baulderdash77 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Pure guess here- no actual insight. I think that there will be a big tailgating style party before the game starts because there’s going to be so many out of town fans. Open the North End Bar. Food, drinks, swag, facepainting, games etc. Snowbirds or F18’s do a flyover, the Lancaster drives around. Turn it into just a massive pre game league launch party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 I was at a Forge Friday event this evening, it was great to chat with a few players and John McGrane and Gibby who I have known for years, this thing is happening and there is lots of excitement all round, I have a feeling this will exceed many of our expectations! RickC, Lofty, Shortdutchcanuck and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottsy3 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 some more sigma, and nice to see Quillan Roberts show up Gian-Luca, HochelagaFC, Greatest Cockney Rip Off and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Nice! Must have been a last minute thing with Q.. surely he deserved his own announcement. I think we have the best keeper in the league now. Pretty confident in saying that Pacific and Forge have the best squads heading into this. Alex D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Triston Henry told me last night there would be another 2 keepers announced soon or I might have to back him up!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenFisk'sBiggestFan Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 I think there will be a big fight between Roberts, Carducci, and Farago for best Keeper. Of course I’m being biased because there is quite the keeper out in Halifax too, but nobody cares about him... Kent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Toronto FC started their season. Richie Laryea should be available to sign now to fill out the midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 1 hour ago, baulderdash77 said: Toronto FC started their season. Richie Laryea should be available to sign now to fill out the midfield. I think he might be with the team still and they are waiting to see how many TAM midfielders get signed or something. I could be wrong but I think that's him at the 26 second mark of this match preview video for the Philly game: https://www.torontofc.ca/post/2019/03/01/match-preview-toronto-fc-philadelphia-union BringBackTheBlizzard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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baulderdash77 Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 (edited) The roster is really shaping up. I think Kwame Awuah will be the starting LB, not playing up front. Now they just have to sign Babouli to play the other wing and Laryea to solidify the DM spot besides Cisse and they’re ready to compete. Edited March 3, 2019 by baulderdash77 Keegan and Dominic94 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 (edited) 29 minutes ago, baulderdash77 said: The roster is really shaping up. I think Kwame Awuah will be the starting LB, not playing up front. Now they just have to sign Babouli to play the other wing and Laryea to solidify the DM spot besides Cisse and they’re ready to compete. I think the Swede is a good bet to start at DM, he has an impressive background for this level and is young. This team is looking really good. I hadn’t heard of Krutzen but did some reading and saw he was #7 PDL prospect last year and named to TDS 2nd XI preseason team. I wonder why he wasn’t an MLS draft prospect? I could see Laryea playing further up the pitch if signed. Edited March 3, 2019 by Keegan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 36 minutes ago, baulderdash77 said: The roster is really shaping up. I think Kwame Awuah will be the starting LB, not playing up front. Now they just have to sign Babouli to play the other wing and Laryea to solidify the DM spot besides Cisse and they’re ready to compete. John McGrane had an interesting analogy Friday when I spoke with him and mentioned the team was looking good, he replied " it's like when you buy that nice used car, the body looks great, you just don't know how the engine will run"! Keegan and Winnipeg Fury 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Absolutely cracking high calibre coaching signings today. https://canpl.ca/article/forge-fc-adds-european-experience-with-coaching-staff-signings-reynders-albert Hugely impressed. No yes men here. Both have huge experience to bring to the table. Gian-Luca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 I think we’ll see Forge become a big producer of Canadian talent over the next few years, I think the rise of the CMNT is going to be very quick. toontownman, Keegan and gator 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Just now, Dominic94 said: I think we’ll see Forge become a big producer of Canadian talent over the next few years, I think the rise of the CMNT is going to be very quick. If we can fill all our clubs with coaches like this and also stick to our commitment of training coaches, absolutely. gator and Dominic94 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 47 minutes ago, toontownman said: Absolutely cracking high calibre coaching signings today. https://canpl.ca/article/forge-fc-adds-european-experience-with-coaching-staff-signings-reynders-albert Hugely impressed. No yes men here. Both have huge experience to bring to the table. Wow. Impressive additions to say the least. gator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_Impact Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Looks like Choiniere could be signing with Forge. If he can reach the level he was at before his injury, he'll be a great signing. gator and Greatest Cockney Rip Off 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 14 minutes ago, Chad_Impact said: Looks like Choiniere could be signing with Forge. If he can reach the level he was at before his injury, he'll be a great signing. He believes that he will be BETTER surrounded in Hamilton than Ottawa Fury. He doesn't believe in what the Fury is selling. He also added that CONCACAF League was a factor. If he scores in that competition, Choiniere will get phone calls Viruk42, fmfranck and Bbeto 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpg_29 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 So apparently Forge is making the inaugural game free... RS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, mpg_29 said: So apparently Forge is making the inaugural game free... Nice move. I'm assuming Forge season ticket holders will get a refund for 1/15th of their total cost (or whatever one match comes out to) as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpg_29 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 1 minute ago, RS said: Nice move. I'm assuming Forge season ticket holders will get a refund for 1/15th of their total cost (or whatever one match comes out to) as well. I would presume so. I haven't actually found an official source for this but I assume it's legit. It's interesting. I think it's smart move from a marketing standpoint. RS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickC Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 I don't think Forge FC members will get a refund as the email states the June Canadian Championship match is included with the membership. Maybe that was always the way, but I don't recall that part before. Also, the free part is members can request tickets for friends and family up to the number of season's seats the members have. The whole stadium will be open for the match and "will expand to beyond Tim Hortons Field's full seated capacity of 23,218, for one match only!" Ansem and Lofty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 13 minutes ago, RickC said: I don't think Forge FC members will get a refund as the email states the June Canadian Championship match is included with the membership. Maybe that was always the way, but I don't recall that part before. Also, the free part is members can request tickets for friends and family up to the number of season's seats the members have. The whole stadium will be open for the match and "will expand to beyond Tim Hortons Field's full seated capacity of 23,218, for one match only!" Challenge accepted. Getting my tickets soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigers Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Any word on when we get our jerseys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnipeg Fury Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 4 hours ago, Tigers said: Any word on when we get our jerseys? FYI - We get the Valour jerseys April 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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