Originally Posted by
ensco
At the risk of repeating myself... what? Show me any example of a player holding out mid season in their contract year and it helping them get a better contract. I also think anyone who believes this severely underestimates what is motivating Oso and everyone on that team, which is: minutes in Qatar. That is the only thing that matters to Oso. If he is holding himself out iot is in servcie to that which is possible. It's also fine by me, and I bleed TFC red, but country over club on this one. This WC is waaaaaaaaaay more important than TFC's late season playoff situation. (This view may not be popular here I suspect, don't expect me to argue with you if you disagree!)
I would also say you have not really followed the CMNT or read much about Herdman, who is deeply into "seeking" mental edges everywhere. You may tell me that Croatia don't do it or care, I would believe you, and I would believe that about most of the top 10 powerhouse teams like them... but I would suspect lots of other lesser teams besides Canada conduct themselves this way.