Off the Woodworkx 2017 Season Edition-Montreal vs Seattle, The Fitness Issue

Agreed to an extent, just sucks having an owner who doesn’t give a shit. rutty was being held back long before Courtois though. 

4 ASSISTS IN HIS LAST 7 GAMES 2 ASSISTS IN HIS LAST 2 GAMES BEAUTIFUL ASSISTS  

It seems like a lot to spend, I agree. And on that particular player? If it were half that maybe I could be convinced to believe it. They are majority self-owned, I am not sure what that means, but I think it is a fan-owned club that has elections to decide the board; then the minority shareholder is V-Sport who own Aston Villa. They had to reduce their share last summer so Guimaraes could play European competition, Conference League, as you can't have two or more teams with over a certain % owned by the same owner potentially clashing in a European competition. Same happened with Girona and City both in Champions.  

Courtois is holding a lot of guys back.  He's really not helping himself or the players.

Ottawa striker; Halifax winger

Well with the cleanup he should get his shot 

I agree, they coached a lot out of him when they put him at full back.

I mean, maybe. Seems kind of revisionist though. Most were talking about how poor he was in the Gold Cup and how he wasn’t ready. I’m not ready to say that the little time he spent at the Gold Cup where he was playing (primarily) as a midfielder was the reason he took off. If I’m not mistaken, he was injured at the beginning of 2023, so it makes sense that he was slowly ramping up minutes. By the time he got back from Gold Cup, he was back in form and won the job. I think that would’ve happened regardless of if he stayed with Colorado or played in the Gold Cup, but that’s just my opinion.

I watched him a lot at Montreal at the end of the season.  You can tell he is very skilled.  But he was very conservative (could be the Manager instructing him) and also very tentative (he seemed to lack a lot of confidence in the final third where you could see a clear opportunity for him to run into space or attack the box to get on a cross and he was just trotting around).

There are no territory rules when it comes to scouting NCAA. If you can draft a generational player it’s useful… think of the Canadians who have been drafted in the last 10 years alone. Literally a third of our national team. So if the ability to draft CMNT players is “useless” I’m not sure what you’re here for lol. Then add in all the other players and there are gems. Guess what? The NHL draft also produces far more duds than players..