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24 minutes ago, baulderdash77 said:

I don’t get past Pickering very often.  Would all of Durham Region support a team?  

In total there’s a fair number of small cities but they’re a bit strung out on the 401 without a nucleus.  

We're talking over 650k people in the region and you have to go through Pickering to get to Toronto (train or car). If they do their marketing properly, Durham should support that club rather easily I would assume.

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1 hour ago, Ansem said:

We're talking over 650k people in the region and you have to go through Pickering to get to Toronto (train or car). If they do their marketing properly, Durham should support that club rather easily I would assume.

But would they identify with a “Pickering” team or an “Ajax” team or a “Durham” team?

In the Hamilton area I don’t really expect St Catherine’s or Brantford to support the Forge although I kinda expect Burlington will.

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4 minutes ago, baulderdash77 said:

But would they identify with a “Pickering” team or an “Ajax” team or a “Durham” team?

In the Hamilton area I don’t really expect St Catherine’s or Brantford to support the Forge although I kinda expect Burlington will.

They'd be wise to use Durham... but imagine the hate from Quebec teams. Historically, we remember the "Durham Report" on French Canadian which was viewed as such an insult towards French Canadians...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_on_the_Affairs_of_British_North_America

On second thought, I'm hoping they find something else representing Durham without having to use that name...

 

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20 hours ago, Ansem said:

I know the difference, it's just that Moncton makes way more sense than Saint John.

See above. 

I guess that's my fault for not taking the time to read back through the whole thread.  I'm glad you know the difference, and I'm sorry for having lumped you in with the huge number of Canadians who don't.

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16 hours ago, Rheo said:

Big money name attached (billionaire) Around Church/Bailey area, near power plant/lake, possibly as part of Woodbine development.

I'm confused by this, there's Woodbine casino which is getting developed, that's near Pearson,  and there's the Durham Live project in Pickering. Or am I way wrong?

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17 hours ago, Rheo said:

 

-Ontario team close is out of left field. Pickering or Durham (Oshawa) region. Might be closer to 2021 than 2020. Possible connected to other real estate deals/renovation to stadium and further development of other projects. Big money name attached (billionaire) Around Church/Bailey area, near power plant/lake, possibly as part of Woodbine development.

It seems it would be part of the Durham Live development https://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2019/4/massive-multi-use-development-coming-to-ontarios-durham-region

Also perhaps coincidental but the VW Canada headquarters are at the corner of Church/Bayly St.

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20 hours ago, Impactsupporter said:

The other advantage with Moncton is that there is a VIA train station and there is train service between Moncton and Halifax.

What does St-John have outside of Maritime Bus

The Ocean (aka the Via line out east) does not have daily service, and when it does come, it's only once a day, at unreliable hours (comes from Montreal, always with delays).

I doubt having a Via station would play any role in prefering one city over an other.

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4 hours ago, Sébastien said:

The Ocean (aka the Via line out east) does not have daily service, and when it does come, it's only once a day, at unreliable hours (comes from Montreal, always with delays).

I doubt having a Via station would play any role in prefering one city over an other.

I’ve taken that train from Montreal to Halifax.  Good service and nice people on board but the slowest, most unreliable train service I’ve ever been on.  

And I don’t think there’s much of a intercity bus service left.  Unfortunately, the only practical way to get around the Maritime provinces is by car.

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13 minutes ago, Zem said:

I'm actually struggling to process the fact that the league's opening kick-off is only two days away, this has been such a ride already and we're only just getting started

Kind of funny, I havnt noticed some of the most vocal naysayers giving their gloom and doom spin on things lately.  I guess we'll have a little grace period before the bitching about every little negative thing starts up again.  

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11 minutes ago, Bison44 said:

Kind of funny, I havnt noticed some of the most vocal naysayers giving their gloom and doom spin on things lately.  I guess we'll have a little grace period before the bitching about every little negative thing starts up again.  

Did you hear that awful anthem? Not a serious league.

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17 minutes ago, Bison44 said:

Kind of funny, I havnt noticed some of the most vocal naysayers giving their gloom and doom spin on things lately.  I guess we'll have a little grace period before the bitching about every little negative thing starts up again.  

Well one of them changed his name and is still parroting the same old stuff.

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This league is slowly starting to be taken seriously by everyone, for year 1 I'm happy with the players in this league but also have to point that there's 100+ other pros in North America, Europe and rest of the world who deserve a chance to come back and show what they got. Mixture of Talent that's still in Canada and abroad has been put together in one place which is exciting 

Theres reports that many high profiled players (outsidewith of our top 30 per say / NT call ups) said no to this league because they had questions about salary, competition, league quality, broadcasting, stability, fan support etc. Basically the legitness of it 

I'm confident that after year one many many players will change their mind and want to come, which will increase the quality of play. just want to give you an idea of the kinds of players that could have been here in year 1 but decided not to:

Simon Thomas (Pacific FC), Marco Bustos (Valour FC), Tosaint Ricketts (FC Edmonton), just to name a few

This league will prove them wrong, they will be the ones missing out not us, to the many others who declined an offer from one of 7 clubs I say this: One mans loss, is another man's gain. The CPL will be for the best this country has to offer and anyone would kill for the opportunity to be there yet some don't see it yet, but they wil! Mark my words. Year 2 with 10 Teams and some roster turnover expect to see a lot of more Canadians returning home 

 

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3 hours ago, Blackjack15 said:

This league is slowly starting to be taken seriously by everyone, for year 1 I'm happy with the players in this league but also have to point that there's 100+ other pros in North America, Europe and rest of the world who deserve a chance to come back and show what they got. Mixture of Talent that's still in Canada and abroad has been put together in one place which is exciting 

Theres reports that many high profiled players (outsidewith of our top 30 per say / NT call ups) said no to this league because they had questions about salary, competition, league quality, broadcasting, stability, fan support etc. Basically the legitness of it 

I'm confident that after year one many many players will change their mind and want to come, which will increase the quality of play. just want to give you an idea of the kinds of players that could have been here in year 1 but decided not to:

Simon Thomas (Pacific FC), Marco Bustos (Valour FC), Tosaint Ricketts (FC Edmonton), just to name a few

This league will prove them wrong, they will be the ones missing out not us, to the many others who declined an offer from one of 7 clubs I say this: One mans loss, is another man's gain. The CPL will be for the best this country has to offer and anyone would kill for the opportunity to be there yet some don't see it yet, but they wil! Mark my words. Year 2 with 10 Teams and some roster turnover expect to see a lot of more Canadians returning home 

 

I don’t think you can blame players for taking a wait and see approach when it comes to coming back and playing in the CPL so that’s why I’m not surprised there are many players that did not jump at the first opportunity to come back and play in the CPL right away.Moreover, a lot of these players maybe are still making more money playing where they are playing, so it also might have come down to a money thing. Obviously you will most likely see more of these guys coming back as the league hopefully grows. You also have to keep in mind that some players would rather be in these lower leagues in Europe than be here in the CPL or USL because they feel they have a better chance of being spotted playing in the lower leagues in Europe than playing over here in Canada or even in the US.

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22 minutes ago, SoccMan said:

I don’t think you can blame players for taking a wait and see approach when it comes to coming back and playing in the CPL so that’s why I’m not surprised there are many players that did not jump at the first opportunity to come back and play in the CPL right away.Moreover, a lot of these players maybe are still making more money playing where they are playing, so it also might have come down to a money thing. Obviously you will most likely see more of these guys coming back as the league hopefully grows.

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Definitely in fact when these 3 players for example became available January 1st, from there were still a ton of questions that hadn't been answered, like the media deal, the kits, the major partners and sponsors, salary like you said, just how competitive it would be and how much people would come to games etc, I don't blame them for taking a wait and see approach. 

I think the biggest appeal for players is to be a part of history and be well known in Canada, (make a name for yourself, shine at home) for example for most of the players abroad they're making themselves look good in other countries, other leagues and for other clubs. But for national team and locally? They're unknown to the mainstream so they want the recognition 

But for example if a local player from Halifax can come through the pro ranks, and then leaves to go play in Europe; be a part of the National team that qualifies for Qatar 2022 then even if he spends 8 years away in top division of Austria or Sweden for example and then returns at the age of 27, that's a game changer cause fans will feel the connection. If a local played from Nova Scotia is part of the 23 man 2026 World Cup squad it will be because he had his first steps here and that gave him what he needed to develop and then move on to bigger and better things 

Rob friend talked to CHEK News out in Victoria when they signed De Jong, and he said that he had received messages from former and some current NT players, saying "Wow, really? This is for real, what about me?" So it's a snowball effect 

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For those who haven't been.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.8076194,-97.1422423,2a,75y,230.22h,83.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skKtbCZRk7dByxzc1GD-5ow!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

If you turn to your left that'll lead you to the main gate (Chancellor Matheson),   Go to your right and that'll lead you to the rest of the east grandstand which is the side opened for Valour's dates.  The Wee Elf and I have are seats at the very top of 104.  Supporter's section is off in the north corner in 144   

Those "patios" you see at the top of the concorse are the Loge seating that are part of Bomber's set up and they're fuk'ing awesome.  Corporate mostly, where you're part of the crowd but not part of the crowd if you follow and for the Bomber's games anyway they come with a butler.  What do you want?  If it's somewhere in the stadium they'll get it.  Twislers?  A double-double?  How about a rum & coke?  Maybe some butter chicken and a side of miny donuts is more to your liking?  Pardon me, I'm be right back with your order, Mr Bench.  

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