Valour FC Season Thread 2021

[Big_M 1,955]

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[top cheese 236]

So currently, 

jean baptiste 

Soto ( hopefully he turns out better then mitter)

pena

ohin

levis

cabera

katcher 

galan 

dyer

bouku- moutua ( spelling)

are signed for 21’? 

lots of work left for management. I

Edited January 4 by top cheese

[Ansem 8,906]

 

 

[toontownman 3,357]

Seems like a solid pick up in the area they need it the most. Not sure he is a 10+ goal scorer but we shall see. Good experience.

[top cheese 236]

Transfer market said he’s had 3 loans in Venezuela. I can’t seem to see any video but he doesn’t look like he’s very physical strong to play cf. judging by past international signings we should be skeptical about gales sell job on this one. 

[T_Bison 178]

Looking at his Transfermarkt I only see one loan?

[Zem 1,462]

On 1/7/2021 at 2:12 PM, toontownman said:

Not sure he is a 10+ goal scorer but we shall see. Good experience.

He was a 9-goal scorer in Venezuela's top division in 2019, so it doesn't seem like much of a stretch honestly

[Güerito 51]

Article from Valour website

 

Goalies
Incumbents: James Pantemis, Matt Silva

Signed: N/A

TBD: Silva, Pantemis

 

Defenders
Incumbents: Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Arnold Bouka-Moutou, Federico Pena, Stefan Cebara, Dante Campbell, Yohan LeBourhis, Chakib Hocine, Raph Garcia, Julian Dunn

Signed: Jean-Baptiste, Cebara, Bouka-Moutou, Pena, Amir Soto

Leaving the club / Not returning: Campbell, LeBourhis, Hocine 

TBD: Garcia, Dunn

 

Midfield
Incumbents: Raph Ohin, Brett Levis, Moses Dyer, Fraser Aird, Dylan Carreiro, Diego Gutiérrez, Daryl Fordyce, Jose Galan

Signed: Ohin, Levis, Dyer

Leaving the club / Not returning: Aird, Carreiro, Gutierrez

TBD: Fordyce, Galan

 

Forwards
Incumbents: Masta Kacher, Austin Ricci, Solomon Kojo Antwi, Shaan Hundal

Signed: Kacher, Ricci, Ronny Maza

Leaving the club / Not returning: Hundal, Antwi

Edited January 15 by Güerito

[top cheese 236]

So I guess it’s safe to assume at this point that antwi was a you tube video that pulled the wool over the eyes of valour 

[top cheese 236]

A lot of recruiting left to do in key areas of the pitch. Turnover seems significant. Particularly with the poor use of international cards 

[BCM 721]

On 1/18/2021 at 1:10 AM, top cheese said:

So I guess it’s safe to assume at this point that antwi was a you tube video that pulled the wool over the eyes of valour 

...which was kinda obvious at the time, with the CV/wikipedia page not exactly in line with the reality. 

[top cheese 236]

9 hours ago, BCM said:

...which was kinda obvious at the time, with the CV/wikipedia page not exactly in line with the reality. 

There’s was also someone from genk who said the club never heard of him. If I remember correctly gale got pretty upset at the questioning from the media

[BCM 721]

On 1/24/2021 at 8:27 AM, top cheese said:

There’s was also someone from genk who said the club never heard of him. If I remember correctly gale got pretty upset at the questioning from the media

Yes, that's one of the things I was referring to...the purported CV didn't match the reality of the real CV. Valour and the league looked very bad...

[Ansem 8,906]

Just caught this

 

 

Edited January 27 by Ansem

[top cheese 236]

1 hour ago, Ansem said:

Just caught this

 

 

Team is really struggling to use their international cards effectively 

[youllneverwalkalone 1,097]

I dunno, Sporting Cristal have produced a lot of great players. Seems like a logical place to do a loan/buy option.

[mtlsab 166]

4 hours ago, Ansem said:

Just caught this

 

 

Confirmed by the league:
https://canpl.ca/article/valour-fc-add-18-year-old-winger-jared-ulloa-on-loan

[narduch 3,486]

3 hours ago, top cheese said:

Team is really struggling to use their international cards effectively 

His father is Canadian.

[toontownman 3,357]

Interesting one. Plays up his eligibility for full cmnt and canada olympic team in the article. Bit premature but another reason for more eyes on him to see how he does this summer.

[top cheese 236]

14 minutes ago, narduch said:

His father is Canadian.

So he doesn’t count as an international that’s good news

[top cheese 236]

11 hours ago, toontownman said:

Interesting one. Plays up his eligibility for full cmnt and canada olympic team in the article. Bit premature but another reason for more eyes on him to see how he does this summer.

Gale likes to play up a lot of his signings in the media most of which haven’t panned out

[toontownman 3,357]

It's the CPL that wrote that, to be fair to Gale. To be fair to you, you are still right  

[Ansem 8,906]

 

 

[MM3/MM2/MM 839]

Looks solid with most of his career as a regular starter in Costa Rica's Tier 1 and a stint a few years back in Mexico's Tier 2.  As a senior international signing it would seem to indicate that Galan will not be returning.

[deschamp86 720]

1 hour ago, MM3/MM2/MM said:

As a senior international signing it would seem to indicate that Galan will not be returning.

That would sting having Valour sign his replacement on his birthday. Still not as bad as Issey being traded on his birthday lol