Anthony Jackson-Hamel

[toontownman 2,932]

Sign of the coming Montreal CPL team  

Or just a long time coming. He needs games and a manager that has confidence in him. Maybe a move to Ligue 2 could still be in the offing?

[nolando 1,395]

Have always liked him, especially in a support role off the bench.

[Bdog 834]

Back in 2017 he was probably our 3rd best striker. He's definitely nowhere near that right now though and probably doesn't have a future with the CMNT since he's now 27 and hardly playing. BUT I think he'd be a great CPL signing and would raise the level of the league for sure. I hope more guys who are still MLS quality-ish but aren't getting opportunities would go to the CPL, it would be win-win if they don't mind lower pay. 

[Obinna 8,542]

10 minutes ago, Bdog said:

Back in 2017 he was probably our 3rd best striker. He's definitely nowhere near that right now though and probably doesn't have a future with the CMNT since he's now 27 and hardly playing. BUT I think he'd be a great CPL signing and would raise the level of the league for sure. I hope more guys who are still MLS quality-ish but aren't getting opportunities would go to the CPL, it would be win-win if they don't mind lower pay. 

Considering his contribution, AJH was on a pretty nice contract with Montreal, I think he was making low-to-mid 100k. 

At this point he may have enough financial security to be willing to take on a CPL contract, so that he can score a few goals and generate some buzz for himself, perhaps even leading to a European opportunity. Or the reverse could be true and he may not be willing to take such a pay cut. Sometimes you need to take a step back to take two steps forward.

If his Montreal days come to an end I can't imagine he wouldn't be at least considering the CPL.

[costarg 640]

Unfortunately, CPL really is the best he and we can hope for.  We all wanted it to work for him, but anyone who's seen his games the past 2-3 years can tell you his body can't take 90 minutes.  Its strange, he's young, seems in shape, but just doesn't have the stamina.  He's utterly gassed at 60-65 minutes, and that's without even covering much ground.  If he does last more than 75 minutes he gets carted off from injury.  Its the weirdest thing.  I don't know if its just the way his body is or poor training/diet. 

No choice but to use him as a sub if you're a goal down, otherwise if you start him, you know you're wasting a change on a young forward, which is a huge disadvantage strategically speaking. 

Besides that, he looks awfully rusty.  Really needs some minutes to get some confidence and timing back.

[Olympique_de_Marseille 2,751]

13 hours ago, costarg said:

Unfortunately, CPL really is the best he and we can hope for.

Reminder, he does have the potential to feature in at least one more match with the Impact:

https://www.concacafchampionsleague.com/en/article/orlando-s-exploria-stadium-to-host-final-stages-of-2020-scotiabank-concacaf-champions-league

https://mcusercontent.com/78d3589fb61466b549ff752e5/files/cca27b5a-ce66-4384-a4c1-a424b944c763/AllClubs_SCCL2020_35PlayerRosters.pdf

 

14 hours ago, Bdog said:

probably doesn't have a future with the CMNT since he's now 27 and hardly playing.

Likely true but he might have a shot of making Camp Poutine 2021.

[red card 986]

20 hours ago, Obinna said:

Considering his contribution, AJH was on a pretty nice contract with Montreal, I think he was making low-to-mid 100k. 

 

He was overpaid - made 175k in 2019. Though started at 36k in 2014 and only made >100k for 3 years.

[yothat2 85]

1 hour ago, red card said:

He was overpaid - made 175k in 2019. Though started at 36k in 2014 and only made >100k for 3 years.

175k .. wow 

 

That's def made up for it & some 

 

He ll be great addition to the cpl

[Club Linesman 935]

Not a surprise unfortunately.  Will he be USL or CPL?

[VinceA 671]

2 hours ago, Club Linesman said:

Not a surprise unfortunately.  Will he be USL or CPL?

If he drops down I think it would be USL. He's on six figures in MLS and he wouldn't make anything close to that in the CPL.

[Obinna 8,542]

3 hours ago, yothat2 said:

175k .. wow 

 

That's def made up for it & some 

 

He ll be great addition to the cpl

Keep in mind the MLS salaries tend to be reported in US dollars, so was that 175k actually +200k?

[Unnamed Trialist 5,766]

I'm surprised no one thinks he could play in Norway or Sweden at 80-100k a year.

[jordan 3,379]

1 minute ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

I'm surprised no one thinks he could play in Norway or Sweden at 80-100k a year.

This, plus he would likely having living expenses paid for

[gator 2,511]

19 hours ago, red card said:

He was overpaid - made 175k in 2019. Though started at 36k in 2014 and only made >100k for 3 years.

Good for him and too bad it didn't work out, speaking of overpaid Vanney's nephew made about $300K

https://www.sportekz.com/football/toronto-players-salaries/

[BradMack 617]

Didn't Vancouver try to trade for him 2 years ago? Could be useful depth for them. Cava, Bair, AJH, Ricketts is a lot of guys who can all bring in slightly different qualities, and when they're hot and used in the right roles they can be effective in MLS. 

[RS 2,002]

19 hours ago, gator said:

Good for him and too bad it didn't work out, speaking of overpaid Vanney's nephew made about $300K

https://www.sportekz.com/football/toronto-players-salaries/

Now I get why people hate TFC fans.