Pacific FC Launch / 2019 off season thread

[Unnamed Trialist]

On 2/26/2019 at 6:16 PM, ted said:

To recap: the stadium requires six weeks to setup once the pre-fab components arrive on site. One week ago, Mayor Stew Young of Langford  (the municipality actually building the stadium) said that the project is on track and will be ready for opening day. He has a track record, as Mayor, of meeting his commitments.

Ted, I think there are rugby matches late this month, so it would have to be close to being ready by then, would you say?

Question: in the end, what is the size of the supporter stand? How many rows up, and how wide? What does it hold?

On renders it looks a bit short and a bit narrow, as if they were not overly optimistic of it filling.

[King_cheetah]

7 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

Question: in the end, what is the size of the supporter stand? How many rows up, and how wide? What does it hold?

On renders it looks a bit short and a bit narrow, as if they were not overly optimistic of it filling.

As best as I can tell, the supporters stand is four sections wide. Each section is 25 'bums' across and ten rows deep. Each section holding 250 people, so 1000 altogether. I think it's less a case of pessimism about it filling and more the fact that there's only so much space between the pitch and the bowling alley.

[Unnamed Trialist]

Issey: he's out of contract, or was after last season. He played for Pehang up until November, was back here in Spain seeing family I think December and maybe more.

He is only 34 and still has a few years left, so may think a CPL salary is a bit low considering he has been making more in Malaysia. 

I think he has a team set up for this season in Malaysia, he did okay with his last team and still scores, so I would think he has interest there as well. But their season is already under way, which makes me wonder: it is true he went late to the league his first time, I wonder if he is signing late over there this year too.

EDIT: I AM SO GLAD I WAS WRONG!

Edited March 5, 2019 by Unnamed Trialist

[Unnamed Trialist]

27 minutes ago, King_cheetah said:

As best as I can tell, the supporters stand is four sections wide. Each section is 25 'bums' across and ten rows deep. Each section holding 250 people, so 1000 altogether. I think it's less a case of pessimism about it filling and more the fact that there's only so much space between the pitch and the bowling alley.

Ten rows, too back really. If they could add 5 more at the top, which is a good sight line too.

How close to the goal will it be?

[Blackjack15]

Hope Thomas Gardner is signed by Pacific FC!

[HaliCanuck]

Watched the Canada vs Argentina match the other day from Westhills. The camera was placed on the side with the stands, so the field basically looked like something a rec team would play on with with cars going by on a parkway in the background.  Do you know if MedioPro/Pacific intends to put up a tower on the other side to show the new/full stands on the south side?  There's a nice stadium with a roof on four sides, so it would be nice to show the full stand.

Also saw the infamous power pole, that's a big one to move.

[Ansem]

 

[BringBackTheBlizzard]

Definitely a much needed uptick in the quality of signings as this draws to a close.

[BrennanFan]

Love it.

[BuzzAndSting]

On 3/4/2019 at 11:31 AM, King_cheetah said:

Expect a pretty big player signing tomorrow...

 

21 hours ago, BrennanFan said:

Anyone check out Issey Nakajima's instagram account lately?  He was in BC hanging out with DeJong 2 days ago.

Well done @BrennanFan!

[baulderdash77]

Issey is a quality signing by Pacific.  They’re going to have a very dangerous team.  I think they are the quality of the league at this point.

 

 

[Senorpopps]

2 minutes ago, baulderdash77 said:

Issey is a quality signing by Pacific.  They’re going to have a very dangerous team.  I think they are the quality of the league at this point.

 

 

Totally agree - they may just have the three strongest players in the league in De Jong, Haber and Issey with Fisk being up there as well. Their GKing actually looks like the weak link at this point - that and they need a few more defenders! Nevertheless, I think I found my team ☺️

[Bison44]

7 minutes ago, Senorpopps said:

Totally agree - they may just have the three strongest players in the league in De Jong, Haber and Issey with Fisk being up there as well. Their GKing actually looks like the weak link at this point - that and they need a few more defenders! Nevertheless, I think I found my team ☺️

Cough cough...Irving, cough cough.  

[Senorpopps]

Would love to see him sign for them!

 

[Obinna]

Pacific just signed Issey.

Okay, they are getting stacked now.

Fisk, Haber, De Jong, Issey....

Simpson should just dust off his boots to ensure these guys really stomp the rest of the CanPL.

I keep saying it: Hard not to like Pacific FC right now....

Edited March 5, 2019 by Obinna

[BringBackTheBlizzard]

Could be a bit like TFC last season though with Bradley, Vazquez, Giovinco and Altidore on board but a shaky defense. In a salary cap league getting the balance right helps a lot. Also possibly one too many guys that are well past their peak now in career terms. Think the Valour might be getting a more solid team from 1 through 11 together but time will tell.

 

[Dominic94]

Really raises the quality of the league too, going to be a competitive first season.

[Senorpopps]

59 minutes ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said:

Could be a bit like TFC last season though with Bradley, Vazquez, Giovinco and Altidore on board but a shaky defense. In a salary cap league getting the balance right helps a lot. Also possibly one too many guys that are well past their peak now in career terms. Think the Valour might be getting a more solid team from 1 through 11 together but time will tell.

 

Especially if Valour get He Who Has Been Rumored ...

[Unnamed Trialist]

I am thrilled that I was wrong. Maybe I just forgot that the coach would have known him from his time in Denmark, so that would have been another factor. 

I am wondering if he will finally take his family with him to where he is going to play, I hope he does. 

I am really a bit stunned on the question of salary, on paper their three marquee players have to be amongst the most expensive in the league. 

[mpg_29]

1 hour ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said:

Could be a bit like TFC last season though with Bradley, Vazquez, Giovinco and Altidore on board but a shaky defense. In a salary cap league getting the balance right helps a lot. Also possibly one too many guys that are well past their peak now in career terms. Think the Valour might be getting a more solid team from 1 through 11 together but time will tell.

 

I think an imbalance is less likely in CPL assuming they just have a straight basic team-wide cap.

I have argued this many times as it is my biggest problem with MLS.... but I don't even think a cap itself is a problem that leads to an imbalance...it's the band-aid solutions that are the DP/TAM/GAM rules.

Strip away just the 3 designated players on some of the bigger spending teams and you'd almost have a completely different team. 

I'd much prefer it if tomorrow the MLS got rid of the DP/TAM/GAM rules and just even went with a $8M cap (about double what it is now but much less than what some of the bigger teams are spending with DP's)

[Alex D]

2 hours ago, Obinna said:

Pacific just signed Issey.

Okay, they are getting stacked now.

Fisk, Haber, De Jong, Issey....

Simpson should just dust off his boots to ensure these guys really stomp the rest of the CanPL.

I keep saying it: Hard not to like Pacific FC right now....

Pacific in Hamilton is the game I'm circling on the calendar right now. That's going to be a hell of a show. 

[BradMack]

this is getting kind of ridiculous

[matty]

gonna be bold and predict issey isn't a starter by the end of the season

[BuzzAndSting]

5 minutes ago, matty said:

gonna be bold and predict issey isn't a starter by the end of the season

Why do you think that?

[BrennanFan]

9 minutes ago, matty said:

gonna be bold and predict issey isn't a starter by the end of the season

I think Issey will win the golden boot.

and Haber may play as a CB.