MM3/MM2/MM 839 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Khabra Steps Down From Football - Northern Tribune Ajay Khabra retires to pursue his education after he didn't reach a deal with Atlético, unfortunate for players like this, but opens up opportunities for other young Canadian players. However without the CPL he would not have fulfilled his dream of playing professional soccer. HochelagaFC and NVsoccer 2 Link to post Share on other sites
yothat2 96 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 9 hours ago, MM3/MM2/MM said: Khabra Steps Down From Football - Northern Tribune Ajay Khabra retires to pursue his education after he didn't reach a deal with Atlético, unfortunate for players like this, but opens up opportunities for other young Canadian players. However without the CPL he would not have fulfilled his dream of playing professional soccer. Could he play in the Indian Super League ?! It's late in the cpl offseason too get released by Ottawa..why not pursue an education Link to post Share on other sites
Ansem 8,906 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) Edited February 22 by Ansem Link to post Share on other sites
BuzzAndSting 3,224 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Another disappointing departure. Ben Fisk not returning. https://www.instagram.com/p/CLxFdAajsXH/?igshid=1nbwnfj000qon yothat2 and Dominic94 2 Link to post Share on other sites
sloth8 175 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 I was starting to wonder if Fisk wasn't returning since the team was taking so long to announce anything. Nacho isn't coming back either. So, no goalies from last season are returning. Here's a list of all the players AO announced today that won't be returning for the 2021 season: https://atleticoottawa.canpl.ca/article/atletico-ottawa-roster-update 1 GK Nacho Zabal Contract expired February 26, 2021 [7] 9 MF Mohamed Kourouma Contract expired February 26, 2021 [7] 10 MF Ben Fisk Contract expired February 26, 2021 [7] 12 DF Michel Djaozandry Contract expired February 26, 2021 [7] 14 DF Jarred Phillips Contract expired February 26, 2021 [7] 30 GK Horace Sobze Zemo Contract expired February 26, 2021 [7] 42 MF Matteo de Brienne Contract expired February 26, 2021 [7] Dominic94 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MM3/MM2/MM 839 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 A major roster rebuild, not surprising given the challenges of last year. Only 5 players who played more than a half season and 2 more who played any minutes, 13 roster spots open, 3 internationals and 10 Canadians, they will have to sign some top Canadian talent to be competitive. Dominic94 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Unnamed Trialist 6,155 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Rumours on Fisk's new destination? Some of these other players being dropped make sense (the keepers), although it is a bit late and they are going to have to get moving on things. Link to post Share on other sites
BuzzAndSting 3,224 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 If Ben Fisk retires to “pursue other things” the league has a major problem... if it didn’t already. Link to post Share on other sites
Aird25 1,495 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 6 minutes ago, BuzzAndSting said: If Ben Fisk retires to “pursue other things” the league has a major problem... if it didn’t already. I hope he doesn't but it would be very understandable for him to pursue other options. I imagine he's been trying to eke out a living at this for 8+ years already and he's now into his prime. I can't imagine he's been paid well anywhere he's gone and I don't see a big pay day in his future. Link to post Share on other sites
An Observer 859 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) I hate to say it but Athetico is starting to look like a bust in this league as an owner. Last year I gave them a bit of a pass for signing players so late and playing the island games with an under strength side. This year there is much less of an excuse. They have had a year to get their act together and arguably should have more cash to get through this crisis than others. But other than Copeland, we have seen no real young talent signed and huge gaps still in the roster where almost all the other sides have filled their rosters out or at least made significant additions. It starts to worry me that this is more of a misplaced branding exercise by the parent rather than a serious investment in the development of future players. Edited February 27 by An Observer Grammar Link to post Share on other sites
yothat2 96 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 2 hours ago, Aird25 said: I hope he doesn't but it would be very understandable for him to pursue other options. I imagine he's been trying to eke out a living at this for 8+ years already and he's now into his prime. I can't imagine he's been paid well anywhere he's gone and I don't see a big pay day in his future. Give it a listen - Hes currently studying a business degree. Think that why he didn't pursue a stay busy loan abroad. He still wants to go the highest level he can playing futbol is what i got from the pod Link to post Share on other sites
BuzzAndSting 3,224 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 35 minutes ago, An Observer said: I hate to say it but Athetico is starting to look like a bust in this league as an owner. Last year I gave them a bit of a pass for signing players so late and playing the island games with an under strength side. This year there is much less of an excuse. They have had a year to get their act together and arguably should have more cash to get through this crisis than others. But other than Copeland, we have seen no real young talent signed and huge gaps still in the roster where almost all the other sides have filled their rosters out or at least made significant additions. It starts to worry me that this is more of a misplaced branding exercise by the parent rather than a serious investment in the development of future players. You overlook Jeff Hunt. Link to post Share on other sites
CanadaFan123 2,313 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 3 hours ago, BuzzAndSting said: If Ben Fisk retires to “pursue other things” the league has a major problem... if it didn’t already. 4 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Rumours on Fisk's new destination? Some of these other players being dropped make sense (the keepers), although it is a bit late and they are going to have to get moving on things. Rumoured to be headed to Forge. Can’t blame him if he gets to play continental football and the voyageurs cup final. It’s a critical part of his career. Dominic94 and BuzzAndSting 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
scooterlawrence5 55 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Not good if Ottawa struggles. Let's remember that Atletico Madrid is backing them. We want Atletico to be "very delighted" with their CPL investment so that it attracts $$$ from other HUGE European clubs. BuzzAndSting, MtlMario and yothat2 3 Link to post Share on other sites
toontownman 3,357 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Honestly don't get the rage about Fisk. I can only imagine we simply havent seen the best of him in the CPL and I didn't see him before to judge. He was pretty much heralded as one of the best players in the league when he was signed to Pacific. I certainly wouldn't put him top 10 or maybe even top 20 from what I have seen of him. I hope he does go to forge and we see the potential I have seen people talk about come into fruition. As for Ottawa, they would have been very much aware of this in december imo. That this many people are leaving will be a decision of their choosing. They have the best resources of any club in the league. They will be fine imo. Link to post Share on other sites
yothat2 96 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 55 minutes ago, toontownman said: Honestly don't get the rage about Fisk. I can only imagine we simply havent seen the best of him in the CPL and I didn't see him before to judge. He was pretty much heralded as one of the best players in the league when he was signed to Pacific. I certainly wouldn't put him top 10 or maybe even top 20 from what I have seen of him. I hope he does go to forge and we see the potential I have seen people talk about come into fruition. As for Ottawa, they would have been very much aware of this in december imo. That this many people are leaving will be a decision of their choosing. They have the best resources of any club in the league. They will be fine imo. I thought he was pretty good in the NASL Had a swagger when he goes 1 v 1 against players you don't always see from Canadians..haven't seen him much in the cpl. He only left Pacific BC he thought playing for athelico Ottawa might open the door to playing for a higher level clubs through athleico network.. toontownman 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ansem 8,906 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Looks like they aren't going to miss the next Jonathan David Bbeto, johnyb, Red and White and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
An Observer 859 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 8 hours ago, Ansem said: Looks like they aren't going to miss the next Jonathan David not to get all grammatical but it should be "Official Partner Powered by Atletico Ottawa" Link to post Share on other sites
Dominic94 1,211 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 On 3/1/2021 at 11:21 AM, Ansem said: Looks like they aren't going to miss the next Jonathan David They didn’t miss him though he turned MLS down. Glad to see that Athletico is making inroads and starting to expand their network, shouldn’t be long now until their next Coupland is found. Link to post Share on other sites
Footyeh 50 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 2 hours ago, Dominic94 said: They didn’t miss him though he turned MLS down. Glad to see that Athletico is making inroads and starting to expand their network, shouldn’t be long now until their next Coupland is found. They shouldn't worry about the "next" Coupland when they haven't made use of the "current" Coupland. CPL has nothing going for it for senior players, its these younger kids that should be getting major minutes so that they can be sold to Europe. He's 18 in December and has played 46 minutes in CPL.. Initial B and Dominic94 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dominic94 1,211 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 1 minute ago, Footyeh said: They shouldn't worry about the "next" Coupland when they haven't made use of the "current" Coupland. CPL has nothing going for it for senior players, its these younger kids that should be getting major minutes so that they can be sold to Europe. He's 18 in December and has played 46 minutes in CPL.. Losing the season hurt them forsure, let’s see how this years play the kids movement goes. Footyeh 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ansem 8,906 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 johnyb, Red and White and Dominic94 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Atlantic 199 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Don’t know how legit this is but it would be weird if this was some made up roster 🤷🏼♂️ NVsoccer, toontownman and Dominic94 3 Link to post Share on other sites
toontownman 3,357 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Pretty uninspiring pick players off the discard pile. That said with an extra 3/4 bigger quality signings there is potential there. Link to post Share on other sites
MM3/MM2/MM 839 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 (edited) Looks decent to me with Telfer and Wright up front, Manella and Verhoven at mid, need another keeper and a few defenders at minimum. Edited March 8 by MM3/MM2/MM Ivan and Dominic94 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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