Ivan Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 29 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: Anyone watch the game yesterday ? I switched over after the TFC game and caught the last 20 minutes or so. Saliba looked okay. Have to say of the 2004s, Saliba looks to have passed JMR as the best player/prospect of the class. He seems to be much more involved and always gives maximum effort. A lot of it could be TFC's annoying habit of constantly deferring to Insigne and Bernadeschi, of which JMR is as guilty as anyone of doing. NVsoccer, dyslexic nam and narduch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 2 hours ago, Ivan said: I switched over after the TFC game and caught the last 20 minutes or so. Saliba looked okay. Have to say of the 2004s, Saliba looks to have passed JMR as the best player/prospect of the class. He seems to be much more involved and always gives maximum effort. A lot of it could be TFC's annoying habit of constantly deferring to Insigne and Bernadeschi, of which JMR is as guilty as anyone of doing. For the last bit, Herdmans coaching for a Canada always relied heavily on Davies, I feel like for TFC it’s the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 12 hours ago, Dominic94 said: Anyone watch the game yesterday ? I tried, it was bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 Looks like the coach trusts him as he was once again captain tonight in a 4-2 win. Canuckia, johnyb, Kadenge and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-O Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 27 minutes ago, PegCityCam said: Looks like the coach trusts him as he was once again captain tonight in a 4-2 win. He's one of our own! costarg, Fresh Prince of MTL, TGAA_Star and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 How did he play? Glad he’s progressing, I think the path at cm is really open for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 Just now, Dominic94 said: How did he play? Glad he’s progressing, I think the path at cm is really open for him. Yeah but then Canada right now are loaded at the CM position though with Eustaquio, Piette, Choiniere, Kone, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 32 minutes ago, TGAA_Star said: Yeah but then Canada right now are loaded at the CM position though with Eustaquio, Piette, Choiniere, Kone, etc We are very thin, only 2 of those 3 can keep up and compete on the world stage. Piette is 29 and OSO 30… they might not be good enough in 2 years and Morris would have been ahead of both (that idiot) neither can get to the level where we can use them against heavy weights and they won’t get exposed. Choiniere might be able to, we have to see him get that extended run. So in actuality our depth is non existent. costarg, toontownman, dyslexic nam and 7 others 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 2 hours ago, TGAA_Star said: Yeah but then Canada right now are loaded at the CM position though with Eustaquio, Piette, Choiniere, Kone, etc The only player here with a similar skill set to Saliba is Piette who isn’t even guaranteed a spot ahead of Saliba at his club, and even then, I think Saliba is a much better playmaker. A midfield that’s Kone playing in attack with Saliba and Eustaquio as DMs in 2026 or so has the potential of being very potent. Kid is only 20 and was given the captain’s armband over a lot of guys with a lot more experience and pedigree. And just coming back from an injured spell too. That says a lot. TGAA_Star, Borjans Sweatpants, PegCityCam and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 11 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: The only player here with a similar skill set to Saliba is Piette who isn’t even guaranteed a spot ahead of Saliba at his club, and even then, I think Saliba is a much better playmaker. A midfield that’s Kone playing in attack with Saliba and Eustaquio as DMs in 2026 or so has the potential of being very potent. Kid is only 20 and was given the captain’s armband over a lot of guys with a lot more experience and pedigree. And just coming back from an injured spell too. That says a lot. Agreed, and I’ll add he was seen as better than Kone at every age. Furthermore, he is ahead at the same age with more pro games and he was injured to boot. He may well end up being better in the long run. i don’t see why he isn’t the #3 within a year unless he really stagnates… whats crazy is Zouhir could still pan out and there’s Biello who might be good. johnyb, PegCityCam, Grandbloke and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 CM has almost replaced CB as my biggest area of concern for the CMNT in the short term. We have options coming through at CB now which is nice to see. CM wise, Piette was never it, in my eyes but he is a good hardworking player. We have Staq and Kone, then its question marks (I guess we could say the same at CB too). Oso did great last night to be fair to him but he is 32 and has already lost a step pace wise. Ahmed is a big hope but whitecaps want to play him wide. Choiniere translate his MLS form into international isn't there yet but there hasn't been a chance. Loturi has fallen off and Paton had injury issues but could still be useful. Saliba is a huge hope for me. He looks really impressive, if not very Raw like Bombito. It's funny how the scene quickly changes though and I'm sure it will again. We were stacked there a few years ago with some really in form players with Hutch, MAK and Arfield. Badwaal, Biello, Schaivone all looked really solid for the u20s a few months ago and we added a couple of duals this last camp. Future is looking bright but we are light right now. Ivan, P-O, Dominic94 and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 45 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: Agreed, and I’ll add he was seen as better than Kone at every age. Furthermore, he is ahead at the same age with more pro games and he was injured to boot. He may well end up being better in the long run. i don’t see why he isn’t the #3 within a year unless he really stagnates… whats crazy is Zouhir could still pan out and there’s Biello who might be good. Crazy part is he'll still only be 20 at the end of this season. He's captaining a team with a lot of vets at 20. He's already got a lot of experience and has never looked out of place compared to most guys his age. Pretty wild. Even Flores has had some awful moments and he's on the bench for Mexico at Copa America. Ivan, Fresh Prince of MTL, MauditYvon and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 17 minutes ago, costarg said: Crazy part is he'll still only be 20 at the end of this season. He's captaining a team with a lot of vets at 20. He's already got a lot of experience and has never looked out of place compared to most guys his age. Pretty wild. Even Flores has had some awful moments and he's on the bench for Mexico at Copa America. I don’t think he’s back at CFM next year tbh, think someone will buy him. I think Biello is their highest rated in a while, and Schiavoni could be something as well. The eventual Choniere trade will free up minutes for Zouhir and Biello and let’s not forget that Zouhir was ahead of all them a little back. toontownman and costarg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 1 hour ago, costarg said: Crazy part is he'll still only be 20 at the end of this season. He's captaining a team with a lot of vets at 20. He's already got a lot of experience and has never looked out of place compared to most guys his age. Pretty wild. Even Flores has had some awful moments and he's on the bench for Mexico at Copa America. By 2026 he'll be 22 by then and if he continues to get better, then by all means include him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 40 minutes ago, TGAA_Star said: By 2026 he'll be 22 by then and if he continues to get better, then by all means include him I would hope by the fall we start seeing him, and I think he maybe could have been there now if it wasn’t for the injury. TGAA_Star 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-O Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 Too early for him to get called up. Let him play this season & next and we shall see. I'd rather have him play for Montreal than warm the bench like Choiniere & Piette. Piette used to be our savior, he was playing D3 in Spain. Times change. I'm glad. An Observer, johnyb, TGAA_Star and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 19 hours ago, Dominic94 said: I don’t think he’s back at CFM next year tbh, think someone will buy him. I think Biello is their highest rated in a while, and Schiavoni could be something as well. The eventual Choniere trade will free up minutes for Zouhir and Biello and let’s not forget that Zouhir was ahead of all them a little back. I think he will get bought after next season. He missed some time to start the year, Montreal has been pretty bad this year unlike the Kone season where everything went well too. I think the most Montreal could get for him would be €1M from a Nordic club, similar to the Jayden Nelson deal, and I don’t think, considering the state of the club, they’re going to give up their one young, talented, productive player unless a team makes it worth their while. Next year, at 21, I think he makes a leap and he gets the type of attention that makes Montreal willing to part with him. I do like what I see from Biello though. Hasn’t played much but looks like he knows what he’s doing. costarg, johnyb, Ivan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Anyone watch tonight ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 36 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: Anyone watch tonight ? Just highlights, maybe could have done better or at least fouled the passer on the second New York goal. But the centre back was ball watching and let Martinez go. Dominic94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Went the 90 but I didn’t catch it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northvansteve Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 1 hour ago, Dominic94 said: Went the 90 but I didn’t catch it First time I've watched a full game of his. Very impressed with his control of the midfield. Could very much see him being part of our senior team midfield mix by 2026 - not as a starter but someone giving us legitimate depth at a position we badly need it. Shway, dyslexic nam, Fresh Prince of MTL and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 8 hours ago, Northvansteve said: First time I've watched a full game of his. Very impressed with his control of the midfield. Could very much see him being part of our senior team midfield mix by 2026 - not as a starter but someone giving us legitimate depth at a position we badly need it. So Piette replacement? TGAA_Star and Northvansteve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 3 hours ago, Shway said: So Piette replacement? I would replace Saliba with Piette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Stats be statting: Stryker911, Corazon, sebdeserio and 14 others 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 (edited) 2 hours ago, PegCityCam said: Stats be statting: I'm confused, the graphic says "Top U21 centre backs distribution". But the list doesn't seem like CB's. What does "best distributors" mean exactly? Successful pass rate? Cause the 71.7 does not seem accurate for Saliba, he's actually higher than that. I mean, I wanna be happy and get excited, but I'd rather understand than just start pumping the hype. Edited July 13 by costarg PegCityCam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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