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His « sources » are most probably those players agents…

According to Wikipedia he already played 3 times for Nigeria senior team.

We never sing it in school, at least in my experience and I’m a teacher. When we sing it it’s the bilingual one.

I have nothing against Biello staying, he’s gonna be a good help for Marsch. But, if he is serious about being a Head Coach and one day maybe coach the CMNT, he got to go out of his comfort zone and coach somewhere else. His career follows the same pattern : assistant coach at Montreal. Survives Marsch, Schallibaum and Klopas and has his chance. Assistant coach for Canada, survive Herdman and stays on Marsch’s staff. Is he waiting after Marsch is done so he can be gifted his spot? He said he waited all his life to have the opportunity to coach the CMNT, if he is that passionate about it he should go out there and prove his worth as a coach. York United needs a coach…

I’m curious, why are you so surprised that he’s open to play for us? I know he’s not shy about his love for Croatia but he is born and raised in Canada.

I think this is what it comes down to regarding MB as CMNT assistant coach. The Bob Bradley era at TFC really damaged perception about him from a Canadian perspective. As a CMNT fan first I’m not comfortable with MB coaching guys that lived the trainwreck that was his last year at TFC (Osorio and Laryea, maybe JMR, Kerr, Gavran, Stefanovic, etc.) Maybe those guys would be happy with the appointment but I doubt it. The unrest in the locker room regarding the nepotism was pretty well documented last year.

The new Jeff Paulus.

The Bilbao of Canada.

Would it be possible for Franklin to play RCB like Johnston for CMNT? I don’t know enough about him as a player to know, how tall is he?

Our core of « young veterans » (Davies, David, Larin, Eustaquio, Buchanan, Laryea, Johnston, etc.) is experienced enough to go into the T&T game and win. I would keep Vittoria and Osorio on the squad for leadership and because we don’t have clear cut replacements for them but I’d prefer if they don’t start. I want Vittoria and Bombito on the squad to show him the ropes. Cavalini and Hoilett shouldn’t be included because they have in form replacements (Ugbo/Bair and Corbeanu). Borjan it’s different, I would rather have Crépeau start in his place but I wouldn’t mind having him in the squad for good vibes. It’s not that big of a move to phase out 2/3 big names. I dont know why we make it a bigger deal than it is.

Even if he has zéro coaching experience, I would like to see him replace Olivieri. Can’t be worse.

Do they have an option to buy on his loan contract? If not Basel will probably try to sell to the highest bidder and if he continues to play like that I don’t think PNE will be able to afford him.

https://x.com/niltonjorge/status/1735397451589132318?s=46&t=qeFBufCAdLCdWsL5EnETqQ Rumor has it Laurent Courtois could be the next Impact head coach. Seems like a good choice. He has a good track record at developping young talent and winning. Ready to test himself at a higher level. Better choice at first than Losada who came in with a lot of red flags and not a huge track record of development.

At the 2026 world cup the core leadership group will be Davies, Eustaquio, David and co. So why wait? Let’s rip the band aid off right now so by next world cup everybody’s in the right role. Of course there will be growing pains but the longer you wait, the less time you have to ease on those new leadership roles. That doesn’t mean not call up Borjan, Osorio or Vittoria but if they are not on the field at critical Times (coming back in a game, securing a lead, etc.) other players will learn to be more vocal and take the space left by those veterans.

The problem with Biello and keeping the status quo is that he came out and said that he wants the job and worked « all his life for this opportunity » . If he wants the job that bad, he has to show every body (the fans, the players, the csa) what he is capable of and take some risk. Right now he is doing a continuity of what was slowly going downhill. Maybe it works and we qualify maybe not. We will see after the Jamaica games but right now he is not showing us why he should get the job over other candidates.