Maxime Chanot [Defender]

[mgarbowski]

You get a like for both a good point and a Justified reference. It's a shame City Primeval = 2023-2024 NYCFC

I wanted to love City Primeval so much. It had moments, but, yeah, not so much.

 

[joe]

I wanted to love City Primeval so much. It had moments, but, yeah, not so much.

I think I made it through three episodes

 

[KevinJRogers]

No, in that you're up on all he available info.
Yes, in that we all are missing info that would help explain this.

Part of this is on Chanot. He wears his heart on his sleeve but doesn't say much about these issues, so sometimes he is difficult to read. Also, I love him, and I'm not in a mood to defend Nick or David right now, but Maxime just forced 2 mid-season, non-transfer window club contract releases 7 months apart. He demanded to be released from us after our transfer window closed which meant we could not replace him.
The Ajaccio statement says his initial demand to be released from them came late February (6 months after he left NYCFC), which was also just as their transfer window closed. They refused him. Then he somehow made them so upset that a month later they summarily release him with 9 games left in their season as they sit on a 5-game winless streak, and they published their very passive-aggressive statement. Both times were publicly stated to be for family, which somehow required him to be first in Corsica, then Los Angeles. No it doesn't add up.

The constant is Chanot.

The pattern doesn't fit an injury profile, that's for sure. Something else is up. And as you pointed out, Chanot stays mum on personal issues.

The cryptic statement from his wife makes me think it's some kind of medical issue with one of his children. Maybe they could only get the proper care in New York or Los Angeles, and since he couldn't come back here, he went there.

Pure speculation. But it would be a logical explanation for alternating between missing matches entirely and playing through full time.

 

[mgarbowski]

The pattern doesn't fit an injury profile, that's for sure. Something else is up. And as you pointed out, Chanot stays mum on personal issues.

The cryptic statement from his wife makes me think it's some kind of medical issue with one of his children. Maybe they could only get the proper care in New York or Los Angeles, and since he couldn't come back here, he went there.

Pure speculation. But it would be a logical explanation for alternating between missing matches entirely and playing through full time.

If it is something like that then the Ajaccio statement is wildly and offensively inappropriate. Which could be the case, I guess, but it's not my first guess.

 

[KevinJRogers]

If it is something like that then the Ajaccio statement is wildly and offensively inappropriate. Which could be the case, I guess, but it's not my first guess.

Mine neither. To be honest, my first instinct was to think "flake out." But I wouldn't want to point that kind of finger without more evidence.

 

[Gotham Gator]

Maybe his family hates living in Corsica.