 19/22 passes (86%) Touches - 33 Clearances - 3 Tackles - 3 Interceptions - 1 Long Balls - 1 of 2 Ground Duels - 5 of 5 Aerial Duels - 3 of 6 nolando, aredding77, P-O and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 I must be a glutton for punishment. Got a Fotmob notification that he subbed on early so I switched to the Crewe game down 4-0. Never really watched him play until today. Crewe looked so bad. Midfield just cut up so quickly with any turnovers. Positive First impressions, looks big (6'2ish maybe). Played RCB. Quick bursts of speed. Had a couple nice passes through the middle. Looks composed with the ball. 23/26 completed passes Negatives - just looks jumpy. Every pass to a forward, he was very aggress trying to jump the passing lane. (Not sure if it was nerves or the Crewe gameplan to be very aggressive). Overall - played well but Crewe lost 5-0 so Chesterfield wasn't really attacking with such a big lead. Came in for Connolly who had played every minute so far. Another young player who is owned by Crewe. The other CB that he is competing with is Demetriou, who is a veteran and plays all the minutes. He will have to out play Connolly for minutes and it won't be easy since he is on loan and Connolly isn't. But he looked good and the Crewe did not. Hopefully he earns a start for their next game on Saturday lowlander, DeRo_Is_King, narduch and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 I think at this age and point it’s just being around pros and getting some minutes. He does have to earn them and I’m sure he will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeRo_Is_King Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 (edited) 14 hours ago, blueseeka said: I must be a glutton for punishment. Got a Fotmob notification that he subbed on early so I switched to the Crewe game down 4-0. Never really watched him play until today. Crewe looked so bad. Midfield just cut up so quickly with any turnovers. Positive First impressions, looks big (6'2ish maybe). Played RCB. Quick bursts of speed. Had a couple nice passes through the middle. Looks composed with the ball. 23/26 completed passes Negatives - just looks jumpy. Every pass to a forward, he was very aggress trying to jump the passing lane. (Not sure if it was nerves or the Crewe gameplan to be very aggressive). Overall - played well but Crewe lost 5-0 so Chesterfield wasn't really attacking with such a big lead. Came in for Connolly who had played every minute so far. Another young player who is owned by Crewe. The other CB that he is competing with is Demetriou, who is a veteran and plays all the minutes. He will have to out play Connolly for minutes and it won't be easy since he is on loan and Connolly isn't. But he looked good and the Crewe did not. Hopefully he earns a start for their next game on Saturday Amazing insights. Thanks for this. I noticed he came on early as well along with two other players and wondered how it went. You'd think Connolly was taken off for poor performance since they were down 4-0. Maybe it won't be so difficult for JKL to the crack the lineup after yesterday. Edit: Found this post-match interview with the Crewe manager. He was pretty upset with the loss understandably, did say he'd have to shift things and said the players will have to feel repercussions for losing 5-0 at home: Edited August 18 by DeRo_Is_King Borjans Sweatpants and blueseeka 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 15 hours ago, Dominic94 said: I think at this age and point it’s just being around pros and getting some minutes. If that was the case, he would of stayed with Bristol City who are a level higher (like he did last year). I didn't see any of the goals so I have no idea how Connolly looked. They didn't sub out the veteran CB Demetriou. So i believe that Conolly would be the only chance at starting unless they switch formation to a back three. They did play a back three (according to Fotmob during their midweek EFL Cup match vs Rotherham). He started in the middle there (no Demetriou- rested). Next week will be a huge chance for him, if he starts and plays well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Well, if the results continue like this, JKL may have a new manager he will need to impress. The current guy, Lee Bell, has been there since November 2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeRo_Is_King Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 13 minutes ago, blueseeka said: I didn't see any of the goals so I have no idea how Connolly looked. They didn't sub out the veteran CB Demetriou. So i believe that Conolly would be the only chance at starting unless they switch formation to a back three. He coughed the ball up outside his own box and that led to the first goal. Goalie needs to be better as well, though. Starts at 1:10: blueseeka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phresh Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 (edited) Edit : delete Edited August 18 by phresh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 JKL ends up with the start. Big game here for him to win the starting position. DeRo_Is_King, narduch, ahmedou and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borjans Sweatpants Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Hell ya. Love it, wonder if he gets a call into a camp with the rumours of Wales sniffing around ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Not a great Fot Mob rating (6.7) but he went 90 minutes in a game where they didn’t concede so it can’t be all bad. Borjans Sweatpants, ahmedou, K Edgar and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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