MauditYvon Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 5 hours ago, Obinna said: In all seriousness, Oman and Australia would be a very good window for us. Proper tests and you could run out a first choice line up against the Aussies, but an experimental team against Oman. Sounds like just want we need to build our depth while also preparing for the NL quarter finals. Could also be a good chance to build back some momentum, along with our reputation, which we want to see back to where it deserves after emerging as an upstart power from CONCACAF. 23-man Squad I would call for such a window: GK - Borjan (Slovan Bratislava) GK - St. Clair (Minnesota) GK - Sirois (Montreal) ...it's time btw D - Laryea (La Liga?) D - Johnston (Celtic) D - Zator (Korona Kielce) D - McGraw (Portland) D - Vitoria (Chaves) D - Cornelius (Malmo) D - Miller (Inter Miami) D - Adekugbe (Galatasaray?) M - Eustaquio (Porto) M - Kone (Watford) M - Loturi (Ross County) M - Ahmed (Vancouver) M - Bombito (Colorado) M - Nelson (Rosenborg) F - David (Juve?) F - Ugbo (Cardiff City) F - Davies (Bayern) F - Buchanan (Inter?) F - Millar (Basel) F - Corbeanu (Grasshopper) No Larin? Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 On 7/4/2023 at 6:16 PM, narduch said: Didn't we turn them down too? I thought it wasn't that we turned them down, it was that we didn't say "yes" fast enough. That while DeVos was trying to work out the financials, Mexico accepted (initially). With the $5m now coming in, I would think this is a much more viable option now. narduch, jhoops__ and Stryker911 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, MauditYvon said: No Larin? Forgot the big man. Has to be there ahead of Brym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Choiniere??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Stoppage Time said: Choiniere??? I did forget him. Shieeeet he gotta be in there too. He's ahead of Bombito but knowing how committed JH is to that experiment, it's probably Loturi who would miss out. Either way yeah Choniere needs to get called and capped. Stoppage Time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbacons Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Osorio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 4 hours ago, canadianbacons said: Osorio? No I left Oso out intentionally. The guy looks like he needs a rest and if we are going to build our midfield depth Oso may have to be rotated out. Not saying Oso is done with the NT, but I would rather his minutes go to Ahmed or Choniere in a friendly. Ottawafan, Shway, costarg and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkRegionFan Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 In this article about John Herdman's take on the Gold Cup, it mentions that hopefully something can be announced about the September and October windows. "Herdman, who has been clear his team needs to stay busy, says there has been plenty of action behind the scenes trying to set up his team's fall schedule against a backdrop of financial issues with Canada Soccer. He said he's hopeful an announcement will come soon." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 On 7/8/2023 at 1:41 PM, Obinna said: Forgot the big man. Has to be there ahead of Brym. You didn't list Brym though.... On 7/8/2023 at 12:12 PM, MauditYvon said: F - David (Juve?) F - Ugbo (Cardiff City) F - Davies (Bayern) F - Buchanan (Inter?) F - Millar (Basel) F - Corbeanu (Grasshopper) I'll assume you'll either drop Corbeanu, or Ugbo? The rest are all untouchable for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 10 hours ago, Shway said: You didn't list Brym though.... I'll assume you'll either drop Corbeanu, or Ugbo? The rest are all untouchable for you? Thought I had but guess I never. Good catch. I think for Ugbo versus Corbeanu it may come down to form, but generally speaking I think we need to bring Ugbo as that 3rd no. 9 option, though I really want us to get Corbeanu involved again. He's a big talent that should find himself eventually. I would also be tempted to call both and drop Millar, considering he was just part of the Gold Cup squad. You want to reward players who play well at the NT, which Millar did, but another way to look at it would be that Millar answered some questions for Herdman over the GC, so now JH could bring in Corbeanu to likewise get some answers, if that makes sense. They'll both be in the same league, so we'd have a means to judge them against each other as well, if we want to make the choice based moreso on form. MtlMario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 Bulgaria may be free in September as Uzbekistan will be in the USA. It looks like Turkey will play Japan in Belgium. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 More chatter of Australia playing Mexico. Seeminly will be in Texas. Far as I know they still have just one friendly opponent. Texas to Ontario or Quebec isn't very close. BC is even further away. Would they actually come up to play us, or would they stay in the US to play someone like Guatemala or El Salvador, who would fill up the stands just as easily as Mexico? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 11 hours ago, Obinna said: More chatter of Australia playing Mexico. Seeminly will be in Texas. Far as I know they still have just one friendly opponent. Texas to Ontario or Quebec isn't very close. BC is even further away. Would they actually come up to play us, or would they stay in the US to play someone like Guatemala or El Salvador, who would fill up the stands just as easily as Mexico? Someone's never been to Whistler. 😉 Australia would actually probably do surprisingly well in Vancouver. Cost probably still isn't worth it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 29, 2023 Author Share Posted July 29, 2023 Looks like Costa Rica will also go to Europe in September. Their tentative plan is the United Arab Emirates in Madrid and Saudi Arabia in England. https://elmundo.cr/deportes/costa-rica-cerca-de-concretar-dos-fogueos-para-el-mes-de-septiembre/ Canada still has opportunities for that window even if the best teams are all taken. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 So Costa Rica, Panama,Jamaica and even Honduras have better funding than Canada? 😔 Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 I have fully resigned myself that we will play no meaningful friendlies this fall. narduch and YorkRegionFan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 29, 2023 Author Share Posted July 29, 2023 39 minutes ago, Kadenge said: So Costa Rica, Panama,Jamaica and even Honduras have better funding than Canada? 😔 Everyone does. Honduras and Guatemala have to play CNL in September and October, so they will play a friendly in Ft. Lauderdale just before the FIFA window begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 On 7/14/2023 at 10:54 PM, Watchmen said: Someone's never been to Whistler. 😉 Australia would actually probably do surprisingly well in Vancouver. Cost probably still isn't worth it though. Oh yah.. spend 2 hours in Whistler and you're going to want to throw some of those rio geande bouys out into the Juan de fuca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trc2014 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 3 hours ago, Stryker911 said: I have fully resigned myself that we will play no meaningful friendlies this fall. Yeah at this rate I’d be pretty surprised if Canada played before November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawafan Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 13 minutes ago, trc2014 said: Yeah at this rate I’d be pretty surprised if Canada played before November. A break isn't the worst thing for the players but I am sure they'd rather be playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Now just hear me out, if the apperance fees are so much, and we have a few global stars (Davies/David) on our team, decent ranking and are seemingly a beatable opponent for many higher ranked clubs, why dont we just whore ourselves out for a little cash?? I know we all want a game in canada, but if we offer ourselves up as a sparing partner dont we get our guys experience on the road, hostile enviroments etc, toughen them up?? Got to be someone looking for an interesting game for their home crowd? We dont spend as much and can maybe still swing something that lets Herdman blood a few new guys, and try and keep cohesion going with the rest of the regulars that might show. TOcanadafan and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 I think all the John's are in Europe and they have Euro qualifying -although Germany might want to bend us over, they do all their whoring on the road in the USA in these windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 33 minutes ago, Bison44 said: Now just hear me out, if the apperance fees are so much, and we have a few global stars (Davies/David) on our team, decent ranking and are seemingly a beatable opponent for many higher ranked clubs, why dont we just whore ourselves out for a little cash?? I know we all want a game in canada, but if we offer ourselves up as a sparing partner dont we get our guys experience on the road, hostile enviroments etc, toughen them up?? Got to be someone looking for an interesting game for their home crowd? We dont spend as much and can maybe still swing something that lets Herdman blood a few new guys, and try and keep cohesion going with the rest of the regulars that might show. According to JDV, the Saudis offered us $500K to play them, but the CSA would have to spend a similar amount to arrange a match for the CWNT and they don't have the budget for that. Something to do with gender equality apparently. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 17 minutes ago, Kadenge said: According to JDV, the Saudis offered us $500K to play them, but the CSA would have to spend a similar amount to arrange a match for the CWNT and they don't have the budget for that. Something to do with gender equality apparently. Did we ever get clarify from anyone if "equality" meant "same funding" (ie $500k for the men = $500k for the women) or "equal opportunity" (ie 2 friendlies for the men = 2 friendlies for the women)? Stoppage Time, johnyb and ray 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 10 minutes ago, Watchmen said: Did we ever get clarify from anyone if "equality" meant "same funding" (ie $500k for the men = $500k for the women) or "equal opportunity" (ie 2 friendlies for the men = 2 friendlies for the women)? can't find the JDV quote just yet. It was 2 friendlies and a net cost of 200K (700K -500K). The quote stated they had to spend 700K for the CWNT johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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