QuoteGeneral sh1teness Id imagine??Originally Posted by liamoo11
Did we ever find out what went so badly wrong that he barely made the bench for second half of season?
General sh1teness Id imagine??
Always harder to figure out what's happening with players at clubs on the continent but, given how little they played him, it can only be assumed that they didn't rate him highly.
Moves to SC Freiburg II, who play in the Regionalliga Südwest (4th3rd tier in Germany).
https://www.scfreiburg.com/aktuell/n...kt-die-zweite/
Last edited by Philly; 31/08/2023 at 1:46 PM.
Third tier, not fourth tier.
They were actually second in it last year, but were ineligible for promotion. So a decent third tier side at that. If he gets his game, it might be comparable to the guys who've gone on loan to League One sides lately.
ok thats makes more sense, the hype accounts were making out he had got himself a move to the bundesliga side rather than their reserve team, which sounded unlikely.
It would be good to understand how Freiburg view him and how fluid they tend to be in terms of usage of players between their two sides.
He is 22 now and is coming from the Sevilla B team and non event of a Dutch loan so you would have to imagine he's a Freiburg II player but that his pedigree and the opportunity to train with the first team might see him work his way into contention. There is definitely a punt involved, surely.
I had a look through recent Freiburg II players and the names I know would have been lads on a straight line into the first team (and onwards from there). Max Philipp, Nico Schlotterbeck and Kevin Schade all played for them at the ages of 19 and 20. Zack Steffen went back to the States after games there.
Scored yesterday for Freiburg's second team against Arminia
Full game was on YouTube, goal is at 1:30:50
Worth monitoring when it’s Freiburgs first team. His multiple country eligibility is about the most exciting thing about Ryan for me. The chase is always the best part.
Saw him preseason years ago in the USA, thought he was an ok player, but didn’t think he was going to establish top league. I was surprised Sevilla gave him such a long contract. Now he’s that but older and ploughing his trade in the lower echelons on Germany unfortunately.
There is a massive gulf between Freiburgs first and II teams.
Is that a fact tommy ?
if he's playing for freiburg's first team then he should be getting an immediate call up. 5th best team in germany. missed out on the champion's league places 2 years in a row on the final day of the season. reached a german cup semi final last season and a cup final the season before. and in the europa league were very unlucky to lose to juve. they were 1-0 down in the first leg - scored a good goal to equalise which var ruled out for a handball (totally ridiculous, free kick which was flicked on and from point blank clipped the attackers arm which wasn't in an unnatural position - but because he scored, current rules say it has to be ruled out).
then in the second leg, ref gave a corner, var ruled that a sliding freiburg defender was guilty of handball - so penalty and a second yellow card - which effectively killed the tie. but they were the better side for a lot of the 135 mins of the two ties until the red card.
anyway, good good team. somewhat like brighton in england, for how they've overachieved with a minuscule budget and how they've found players from relative obscurity. they've also probably got a top 3 academy in germany - despite having a much much lower budget than most. guys like baumann, schlotterbech, ginter, gunter, schade, phillip have all come through there before getting big moves and/or international call ups for germany. and there's always a stream of players playing u21 for germany including three of the current squad (who can't get into freiburg's first team).
so yeah, big big gap between sc's second team and first team...
Second goal in two games for Ryan Johansson today, scoring the consolation goal for Freiburg II in a 4-1 loss against Ingolstadt, at 1:40 below
That's a super goal by himself to be fair to him.
He looks to have grown a couple of inches as well. Looks lean, looks more of a man now, than the kid I saw with the 21s in Lux a couple of years ago. Interesting to see if this develops into anything,.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
Interesting one. Limited hopes for Ryan at this stage after a few lost years, but he's still young enough to make it if he can get a run of games at a decent level.
Brief interview with Johnsson on kicker.de: https://www.kicker.de/malen-tennis-t...988888/artikel
Translated: https://www-kicker-de.translate.goog..._x_tr_pto=wapp
I want to make it to the Bundesliga.
Has left SC Freiburg to sign for 3.Liga side SV Wehen Wiesbaden. Same division that SC Freiburgs 2nd team play in.
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