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Lyle Taylor - August 2025 signed for Chelmsford City (p295)

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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,030
    oohaahmortimer said:
    2 goals (1 a pen ) for everyone’s favourite ex Addick in a World Cup qualifier today against Antigua and Barbuda, ended  2-2 
    Assuming that’s a pretty good result for Montserrat (based solely on my assumption that Antigua must be a bigger island). 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    5k compared to 98k population 
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    oohaahmortimer said:
    2 goals (1 a pen ) for everyone’s favourite ex Addick in a World Cup qualifier today against Antigua and Barbuda, ended  2-2 
    The sort of game where covid restrictions actually have no impact on the size of the crowd.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    edited March 2021
    se9addick said:
    oohaahmortimer said:
    2 goals (1 a pen ) for everyone’s favourite ex Addick in a World Cup qualifier today against Antigua and Barbuda, ended  2-2 
    Assuming that’s a pretty good result for Montserrat (based solely on my assumption that Antigua must be a bigger island). 
    Very good result... Montserrat are ranked 183rd in the world... Antigua are 126th

    They've also got El Salvador (69th), Grenada (159th) and US Virgin Islands (207th) in their Group

    They lost both games against El Salvador (2-0 | 1-0) in the CONCACAF Nations League a few years ago although might be a bit of a grudge match for Montserrat as they missed out on a place in the Gold Cup (the North American Euros) to El Salvador on Goal Difference, only there was debate that the latter had used a suspended player in their last game

    Need to win their Group to stand a chance of advancing to the final round (where the likes of Mexico and United States await) but even if they finish top of their group they'll have to play one of the other five Group winners from this current stage if they want to advance.

    Its the same scenario for Liam Millar and Canada who face Bermuda today
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,877
    oohaahmortimer said:
    5k compared to 98k population 
    Does population matter? How many of the squads are made up of local players? I’m guessing lots of squads are made of of conference level players using grandparents island of birth to play internationally football and an expenses few days away
  • jams
    jams Posts: 1,219
    Don't think population is all that important, more the extent of football culture - eg China, India aren't as good as you would expect for the population!
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    edited March 2021
    Todds_right_hook said:
    oohaahmortimer said:
    5k compared to 98k population 
    Does population matter? How many of the squads are made up of local players? I’m guessing lots of squads are made of of conference level players using grandparents island of birth to play internationally football and an expenses few days away
    Doesnt help either that Montserat had that Volcano erruption in 1995 - Wiki says that two-thirds of the population was forced to flee to primarily to the United Kingdom leaving just 1,200 on the island.

    Studied that in Secondary School

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soufrière_Hills#1995–1999_eruption

    Crazy who you look into it at how much of the island is in the exlcusion zone now with the old Capital: Plymouth now a ghost town

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montserrat#/media/File:Topographic-map-of-Montserrat-en.svg
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    Todds_right_hook said:
    oohaahmortimer said:
    5k compared to 98k population 
    Does population matter? How many of the squads are made up of local players? I’m guessing lots of squads are made of of conference level players using grandparents island of birth to play internationally football and an expenses few days away
    About 20 players out of their 23 man squad play in England, mostly for non league teams (including the likes of Erith Town and Sevenoaks!)
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,994
    Scored again last night. A 90th minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw with El Salvador.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,030
    Sounds like Montserrat could give Ireland a run for their money!
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    cafctom said:
    Todds_right_hook said:
    oohaahmortimer said:
    5k compared to 98k population 
    Does population matter? How many of the squads are made up of local players? I’m guessing lots of squads are made of of conference level players using grandparents island of birth to play internationally football and an expenses few days away
    About 20 players out of their 23 man squad play in England, mostly for non league teams (including the likes of Erith Town and Sevenoaks!)
    https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/sport/international-call-ups-for-non-league-footballers-in-kent-244363/

    Players from Dartford, Sevenoaks, Erith Town and Welling United all called up for Montserrat, including Lyle Taylor's brother who plays for Sevenoaks
  • LittleAddick
    LittleAddick Posts: 635
    edited March 2021
    Montserrat's population has been decreasing ever since Soufirere Hills volcano went off, I think. So it isn't a sustainable national team.

    Edit. Just checked, halved since 1990 to 5 000 people
  • LittleAddick
    LittleAddick Posts: 635
    Apologies forever addickted just seen your post on the very same topic
  • killer kish
    killer kish Posts: 2,019
    Rumours he is being off loaded by Forest in the summer....... 
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,619
    killer kish said:
    Rumours he is being off loaded by Forest in the summer....... 
    source ?
  • killer kish
    killer kish Posts: 2,019
    Football League World
    However reliable they are? 
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,619
    killer kish said:
    Football League World
    However reliable they are? 
    Errr not very !!!
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,030
    I suspect that he will rejoin Bowyer at Birmingham.

    I suspect last year will be forgotten as it was when Curbs signed Parker for the Hammers. 
  • jacob_CAFC
    jacob_CAFC Posts: 2,063
    Bowyer might despise him as much as we do
  • LonelyNorthernAddick
    LonelyNorthernAddick Posts: 2,421
    Richard J said:
    I suspect that he will rejoin Bowyer at Birmingham.

    I suspect last year will be forgotten as it was when Curbs signed Parker for the Hammers. 
    Yea my money would be Birmingham as well.
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  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,877
    LonelyNorthernAddick said:
    Richard J said:
    I suspect that he will rejoin Bowyer at Birmingham.

    I suspect last year will be forgotten as it was when Curbs signed Parker for the Hammers. 
    Yea my money would be Birmingham as well.
    In league 1?
  • LonelyNorthernAddick
    LonelyNorthernAddick Posts: 2,421
    Todds_right_hook said:
    LonelyNorthernAddick said:
    Richard J said:
    I suspect that he will rejoin Bowyer at Birmingham.

    I suspect last year will be forgotten as it was when Curbs signed Parker for the Hammers. 
    Yea my money would be Birmingham as well.
    In league 1?
    Don't think Taylor will care that much as long as he's still getting paid 
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited March 2021
    LonelyNorthernAddick said:
    Todds_right_hook said:
    LonelyNorthernAddick said:
    Richard J said:
    I suspect that he will rejoin Bowyer at Birmingham.

    I suspect last year will be forgotten as it was when Curbs signed Parker for the Hammers. 
    Yea my money would be Birmingham as well.
    In league 1?
    Don't think Taylor will care that much as long as he's still getting paid 
    Lets hope he goes to Stockport County or Halifax then.  
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,348
    oohaahmortimer said:
    5k compared to 98k population 
    You do populations as well oohaa?

    Wow!
  • alburyaddick
    alburyaddick Posts: 574
    I said this last year but largely got disagreed with but here goes again. It really does matter how many people live in a place to warrant an international team. It is absolutely and totally ridiculous that Lyle got injured and effectively got us relegated last year because he was playing international football for Montserrat, a country with a smaller population than our North Stand holds, that's even assuming all Monserratians are even interested in football. Lets say only 20% of them are - that means Lyle is playing to please c1,000 people . If I was paying his wages last year I would have made it totally clear to him that he could not leave to play for them. It was a catastrophic error of management and ownership at Charlton and the biggest reason we got relegated and why we are likely to spend 3 seasons in Division 1.  
  • Leeds_Addick
    Leeds_Addick Posts: 4,698
    LonelyNorthernAddick said:
    Todds_right_hook said:
    LonelyNorthernAddick said:
    Richard J said:
    I suspect that he will rejoin Bowyer at Birmingham.

    I suspect last year will be forgotten as it was when Curbs signed Parker for the Hammers. 
    Yea my money would be Birmingham as well.
    In league 1?
    Don't think Taylor will care that much as long as he's still getting paid 
    Doubt Birmingham are going to pay him £20k a week in league 1 and if they won't pay him what he's on at forest then I can't see him moving 
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,864
    Richard J said:
    I suspect that he will rejoin Bowyer at Birmingham.

    I suspect last year will be forgotten as it was when Curbs signed Parker for the Hammers. 

    Hopefully bowyer will pretend he likes him again.

    Just before he makes him cry
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,346
    edited March 2021
    I always thought the population thing was about probabilities. i.e. if you have 300+ million football-addicted people, your chances of having a number of brilliant footballers in a generation is high. 

    And if you have a population of 5,000 then it's incredibly minute. 
  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,967
    alburyaddick said:
    I said this last year but largely got disagreed with but here goes again. It really does matter how many people live in a place to warrant an international team. It is absolutely and totally ridiculous that Lyle got injured and effectively got us relegated last year because he was playing international football for Montserrat, a country with a smaller population than our North Stand holds, that's even assuming all Monserratians are even interested in football. Lets say only 20% of them are - that means Lyle is playing to please c1,000 people . If I was paying his wages last year I would have made it totally clear to him that he could not leave to play for them. It was a catastrophic error of management and ownership at Charlton and the biggest reason we got relegated and why we are likely to spend 3 seasons in Division 1.  
    So you would be happy to tell someone not to represent his country the world's biggest football tournament just because, through no fault of his own, that he came from a small country?

    If you was in that position would you accept it?
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    Population matters very little if the people don't care about the sport, otherwise China, Russia and the US would be world-beaters.

    And on the flip, New Zealand would be crap at rugby.

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