K Edgar Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 (edited) Town Hall news anyone? Edited December 7, 2022 by K Edgar toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigMattic1 Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 15 minutes ago, K Edgar said: Town Hall news anyone? I haven't heard anything and Twitter has been quiet too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, EnigMattic1 said: I haven't heard anything and Twitter has been quiet too. Ohin, Haynes and AJB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigMattic1 Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, K Edgar said: Ohin, Haynes and AJB. I really hope they are gonna post more. I mean, we knew about Rafa and AJB returning and Haynes got announced the day before. I want to know what the Commish said and what questions were asked. K Edgar and longlugan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Valour's town hall seems to have been a bust in terms of roster news. Found this from an often reliable source. Must be referring to Romeo or Mekideche as the possible 3rd. Losing one of them would mean a rebuild of the defense as well as the offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigMattic1 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 5 hours ago, K Edgar said: Valour's town hall seems to have been a bust in terms of roster news. Found this from an often reliable source. Must be referring to Romeo or Mekideche as the possible 3rd. Losing one of them would mean a rebuild of the defense as well as the offense. Unfortunately, I could see it being Romeo. Having played for Toronto previously, I could see teams in Next Pro looking at him. If it was one of Romeo or Mekideche, I would seriously take a look at Eriks Santos or even Schaale as a replacement. However, both of those would use an international slot. But, if Haynes is a replacement for Johnny 1 Minute, that would free up an international slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 17 hours ago, K Edgar said: Valour's town hall seems to have been a bust in terms of roster news. Found this from an often reliable source. Must be referring to Romeo or Mekideche as the possible 3rd. Losing one of them would mean a rebuild of the defense as well as the offense. Is there any particular reason this is a "must"? In any case, if AJB is returning keeping both around may not be the best use of resources. I'd hang on to Mekideche, given the choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesmazz Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 18 hours ago, K Edgar said: Valour's town hall seems to have been a bust in terms of roster news. Found this from an often reliable source. Must be referring to Romeo or Mekideche as the possible 3rd. Losing one of them would mean a rebuild of the defense as well as the offense. Rumour is that it could be Gutierrez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigMattic1 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 2 hours ago, jonovision said: Is there any particular reason this is a "must"? In any case, if AJB is returning keeping both around may not be the best use of resources. I'd hang on to Mekideche, given the choice. You also can't rule out the possibility of keeping both and playing 3 at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 1 hour ago, charlesmazz said: Rumour is that it could be Gutierrez. If it's Gutierrez that would be a crushing blow. Probably the most important player on the team, unless you have a healthy AJB (ie: not 2022 AJB). K Edgar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, EnigMattic1 said: You also can't rule out the possibility of keeping both and playing 3 at the back. Is Cebara back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigMattic1 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 34 minutes ago, jonovision said: Is Cebara back? At the moment, no. The only confirmed returnees are Ohin and AJB, although an article on the CPL website also lists de Brienne, Baquero, Ponce, Gutierrez, Rayane, Rendon and Catavolo. Cebara is listed as "out of contract, either moving on to other opportunities or the club is still in discussion for a possible return in '23" jonovision 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 2 hours ago, jonovision said: Is there any particular reason this is a "must"? All I meant is looking at the list of Valour players still not re-signed or departed (Romeo, Mikhael, Cebara, Peña, Esparza, Mekideche, Fordyce, Carlos, Riggi) Romeo and Mekideche are the obvious choices for another team to poach. 1 hour ago, charlesmazz said: Rumour is that it could be Gutierrez. Would be a massif loss. Re-signed with Valour for 2023 -- Valour would have to be financially compensated? Dyer, Levis, a couple of York players rumoured... would appear that US leagues (USL Championship, Next Pro) have noticed the talent in the CPL. jonovision 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro2 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 2 hours ago, charlesmazz said: Rumour is that it could be Gutierrez. He was our best player last season. K Edgar and jonovision 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro2 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Valour wasn't good enough for the playoffs last year. It seems all of our top players are leaving/have left (Akio, Levis, Dyer, Gutierrez, Rea) The players we have left are........not inspiring. Just replacing our best players this off-season would be incredibly impressive. I don't have confidence that the club will get the right. Our South American signings last year were underwhelming. Even if the clubs nails their replacement signings this offseason, that still wouldn't even be enough to make the playoffs, because we need a better team than what we had last year or the year before. It feels like 2 steps back right now. K Edgar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top cheese Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 On 12/4/2022 at 12:33 PM, EnigMattic1 said: Unfortunately, no. Although, there is right footed, creative midfielder Alessandro Calado who is 19 and spent the U-Sports season with York and getting 2 goals in 2 appearances. Calado is not a CPL-level player. I personally dont see him as a quality U-Sport Player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top cheese Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 7 hours ago, Soccerpro2 said: Valour wasn't good enough for the playoffs last year. It seems all of our top players are leaving/have left (Akio, Levis, Dyer, Gutierrez, Rea) The players we have left are........not inspiring. Just replacing our best players this off-season would be incredibly impressive. I don't have confidence that the club will get the right. Our South American signings last year were underwhelming. Even if the clubs nails their replacement signings this offseason, that still wouldn't even be enough to make the playoffs, because we need a better team than what we had last year or the year before. It feels like 2 steps back right now. Seems like Valour will have another full roster turnover this year. K Edgar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Gutierrez returning would be the difference between at least bringing back a good chunk of the spine of the team from the previous year (AJB, one of the other CBs hopefully, Gutierrez, a guy that should at least know the system in Ohin), and a near total disaster. K Edgar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigMattic1 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 34 minutes ago, jonovision said: Gutierrez returning would be the difference between at least bringing back a good chunk of the spine of the team from the previous year (AJB, one of the other CBs hopefully, Gutierrez, a guy that should at least know the system in Ohin), and a near total disaster. Gutierrez was never in doubt as his contract ran to 2023 anyway (along with Catavolo). Whether or not he remains a Valour player is still in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigMattic1 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Ok, I figured I would post this as it is an answer to a question that was originally intended to be asked at the Town Hall. Going forward, Valour hope to develop their high performance program and have it eventually work as an academy. They are working closely with many teams in and around Winnipeg which is allowing them to build a network that they intend to use. toontownman, Ivan, Shway and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 I was pleasantly surprised to find a letter in the mail from Valour pushing ticket packages for 2023, especially since I was not a season ticket holder. I was a little less happy with the included letter from Wade Miller, which read almost like a ransom note. Basically the message was: get average attendance up to 5000 or you can kiss your little soccer team goodbye. Did anyone else get this? K Edgar and toontownman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top cheese Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 12/9/2022 at 10:47 AM, EnigMattic1 said: Ok, I figured I would post this as it is an answer to a question that was originally intended to be asked at the Town Hall. Going forward, Valour hope to develop their high performance program and have it eventually work as an academy. They are working closely with many teams in and around Winnipeg which is allowing them to build a network that they intend to use. One of the issues in Manitoba is that multiple groups are calling themselves high-performance or elite when they can't offer the necessary support for the players. They all compete with other for a piece of the market rather than putting the player's best development interests first. I guess Valor wants to dip itself into this market as well. Question though, if they want to create a high-performance academy, who are they going to play to have regular high-performance level competition? Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigMattic1 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 2 hours ago, top cheese said: One of the issues in Manitoba is that multiple groups are calling themselves high-performance or elite when they can't offer the necessary support for the players. They all compete with other for a piece of the market rather than putting the player's best development interests first. I guess Valor wants to dip itself into this market as well. Question though, if they want to create a high-performance academy, who are they going to play to have regular high-performance level competition? This is what I want to know. It appears that teams like Winnipeg Phoenix and Bonivital (plus the 3 others announced a while back) are primary "feeders" for the high performance squad at present. As it isn't officially being run as an academy, I would assume that the players that Valour are interested in will continue to play for their respective teams, but have regular training sessions with Valour in order to further their development, until a time that Valour have an academy squad in a competitive league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigMattic1 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Is it bad that I have only just found out that James Pantemis is a free agent? Shame there is next to no chance of him returning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Valour FC has "rights retained" for Jacob Carlos. Not sure if that guarantees him a spot on the roster or just a spot at training camp. He does not reenter the CPL-USports draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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