Ftduck Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Please, please, please at least make the playoffs next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 gheisar has a great record with vaughan but looks like an underwhelming hire when the club talked about having a ton of candidates from all over the world and langley bringing someone with such a resume toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Success in CanPL revolves to a considerable extent around an ability to attract the best available Canadian players who will play for a relatively low salary. They are a lot more likely to live in the GTA than Halifax so having a coach with strong connections at grassroots level from there and even holding part of pre-season training in the Quebec-Windsor corridor rather than Nova Scotia would probably be a good move. Ftduck, Shway and toontownman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillOnFire Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Good choice, deserves the step up and hopefully will bring Ferrin with him! K Edgar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 It's not a super sexy signing but it's generally worked well for Forge and Cavalry. Ftduck and Bison44 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ftduck Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 1 hour ago, toontownman said: It's not a super sexy signing but it's generally worked well for Forge and Cavalry. I dont remember anyone freaking out when Bobby was hired at Forge and look how that's worked out. StillOnFire and toontownman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 I like this kind of signing for CPL. It is about giving Canadians the opportunity to move up the pyramid, whether players, coaches or admin personnel. Some will work out, some will not, kind of like any endeavour. Excited to see what he can do. Stryker911, narduch, Bbeto and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 24 minutes ago, Ftduck said: I dont remember anyone freaking out when Bobby was hired at Forge and look how that's worked out. Exactly, what are the chances of hiring some heavy hitter from somewhere else?? You've got a guy in your backyard with the local L10 connections and has been successful at every level he was at. We often talk about a pipeline for player development, but giving local coaches a chance is just as important, but if they never get a shot........... Ftduck, toontownman, An Observer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califax Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I'm over the moon at this signing. I got to do play-by-play for a lot of Vaughan games when I lived in TO, and they were skilled and disciplined every timed they stepped on the pitch. I hope he adjusts well. StillOnFire, Shway and toontownman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATM Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Going to predict Halifax will have a high percentage of players from Vaughan and York Region. wallflower and MM3/MM2/MM 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccMan Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Also spent a few seasons as the head coach of Seneca college in Toronto , and just a few weeks ago got Seneca College to the national championship final game in Vancouver losing in extra time to Canadian college powerhouse Humber college . Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 1 hour ago, ATM said: Going to predict Halifax will have a high percentage of players from Vaughan and York Region. A lot of coaches for better or worse bring in players they are familiar with. When TFC went through the revolving door of coaches, we had the Dutch contingent, the East European contingent and the American contingent and if Bobby goes to CF Montreal we may see a few more CPL players there. Nancy to Columbus, more Canadians there. nolando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 .......looking at the Seneca College roster.......... Bison44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copes Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I've been thinking about the signing since the announcement. At first I was pretty hesitant but then I think about Bobby and Tommy and how they are the two most successful CPL coaches, and where they came from. I like what I've heard from. Gheiser so far. I like his record over the past few seasons. That is hard to accomish in any league and I think shows a real knowledge of man-management and ability to get player buyin. I'm on board to give this a try. Hope he brings in a couple of studs from his recent team. Very curious what roster moves he makes. I'm still gutted over JGL. MM3/MM2/MM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottsy3 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Ivan, Metro and narduch 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 6 hours ago, Pottsy3 said: Good journalist, knew his stuff, prepared, was on the same page. Is that really so hard? toontownman and Metro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Gheisar comes across very humble, down to earth and likeable so far, while still looking ambitious and hyperfocussed. Might be rooting for a new team this season! Bison44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Not sure how much one should read into this but it could mean, Mo, Fumpa and Campagna will be back. Also, pretty cool video. NVsoccer and Pottsy3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copes Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 (edited) So based on the above video I think we can indeed assume that at least those 3 are returning. With that in mind, any roster speculation? With the coach question answered the next big news will be who is staying and who is moving on. We know several players are signed until 2023, and we've heard of several leaving. Here are my wild predictions (unless I've missed some news along the way): Staying Contract to '23: Morelli, Campagna, Daniels, Mwandwe, Amla, Marshall Executed Options or Renewing: Rampersad, Salter, Polisi, Santos, Schaale, Omar, Fernandez Leaving Confirmed or Rumored: Baskett, Lamothe, Gagnon-Lapare, Garcia Declining Options / Not Renewing: Oxner, Ruby, Bent, Escobar, Gagan, Nouajaa, Samb, Tabi Also I have to say I'm still sad Gagnon-Lapare is where he is on my list. Edited December 5, 2022 by Copes MM3/MM2/MM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallflower Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 On 11/30/2022 at 7:59 PM, ATM said: Going to predict Halifax will have a high percentage of players from Vaughan and York Region. Maybe some of them ooze out of the woodwork like Daniel Cramarossa, Daniel Gogarty... was Brandon John a Gheisar boy? and of course, all agented by Dylan Carreiro. It will be fun to see how much of his pipeline, old and new goes with. Pottsy3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Does anyone know what type of formations and/or styles that Gheisar prefers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 NVsoccer, narduch, Pottsy3 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copes Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Pretty significant shakeup. I was very wrong. https://hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca/article/halifax-wanderers-announce-year-end-roster-moves Pottsy3, narduch, Lurker and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottsy3 Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, Copes said: Pretty significant shakeup. I was very wrong. https://hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca/article/halifax-wanderers-announce-year-end-roster-moves Woah, Schaale is the big surprise to me. I think he’ll be a hot commodity elsewhere in the CPL if he doesn’t return to Europe. The Timoteo option is super interesting. A midfield with Timoteo, Daniels and Omar (if they can get back to form) sounds like a lot of fun. Morelli, Salter, and Mwandwe is a strong attacking core if you can get them healthy at the same time. it’s going to be most interesting to see how they build out the backline with Campagna and Fernandez as the focal pieces. toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, Copes said: Pretty significant shakeup. I was very wrong. https://hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca/article/halifax-wanderers-announce-year-end-roster-moves Here are my surprises: No Baskett, I understood there were off field issues but I thought he played well enough that this would be left in the past under a new coach. Daniels, things went so poorly with him last year I figured his option wouldn’t be exercised or he'd be looking for something completely different... perhaps Gheisar is the difference. Santos, I thought he played considerably well last year and improved over 2021. With Campagna in the mix I guess he was expendable. I'm not sure how I feel about Amla... love the size, hopefully he has a great year. Every appearance last year didn't amount to much, could have just been the teams general inept attack that was the issue though. Edited December 6, 2022 by Lurker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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