BuzzAndSting Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 @BringBackTheBlizzard I'm curious if you'll be attending the first match?! What's the word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 He has season tickets for the Fury. MtlMario, Bbeto, BuzzAndSting and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Macksam said: He has season tickets for the Fury. BBTB = JdG ??? masster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 But seriously though.... BBTB.... Are you going to the game in Hamilton? We want to get as many of us out as we can.... BuzzAndSting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Probably not for work related reasons, but will be purchasing the Mediapro app, so I can watch as many of the 198 regular season games as I have time to. red card, maccaliam and Admin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: Probably not for work related reasons, but will be purchasing the Mediapro app, so I can watch as many of the 198 regular season games as I have time to. And report back with all the shortcomings and mistakes that are being made?! ? Bbeto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 (edited) Rollins is tweeting that Emery Welshman has been loaned to Forge from Cincinnati! Edited March 7, 2019 by gator Shortdutchcanuck and lazlo_80 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazlo_80 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 36 minutes ago, gator said: Rollins is tweeting tha Emery Welshman has been loaned to Forge from Cincinnati! Is it just me or has the last week and a half seen a legit level raise in talent across the league? Emery, De Jong, Issey, Telfer. Alot of exciting players added. gator, Dominic94, Grandbloke and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, gator said: Rollins is tweeting that Emery Welshman has been loaned to Forge from Cincinnati! Makes sense from Cincinnati's perspective as they just signed Kenny Saief who I think plays the same kind of position as Welshman - interesting though to see loans from non-Canadian MLS teams to CPL franchises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 44 minutes ago, Gian-Luca said: Makes sense from Cincinnati's perspective as they just signed Kenny Saief who I think plays the same kind of position as Welshman - interesting though to see loans from non-Canadian MLS teams to CPL franchises. I'm not sure how much control Koch has over these kinds of things, but he spent a lot of time in the Canadian system, and I could see him sending Welshman to a CPL team instead of a USL team to help raise the standard for CPL. I could be reading too much into this though youllneverwalkalone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 (edited) Edited March 7, 2019 by Ansem matty, Greatest Cockney Rip Off, maccaliam and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Choiniere and Welshmen really add to the quality of this team. 2 more good options for the team. Thats 18 players now. If they sign Babouli as rumoured and Laryea as hoped they will have the most talented roster in the league along with Pacific. Grandbloke, gator, toontownman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandbloke Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 David Choinière is a huge signing. An MLS-level player who missed most of the last 2 seasons with an injury. Forge fans are really going to enjoy watching this guy play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 6 hours ago, admin said: But seriously though.... BBTB.... Are you going to the game in Hamilton? We want to get as many of us out as we can.... I understand he is not going as he would prefer not to inflate the attendance figures. Ansem, maccaliam, deschamp86 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 22 minutes ago, Grandbloke said: David Choinière is a huge signing. An MLS-level player who missed most of the last 2 seasons with an injury. Forge fans are really going to enjoy watching this guy play. I think this is the start of a trend. Canadians good enough to play in MLS but not getting minutes will see CPL as a better option then being sent down to USL. Clocking minutes and being a star in a D1 league at home has more value than TFC II or Ottawa or other USL league. A successful season one may very well convince Canadians overseas who might be on the fence at this point. Bbeto, Winnipeg Fury and gator 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazlo_80 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, Ansem said: I think this is the start of a trend. Canadians good enough to play in MLS but not getting minutes will see CPL as a better option then being sent down to USL. Clocking minutes and being a star in a D1 league at home has more value than TFC II or Ottawa or other USL league. A successful season one may very well convince Canadians overseas who might be on the fence at this point. I hope so. But I think it depends on the result of their performances. If a few people from this league turn a good season into transfers to bigger leagues that would be the best way to show other players that this league could help get them where they want to be. Ansem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Ansem said: I think this is the start of a trend. Canadians good enough to play in MLS but not getting minutes will see CPL as a better option then being sent down to USL. Clocking minutes and being a star in a D1 league at home has more value than TFC II or Ottawa or other USL league. A successful season one may very well convince Canadians overseas who might be on the fence at this point. i think age is a factor. both choiniere and felfer are over 21 and being a "prospect" on a development team gets tiring and usl begins to only make sense if your recovering from injury. hopefully it also causes the mls teams to get more serious about getting the u21s ready for the mls 1st teams Edited March 7, 2019 by matty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Nothing shows that Choiniere is mls level..only one start and many times on the bench or not in the 18 when he was healthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandbloke Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Big_M said: Nothing shows that Choiniere is mls level..only one start and many times on the bench or not in the 18 when he was healthy You will see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 41 minutes ago, Big_M said: Nothing shows that Choiniere is mls level..only one start and many times on the bench or not in the 18 when he was healthy Grandbloke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Big_M said: Nothing shows that Choiniere is mls level..only one start and many times on the bench or not in the 18 when he was healthy Unnecessarily unfair. That probably has more to do with injuries than talent. Ansem and Grandbloke 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandbloke Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) 49 minutes ago, BuzzAndSting said: Unnecessarily unfair. That probably has more to do with injuries than talent. That’s correct. Choinière suffered a serious ankle injury in January 2017 while training with the CMNT and because of that injury made only a few appearances for the Impact that year, but nonetheless scored a goal against Vancouver in the Canadian championship (see the video of that goal, posted above by Ansem). In April of 2018 he underwent an operation on his ankle and was forced to sit out all the rest of the 2018 season. Edited March 8, 2019 by Grandbloke Shortdutchcanuck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 6 hours ago, Grandbloke said: That’s correct. Choinière suffered a serious ankle injury in January 2017 while training with the CMNT and because of that injury made only a few appearances for the Impact that year, but nonetheless scored a goal against Vancouver in the Canadian championship (see the video of that goal, posted above by Ansem). In April of 2018 he underwent an operation on his ankle and was forced to sit out all the rest of the 2018 season. Nothing shows that Choiniere is mls level..only one start and many times on the bench or not in the 18 when he was healthy I think both are correct. The cause may be injuries, but as of yet he's not shown to be of MLS-calibre. Let's hope he'll get the chance to show he really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Add in Richie Laryea and Emery Welshman to follow Q Roberts and Choiniere and the reasons for the Forge going more slowly than some of the others on signing announcements will have become clear and paid off big time. Good news if you are a Forge fan but potentially problematic elsewhere in competitive parity terms. Senorpopps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senorpopps Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 2 hours ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: Add in Richie Laryea and Emery Welshman to follow Q Roberts and Choiniere and the reasons for the Forge going more slowly than some of the others on signing announcements will have become clear and paid off big time. Good news if you are a Forge fan but potentially problematic elsewhere in competitive parity terms. This quote will have even more validity should FC Edmonton come last. Followed by York 9 FC... Will have to wait a while for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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