BuzzAndSting Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 34 minutes ago, Rheo said: Not sure why I didn't think of this when talking about it yesterday but I'm guessing we won't get any official news for the next couple of weeks. They probably don't want anything getting buried with the Olympics going on I don’t know, they dropped news a couple days after the Herdman story broke. That’s been one of the biggest stories in Canadian soccer for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 minute ago, BuzzAndSting said: I don’t know, they dropped news a couple days after the Herdman story broke. That’s been one of the biggest stories in Canadian soccer for years. Don't you remember, the CSA forced them to hold off on announcing the news so that they could distract all us simpletons from Herdman and it would die and go away *insert X-Files conspiracy theme music here* BuzzAndSting and dbailey62 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) Random article drop from Waking The Red and Mount Royal Soccer https://www.wakingthered.com/2018/2/8/16988868/canadian-premier-league-can-learn-from-australia-aleague-cpl-canpl-canada-soccer https://www.mountroyalsoccer.com/2018/2/8/16976756/how-the-canadian-premier-league-can-benefit-soccer-in-canada Edited February 8, 2018 by Rheo Kent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 3 hours ago, dbailey62 said: I'm sure the club, if there is one, will choose the best person available for the job. For me, none of those four would be suitable unless they have achieved all their coaching certifications. I agree with this. I'd rather they look somewhere like PLSQ (or anything equivalent or higher) for a successful coach than just hiring a player that is just hanging up their boots. dbailey62 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Lessons Down Under: The Canadian Premier League can learn from Australiahttps://www.wakingthered.com/2018/2...rom-australia-aleague-cpl-canpl-canada-soccer matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Rheo said: Random article drop from Waking The Red and Mount Royal Soccer https://www.wakingthered.com/2018/2/8/16988868/canadian-premier-league-can-learn-from-australia-aleague-cpl-canpl-canada-soccer Lessons Down Under: The Canadian Premier League can learn from Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Ansem said: Lessons Down Under: The Canadian Premier League can learn from Australiahttps://www.wakingthered.com/2018/2...rom-australia-aleague-cpl-canpl-canada-soccer Said for a while A-League should be the league we most look at after MLS. I agree with a lot of what is said and to beat my dead horse "...The A-League also has some serious flaws, though. To begin with, its only broadcast deal until 2012 was with a specialty channel that not much of the country has access to." This is my beIN Sports issue lol I also value the writer addressing the fact no play-offs means the lack of boosted attendance and attention on a final and the risk of aggressive expansion. Nice to see a writer bring up some of the questionable moves the CPL is seemingly doing. Edited February 8, 2018 by matty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 14 minutes ago, matty said: I also value the writer addressing the fact no play-offs means the lack of boosted attendance and attention on a final and the risk of aggressive expansion. Nice to see a writer bring up some of the questionable moves the CPL is seemingly doing. I could see the league coming up with a "League Cup" tournament with the final being in a major stadium? Winner goes to CONCACAF League? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Ansem said: I could see the league coming up with a "League Cup" tournament with the final being in a major stadium? Winner goes to CONCACAF League? I don't personally, I think it would be seen as unimportant because of both the league title and Canadian Championship and would lack a great deal of interest from media too. I think it doesn't have as much potential as play-offs They seem to want to do something experimental and it's a big question about how the hell it will work and it's nice to see them not go unchecked on it. Edited February 8, 2018 by matty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 7 minutes ago, matty said: They seem to want to do something experimental and it's a big question about how the hell it will work and it's nice to see them not go unchecked on it. I find it funny that standard world soccer format (ie no playoffs, just table) the CPL is talking about utilizing is considered experimental. And yeah I know it's not standard here (unless I'm misreading what you're saying Matty) Junkie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Rheo said: I find it funny that standard world soccer format (ie no playoffs, just table) the CPL is talking about utilizing is considered experimental. And yeah I know it's not standard here (unless I'm misreading what you're saying Matty) Single table with no pro/rel or play-off is not a standard and also not having play-off is not a world standard. This set up should be seen as an experiment Edited February 8, 2018 by matty Prune_55, Rheo and johnyb 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) I personally don't have an issue with no playoffs without pro/rel. But the reality is we don't know for sure what they're planning and when it's would be implemented. Some of the stuff they speak about is long term (ie pro/rel) goal/plan and the table as league champ could be the same. All the "fun" of the wait I guess lol Edited February 8, 2018 by Rheo matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Rheo said: I personally don't have an issue with no playoffs without pro/rel. But the reality is we don't know for sure what they're planning and when it's would be implemented. Some of the stuff they speak about is long term (ie pro/rel) goal/plan and the table as league champ could be the same. All the "fun" of the wait I guess lol That's fine, I just find it an incredible weird thing to do especially if investigating pro/rel is years or decades away, I'm hopeful that is just a fantasy right now and they stick to, the incredibly common in soccer of the Americas, play-off to decide a champ. And we don't know but they're starting to drop stuff and some of it is weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Something I found after a little bit of digging after reading the waking the red article. According to wikipedia the A-League salary cap in its first season was 1.5 million. That was 13 years of inflation ago and no doubt Australian dollars, but I couldn't help but notice it was the same as the most commonly repeated guess for the CPL. It has grown at a decent clip too. The chart here has the numbers for each season, also with minimum salary for the last 5 seasons.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League#Squad_formation_and_salary_cap matty and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 minute ago, matty said: That's fine, I just find it an incredible weird thing to do especially if investigating pro/rel is years or decades away, I'm hopeful that is just a fantasy right now and they stick to, the incredibly common in soccer of the Americas, play-off to decide a champ. And we don't know but they're starting to drop stuff and some of it is weird. Like I said a couple of posts ago, just part of the "fun" of waiting to see what the format will actually be. The only thing I know is that when everything is official and we know all the details I'm sure that no one will be happy with everything (except me most likely lol). Some will hate a draft, others would pine for it if it's not there. Some will want table, some will want playoffs. Some will hate turf, some won't care. Some will want more foreigners, some will want more Canadians. These and a million others things I'm sure. None of it seems weird to me though. My personal belief is that the people involved are a hell of a lot smarter than I am when it comes to all this stuff and I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt for now until I see how it plays out in reality johnyb, MtlMario and matty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) If there are no playoffs and no cup play with the cup final being the last game played. I think it would be a serious mistake. Without relegation, the no playoff structure kinda falls flat Edited February 8, 2018 by SpursFlu LAK, deschamp86 and matty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Was listening to the latest Albion Roar (Brighton and Hove Albion) podcast and lots of love for PB from the hosts from his time there, talking about his CPL job. gator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 36 minutes ago, SpursFlu said: If there are no playoffs and no cup play with the cup final being the last game played. I think it would be a serious mistake. Without relegation, the no playoff structure kinda falls flat Oh, they'll be playin for a cup.... Rheo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Just now, admin said: Oh, they'll be playin for a cup.... Spoilers!!!!!!!!!! Next thing you know you'll be telling me Luke's father is Darth Vader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Rheo said: Spoilers!!!!!!!!!! Next thing you know you'll be telling me Luke's father is Darth Vader I was talking about this one..... Rheo and matty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, admin said: I was talking about this one..... Ahhhh that makes more sense. Don't mind me just used to seeing people knowing more than I do and hinting so automatically made the assumption of a new one lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 The CSA could move the schedule of the V Cup so that the final takes place after the CPL last week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbailey62 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 6 minutes ago, Ansem said: The CSA could move the schedule of the V Cup so that the final takes place after the CPL last week? MLS clubs would probably object as they will have the stretch run and play-offs to worry about. Gopherbashi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 minute ago, dbailey62 said: MLS clubs would probably object as they will have the stretch run and play-offs to worry about. Sure, but if they want to go to CCL, they'd end up having little choice but to comply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbailey62 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Ansem said: Sure, but if they want to go to CCL, they'd end up having little choice but to comply. It doesn't work that way. Do you really think the fans of the three clubs would accept having their MLS Cup runs damaged by the V Cup? The CSA wouldn't do something that stupid. Admin and Rheo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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