dyslexic nam Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I'm not even sure why I keep checking this thread. Moldy9, ray and Scorpion26 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion26 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, dyslexic nam said: I'm not even sure why I keep checking this thread. I don't know either I do the same To add it's fine and now we move on maybe this can be locked Edited April 11, 2018 by Scorpion26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moldy9 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Good riddance CNMNTPERUELIGIBLE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Darn. Was dreaming of Davies/Tabla on opposite wings terrorizing CONCACAF defenses. Hopefully Millar can get some pro minutes soon to help fill the void in my dreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtlMario Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 What a shock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Hate to say I told you but............................................................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtlMario Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 23 hours ago, Bison44 said: Is this guy Leduc usually informed and accurate? He looks like a teenage in his twitter picture. He actually scored the first goal at Saputo but wasn't credited with it even though the ball crossed the goal line by a foot. Anybody else remember that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpg_29 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 https://streamable.com/oguo8 Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 1 hour ago, mpg_29 said: https://streamable.com/oguo8 Great goal! Obinna, CNMNTPERUELIGIBLE and mpg_29 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 (edited) On 4/10/2018 at 6:12 PM, Blackdude said: According to Leduc, Tabla will get his first cap for the Ivory Coast before the summer. Now here come people saying that the CSA didn't do their best job to convince him to play for us or that the CSA should have played this summer because of course he would have played for us if we played then. My question is, does September count as the summer? The senior Côte d'Ivoire team does not play until then. Meanwhile Tabla was an unused sub for Barcelona B today. In the past few days the Côte d'Ivoire U-20 team played Away&Home matches against Gabon U-20 to qualify for the 2019 CAF U-20 Cup of Nations. Côte d'Ivoire LOST on aggregate so their U-20 journey is over: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Africa_U-20_Cup_of_Nations_qualification#Second_round http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/21theditiontotalu-20africacupofnations,niger2019/MatchDetails?MatchId=xt3jQNCDCSaNhg%2fKuj2mZYvAw%2bvMUoArLj1iTiBZfEOgFrf8ZCtPt%2fwB2rUdkeEZ http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/21theditiontotalu-20africacupofnations,niger2019/MatchDetails?MatchId=%2fo0vk2aH9ZLap%2fDB7661oieRCajG8CJaX94oDf6QLR4osqGGK43IRWC6Rrg4W9Ao Therefore, the only competitive U-20 games he can play, are if he sticks with Canada. Edited May 20, 2018 by Olympique_de_Marseille Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 I don't think it matters when IC calls him, he has clearly stated his intentions by not accepting calls to Canada, we need to move on, he's not interested in playing for us! A_Gagne, CNMNTPERUELIGIBLE, Shway and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: My question is, does September count as the Summer? The senior Côte d'Ivoire team does not play until then. Meanwhile Tabla was an unused sub for Barcelona B today. In the past few days the Côte d'Ivoire U-20 team played Away&Home matches against Gabon U-20 to qualify for the 2019 CAF U-20 Cup of Nations. Côte d'Ivoire LOST on aggregate so their U-20 journey is over: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Africa_U-20_Cup_of_Nations_qualification#Second_round http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/21theditiontotalu-20africacupofnations,niger2019/MatchDetails?MatchId=xt3jQNCDCSaNhg%2fKuj2mZYvAw%2bvMUoArLj1iTiBZfEOgFrf8ZCtPt%2fwB2rUdkeEZ http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/21theditiontotalu-20africacupofnations,niger2019/MatchDetails?MatchId=%2fo0vk2aH9ZLap%2fDB7661oieRCajG8CJaX94oDf6QLR4osqGGK43IRWC6Rrg4W9Ao Therefore, the only competitive U-20 games he can play, are if he sticks with Canada. Wait the Cote D’Ivoire doesn’t play again until September?! What bullshit! Their FA is a joke! I hope their fans are ranting and raving about their lack of matches in what ever discussion board they use! Olympique_de_Marseille, SpecialK, El Hombre and 6 others 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1996 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, BuzzAndSting said: Wait the Cote D’Ivoire doesn’t play again until September?! What bullshit! Their FA is a joke! I hope their fans are ranting and raving about their lack of matches in what ever discussion board they use! Ya but at least they have been to 3 World Cups since 2006, we haven’t even made the Hex for how long now? But the CSA thinks a nation with such a great soccer history like us has the luxury of sitting idle while many countries around us play internationals , but I better shut the fuck up one can’t say anything negative about the CSA on a Canadian soccer forum , man what a bloody troll I am ?. Moldy9, Bertuzzi44, romurra and 4 others 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 5 hours ago, 1996 said: Ya but at least they have been to 3 World Cups since 2006, we haven’t even made the Hex for how long now? But the CSA thinks a nation with such a great soccer history like us has the luxury of sitting idle while many countries around us play internationals , but I better shut the fuck up one can’t say anything negative about the CSA on a Canadian soccer forum , man what a bloody troll I am ?. How have they been to three World Cups since 2006 if they don’t play 2 games in every FIFA window?! Zem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkuseisLoose Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 minute ago, BuzzAndSting said: How have they been to three World Cups since 2006 if they don’t play 2 games in every FIFA window?! I know you’re just making fun of people on this forum but it’s more important Canada plays at least one game every couple of international breaks because we don’t have talent in all the top leagues across the world so we need a lot better chemistry then say the Ivory Coast or Nigeria if we want to qualify. romurra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 minute ago, SkuseisLoose said: I know you’re just making fun of people on this forum but it’s more important Canada plays at least one game every couple of international breaks because we don’t have talent in all the top leagues across the world so we need a lot better chemistry then say the Ivory Coast or Nigeria if we want to qualify. I understand, and yes, I was just poking fun. I want us to play more games for sure! I don’t think 2 games every window is realistic but I’d love at least one, even if it’s against shittier CONCACAF teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 The recent appointment of Eric Abidal as our sporting director at Barça, which I am pleased with, is going to help Ballou's chances at the club, I think the French connections are good for him. He has not been part of any rumour to leave from what I've seen either: stay in 2B with Barça B and hope for chances at the first team. Hopefully being in third tier, even though at this club, will take him off the Ivory Coast radar a while. But of course: if it does not pan out for him it won't be Canada's loss. romurra, Rheo and jpg75 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Or he can end up like Hanson Boakye... The life of football is never certain. CNMNTPERUELIGIBLE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 4 hours ago, Jahinho Guerro said: Or he can end up like Hanson Boakye... The life of football is never certain. The thing is, the cachet of these players is very high. The world's best teams are constantly poaching the Barça academy, and we lose players starting at around 15 years old. Sergi Gómez at 17 was just bought by Dortmund for 3 million, Jordi Mboula at 18 went for the same price to Monaco. Others get offered way more than Barça wants to pay their youth: we pay less with the promise of being a club that really does promote youth to the first team. All I am saying is this: yes, you can slip and the curve can stall, and you can end up in a lower tier making a modest pro salary, it happens all the time. But you can also free transfer into an "equally" strong club, and if you do that, you are signing for 3-4 years and that would take Ballou to 24 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tg11 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Well if he has declined to play for Canada over and over then yeah it just may be time to move on. I am sure there are a lot of young Canadian prospects who can fill that void. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Tg11 said: Well if he has declined to play for Canada over and over then yeah it just may be time to move on. I am sure there are a lot of young Canadian prospects who can fill that void. No. We should absolutely not stop pursuing him. We have a WC here now. It must change the math. johnyb, Rheo, jpg75 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tg11 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 50 minutes ago, admin said: No. We should absolutely not stop pursuing him. We have a WC here now. It must change the math. Yeah but if he keeps turning us down then what do you suggest? I mean he is that insistent on playing for Cote d'Ivoire. Yes we are hosting it here now well co-hosting but yeah will that be enough to change his mind? Probably. However, if Cote d'Ivoire keep pursuing him then he might just jump at the chance to play for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 10 minutes ago, Tg11 said: Yeah but if he keeps turning us down then what do you suggest? I mean he is that insistent on playing for Cote d'Ivoire. Yes we are hosting it here now well co-hosting but yeah will that be enough to change his mind? Probably. However, if Cote d'Ivoire keep pursuing him then he might just jump at the chance to play for them. deschamp86, Grizzly, CNMNTPERUELIGIBLE and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, Tg11 said: Yeah but if he keeps turning us down then what do you suggest? I mean he is that insistent on playing for Cote d'Ivoire. Yes we are hosting it here now well co-hosting but yeah will that be enough to change his mind? Probably. However, if Cote d'Ivoire keep pursuing him then he might just jump at the chance to play for them. He suggests to keep pursuing him, he just said that in his post you quoted. Yipes, you are talking in circles TG11, try reading the posts you repsond to. He hasnt committed either way, all of this is heresay and rumor and people trying to discern his intent from a social media feed. He might, he might not.....either way until he has been cap tied its in our interest to reach out to him and keep inviting him to camps etc. What does it hurt?? There is no news here, he is a talented player, we could use him in our pool, he will decide what he wants to do and there is very little we can do about it but wait. CNMNTPERUELIGIBLE and jpg75 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tg11 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I will say this he would be an asset for Canada should he choose Canada. I mean he obviously has talent that goes without saying and Canada recognizes that but also I am sure Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) they are also paying attention to him too. Pretty much at this point it will pretty much be a case of him making that final decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Tg11 said: I will say this he would be an asset for Canada should he choose Canada. I mean he obviously has talent that goes without saying and Canada recognizes that but also I am sure Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) they are also paying attention to him too. Pretty much at this point it will pretty much be a case of him making that final decision. Finally someone agrees with me! Kent, C2SKI, Bertuzzi44 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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