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Post by cebujames on Jul 15, 2017 8:44:51 GMT 8
Though all of these things are true and are really interesting facts. What I am always in mind is "US" fans supporting clubs and sharing the game to everyone. And it's the clubs job. They need to make a fan base thru social media and what have you to market the team and the PFL itself. For clubs like Ceres and Cebu, people there are normally into football. And it's more enticing to them now that there is a Team representing their City.
I always believed that the most important part of having a sports club are the fans. You can't go wrong with them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2017 23:53:41 GMT 8
I do not know about you guys, but our homegrown players at U15 got destroyed by Malaysia 2-0, Cambodia 4-0 and Vietnam 7-0. Our U23 team in the AFC 2018 U23 Championship Qualifier will not do any better against China and Japan in group play next week. The PFL is gradually moving into another disaster like the UFL, unless all the team owners join together and figure this thing out. For me the reason for everything is the PFF under the watch of Nonong Araneta, with the last Suzuki Cup in his resume. Can this guy be replaced? Or, are we stuck with him. Whomever the group financially supporting the PFF is wasting their money.
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Post by cypher210 on Jul 17, 2017 0:02:58 GMT 8
There's no quick fix for the results of those matches. Promoting grassroots programs and good club marketing are the best ways to improve the state of football in the Philippines
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2017 2:08:27 GMT 8
There's no quick fix for the results of those matches. Promoting grassroots programs and good club marketing are the best ways to improve the state of football in the Philippines This is basically my point. Promoting grassroots programs and marketing is owned by the PFF. Club marketing is nothing as compared to league marketing, because the entire league has to succeed for the clubs to prosper. The PFF created the PFL and it is their responsibility to manage the league during the infancy, not just to collect the P10 million franchise fee per team, and disappear. I bet the PFF have already wasted the money (or pocket it). What can you say about the last Suzuki Cup marketing effort of the PFF? It is nonexistent, total embarrassment.
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Post by dingg0y on Jul 20, 2017 18:17:43 GMT 8
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Post by cjeagle on Jul 23, 2017 3:06:51 GMT 8
Struggling Davao gets aggressive, targets Younghusband siblings via transfer window By: Cedelf P. Tupas - Reporter / @cedelfptinq Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:04 AM July 21, 2017 Philippines Football League club FC Meralco Manila will be facing stiff competition in its bid to keep stars Phil and James Younghusband in the squad as the mid-year transfer window opened this week. Two clubs, including newcomer San Miguel Davao Aguilas, have expressed interest in acquiring the Younghusband brothers, whose three-year deal with Meralco ends at the end of August. “Two clubs are interested, but they are still under contract with Meralco,” said a reliable source. “What’s important to them (Younghusband brothers) is that they can continue playing at a high level.” The Younghusband brothers have been with the Sparks since 2011, winning two trophies, including the UFL Cup in 2014. A source within Meralco said the club is ready to offer Phil and James a one-year deal. But the two clubs are reportedly offering a longer deal for the Younghusband brothers. It will cost Aguilas The transfer won’t be easy as it looks. With the transfer window closing on August 15, two weeks before their contract ends with Meralco, the Sparks could ask for a transfer fee for the two players. “The fee could go beyond P10 million (for the Younghusband brothers),” said the source. After going winless in its first 10 games of the season, Davao, which is owned by businessman Jefferson Cheng, is undergoing a massive roster upgrade with midfielders Matthew Hartmann and Jason De Jong heading to the Mindanao club from Global Cebu and Ceres-Negros respectively. ADVERTISEMENT Simone Rota, who recovered from a knee injury recently, is also reportedly beefing up the Aguilas, along with another Ceres player, Jorrel Aristorenas. sports.inquirer.net/257345/struggling-davao-gets-aggressive-targets-younghusband-siblings-via-transfer-window
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Post by cjeagle on Jul 23, 2017 9:40:20 GMT 8
Thanks to SMB, Davao gets busy buying Friday, July 21, 2017 By Mike T. Limpag THE Davao Aguilas set the pace in the Philippines Football League by getting conglomerate San Miguel Corp. as its shirt sponsor, a first in the league. Now, it seems bent on taking the lead once more by being the most aggressive in the transfer market--the league’s first. First, it acquired Jason de Jong from Ceres Negros, Miguel Tanton from Kaya FC, Matt Hartman and Nick O’Donell from Global FC and now, the lone Mindanao-based team in the league is reportedly pursuing the Younghusband brothers of the Loyola. Hartmann has since bid farewell to Global in an online post, while O’Donell, never had a chance to say goodby as he was reportedly sick during the whole two-week period when Global FC had three games here. “He’s coming tomorrow,” was the reply of Global during the two pre-game press conferences that his absence was questioned. I guess, he’ll be “really coming” here when the Davao Aguilas return. What Davao is doing is commendable, at least for me. It shows one of the two newest clubs in the league (the other being Ilocos) isn’t afraid to pursue top talent in an effort to turn the bottom-feeding team to a contender. New players tend to take a few games to jell well with their teammates but the players Davao are taking are all former or current members of the national team, players who have ample experience playing together against better teams in international play. During the pre-match press conference for the Davao vs. Cebu match, coach Gary Philipps said he was hoping to get “other talents” to boost the squad considering that they were going to lose seven players to the U23 national team, a call-up that he, the team and the community was very proud of. Well, he wasn’t kidding as the players the team is getting are the best out there. And if the team does manage to get the Younghusband away from Meralco, does this mean the MVP vs. San Miguel rivalry is spilling over to football? I hope so, because that could also mean Meralco getting an infusement of cash. This could lead to other teams to look for corporate partners so they can have cash at hand to boost the team; if they won’t they might get left behind the big spenders. I have just one concern though in this aggressive transfer moves, I hope the PFL won’t go the way of the MBA, when the teams went too aggressive in getting players that they spent their way to their doom. Read more: www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/sports/2017/07/21/limpag-thanks-smb-davao-gets-busy-buying-554290Follow us: @sunstaronline on Twitter | SunStar Philippines on Facebook
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 7:11:41 GMT 8
Can somebody explain this to me. Why will the Younghusband siblings, with a very comfortable life in Manila with their respective families move to Davao City, just 258 KM (5 hrs drive) from the ISIS stronghold of Marawi City. For me this does not make any sense, unless Mr. Cheng is will to pay them more than what Cristiano Ronaldo is making per year. A highly advertized Football game is going to be an attractive target for a suicide attack, specially true if ISIS is starting to lose the battle.
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Post by cjeagle on Jul 27, 2017 7:34:42 GMT 8
I have read that most of the the Davao players do not live in Davao City at all. They live and train in Metro Manila and fly to Davao to play their games.
Now that San Miguel is sponsoring the club, they can afford to be aggressive. It seems that the clubs that attract the most fans are from the South, including Ceres, Cebu and Davao, so I presume ticket sales will help fund their player acquisitions.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 8:15:51 GMT 8
I have read that most of the the Davao players do not live in Davao City at all. They live and train in Metro Manila and fly to Davao to play their games. Now that San Miguel is sponsoring the club, they can afford to be aggressive. It seems that the clubs that attract the most fans are from the South, including Ceres, Cebu and Davao, so I presume ticket sales will help fund their player acquisitions. Thanks for the added INFO. But what if there is a suicide ISIS attack of the locker room with all the players before the game, with all the players hostages with a high probability of being all killed. I know this is a gruesome thought but these guys are fanatics and totally crazy.
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Post by cjeagle on Jul 27, 2017 14:33:55 GMT 8
I have read that most of the the Davao players do not live in Davao City at all. They live and train in Metro Manila and fly to Davao to play their games. Now that San Miguel is sponsoring the club, they can afford to be aggressive. It seems that the clubs that attract the most fans are from the South, including Ceres, Cebu and Davao, so I presume ticket sales will help fund their player acquisitions. Thanks for the added INFO. But what if there is a suicide ISIS attack of the locker room with all the players before the game, with all the players hostages with a high probability of being all killed. I know this is a gruesome thought but these guys are fanatics and totally crazy. So what do you suggest, just ignore Mindanao and not let the PFL have a team over there? It will probably cost more for them to convince players to join their team compared to the other teams in the PFL, but it is still up to the players to agree to play there despite the dangers. I believe the Davao city government is providing more security over there compared to other sites, but as you mentioned there is always an inherent risk. But then again, football players in France or Germany are not immune to this type of incidents, so maybe they shouldn't be playing there either. Perhaps you might want to remind the national basketball team not to go to Lebanon next month for the Fiba Asia Cup either, considering the bombing incidents they have had there already during the past few years at the instigation apparently of radical Islamic terrorists. They are still going though, although Blatche seems to have chickened out.
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Post by englishscout on Jul 27, 2017 19:14:20 GMT 8
I have read that most of the the Davao players do not live in Davao City at all. They live and train in Metro Manila and fly to Davao to play their games. Now that San Miguel is sponsoring the club, they can afford to be aggressive. It seems that the clubs that attract the most fans are from the South, including Ceres, Cebu and Davao, so I presume ticket sales will help fund their player acquisitions. Thanks for the added INFO. But what if there is a suicide ISIS attack of the locker room with all the players before the game, with all the players hostages with a high probability of being all killed. I know this is a gruesome thought but these guys are fanatics and totally crazy. I live and work in London. We have been getting attacked pretty regularly this year. It doesn't stop me happily living and working there though. The chances are so slim that you will be involved in the attack, you have more chance being run over by a car, it's just that doesn't make the newspaper.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 21:09:52 GMT 8
Thanks for the added INFO. But what if there is a suicide ISIS attack of the locker room with all the players before the game, with all the players hostages with a high probability of being all killed. I know this is a gruesome thought but these guys are fanatics and totally crazy. I live and work in London. We have been getting attacked pretty regularly this year. It doesn't stop me happily living and working there though. The chances are so slim that you will be involved in the attack, you have more chance being run over by a car, it's just that doesn't make the newspaper. There's quite a difference between London or even Paris and Davao City. Davao City is a 5 hr. drive from Marawi City, an ISIS stronghold, where a war is going on that even Pres. Duterte have indicated will take a long time. This is like playing in Baghdad, and even the Iraqi NT did not play in Iraq for the 2018 WC qualifier, they played in Tehran. ISIS would like a target with international publicity, and there is no other well advertized event in sleepy Mindanao like a soccer game with international players. Davao Aquila players will play in Davao City half the season, while a Manila player plays in Davao once in the season. The odds and probability is well against a player for Davao Aquilas. I would rather play for Ilocos United in Vigan City, a beautiful Spanish colonial town. It is well protected by the Cordillera Mtns. from seasonal typhoons which plague the Philippines, reason why centuries old Spanish colonial houses are still in existence.
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Post by jpg0813 on Jul 28, 2017 8:46:21 GMT 8
Nope. The Davao City - Tagum corridor is pretty much safer than in reality as compared to the other corridors of Mindanao.
Davao City has those checkpoints in its entrance and exit points, which is pretty strict. Imagine the strictness level now with the Martial Law. Plus that corridor is pretty much Christian dominated, so no problems with regards to terror if you ask me.
Sure, I understand the concern, but given the current Aguilas setup of training in Manila and flying to Davao City then travelling to Tagum, they are only in the area for like 3 days maximum, with the travel and stay to and from Tagum around 6 hours tops. They while the rest I presume are in the confines of Davao City. They are safe.
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Post by raptours on Jul 28, 2017 19:41:05 GMT 8
Can somebody explain this to me. Why will the Younghusband siblings, with a very comfortable life in Manila with their respective families move to Davao City, just 258 KM (5 hrs drive) from the ISIS stronghold of Marawi City. For me this does not make any sense, unless Mr. Cheng is will to pay them more than what Cristiano Ronaldo is making per year. A highly advertized Football game is going to be an attractive target for a suicide attack, specially true if ISIS is starting to lose the battle. c'mon now! Davao is near marawi but davao is not marawi. And again mindanao is not just basilan, marawi, sulu or tawi-tawi. I have lived my whole life in mindanao and I feel safer here than whenever Im in Manila. Sa manila wala ngang mga bandidong grupo pero marami namang snatcher/holdaper. Im not saying na walang krimen dito but really it is not as rampant as in the capital. Certainly there are risks especially now that ISIS/maute is active nowadays but that's what martial law is for. Now that we have stricter security, we mindanaoans feel safer than ever. I am from CDO by the way, way nearer from Marawi than Davao.
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