Bison44 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 9:46 AM, youllneverwalkalone said: Interesting that Arad is the 3rd largest city in Transylvania, where Hungarians and Romanians come together revisit old grievances. Ongaro, in Italian, and for all I know Romanian, means "Hungarian." Seems like destiny to me. Although I'm a Turga Mures supporter. Don't ask me to spell that in Hungarian. So, he is 6'5 playing in Transylvania?? Why not die his hair black and say his friends call him the count?? Cheesy on the nose marketing, or maybe genius?? Northvansteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filip Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) UTA are one of the most successful teams in Romania historically, with good support, although had problems for many years and only returned to the top flight last season They have a decent project for the funds they’ve got imo, but I also can’t see them making playoffs (top 6) this season. They started the season ok but are struggling badly to score goals lately. Hopefully Ongaro can help with that, his main competition with be ex Croatia U21 Dangubic (has been extremely wasteful honestly, should get chances ahead of him immediately) and Lithuanian international Laukzemis (also a new signing) I think he’ll suffer on some of the pitches of the smaller clubs like Academica Clinceni (a village team who have no business in the top flight, but they’re definitely relegating imo and are likely to be replaced by more traditional, well supported teams currently at the top of Liga 2, for next season - Petrolul Ploiesti, and possibly U Cluj). So increased competitiveness for next season, which is always good If he succeeds, good look for CPL and maybe open up the way for more moves to Europe 🤞 Edited January 17, 2022 by Filip Xavier., ray, johnyb and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Filip said: ...So increased competitiveness for next season, which is always good... FCSB vs Steaua Bucharest would be an interesting fixture if/when it happens. Rapid Bucharest appear to have sorted themselves out again so hopefully Romanian football is in better shape financially and things are on the upswing and more of the traditional clubs will reemerge. Was staying close to Rapid's ground a few years back on a work related trip and was hoping to be able to take in a game only to find out they had completely collapsed financially and their main phoenix club was in a local Bucharest only fourth division. Decided to give that a miss but later found out there had been 30,000+ at a game later that season against the resurrected old school version of Steaua so maybe they would have been worth watching. The other reasonably famous club close by from the Ceausescu era, one of Hagi's old clubs Sportul Studentesc, that had been my plan B had sunk without trace which was a bit depressing. Even if the league's finances aren't strong I'm sure the playing standard is still decent and if Ongaro can prove himself with UT Arad other doors will start to open. Edited January 17, 2022 by Ozzie_the_parrot The Real Marc and Filip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filip Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 9 hours ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: FCSB vs Steaua Bucharest would be an interesting fixture if/when it happens. Rapid Bucharest appear to have sorted themselves out again so hopefully Romanian football is in better shape financially and things are on the upswing and more of the traditional clubs will reemerge. Was staying close to Rapid's ground a few years back on a work related trip and was hoping to be able to take in a game only to find out they had completely collapsed financially and their main phoenix club was in a local Bucharest only fourth division. Decided to give that a miss but later found out there had been 30,000+ at a game later that season against the resurrected old school version of Steaua so maybe they would have been worth watching. The other reasonably famous club close by from the Ceausescu era, one of Hagi's old clubs Sportul Studentesc, that had been my plan B had sunk without trace which was a bit depressing. Even if the league's finances aren't strong I'm sure the playing standard is still decent and if Ongaro can prove himself with UT Arad other doors will start to open. Yeah, that’s another thing. Interesting when they face each other but a situation that needs to be resolved, these clones (FCU vs CS U Craiova, FCSB vs Steaua) hopefully die out / merge in the coming years so that the fans can be united and there’s no confusion of identity & honours Anyways, for CSA Steaua, they technically can’t even promote right now since Sport Law in Romania states that public clubs (funded by the state) cannot be part of the top-flight. They want to change that though, they actually have been talking about it today and yeah, it’s not what it was in 2009 (7th best coefficient in UEFA with 2 CL teams!), but still some decent sides and gems for sure Owner of FCSB is a nutter, Gigi Becali, he ruined the great potential of the team that knocked out Ajax & beat Chelsea in EL 2013. Owners like this are part of the problem in Romania, but Hagi is doing a great project with Farul and his academy there. Rapid as you said are looking good too, Craiova (if they can stop choking and make a couple better decisions at the top, huge support and good facilities), Dinamo if they ever resolve their mess after the Spaniards who came and left.. CFR Cluj also seem to be starting to make decent transfers again instead of stupid, wasteful deals after the old scouting director left. There’s definitely potential. but I think it will take years to really see the changes anyways sorry for going off-topic here Rooting for Ongaro! Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filip Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 By the way, ex-Napoli & Italy U20 forward Dumitru Cardoso just signed for UTA as well but while he can play CF, generally plays as a left winger. So shouldn’t be much more competition for Easton 👍 Ozzie_the_parrot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 4:47 PM, Bison44 said: So, he is 6'5 playing in Transylvania?? Why not die his hair black and say his friends call him the count?? Cheesy on the nose marketing, or maybe genius?? Ray Reardon already had that gimmick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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toontownman Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 This is good. I hope the CPL.ca keep up like this with notable players that move up or on from CPL. Northvansteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 He'll be playing in a new stadium, Stadionul Francisc von Neuman (New), opened August 28 2020 (seating approx 12.7K). Unfortunately, it took six years to build. Hopefully he won't have to wait for his pay that long. johnyb, Filip and Edgewater17 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big_M Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 put him in whenever trailing and pump those balls forward Filip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 43 minutes ago, Joe MacCarthy said: He'll be playing in a new stadium, Stadionul Francisc von Neuman (New), opened August 28 2020 (seating approx 12.7K). Unfortunately, it took six years to build. Hopefully he won't have to wait for his pay that long. I mean it's no Clarke Stadium, but I guess it's alright. longlugan, The Real Marc, shamrock and 5 others 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filip Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) On 1/18/2022 at 9:12 PM, Joe MacCarthy said: He'll be playing in a new stadium, Stadionul Francisc von Neuman (New), opened August 28 2020 (seating approx 12.7K). Unfortunately, it took six years to build. Hopefully he won't have to wait for his pay that long. Salaries should be paid on time at UTA, they’re a decently run club at the moment, even though they’re not rich The ones that have had unpaid players this season afaik were the bottom two teams, Clinceni and Dinamo (who just sold their star player to Poland for €800k, which will help them as they’ve been desperate) UTA’s remaining fixtures of the regular season are against mostly poorer sides, so a good opportunity for him to score goals & the team to move up the table The toughest matches will be away to Rapid (Jan 29) and CFR Cluj (Feb 9; win last four titles & current league leaders), Sepsi will also be tricky (Feb 5) Edited January 20, 2022 by Filip The Real Marc, Buchta and johnyb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 The coach has moved on https://www.uta-arad.ro/stiri/mulumim-laszlo-balint?fbclid=IwAR3XAuDxV5FuNKFpL4UHws60ErUPOMO1V-7Qfhvhiup9zIqHp21EnT4wu8U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 He subbed in m. 84 yesterday as they drew Rapid Bucharest away 1-1. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buchta Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I watched the game yesterday. By the time he came on UTA were mostly just playing for the draw so he didn't really get a good runout. Hopefully, he will get more and more playing time soon. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 He hasn't been on the roster their last two games, including one today. Injured? Maybe he needed to sort something out back in Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 31 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said: He hasn't been on the roster their last two games, including one today. Injured? Maybe he needed to sort something out back in Canada? They just changed their manager. Hopefully that's not the reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Once again he misses out. Why do I feel like he's getting Tristan Borges'd? Trois Reds, narduch, HochelagaFC and 2 others 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Didn't we hear he had a knock or was injured training? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buchta Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 He is not injured. Arad had too many foreigners in their match day squad and Easton was the one who was left off. Roger just left Arad for Cluj so Easton should be back on the bench. narduch, Xavier., johnyb and 6 others 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantic Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Obinna, dyslexic nam, CanadaFan123 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Filip Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Yep, Roger was UTA’s best player by far and also counted towards the non-EU limit here’s the stoppage time equalizer Easton just scored after coming on in minute 64! Nice outside boot finish surely he’ll start against Clinceni next week, by far the weakest team in the league, and continue to solidify his place as starter 🤞 Atlantic, canuckgbp, Corazon and 10 others 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 That's an exquisite finish. Outside of the foot. Excellent way to open your Romanian league account. And to think it was just a few months ago when I saw him play and score for FC Edmonton. What a fantastic spot he's in now, scoring for a competitive team in a decent European top flight. Filip, narduch, dyslexic nam and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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