OT: Montréal Impact Thread : Un changement de Garde

[Paul Dipietro]

Man I can't wait until rumors start coming out, I have a feeling some moves have already been made and are about to be announced in the next couple of weeks.

Same. Really have a different overall feeling from years past. I just hope talent infusion is relatively young though...

 

[ArtPeur]

Yeah we can't wait to hear about players like Unain Kohnu

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Yeah we can't wait to hear about players like Unain Kohnu

Foo-Kin No Won the Korean wonder.

 

[Skip Bayless]

Foo-Kin No Won the Korean wonder.

The Korean dream

 

[Emanresu Wen]

 

[JunglePete]

Lmao

 

[Skip Bayless]

Right into the cringe compilation 2017

 

[JunglePete]

He looks like that character from the Incredibles.

 

[Adam Michaels]

He looks like that character from the Incredibles.

 

[JunglePete]

Looks like Lyon REALLY doesn't want him

 

[QuebecPride]

That would be a pretty cool friendly, although the Impact would have to play Bayern II for it to be slightly close... I certainly could tease my German classmates. Apparently it's near impossible to get Bayern tickets. One of them is a member of the club, so he has better odds, but he still never saw a game live in his 20 odd years life. Imagine not being able to see a Habs/IMFC game because of demand, pretty crazy. I realize the demand here drives Habs ticket prices up, (although that's arguable this season), but at least if you have the money, you can buy tickets. In Munich, good luck!

 

[JunglePete]

Well bruh, the draft hasn't produce good results either. That's the point. Why bash and defend the other? Because some guys from the draft found spots somewhere else?

You pimp a guy like Depuy who showed absolutely nothing yet bash AJH who, at the very least, showed he could be a valuable super sub for botj club and country. It makes no sense.

The problem is that IMFC has trouble developping and incorporating young players into the first team. The "source" (draft vs Academy) isn't the problem here. I expect Garde, a provem developper, to fix the issue.

Because for the very little amount of signed players from drafts vs large amount of signed players from the academy I already see a big difference. For every Bill Hamid there are 8 Lefevres. And it's not only for Montreal but for every team in this league in 2017. Larin, Zimmerman, Rowe, Dwyer, Hairston, Danladi, Gressel, Harrison, Blake, Roldan, Sjoberg, Parker, Bono are all upcoming stars and guess where they come from?(and that's just a third) vs Fagundez, Morris, Zardes who come from academies, see the difference? If you don't let me just tell you that they're all one-season wonders thus far and are not very strong mentally. I'm not saying that players from the draft are absolute gems but the day Academies will produce as many quality players I'll have more faith in them. The only success from Academies all throughout the league is Bill Hamid, Yedlin, Will Trapp and Acosta. Adams and Ballou potentially. Personally, I think academies are just there to show off that we're developping our own players too. Little do you know that the NCAA program is by far more competitive than whatever local leagues Academies play in. They spend a lot of money on it.

As for Depuy, I am not his promoter but I think looking at Fisher for example in which he had troubles in his first year, played a few games in USL to then vastly improved in his second, I'm just using the same algorithm. I am not bashing AJH, I'm saying he could be a one-season wonder, just like how I said I don't think Drogba wouldn't replicate his 2015 success in 2016 or how Mancosu can't be a number one forward because of a few good games games in 2016. I doubt Garde will like his style too. He has no tactical IQ. Let's wait and find out.

 

[ArtPeur]

Looks like Lyon REALLY doesn't want him

hey at least, he's getting some timeplay and he's not injured. They're probably showcasing him to MLS. His tweets are all about supporting OL haha

 

[Dominator13]

Google translate isn't the easiest thing in the world to comprehend, but it seems via Argentine reports that the Nehuen Paz transfer is all but done. I think he took some "vacation time" to finalize the transfer.

 

[ArtPeur]

Google translate isn't the easiest thing in the world to comprehend, but it seems via Argentine reports that the Nehuen Paz transfer is all but done. I think he took some "vacation time" to finalize the transfer.

He's following Bernardello on twitter

 

[JayKing]

Great news. Now onto player signings.

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

Lmao

So weird.

 

[JunglePete]

Might as well call ourselves Olympique Lyonnais de Montreal ...

 

[Skip Bayless]

We Lyon now

 

[TRG]

Olympique Montréalais has a nice ring to it.

 

[QuebecPride]

Olympique Montréalais has a nice ring to it.

But we have the wrong letters OM vs OL . Lyon fans hate OM and vice versa! Why not Olympique Laurentien?

 

[ArtPeur]

Olympique Hochelaga

 

[TRG]

Tu veux dire Ch'lag

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

I liked Lyon. Nice little city.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Now that the coaching staff is pretty much all in place, I'm expecting we'll start seeing some more roster movement. I'm getting a good vibe from all this, there seems to be a real willingness to change the culture of the team (not at the front office level obviously but still) . I can't help but be cautiously optimistic.