Bison44 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 So did I miss Totera anouncing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 1 minute ago, Bison44 said: So did I miss Totera anouncing something? Just yesterday when he was excited lol. Unless something came up on Twitter the last couple of hours (site is blocked at work) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 1 minute ago, Rheo said: Just yesterday when he was excited lol. Unless something came up on Twitter the last couple of hours (site is blocked at work) Nope. He actually got a bit testy yesterday when I asked him when the "big news" was coming... maybe he didn't appreciate my use of quotes on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 The big announcement will go like this - BOOM!! Sources - New Canadian soccer league will be a league for soccer in Canada!!! Except with more grammatical errors. And before people start to roast me, I'm just teasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/mls For those who were looking for the `Soccer Night in Canada` CBC have a new MLS page I expect them to do the same for CPL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 2 hours ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: http://the11.ca/time-for-canadian-soccer-supporters-to-be-optimistic/ Former Toronto FC and Brighton and Hove Albion exec Paul Beirne (and my former neighbour) is currently moving around the country drumming up support for the planned-for-2018 Canadian Premier League. Steve Sandor makes it sound like there is still work to do in getting a league together. I suspect there will be a sanctioning announcement from the CSA next month conditional on certain criteria being met and that whether this then gets anywhere thereafter will depend on how stringent those criteria are. It's OBVIOUS that Sandor doesn't know any more than us on what Beirne is up to. It's CLEAR he just happened to phrase the news of his hire in this manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 2 hours ago, Ansem said: could be sponsorship. You guys are overanalyzing What do you mean could be? It "obviously" is sponsorship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtlMario Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 3 hours ago, shermanator said: Ugh, the negative spin is just, constant! That's what members of the pessimist club do. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 43 minutes ago, Macksam said: What do you mean could be? It "obviously" is sponsorship. Obviously everyone has forgotten about the importance of the word 'clearly'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtlMario Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 17 minutes ago, rob.notenboom said: Obviously everyone has forgotten about the importance of the word 'clearly'. CLEARLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 So there was no big news from Totera ala Rollins??? My thing is with a lot of announcements, we haven't heard much....just hoopla and false reporting. Paul Bernie has been the only "real" news to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Yeah, "upcoming announcement dates" should pretty much just be a running joke here, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRM Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 15 minutes ago, Gopherbashi said: Yeah, "upcoming announcement dates" should pretty much just be a running joke here, IMO. All the great end of the world cults go on and on because it is NEVER a solid date. It is always sometime in the near future that could be tomorrow or a millennium away. DR needs to be a better Canadian League Cultist and stop with the hard dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fil Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 1 hour ago, TRM said: All the great end of the world cults go on and on because it is NEVER a solid date. It is always sometime in the near future that could be tomorrow or a millennium away. DR needs to be a better Canadian League Cultist and stop with the hard dates. You want Duane Rollins to be a better cultist? Just wait until Manchester City help launch the Toronto City CPL team with Mo Babouli as their first signing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 1 hour ago, rob.notenboom said: Obviously everyone has forgotten about the importance of the word 'clearly'. So you're saying we need a new thread..."The Importance of 'Clearly'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex D Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 1 hour ago, MtlMario said: CLEARLY. I suspect that you guys don't even exist and until you can show me the billionaire investors you obviously never will. You are all clearly just a tie in to a failed world cup bid by this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Gopherbashi said: Yeah, "upcoming announcement dates" should pretty much just be a running joke here, IMO. Yeah. When Rollins said he was 95% sure there would be an official announcement before Christmas, I have to admit my reaction was annoyance. I want this league as much as anyone, and I am happy for them to take their time to get it right at the expense of teams in American leagues, but the date dropping that keeps swinging and missing is exhausting me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 5 minutes ago, Kent said: Yeah. When Rollins said he was 95% sure there would be an official announcement before Christmas, I have to admit my reaction was annoyance. I want this league as much as anyone, and I am happy for them to take their time to get it right at the expense of teams in American leagues, but the date dropping that keeps swinging and missing is exhausting me. I'm honestly not taking the end-of-year "deadline" seriously anymore. It'll happen when it happens or it won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I've heard too many "league will be announced on XYZ" proclamations, and simply won't believe them until the mainstream media starts dropping them en masse. I believe the league will be announced the day that Victor Montagliani is holding a press conference announcing the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 UPDATE: The CPL is a joint venture between Bob Young and Dana White and will finally allow and encourage punching in soccer. Our prayers have been answered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex D Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 UPDATE: Man United to pull out of BPL and move to CPL! When asked for coment Mr. Glazer responded "I like dem ketchup chips" Who can argue with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I was reading through an old Plastic Pitch issue for a side project of mine, and I came across the fact that Brett Wilson is part owner of Derby County, which I had completely forgotten. Still is, according to a 2016 CBC interview. Curious to see if he would be interested in CPL Back in 2014 when Sandor asked if he would be interested in a Calgary CPL team, he said that if Derby won promotion he would need to focus 100% on that. For one, that never happened, but two, Derby has seen another owner come in to buy majority shares and Wilson's responsibilities at Derby may have been diminished. Even if Calgary is taken by CSEC, I wonder if he could be brought on board for a team elsewhere. Another name I came across was Alex Schnaider, who previously owned Macabi Tel Aviv before Goldhar. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 10 hours ago, Jahinho Guerro said: Paul Bernie has been the only "real" news to me. ...and on the bright side that is obviously a sign that things will soon move from the realm of the aspirational bue sky pronouncements of Rollins and Totera to the nitty gritty of actually making something happen, which usually involves pragmatism and compromise and a downscaling of ambitions to fit what investors with deep pockets are actually willing to fund. Given there are four USL teams, an NASL team and "Hamilton United" all active at the moment there clearly is scope for a Canadian D2 level setup to happen on a timeline of 2018 or 2019 if a way can be found to get everybody on the same page as to what the best way forward is. I have never felt more optimistic about the future of Canadian soccer than I do at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 13 hours ago, Complete Homer said: Nope. He actually got a bit testy yesterday when I asked him when the "big news" was coming... maybe he didn't appreciate my use of quotes on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 3 hours ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: I really need to stop reading this man's tweets before I've fully woken up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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