OT: CF Montréal: L'Ère de Courtoisie

[Adam Michaels]

I just hope he doesn’t explode his mcl in his first game for you guys.

Glassi Limpalainen
Broken Toye
Holy Mary and Josef de Marde-inez

Ready for the season now.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[ArtPeur]

According to Nilton's numbers from a week ago, we didn't have any TAM left

 

[Tabarouette]

Can you believe we might see some goals this year?

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

How much is APPLE+ MLS SEASON PASS again?

 

[Michelangelo]

How much is APPLE+ MLS SEASON PASS again?

Paging @Skip Bayless

 

[ArtPeur]

The Dream

 

[Tabarouette]

How much is APPLE+ MLS SEASON PASS again?

free with a season ticket actually

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

free with a season ticket actually

So, stupid expensive for someone who can't attend every home game like me

 

[Tabarouette]

So, stupid expensive for someone who can't attend every home game like me

it's literally free if someone from mcgill buys your Miami ticket, you fool!

 

[Michelangelo]

Interesting tidbit from Filosa here. Good on the club, if true

Selon ce que j’ai appris de sources fiables, d’importantes discussions d’ordre philosophique ont eu lieu dans les bureaux du CF Montréal au cours des derniers mois. Celles-ci ont débouché sur une transformation de sa culture.

Jusqu’à l’an dernier, le club s’affichait publiquement, et presque exclusivement, comme une équipe qui forme des joueurs. Le CF Montréal voulait presque uniquement acheter et vendre des joueurs pour en tirer profil. La victoire semblait vraiment secondaire… Cette philosophie a été difficile pour les partisans.

Mais, voilà que les choses commencent tranquillement à changer. Plusieurs jeunes joueurs ont quitté l’équipe depuis l’an dernier et des atlètes plus expérimentés ont pris leurs places. On peut penser à Raheem Edwards, Ruan, Mathias Coccaro, Dominic Iankov et Josef Martinez.

Clairement, ceux à l’interne qui désiraient une philosophie plus équilibrée ont eu gain de cause. Est-ce que ça veut dire que le club abandonne l’idée de développer et vendre des joueurs? Non, absolument pas.

 

[Tabarouette]

I wish I was so rich I could have a business where you treat clients like shit, have expensive meetings to "realize" you are, and then get celebrated for trying to treat them a little better

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

A smaller market team in a secondary league has to sell players, that's pretty much the only business model possible in football. I get why more casual fans won't be happy with that though, you do have to find a balance.

 

[Skip Bayless]

I think the lack of balance last season was due to a lack of funds/ressources. Not because they just decided to field a team with no offense.

 

[LPHabsFan]

A smaller market team in a secondary league has to sell players, that's pretty much the only business model possible in football. I get why more casual fans won't be happy with that though, you do have to find a balance.

We all get that. People weren't upset that they sold the players. People were upset that they didn't immediately spend that money on acquiring new players to sell hopefully for even more money. Which is basically what they're doing this year.

And we all knew the coach was going to be a disaster.

 

[Stanley Cup]

Could also have been because the resale market on players was super inflated, which could've both triggered sales on our end and prevented acquisitions. Unsure how correlated the markets are, but the timing at which we sold our players last year coincided with the stock markets' peak. We don't know how Renard's discussions went. Maybe we were super smart. Who knows.

 

[BaseballCoach]

I wish I was so rich I could have a business where you treat clients like shit, have expensive meetings to "realize" you are, and then get celebrated for trying to treat them a little better

If you grew up hearing how clients were coerced into buying your family's product "or else" and living a high lifestyle as a result, it would be quite likely you will grow up without proper respect for honest hardworking people.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Could also have been because the resale market on players was super inflated, which could've both triggered sales on our end and prevented acquisitions. Unsure how correlated the markets are, but the timing at which we sold our players last year coincided with the stock markets' peak. We don't know how Renard's discussions went. Maybe we were super smart. Who knows.

Renard may have been working on a few things that ended up not happening too, it's hard to know.

 

[Tabarouette]

If you grew up hearing how clients were coerced into buying your family's product "or else" and living a high lifestyle as a result, it would be quite likely you will grow up without proper respect for honest hardworking people.

"I like the one that says 'some goals'"

 

[Skip Bayless]

How much is APPLE+ MLS SEASON PASS again?

All the Messis for 129.99

 

[Skip Bayless]

For those who've never tried it.

The image quality is amazing. The audio in french is not very good, it tends to have issues, such as the commentators being too low in volume and image synch. problems at times.

The weekly content was trash, so I'm expecting them to step up their game.

I wouldn't have kept it if it wasn't for Messi, watching Mexican teams getting destroyed in the leagues cup and LAFC.

So for me it was worth it all in all.

I just wish there was more afternoon games.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[ArtPeur]

Edit. Misread the post

Hey, a game we can watch

 

[JtotheC]

Mahala .. breakout year. Showed flashes last season. I think he will put it together and have an incredible season.

 

[ArtPeur]

Mahala .. breakout year. Showed flashes last season. I think he will put it together and have an incredible season.

Yeah he was a leading scorer at 4 goals among forwards.. and he came in late in Summer while everyone else played the whole season here. I wonder how they're going to use the forwards this season. We have Coccaro, Martinez and Opuku that could be regular starters