Unnamed Trialist Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 36 minutes ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: Dejan Savicevic. A star player in the late 80s and into the 90s with Yugoslavia, Red Star Belgrade and AC Milan. Think he's president of the Montenegrin FA nowadays. I was mistaken then, I somehow thought it was a weird picture of Giggs. Got me there. What I don't understand is why a player like that would go be president of a semi-pro football structure like in Montenegro. longlugan and BuzzAndSting 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 There is nothing wrong with being a semi-pro soccer player or with a relatively low budget league signing semi-pro players. The hangup some people on here seem to have other that is frankly bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oranje Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Just had a call from Cavalry sales for season tickets. Told them I couldn't afford them and there wasn't any "buts" which I thought was odd. I hope it's due to a low pressure approach rather than hearing it so often that they just gave up on the "buts". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longlugan Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 13 hours ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: Hurts to admit you were wrong sometimes, so by all means run away if you are incapable of having a polite discussion about this. In reality, Scotland has well over 200 clubs that play in leagues where the clubs are allowed to sign players on professional forms with the SFA in the same way Rangers and Celtic do. Only around 20 of those clubs run with a full-time training regime during what would normally be regarded as the regular work day. The ones that don't get called "semi-pro" or more often in a Scottish context "part-time", but there is no such category when it comes to doing player registration. You either sign professional forms or amateur ones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloa_Athletic_F.C. Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Founded as Clackmannan County in 1878, the club changed its name to Alloa a year later and to Alloa Athletic in 1883. The club won promotion via the Championship Playoffs and compete in the Scottish Championship in season 2018–19, as a member of the Scottish Professional Football League.[1] Still such an arrogant douche eh? At least you're consistent. Greatest Cockney Rip Off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 21 hours ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: Hurts to admit you were wrong sometimes, so by all means run away if you are incapable of having a polite discussion about this. I nominate this as the most ironic, least self-aware statement ever posted on the Vs' board in the more than a decade I've been here. deschamp86, Greatest Cockney Rip Off, BuzzAndSting and 7 others 7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 12 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: I was mistaken then, I somehow thought it was a weird picture of Giggs. Got me there. What I don't understand is why a player like that would go be president of a semi-pro football structure like in Montenegro. Nowhere near hairy enough to be Ryan Giggs! To be honest, I always thought it was a young Brian Clough in the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew W Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Hey some real news re: Calvary ... Shortdutchcanuck, Blackjack15, Ansem and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Andrew W said: Hey some real news re: Calvary ... Excited to see how BBTB spins this! KW519 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, BuzzAndSting said: Excited to see how BBTB spins this! let me try and predict "well they had over 1000 members and as only 425 bought tickets it's safe to assume that cavalry will be a farm team for tfc" *ignores they've moved 1100 seats for the season and that tfc have tfc2 and ottawa fury now* Edited February 2, 2019 by matty BuzzAndSting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Dont forget BBTB will mention something about it being mainly a semi pro PDL team and how the stadium sucks as well. BuzzAndSting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, Bison44 said: Dont forget BBTB will mention something about it being mainly a semi pro PDL team and how the stadium sucks as well. Well at least Cavalry will have more than 1K attendance! That seems to be the sole determinant of pro vs semi-pro! Alex D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 12 minutes ago, Bison44 said: Dont forget BBTB will mention something about it being mainly a semi pro PDL team and how the stadium sucks as well. FWIW, in Scotland if you have poles obstructing views you are automatically semi pro. He would know, he’s from there. BuzzAndSting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 I'll make a somewhat negative comment... You have about 1000 members, and in the last couple of months you have only been able to connect with 425? Sébastien 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) ...so the obvious question now is whether the other 600 or so are mainly people that balked at the prices or it's more a case that they will still buy at a similar rate of over 2 tickets per member once connected with. {Edit: something to bear in mind on the first option on that is that people could be deciding to go for flex packs instead of a full season ticket} Edited February 2, 2019 by BringBackTheBlizzard longlugan, Bbeto, BuzzAndSting and 1 other 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigers Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 I'll say it. Way to Calgary, keep it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 9 hours ago, Bison44 said: Dont forget BBTB will mention something about it being mainly a semi pro PDL team and how the stadium sucks as well. Semi-pro? Amateur, por favor. We are the only country in the world with an amateur soccer league and a salary cap. youllneverwalkalone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 8 hours ago, masster said: I'll make a somewhat negative comment... You have about 1000 members, and in the last couple of months you have only been able to connect with 425? Just FYI they’ve only been working on ticket sales to members for a week or two. They actually contacted all the members prior to holidays to explain they wouldn’t be at it until January. I received a phone call last week as I am member 553 and had a conversation with the ticket rep. They’ve been going through their membership list. Those that they make immediate contact with, they are working on sales to. Those they are not making immediate contact with they plan to follow up with later. Simply put, those are the 400 or so out of 1200 or so who answered the phone when they called. I wasn’t going to answer because I didn’t recognize the number and I suspect many are in the same boat. That conversion rate is really positive. Alex D, Zem, MM3/MM2/MM and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortdutchcanuck Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Check out @afccurtis’s Tweet: Water finds a way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 19 minutes ago, Shortdutchcanuck said: Check out @afccurtis’s Tweet: Water finds a way? I'd imagine Joel Waterman who was drafted by Cavalry and played for Foothills last season Senorpopps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senorpopps Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I feel the graduation hat gives it away as a former PDL player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsweatygorilla Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, deschamp86 said: I'd imagine Joel Waterman who was drafted by Cavalry and played for Foothills last season I was so hoping that it was a "Be Water" Bruce Lee paraphrase and that we were seeing our first Hong Kong player signing :p, but that makes more sense Senorpopps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 1 minute ago, yellowsweatygorilla said: I was so hoping that it was a "Be Water" Bruce Lee paraphrase and that we were seeing our first Hong Kong player signing :p, but that makes more sense Matt Lam signing imminent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsweatygorilla Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, deschamp86 said: Matt Lam signing imminent! Would be awesome having him back in Canada, but I doubt any CPL club can match what Kitchee is paying him deschamp86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 hours ago, yellowsweatygorilla said: Would be awesome having him back in Canada, but I doubt any CPL club can match what Kitchee is paying him https://www.offside.hk/others/iceland-why-not-hong-kong-voices-from-hong-kong-football/amp/ 20-30k according to this... if he’s a top player. That would be CPL depth level. I saw 60k mentioned as well for the cream of the crop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsweatygorilla Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 5 hours ago, Keegan said: https://www.offside.hk/others/iceland-why-not-hong-kong-voices-from-hong-kong-football/amp/ 20-30k according to this... if he’s a top player. That would be CPL depth level. I saw 60k mentioned as well for the cream of the crop. In Hong Kong, salaries are usually measured by month. $20k-$30k HKD/month would be $40k-$60k CAD. Lam does however, plays for Kitchee, one of the richer clubs in Hong Kong, who have Krisztián Vadócz on the payroll, and previously, Forlan. .... but then again, the HK inferiority complex means we are willing to pay foreign players a lot more. I guess if a CPL club sees Matt Lam as a starter, he could be coaxed to come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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