Tebily Released - Official

[Jeffro]

Olivier Tebily has left TFC and gone back to France. He had complained that Toronto is too expensive and apparently his wife was really unhappy here. Can our luck get any worse? I can't reveal my source but I assure you this is reliable news

[Ladies Love Julius James]

Olivier Tebily has left TFC and gone back to France. He had complained that Toronto is too expensive and apparently his wife was really unhappy here. Can our luck get any worse? I can't reveal my source but I assure you this is reliable news


Yea I remember you came through with clutch news before. Damn.

[bdrs]

Crazy. Met him at BMO the other day and said thanks for coming here to play... he just stared at me.
lol
man I hope some good news comes soon

[UltraSuperMegaMo]

Olivier Tebily has left TFC and gone back to France. He had complained that Toronto is too expensive and apparently his wife was really unhappy here. Can our luck get any worse? I can't reveal my source but I assure you this is reliable news

It’s expensive here compared to France? Seems a little hard to believe. His wife’s unhappy?! Join the fucking club!

Thanks for the info. Jeffro118.

[dantdot]

Wow...I mean just wow...not much to say.

[RealG-TFC]

Oh My God! This is quite the blow...............

[RealG-TFC]

FUUUUUUUCK! <---now it kicks in

[RealG-TFC]

http://www.danjco.com/vegetapoweringup.gif

[Jeffro]

It’s expensive here compared to France? Seems a little hard to believe. His wife’s unhappy?! Join the fucking club!

Thanks for the info. Jeffro118.

Yeah especially when you are a millionaire! And his wife is an extremely successful real estate agent..... They probably just wanted to go back to their million dollar estate in the French countryside....

[Jack]

Fuck...

Well, this is too bad. Now Mo needs to add another position to his shopping list.

[S_D]

our defense is looking pretty thin now with Dunnivant out too.

I guess the rest of his salary won't be counted against the cap and we have another roster spot open.

common Mo Cunningham for a defender!

[RealG-TFC]

Fuck he was one of our starters too!

[UltraSuperMegaMo]

He’s been injured, tail end of his career, on the periphery of the starting lineup, I guess it’s not exactly sci-fi that he wants to leave.

[Fernandinho]

what a brutal week its been, I hope we smash salt lake at least that will put smiles on are faces again (I said "hope")

[Jack]

A striker would bring a smile to my face.

[TFCREDNWHITE]

Fuck Him, he needs to grow some balls and give his wife a nice big cup of shut the fuck up to drink!! Honestly too exspensive my fucking ass!! He could of known this shit a long time ago, but instead he leaves us to hang like a dirty sac! FUCK HIM!

[Batman]

Fuck Him, he needs to grow some balls and give his wife a nice big cup of shut the fuck up to drink!! Honestly too exspensive my fucking ass!! He could of known this shit a long time ago, but instead he leaves us to hang like a dirty sac! FUCK HIM!

a little over the top :mad:

[Billy the kid]

Isn't France swimming in taxes?

[Billy the kid]

Fuck Him, he needs to grow some balls and give his wife a nice big cup of shut the fuck up to drink!! Honestly too exspensive my fucking ass!! He could of known this shit a long time ago, but instead he leaves us to hang like a dirty sac! FUCK HIM!

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you're not married.;)

[Roogsy]

:rofl:

The brave talk always comes from those that aren't doesn't it? And they usually wind up either not married....or the biggest pussies of all.

[professor]

Tebily = $156,960.00 in cap space, pro rate it

MLS is a complicated monster - salary caps, allocations, senior roster/development roster, domestic/international players, out of sync with FIFA dates, and TFC also has the turf/grass arguement

July's not been a kind month to TFC in back-to-back seasons

[TFCREDNWHITE]

:rofl:

The brave talk always comes from those that aren't doesn't it? And they usually wind up either not married....or the biggest pussies of all.


I was saying it sarcasticlly!! Everyone knows that you don't actually serve that "cup" to your wife!!

Happy wife Happy Life!!!

soooo ya DRINK UP!!:D

[James17930]

Lame.

[I_AM_CANADIAN]

He probably expected to be able to stroll into the first team and be a star without having to do anhy work, and backed out when he saw he would have to fight for his place.

Five years ago, he'd have walked into any side in MLS, but not now. The league is stronger.

[TFCREDNWHITE]

He probably expected to be able to stroll into the first team and be a star without having to do anhy work, and backed out when he saw he would have to fight for his place.

Five years ago, he'd have walked into any side in MLS, but not now. The league is stronger.


^^^^I agree!!

[profit89]

He probably expected to be able to stroll into the first team and be a star without having to do anhy work, and backed out when he saw he would have to fight for his place.

Five years ago, he'd have walked into any side in MLS, but not now. The league is stronger.

................:iagree:

[Cashcleaner]

He probably expected to be able to stroll into the first team and be a star without having to do anhy work, and backed out when he saw he would have to fight for his place.

Five years ago, he'd have walked into any side in MLS, but not now. The league is stronger.

Yeah, I think you're right about that. I have this idea that some guys may have come over thinking it would be an easy paycheque, but like you said - times have changed.

[jloome]

YOur'e right that it's gotten better, but Tebily should still easily walk into our or any other lineup. he's worth two of velez and marshall. Pity he's fucking injured so often.

[Oblio2]

What the fuck, France is one of the MOST expensive places to live....Fuck off Tebily, douchebag!

[Smenge]

He should let Cunningham fuck his wife then the three of them can go live together in a paris slum eating sewer rats.......but i wish him luck, i really do....:eek:

[Dirk Diggler]

This just tells you about the mentality most players from Europe come here with. They just expect to come here, play some non-pressure soccer, experience the North American lifestyle and make some dough while they're at it. I'm pretty sure that he was surprised that he actually had to prove his worth in practice sessions and such just to get some playing time. This is quite a blow since I believe he was one of our better defenders but whatever. I'm just happy that we didn't get Huckerby. I'm quite certain he came over here with the same mentality.

[rocker]

didn't he spend like a month here before he signed his contract?? he should have known the cost of things.

[noochie]

This is pretty crappy especially in light of the injury to Dunny and the few games that Wynne is going to miss at the Olympics. However not a huge loss overall, who knows how that ankle would have stood up after getting back. After all he has only started 2 games for us in the league.

Mo will need to work some quick magic though... there are a few teams looking for defenders so he needs to act fast.

[Broadview]

That clears up the roster spot situation at least.

He seemed like a solid player but in all honesty I didn't see enough of him to really get attached.

[StandUpIfYouHateChelsea]

Guys this is our answer!!!!!

Mario Alberto Yepes Díaz (born January 13, 1976 in Cali) is a Colombian football player, currently playing as a central defender. He is currently unattached.

In 1999, he joined River Plate in Argentina, where he became a star and won two Argentine Primera championships. In spite of the fact that several Italian and English clubs wanted to recruit him, he signed for FC Nantes Atlantique in January 2002 where his nickname was “El Rey”. He became one the best central defenders of the French first division and joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2004, where his nickname is "Super Mario" as a reference to his great defensive abilities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Yepes

[TFC07]

Guys this is our answer!!!!!

Mario Alberto Yepes Díaz (born January 13, 1976 in Cali) is a Colombian football player, currently playing as a central defender. He is currently unattached.

In 1999, he joined River Plate in Argentina, where he became a star and won two Argentine Primera championships. In spite of the fact that several Italian and English clubs wanted to recruit him, he signed for FC Nantes Atlantique in January 2002 where his nickname was “El Rey”. He became one the best central defenders of the French first division and joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2004, where his nickname is "Super Mario" as a reference to his great defensive abilities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Yepes

Good find.

Get it done Mo!

[Bars92]

Its ok we don't need former Celtic players anyways.

[StandUpIfYouHateChelsea]

Its ok we don't need former Celtic players anyways.
he never played in celtic....

he is a vid of him
EmEXliXKCHA

[Daveisonfire]

Whisper words of wisdom...Tebily.


:(

[jloome]

Yepes would be a good signing.

[StandUpIfYouHateChelsea]

Yepes would be a good signing.
haha yesss i know hmmm how should i go about getting mo's attention

[jayeden]

He should let Cunningham fuck his wife then the three of them can go live together in a paris slum eating sewer rats.......but i wish him luck, i really do....:eek:

would have nil effect..cunny wouldnt be able to finish..

[Pigfynn]

would have nil effect..cunny wouldnt be able to finish..


Zing!:D

[egoodwin]

Not really... Tebily really didn't do much for the team... he didn't really play in that many games, so we never really depended that much on him...

[CanuckPete]

Ehhh. More burn for Julius James.

[noochie]

Ehhh. More burn for Julius James.

Let us pray that he does not get hurt.

[Draracle]

That hurts.... Tebily is a great player, and CD is not a position you want to find yourself sort on talent. Marshall and Velez are still a dynamic duo of death -- their play styles are so different and so complentary that it is hard to split them up. Either way is sucks for us. Now we only have one good back up for two important spots and one start who is 33.

[RealG-TFC]

would have nil effect..cunny wouldnt be able to finish..

:smilielol5:

[Seen]

I won't miss Bomb Scare. I'd much rather see JJ get more minutes. Canada is too expensive compared to England and France?!?! He must be on the pipe!!

[Jimmy The Saint]

His wife's a Real Estate agent someone said? Market here's taking a downturn... she may be wanting to bail before it gets real bad.

[Daveisonfire]

His wife's a Real Estate agent someone said? Market here's taking a downturn... she may be wanting to bail before it gets real bad.

Honestly though...her husband's a professional athlete.
How much more income do you really need???

[Jimmy The Saint]

Honestly though...her husband's a professional athlete.
How much more income do you really need???

He makes what, 160k? 200k? A "good" real estate agent can make a shit load more than that in a hot market, which up until 2 months ago, was Toronto. Economic downturn, housing prices coming do 10-15% in the last 2 months....

No hot market, time to go.

[VPjr]

I dont see this as that big of a deal.

Tebily was certainly solid in the little bit of time he played for TFC but I really think that its time for Nana to start getting some 1st team action. He is a very solid, fundamentally sound and composed young player. I think he does some things (i.e. pass the ball) better than Julius James and he'll only get better the more opportunity he gets to play.

[13CP]

He makes what, 160k? 200k? A "good" real estate agent can make a shit load more than that in a hot market, which up until 2 months ago, was Toronto. Economic downturn, housing prices coming do 10-15% in the last 2 months....

No hot market, time to go.

A really good real estate agent is patient. A really good real estate doesn't just sell homes but invests in stocks. A really REALLY good real estate agent has invested in atleast 5 different condos.

[alexintoronto]

My guess is it was a mutual thing to free up a roster spot and some money to sign another striker.

[Smenge]

Real Estate market is WORSE in France, than it is in Canada:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/03/28/cnfrance28.xml

[MEU]

I've got to say, FOOD in France is cheaper than Canada... I was in Nice last year and could eat myself full with 5Euros spent at the Casino (grocery score). For 5E or about $7.50 CDN I bought: bottle of wine (750ml), camembert cheese, cold cuts, and a baguette. Here, this would have cost about $18 with some cheap as wine made from powder in someone's basement, cheese that has never seen milk before, cold cuts that have more preservatives than meat, and a "baguette" the French would rather feed pigeons with. Cars cost the same. Gas is more, but their regular is 91 octane (here it would be super), so really the gas prices are barely higher. Houses go for about the same.

[Lucky Strike]

Real shame about Tébily if true, he was a solid guy.

[kitchener-TFC]

^^^^I agree!!
And I agree with you agreeing:D.

[Smenge]

If all you ate was cheese, wine, and bread (croissant), your bowels would explode in a week.......price of gas in France this week was roughly 40% higher than it was here; the octane difference is irrelevant, you don't get better mileage with the 91.....French federal income tax and various retail taxes are the highest in the world (tied with two other countries), as released earlier this year by several reputable authorities (not brigette bardot).......but it is a great place to visit.....Tebily is home sick, and wants out...so what, let him go, he won't be missed, because he hardly played for TFC.....perhaps he doesn't like the turf....or his wife misses her girlfriend...we will never find out.

[Pachuco]

The game report lists Tebily on the roster. Are we sure he's gone? I guess we'll know tonight.

http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080726&content_id=175855&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280

[TicTacTabarnack]

The game report lists Tebily on the roster. Are we sure he's gone? I guess we'll know tonight.

http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080726&content_id=175855&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280

We need someone to interview Carver or Mo to clarify this rumour.

[Pachuco]

I don't think this is a rumour anymore. He wasn't in the roster for the RSL game. Wow does our team ever look thin.

Toronto FC -- Greg Sutton, Julius James, Tyrone Marshall, Marco Velez, Jim Brennan, Rohan Ricketts, Amado Guevara, Carl Robinson, Laurent Robert, Abdus Ibrahim, Jarrod Smith (Jeff Cunningham 65).
Substitutes Not Used: Nana Attakora-Gyan, Brian Edwards, Gabe Gala, Tyler Hemming, Joey Melo, Tyler Rosenlund

[noochie]

^^ That is not the be all end all though. He is still injured by all accounts and likely would not have made the trip anyway.

[DigzTFC!]

http://thestar.blogs.com/torontofc/

AND WHAT ABOUT TEBILY?
Commenter on a previous post asked me to give him some good news on Olivier Tebily (http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t280&player=tebily_o&playerId=teb296636&statType=current).

Um, I can deliver a little news, but I'm not sure if you'll consider it good.

The team hasn't announced their plans regarding the 32-year-old defender so I can't really give you the official word here, but I can tell you that he wasn't at last Friday's practice, nor was he hanging around BMO Field when I showed up just after Saturday's practice. Those are matters of observation, not official information.

Beyond that, I can't say, but I can tell that if you look around the Internet you'll find highly unofficial but pretty accurate info on what happened to him.


Seriously, it's not that big a secret.


You just didn't hear it from me.

-- Morgan Campbell

[tfcfanatic]

Maybe I'm way off base here, but I can't help but think what would have happened had Tebily been given a starting role since day 1.

I understand that Velez has improved since his shaky start and that Carver likes to reward good outcomes, but I always thought that Tebily was the most talented pure defender I'd seen on TFC. I know that swallowing your pride for the good of the team and not being selfish are important traits, but there are some situations where the team needs to ensure that foreign players coming over are treated according to their talents.

That's just the way I see it - maybe his reasons having nothing to do with it, but I could never understand why he wasn't an automatic start every time out.

[MG42]

Maybe I'm way off base here, but I can't help but think what would have happened had Tebily been given a starting role since day 1.

I understand that Velez has improved since his shaky start and that Carver likes to reward good outcomes, but I always thought that Tebily was the most talented pure defender I'd seen on TFC. I know that swallowing your pride for the good of the team and not being selfish are important traits, but there are some situations where the team needs to ensure that foreign players coming over are treated according to their talents.

That's just the way I see it - maybe his reasons having nothing to do with it, but I could never understand why he wasn't an automatic start every time out.

I thought the same, should have been given starters time.

[Ossington Mental Youth]

Gotta say im a bit disappointed, i really liked the look of Tebily, we defo need to step up our depth here...

[Beach_Red]

I thought the same, should have been given starters time.

Maybe his injury is more serious....

[StandUpIfYouHateChelsea]

Guys LETS SIGN SUPER MARIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:taz::taz::taz::t az::taz::taz:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Yepes

[Roogsy]

Mo?

Are you listening/reading?

[ua-kozak_TFC]

our defense is looking pretty thin now with Dunnivant out too.

I guess the rest of his salary won't be counted against the cap and we have another roster spot open.

common Mo Cunningham for a defender!
now is the time that Pat Phelan might come in handy... since the international spot is of no use....

[UltraSuperMegaMo]

I think we already have a player to slot into Tebily role on the team, namely Nana Attakora-Gyan.

[TFC_Junky]

http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080731&content_id=176894&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280

[TicTacTabarnack]

Toronto FC announced that they have waived defender Olivier Tebily. Tebily, 32, was acquired as a free agent on April 24, 2008.

"Olivier has decided that he wanted to be closer to his family in France," said manager, director of soccer Mo Johnston. "We wish him all the best, and thank him for his contribution to Toronto FC."


The Ivory Coast native started in three of four games for Toronto FC logging 234 minutes. An ankle injury kept him out of the lineup for the better part of the last month.


http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080731&content_id=176894&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280

Wife wanted him back home?

[werewolf]

did we figure out how this effects the salary cap?

[Beach_Red]

It's too bad, all those late goals... his experience will be missed.

[ElvistheEvilScotsman]

All i can say to Tebily is:

"Who are ya, who are ya, who are ya!!!!!!!"

Obviously didnt want to bleed for us so lets move on.

[nascarguy]

oh well that what you get from getting a player from France .. all they know is to run away .. all i have to say to him is go fuck your seft and i hope to never see you.

[Limani_Ole]

Toronto FC announced Thursday that they have waived defender Olivier Tebily.
Tebily, 32, was acquired as a free agent on April 24, 2008.
"Olivier has decided that he wanted to be closer to his family in France," said manager, director of soccer Mo Johnston. "We wish him all the best, and thank him for his contribution to Toronto FC."
The Ivory Coast native started in three of four games for Toronto FC logging 234 minutes. An ankle injury kept him out of the lineup for the better part of the last month.

http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080731.wspttebily31/GSStory/GlobeSportsSoccer/home


is it just me? or is this TFC starting to regress..

[Chevy]

From the TFC Website.....




Toronto FC announced that they have waived defender Olivier Tebily. Tebily, 32, was acquired as a free agent on April 24, 2008.

"Olivier has decided that he wanted to be closer to his family in France," said manager, director of soccer Mo Johnston. "We wish him all the best, and thank him for his contribution to Toronto FC."
The Ivory Coast native started in three of four games for Toronto FC logging 234 minutes. An ankle injury kept him out of the lineup for the better part of the last month.

[rocker]

given that he barely played, one can't really call this a regression.
would have been nice to see him stick around and play more (I liked him) but he was essentially a non-factor in the way the team has performed.

[Ossington Mental Youth]

I liked him too but youre right, he was a non factor.
Hopefully we can find someone to fill that spot...

[DigzTFC!]

did we figure out how this effects the salary cap?

Not sure how a release of a player mid season effects the cap, but he was set to make $156,960

http://www.mlsplayers.org/files/6_5_08_salary_info_club.pdf

[TheRenter]

:noidea:

[nascarguy]

I say we sould only give him 35 to 40% of what he would make this season and tell him that all your getting. Oh yeah make sure he never comes back to the mls for any team.

[Canadian Blue]

can someone else please post a quote from the press release, I think I missed it the last umpteen times.......

[giambac]

Olivier Tebily has left TFC and gone back to France. He had complained that Toronto is too expensive and apparently his wife was really unhappy here. Can our luck get any worse? I can't reveal my source but I assure you this is reliable news


Read between the lines.

Teleiby in an interview saud he was fed up with the bullshit here. He wasn't happy with the way he was being used and the direction the team was heading.

The locker room isn't as a happy place as most of you think..........

[BakaGaijin]

wife??...i know for a fact that he was 'hitting' a girl this whole time...what a dog! i think that that might have something to do with it...holy fack..this girl was smitten with him to...wtf..if you ask me, wifey found out and shiite hit the fan...later dude :noidea:


Same thing happened with Samual. He was chasing skirt all over the place while his wife was back home.

I say we only bring in single international "playa's" from now on. These married guy's keep getting recalled by their wives (though I'm not complaining about Samual getting recalled).

[profit89]

He didnt think he had to actually work. Came here for the easy paycheque, found out it wasn't so easy, so he went home.

[Rawkus_420]

He should let Cunningham fuck his wife then the three of them can go live together in a paris slum eating sewer rats.......but i wish him luck, i really do....:eek:



bwhahahaha that made my day...yah fuck off tebily , what a pussy, well looks like harmse might be getting some time on defense now, if only we still had phelan hahaha or maybe gala or nana might get to play some mroe, they looked ok in the firendlies.

[StandUpIfYouHateChelsea]

Sign Super Mario !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Yepes

[colman1860]

Sign Super Mario !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Yepes

uhh...dude? Can you stop posting about this guy without providing a link about TFC's interest? Because otherwise theres no reason to discuss him.

[themodelcitizen]

It's official. Story (http://tfc.american-soccer-news.com/?p=179) up at ASN.

[akpatel47]

Hey guys,
I was just wondering now that Tebily is gone, does that free up an international roster spot that Dickov could take?

[Red CB Toronto]

Yes his release opens up an international spot on the roster, should be interesting to see how the Reds lineup shapes up for the rest of the season.

[windsorlad111]

anyone who walks from their team mid-season is a wanker. there should be more to it than money. he obviously has the same fucking genes as his cousin Drogba, and I'm a Chelsea fan. Wankers.

[Flipityflu]

first we are having problems with international callups, now its wife callups. what next...

[thrillgill]

Better off without out him if he doesn't wanna be here. He's injured half the time and isn't all that impressive when he is in the lineup. Soldier on without him.

[twistedchinaman]

Next story please...

[Mojo]

TFC waive Tebily, and in other more important news, my shirt is green.

[iansmcl]

^^^ Mine too!

[Psycho-Kid]

And I agree with you agreeing:D.

i also agree with what youre agreeing agreeiner about :cool:

[Fort York Redcoat]

He said he couldn't afford Toronto. What a waste staying for less than a season when he clearly wanted to improve his stock. Bye. Thanks for stopping by...