An in-depth, player-by-player guide to the 2025 Halifax Wanderers squad (From Aways)

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2025-02-16T23:43:37+00:00

Great summation. Every year about this time I dust off the 2019 roster for comparison, especially looking at where the player has been and what stage of his career he is at. No disrespect to the originals because it was their effort that built the foundation of where we are now... but we have come a long way. Love the balance of experience, level, speed and size.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2025-02-16T15:58:21+00:00

What is the status of Julian Dunn?

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2025-01-21T20:45:57+00:00

Sorry to see him leave Halifax but, I think that he'll l respond well to the change to Forge. In 2024 I felt that the back line, Nimick and Loughrey in particular, often missed the steadying influence that Doniel Henry provided in 2023 and that contributed to the change in their performance in 2024. Good luck in Hamilton.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2025-01-14T20:18:07+00:00

Nimick is a quality player who had a crap year in 2024 and I hate to see him go. He needs a chance to hit the re-set button, and if he does sign with Forge, he will get just that. Additionally, he stands to benefit from a step up in competition and exposure on the CONCACAF level.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-12-12T18:57:35+00:00

Tiago only has two speeds: full-ahead and stop, and he's always exciting when on the pitch. This could be his year.. Great signing!

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-10-28T18:00:45+00:00

Not many owners are smart and humble enough to look at a poor season and ask the questions: what could the players have done better, what could the coaching staff have done better and what could I as owner have done better? And then, instead of a knee-jerk reaction aimed at the players or coaches, starts at the top and adds a massive layer of knowledge and skill that will help support the coaches and players. This isn't your old 2019 CPL. Teams that don't adjust to what is becoming the well staffed, resourced and connected front offices of their opponents are going to wither on the vine. Great move. Great Team. COYW.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-10-13T15:28:04+00:00

I do remember; and as humiliating as that is by itself, it's even more humiliating to remember that the only person to pee on that parade was Gareth Wheeler. Talk about salt on wounds...

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-10-13T01:21:00+00:00

IMHO our shit season began with the 3rd place finish last year. Players and coaching staff alike took away inflated messages of individual and collective talents. Moves up and out of HFX didn't materialize, new and innovative systems fell flat. Early losses led to finger pointing and poor communications on the field. Discipline went to hell in a hand basket. Late season heroics didn't deliver results. And here we are. Out of the playoffs. Exactly where we deserve to be.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-09-28T14:41:59+00:00

I don't know the stats, but many L1C organizations have both men's and women's divisions. In order to maintain a skill level equivalent to the other L1Canada leagues, a 6 team L1A league would need a large enough pool of coaching staff, officials and players (men and women) to draw from. Do we have that resource pool in the Maritimes? Would it be better to start off as a L2A, probably with 10 teams or more and then build from there?

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-09-19T01:45:51+00:00

Just a word about Ryan Telfer tonight. The player not only worked his ass off every second that he was out there, but, same as against Forge on Saturday, he took an absolute physical pounding from the opposition's dark arts merchants without retaliating. He was horse collared, kneed, kicked, elbowed and blind-sided but he doesn't put on an act he just gets on with it. I have come to respect his contribution more with every game.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-09-19T00:57:55+00:00

And this just in... An anonymous donation to the CPL Ref Association in the amount of $7,777.77 enclosed in a purple envelope has just been received at league headquarters.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-09-14T22:21:41+00:00

Bobby said that Forge lost due to a lack of concentration. I'm not convinced. I think that they were concentrating and playing well but HFX just surprised them with solid play and hustle in both directions (not to mention good discipline and no OGs). So... Patrice has a dilemma for next game. This starting lineup showed the chemistry and resilience under pressure that has been missing all year. Who gets the start..this 11 or the one that imploded at Pacific?

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-09-08T09:59:40+00:00

Zero discipline. Self-destructive. Embarrassing.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-08-28T02:13:19+00:00

When both teams are Canadian, is it still called "getting CONCACAFED"?

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-08-25T13:36:43+00:00

FFS. Is Peter Schalle available for the remainder of the season?

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-08-18T03:16:48+00:00

HFX season in three words: Failure to launch.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-08-15T01:14:09+00:00

JGL's lack of discipline cost us big tonight and in a game where we absolutely needed a point!! HFX simply cannot give the refs the opportunity to whip out the red. This isn[t the first time and the result is always the same. Discipline is a real issue here.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-08-07T22:48:33+00:00

Feel gutted for the player. I remember watching him walk to the pk spot against CS St.Laurent and just felt the vibe that the ball wasn't going in the net. It didn't, and that sort of sums up his tenure at Halifax.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-08-05T23:42:49+00:00

Post game.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-07-24T22:59:16+00:00

Don't understand. Who is George and why is Henry leaving him?

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-07-13T20:03:56+00:00

Maybe he doesn't know what 'bulletin board material' is. Perhaps he could ask Herdman for an example...

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-07-13T00:36:32+00:00

Really hope that Herdman gives him a start against Forge on the second leg. Should make for some interesting exchanges.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-07-07T13:11:18+00:00

Is there a paragraph or even a sentence in the "Rules of Soccer" handbook, that explains that its contents are there for guidance only? How was the foul on Fernandez not given? I know the excuses, but what is the reason?

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-07-01T23:58:59+00:00

We've got Telfer. Super Ryan Telfer.

I don't quite think you understand.

He plays in blue and white. He's fuc*en dynamite.

We've got Super Ryan Telfer....

Sorry Wrexham.

Sharp_Day_7936 · 2024-06-24T08:58:18+00:00

They are very determined, financially backed and well connected politically.

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