tde Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 http://communities.canada.com/theprovince/blogs/backofthenet/archive/2011/02/14/caps-looked-at-five-from-derby-county.aspx Interesting - could this see a bigger partnership with the MLS? Or just a feeder club to Mallet's Vancouver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Hopefully it is Croft, Martin, Pringle, Pearson and Anderson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 can't see why any if our players would be a draw to fans in the MLS. We have no big names at the moment. It would possibly be the cheap option for Mallet, either that or an easy way dropping the dead wood from the squad, those players that Clough doesn't want any more. Loans out over the summer could be a good way for those players who have been injured to get some proper match fitness up ready for next season, only really Anderson, Buxton and Porter at the moment. I can understan him wanting Doyle for the home player touch with crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkRam Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Will be interesting to see if we try and play this to our advantage. I think Doyle would definitely gain from this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabber Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 can't see why any if our players would be a draw to fans in the MLS. We have no big names at the moment. It would possibly be the cheap option for Mallet, either that or an easy way dropping the dead wood from the squad, those players that Clough doesn't want any more. Loans out over the summer could be a good way for those players who have been injured to get some proper match fitness up ready for next season, only really Anderson, Buxton and Porter at the moment. I can understan him wanting Doyle for the home player touch with crowd. But Doyle is American (or Irish..) and not Canadian which is where Vancouver is, so can't see a bunch of Canucks getting excited over Connor Doyle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 But Doyle is American (or Irish..) and not Canadian which is where Vancouver is, so can't see a bunch of Canucks getting excited over Connor Doyle! I Obviously meant the american palyer in the MLS.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 When I was working in Canada I had a friend who was friends with one of the coaching staff at Vancouver Whitecaps.. They were so bad and short on players he told me that he was asked to find any potential players who could possibly play for them (he was a player himself).. Me and another friend was going to go and have trials with them.. However we found out they were only interested in offering contracts around $400-$500 a week, which was less than what we was earning so we thought better of it. Now they're in a totally different boat, going to play in the MLS, new stadium and looking at DCFC players.. (Their old stadium was your equivalent of Brightons athletic stadium - Whitdean) Just a pity Jeff Mallett couldn't have made drastic changes like this to DCFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghRam Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 get Doyle over there on loan, and see how he develops. Could be a winner for both teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 get Doyle over there on loan, and see how he develops. Could be a winner for both teams Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it works like that in the MLS. They have this complicated draft system whereby the bottom teams get the first pick from a pool of new players allowed in to the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I am sure that is only the college players coming into the league, otherwise Beckham and Henry would have gone to different clubs to what they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfcdavecov Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 That would be their marquee player i think. Who feckin knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackNwhites Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 A Vancouver Whitecaps fan wrote... This is how we're to become a top 25 club in the world? By coveting cast-offs from a club headed sub 50 in England? Has Dr Who been taking Mallett on scouting missions back to 1967? .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfcdavecov Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 No, haven't they told you. First you have to get rid of the debt, cut the wage bill....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghRam Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 to be fair to Vancouver, most of our players would probably be very good over there. People just can't accept gradual progress can they, it's all about boom and bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESR Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Well looking at the Vancouver squad, Jay DeMerit is by far their best player and biggest name. I doubt they are wanting big names to join (maybe one, but not from Derby) - in my opinion they just want players who would do well for a new team who aren't 'rejects' as such but players with experience in a good league. Has anyone thought its the reason Mallett is on our board, because he was going to be a co-owner with Vancouver that he wanted to see how you run a football club? Same could be said about Doyle, maybe he is over here to gain experience before joining a Vancouver side that is being built up for its debut season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plan B Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Hopefully it is Croft, Martin, Pringle, Pearson and Anderson. Croft, Martin, Roberts, Savage, Pearson and Anderson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkRam Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 A Vancouver Whitecaps fan wrote... .... Fvck you yankie boy! Cheeky ****. The quote not you by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabber Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Fvck you yankie boy! Cheeky ****. The quote not you by the way. Vancouver is in Canada (remember the Olympics this time last year?!) so likely not a Yankie (sp) boy! And wherever he is from he may be supporting a team who have more chance of being top 25 in the world than our shower of ****! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnclifford Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 My apologies for bumping this sad thread. I was looking for transfer rumours and came across a quote from myself which some people have taken issue with. I just wanted to say that any cheek was aimed at Mallett and not DCFC, and certainly not at the supporters. Though I do see that the phrasing was not ideal. I'm well aware of the club's proud history and the club does have a place in Canada's heart -not for Mallett, Wilson, et al, but for Paul Peschisolido's promotion run and Colin Miller's ill-fated few months on the coaching staff under Davies. To give you some perspective, everyone here is drinking a full glass of the current board's kool aid. It's hard not to in some respects. The outgoing chairman, Greg Kerfoot, has sunk millions of his own cash into building a proper academy here -a first in Canada. He also raised the standard on the pitch -from 500 a week wages mentioned above- to something resembling professional football. Then you add Steve Nash to the mix, whose brother Martin was our long-time captain and recently retired to join the coaching staff. Who doesn't like Steve Nash? (Don't answer that. ) But this Mallet character, who appears to have replaced Kerfoot as chairman, is starting to worry me. I don't understand how he can be on both boards and then publicly discuss signing your players while your fighting relegation? Sure, it would be great to have a partnership. But formalize it then, so everyone knows what's going on. We have recently sent young players to England and Germany and none to Derby. Ethan Gage signed with Reading, Marcus Haber signed with WBA, Adam Straith with Cottbus in Germany. All good young players who could help you and are cheap. In the meantime, our club has exploited the supporters by cranking up the ticket prices behind the south goal and making better seats available for less to "soccer moms." We've been told that the atmosphere we create demands a premium. WTF? And we've been told that the high ticket prices are required to attract marquee players. Fair enough, but you can understand our frustration when Robbie Savage and marquee players are mentioned in the same sentence. In any event, please accept my apologies again for anyone who was offended by my comment. We wish you well here in Vancouver and hope you can regain past glory in the near future. But watch that Mallett, his seems like the cheeky **** here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghRam Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Then you add Steve Nash to the mix, whose brother Martin was our long-time captain and recently retired to join the coaching staff. Who doesn't like Steve Nash? (Don't answer that. ) Doubt many will know who he is, but to tell you the truth, I'm not the biggest fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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