Ingham Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 For totally selfish reasons, I hope it's somewhere like Trois Rivieres or Quebec City. The away day would be sweet. Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-g-williams Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 CPL now tweeting there'll be an announcement tomorrow at 11 AM. The countdown is on! Cheeta, johnyb, toontownman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Manuel Veth on Twitter said that investors are lining up. Said could be a situation where something got over the line late like Atletico Ottawa. I’m thinking it’s another big name ownership group, if it’s Quebec it’s French. In the Atlantic i would think SJ or Moncton. if it’s Saskatchewan man are some reporters like Nef and Rollins going to be slaughtered. They will lose so much credibility. some people think it’s could be a players union. Makes you wonder what’s up with Fraser Valley ? ultimate troll would be to add 2 teams and make us think it’s just 1. narduch and toontownman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Hmmmm🤔 narduch, aredding77 and Unnamed Trialist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Veth saying his sources saying 2022 likely, but why announce now ? Also more creditable source saying they’ve been shocked before. im expecting 2 teams tmrw for 2021, why announce now if not the case ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikmacdo Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Just now, Dominic94 said: Veth saying his sources saying 2022 likely, but why announce now ? Also more creditable source saying they’ve been shocked before. im expecting 2 teams tmrw for 2021, why announce now if not the case ? why two teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: Veth saying his sources saying 2022 likely, but why announce now ? Also more creditable source saying they’ve been shocked before. im expecting 2 teams tmrw for 2021, why announce now if not the case ? Because you want fans in those markets to start watching your product this season. And it's not uncommon to announce new teams at least a year in advance. Ottawa's last minute inclusion last year was the outlier, and probably worked because there was a similar team in that market folding. Edited March 12, 2021 by Watchmen CanadaFan123 and Ivan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Well this would be an absolute stunner wouldn’t it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Dominic94 said: Veth saying his sources saying 2022 likely, but why announce now ? Also more creditable source saying they’ve been shocked before. im expecting 2 teams tmrw for 2021, why announce now if not the case ? 2021 doesn't really make sense as having fans in the stands is still up in the air. Announcing for 2022 gives the teams more time to set up. Shway, CDNFootballer, Dominic94 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Alright done for the night, looks like expansion but A LOT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. Whatever it is it’s been well hidden and it seems like there’s just a ton of speculation ranging from PA, to a union busting firm being hired and to expansion to QC, Fraser Valley, just so much. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, Mikmacdo said: why two teams? From this writer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Atlantic Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Who was it that rumoured Werder Bremen having interest in Fraser Valley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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m-g-williams Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: Well this would be an absolute stunner wouldn’t it. No offence to the island, but I don't even see how that would be possible without a new stadium/significant upgrades to UPEI's stadium. I would think Moncton would be the obvious choice for expansion back home given U de M's stade, the population base/density of the city and the central location among the three provinces. Still, the Charlottetown Anne-of-Green-Gables-Potato-Lobsters would look pretty sick taking to the pitch in their PEI dirt shirts with Cow's Ice Cream as the kit sponsors. But it'd be some hard for the TV viewers to tell the players apart when they're all Arseneaults, Gallants and Murphys. Edited March 12, 2021 by m-g-williams longlugan, MtlMario, Nello and 4 others 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 38 minutes ago, narduch said: 2021 doesn't really make sense as having fans in the stands is still up in the air. Announcing for 2022 gives the teams more time to set up. It's easy to assume a spanner named "pandemic" found it's way into the clockworks driving any expansion plans for 2021 but this may not be true. Maybe for some but not necessarily all. If the rumour of a Victoria Day launch to the 2021 season proves true the league is betting on fans being in stands early into summer. Maybe that's optimistic, maybe it's not, but I don't think it is. I think 2021 is going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2020. Either way, here's to 2021. Or 2022. I'm going to play it safe and have one for each. Dominic94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-g-williams Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Alright, final post for the day. I was looking through some of the comments to the post on Twitter, and someone started speculating that the meeting ID for the Zoom call might be a clue. The meeting ID is 995 7909 2054. There's no phone number in Canada that matches that, I can't figure out a word/place name the numbers would convert to in letters (either as one-to-one or using touch-tone phone equivalency), and I don't see how this could translate into any kind of postal code. However, the GPS coordinates of Brandon, Manitoba are (when the order is flipped) 099°57′00″W 49°50′54″N. It's not a perfect match, but damn if that isn't kinda cool. nfitz, Dominic94, narduch and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 So true toontownman, dnina10, Greatest Cockney Rip Off and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Dominic94 said: Well this would be an absolute stunner wouldn’t it. 99% certain it's not Saskatoon but sure happy to be wrong. PEI a definite possibility given the success of the Island games and income it brought. Maybe it got people thinking. If its two I go Quebec and Fraser Valley. Dominic94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Ansem said: So true No, but he is absolutely livid this quick development has occurred and been leaked. He has been working on an exclusive article about this for 6 years. Hate it when that happens. baulderdash77, Ansem, Dominic94 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Dominic94 said: Well this would be an absolute stunner wouldn’t it. Where is @dyslexic nam?! toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I still don’t get why announce it now like you haven’t even announced when you’ll start. It doesn’t make sense that it’s 2022 imo, like it can wait months. for my money given that it’s 2 teams: Fraser valley has long been rumoured as a done deal, and I’m going with Quebec City. id imagine that The DFB and FFF will be spearheading this league in a landmark deal that will seem unparalleled collaboration on the training and development of youth players. btw goes to show of what they think of the potential here just the fact that they’re monitoring the league. this goes beyond Davies and David but to guys who are in Euro academies and guys like Larin and Estaquio and Ferreira as well who were trained here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 You hear about most player signings before they happen. It’s actually pretty amazing so many of us are still in the dark toontownman and sebdeserio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Have to figure it won't be a Quebec team. They would have tweeted it in French too. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtlMario Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) I live in MTL but I'm hoping for a Laval team. My c/c is in my hands already. If it's another city, my t-shirt collection will expand. Can't wait for the announcement.😀 Edited March 12, 2021 by MtlMario Greatest Cockney Rip Off, MM3/MM2/MM and gator 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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