Rood-Witten (& Blau) Malik Tillman at PSV America (olf Bayern Munich)

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  1. m vann

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    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
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    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    F***, I hate Rangers. So hard to root for the individual performances of Tillman (and Sands) when I despise the blue side of Glasgow. But Tillman’s game is so easy on the eyes and he’s a joy to watch. I can’t wait until he’s a regular with the USMNT.
     
  2. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And he is playing with a bit more urgency, not the laidback style that we first saw him play.
     
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  3. freisland

    freisland Member+

    Jan 31, 2001
    This has been an interesting adjustment. I thought he was too showboaty in some of his early appearances, without being concerned enough about the final production. He seems to have gotten more interested in a quantifiable contribution and that will go a long way combined with his considerable skillset and vision.
     
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  4. freisland

    freisland Member+

    Jan 31, 2001
    I am sorry for your loss...
     
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  5. m vann

    m vann Moderator
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    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
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    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    From my perspective, Gio let him get away with it. A couple of other players at Rangers were allowed to do the same. Beale has them more disciplined in the final third. There’s a focus and an urgency in the movement, passing, and end product. Lucky for Celtic, this play from Rangers wasn’t there early in the season with Gio. Had it been…. a few points would separate the two clubs. It would be a tight race. I’m still not convinced Celtic is running away with the title even if our supporters think so. Six points and a game in hand aren’t much, IMO. Tillman, I think, has simplified his game. Fairly direct and with a purpose. He’s not trying to do more than necessary.
     
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  6. glutton4Bolts

    glutton4Bolts Member+

    United States
    Mar 18, 2019
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware he made a one-time switch already. Could have been nicer about reporting it. But thanks anyways.
     
  7. bct81

    bct81 Member+

    multiple (DC United, Dortmund, Arsenal, Leeds....)
    United States
    Mar 17, 2007
    moving around the US every few years ....
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    of course you hate them .... you like Celtic.

    haha.

    I think Celtic and the Rangers are both great - but I am not in the middle of stands at Ibrox so I can say that here in the States.

    yes Malik is great and is going to get better.
     
  8. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    Rangers aren't catching Celtic this year, and neither player will be there next.
     
  9. freisland

    freisland Member+

    Jan 31, 2001
    They for sure want to keep Tillman (or at least an influential portion of the fans and sports reporter/pundits.) And Tillman has suggested he's interested in staying. Whether Gers has the means and/or Tillman gets more lucrative/attractive offers is another question.
     
  10. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    Bayern also has a buy back option. After a good season his price might be above that option. I'm also slightly sceptical regarding that "interested in staying". Hard to say anything else.
     
  11. freisland

    freisland Member+

    Jan 31, 2001
    Yeah. I got no first hand info save what's in the press/soc media. I think it's certain that the better he does, the less chance he stays at this point, since they already want him and he seems like a kid with a lot of ambition. That said, it will all depend on interest and $$.
     
  12. BostonRed

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    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Profile from The Athletic (sub required):

    https://theathletic.com/4156852/2023/02/05/malik-tillman-rangers-usmnt/

    When he signed on loan with an exclusive option to buy from Bayern Munich in July, he was not the player fans assumed they would be pinning so much of their hopes on, but it quickly became clear that even if he would drift in and out of games, even if his body language looked a little subdued and even if he started to look leggy after the hour mark, he was still the player who was providing the spark.

    He still had to endure a lot of unjust criticism, perhaps a byproduct of an unhappy fan base struggling to appreciate a shard of light in an otherwise gloomy picture, but it finally feels like he has won over the majority.
     
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  13. freisland

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    Jan 31, 2001
    I do think Tillman has adjusted his game as much as the fans have come to appreciate his game. I felt like he was a bit showy to not enough effect in the 1st half of his season, but he appearance lately feel more heartfelt with more concern for final product rather than attractiveness of the drive, which is what his game seemed to need most.

    And he plays about the prettiest/flashiest footie of anyone on Gers at the moment, so he can do both.
     
  14. BostonRed

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    United States
  15. BostonRed

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    Oct 9, 2011
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    United States
    He scored and wild things happen afterward:



    Because Tillman took advantage of an error when Partick was about to give the ball back to Rangers, Rangers then allowed the opponents to score on the ensuing kickoff.

    Match is on ESPN+.
     
  16. BostonRed

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    Oct 9, 2011
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    United States
    He had earlier drawn a penalty which was saved.

    It's 2-2 in the 76th of the cup match.
     
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  17. dark knight

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    Dec 15, 1999
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    Hilarious - not something you see that often. Dude is living up to his “wired differently” rep. Definitely recommend watching the highlights.
     
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  18. BostonRed

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  19. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
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    I should note that someone else took the PK.
     
  20. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
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    New England Revolution
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    United States
    Almost got a 2nd:

     
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  21. Scissorkick Collins

    Dec 30, 2009
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    Wow, quite the donnybrook, or at least a brouhaha. Never seen something like that sequence of events in soccer, although I think letting Partick offset the goal was the right thing to do.
     
  22. Bruce S

    Bruce S Member+

    Sep 10, 1999
    Never seen that before
     
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  23. m vann

    m vann Moderator
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    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Tillman is a bad, bad man. He’s gonna be on the shit list of many in Scotland. Pretty unsporting behavior. I was watching the match and even his teammates were like WTF dude. Michael Beadle did the right thing and let Partick score. Wild scenes. Wild moment. Entertaining at least :D
     
  24. bballshawn

    bballshawn Member+

    Feb 5, 2014
    Delaware
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    I dont see an issue. Pay attention...
     
  25. Bruce S

    Bruce S Member+

    Sep 10, 1999
    It was obvious that he didn't know what had just happened
     

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