narduch Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 14 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said: I was checking and there are four groups in France Nationale 2, and his team is just above what would be relegation in one of them. The rival drew them late btw. If Petrasso was a good player in England 5th tier, or Piti Martínez from Ottawa was doing well in the reserve team of Alavés, in a division of Spanish 3rd tier, I am not sure that a regional division of 4th tier France is higher than CPL. Probably in and around the same. I'm of 2 minds on this. On the one hand if he performs well he could get scouted by a higher level French team. But look at all those Canadians that have played in Italy lower tiers and have not amounted to much yothat2 and MM3/MM2/MM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 (edited) 43 minutes ago, narduch said: I'm of 2 minds on this. On the one hand if he performs well he could get scouted by a higher level French team. But look at all those Canadians that have played in Italy lower tiers and have not amounted to much I think this is lower then CPL, and CPL players are getting noticed and moving up, a lot of players on his team look like they are on their way down or never were up. As you say our Serie C&D players in Italy haven't amounted to much. I think Attardo would be further ahead if he had of stayed in CPL. Edited February 14, 2022 by MM3/MM2/MM narduch and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, MM3/MM2/MM said: I think this is lower then CPL, and CPL players are getting noticed and moving up, a lot of players on his team look like they are on their way down or never were up. As you say our Serie C&D players in Italy haven't amounted to much. We are all high on Justin Smith because he is on Nice, but all his game action this year has been in one tier lower than where Attardo plays. Olympique_de_Marseille, The Real Marc and Unnamed Trialist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 (edited) 33 minutes ago, narduch said: We are all high on Justin Smith because he is on Nice, but all his game action this year has been in one tier lower than where Attardo plays. Party pooper. [Go Bengals] Edited February 14, 2022 by Unnamed Trialist MM3/MM2/MM, Olympique_de_Marseille and narduch 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 narduch, PegCityCam, K Edgar and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) That is 5th tier in France. Last year he was in 4th. Basically not even worth paying attention to this player anymore Edited July 28, 2022 by narduch yothat2, Obinna, K Edgar and 2 others 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 39 minutes ago, narduch said: That is 5th tier in France. Last year he was in 4th. Basically not even worth paying attention to this player anymore He got Sebastian Soto'd. A shame he should have stayed with Valour. johnyb, narduch and NVsoccer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottsy3 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Surely Valour would take him back with open arms? There's a sizeable gap missing up front without Akio. He obviously is pretty adamant on staying in Europe. K Edgar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 valour has a ton of offensive players and akio would have been headed to the bench with ascanio doing better as soon as he started playing...real question here is if he has quality why isnt he or didnt at any point play for his club fernandez vial in the second tier of chile...have they judged him not good enough and are just loaning him around until the end of his contract and accepting that they have lost a good amount of money on getting him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 From what was being said at the time of the transfer the Chilean club was just a flag of convenience to get him out of his Valour contract and an agent was basically pulling the strings on a move over to Europe. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 5 hours ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: From what was being said at the time of the transfer the Chilean club was just a flag of convenience to get him out of his Valour contract and an agent was basically pulling the strings on a move over to Europe. A shitty agent, as it were. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 This is like an amateur team no? Your mans is playing soccer on the weekend while working at a pastry shop during the week probably K Edgar and narduch 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Know it's only wikipedia but their take: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_Championnat_National_3 ...The competition is contested by 168 clubs split geographically across 12 groups of 14 teams. The teams include amateur clubs (although a few are semi-professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 I dunno what this guy’s career ambitions in soccer are, but at the end of the day, getting paid to go live in France and play a bit of soccer while you’re young enough is still a super cool opportunity. Locminé looks like a picturesque tiny town in Brittany, certainly not the worst place in the world to spend a couple seasons at. johnyb, El Hombre, Ruffian and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 29 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: This is like an amateur team no? Your mans is playing soccer on the weekend while working at a pastry shop during the week probably I know I stated earlier that this level is probably too low. However just to play a bit of devils advocate, this is the same level that Justin Smith played in last year with Nice reserves. Attardo is still only 20 so there is time to move up still. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 22 minutes ago, narduch said: I know I stated earlier that this level is probably too low. However just to play a bit of devils advocate, this is the same level that Justin Smith played in last year with Nice reserves. Attardo is still only 20 so there is time to move up still. I didn’t realize that Nice 2 was in such a lower level. Of course anything can happen and I won’t even pretend I’ve watched even a minute of this guy’s game to know if he has any potential at all, however, I would think that if he had any sort of future at a higher level, a better team would’ve signed him and either sent him on loan or put him on their reserves team. definitely lots of time for him to move up to better teams as his career progresses, but even if that progression lands him in the 3rd division, or sets him up for a move to like Gibraltar, Série D, lower Spanish leagues, etc., that’s not the worst way to spend your early 20s. narduch and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Only recently got going at Saint-Colomban Locmine Played a total of 30 mins the last two games coming off the bench. They don’t play this weekend and are back at it on the 5th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Is back in Canada https://footamateur.letelegramme.fr/13289707/football-n3-l-ex-lorientais-bila-a-la-rescousse-a-locmine/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro2 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 I understand why he wanted to try his luck overseas, but who knows how good he could have become had he stayed in the CPL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 23 minutes ago, Soccerpro2 said: I understand why he wanted to try his luck overseas, but who knows how good he could have become had he stayed in the CPL. I think that’s where an agent needs to step in. CPL teams are going to be more willing to provide minutes to young Canadian players than anywhere else. Yet we’ve had too many players leave before they’ve really shown they’re ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 3 hours ago, Aird25 said: I think that’s where an agent needs to step in. CPL teams are going to be more willing to provide minutes to young Canadian players than anywhere else. Yet we’ve had too many players leave before they’ve really shown they’re ready. I think his issue might have been the agent. The Real Marc, PegCityCam, NVsoccer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 4 hours ago, Soccerpro2 said: I understand why he wanted to try his luck overseas, but who knows how good he could have become had he stayed in the CPL. 1 hour ago, MM3/MM2/MM said: I think his issue might have been the agent. I would have immediately fired any agent who told me that signing in the Chilean third division would lead to wonderful opportunities. Had he stayed in the CPL and kept scoring for Valour he would have absolutely have moved somewhere better. He left way too early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 17 minutes ago, VinceA said: I would have immediately fired any agent who told me that signing in the Chilean third division would lead to wonderful opportunities. Had he stayed in the CPL and kept scoring for Valour he would have absolutely have moved somewhere better. He left way too early. Yeah, it is an odd perspective to think that tier of footy would lead to better exposure and opportunities. A bit puzzling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top cheese Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Artardo is not a pro-level player. Hate to say I told you so. I would imagine he will be playing senior in Wpg or USL-2 next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Marc Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, VinceA said: I would have immediately fired any agent who told me that signing in the Chilean third division would lead to wonderful opportunities. Had he stayed in the CPL and kept scoring for Valour he would have absolutely have moved somewhere better. He left way too early. I think it's a tough call for a family. CanPL is low pay, low exposure. You have an agent with a plan for you, in a field/area you don't know well or don't have a path forward alone. You take a chance. He's come back with some experience, and if he can catch on in the CanPL again it's not been an ideal two years but an adventure maybe and really not the end of the world. I mean, this ain't no Wyn Belotte leaving Nantes here. Edited March 20, 2023 by The Real Marc Corazon, HochelagaFC, PegCityCam and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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