Well that's...uh...interesting.
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thought you'd know this golden rule when Trump got elected 5 years ago.... :rolleyes:
I lived in Texas for 7+ years now... that's the only rationale making sense down here...
for the record though, i didn't think it would happen in COVID world since i couldn't figure out the business model either...
surely will enjoy it and more to come
Lorenzo Insigne though. I still feel like I gotta pinch myself.
A pretty interesting read, even in Google translate…. Insigne, Naples, and the ghost of Maradona…
https://medium.com/tres-de-a%C3%B1ad...0-8320f1224e36
Looking at Domenico Criscito's stats. He's scored 5 league goals this season in 15 games. That's more than any other TFC player had in MLS league games last season.
Over the past 2.5 seasons he has 14 goals. Jozy and Pozuelo are the only TFC players with more league goals in the past three seasons.
EDIT: All but one of the goals was a penalty kick... but still. That's a lot of goals and would give us three excellent penalty takers in Poz, Insigne and Criscito
I saw the $4.5m offer rejected the other day. Probably on Twitter.
The $7.2M is just me guessing that if he didn't want that offer, which is more than the guaranteed season remaining, that he probably wants the whole amount of option year money too. That part is just my guess though.
Honestly I'm trying not to get to excited not just about this signing but what it means as they don't just throw a dump load of cash on one player and just see what happens. If this does signal MLSE trying to get TFC to the next level then there'll likely be lots more spending to come with a goal of ending 2026 with a 40,000 capacity, world cup game hosting worthy stadium (along with many new corporate boxes, I'd assume) and demand for tickets being a sell out or close to it weekly with some incredible talent on the field. If that's the vision the next 4 years are going to be fun.
Auzzy, what were the plans presented for west side expansion at BMO. I don't think I ever saw that.
I'm just trying to work the Google a bit, I haven't found it exactly. The plans for the west side won't be exactly the same as previously proposed, as the Argos have already arrived since then and they didn't do much for them; plus the Word Cup plans came later so will have an impact. But probably they already have design and engineering plans for the west side that they can start from.
Here's a little info, from around the time of the last major expansion: https://www.sportingnews.com/au/foot...61pkqjc3gdfwc5
"A third phase, pending a move by the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts to BMO Field, would include additional upgrades to meet the needs of the football team. Maple Leaf Sports is funding the majority of construction with a portion of financing provided by the city of Toronto. When the entire project is completed, the stadium will have capacity for 40,000 seats, enough to potentially host an NHL Winter Classic and a Grey Cup, the CFL's championship game."
So obviously they made the changes required for the CFL (e.g. extra dressing room; reconfigured north & south ends); but didn't yet do the rest to expand to 40k seats.
I'll look for more; I'm sure it was also posted on this forum back then...
EDIT It's probably mentioned somewhere in these 86 pages... :facepalm: http://forums.redpatchboys.ca/showth...ruction-thread
And what I wrote above may not be quite correct. It looks like they fulfilled the 40k capacity for Grey Cup with the temporary seats. I do remember other reports about permanent upgrades to the west side back then, but can't remember the details or find them right now. One suggestion was that the west-side roof was built higher with a gap to allow for expansion.
I'd trade it all for safe standing in the south end, though!
Insinge - Bellotti
Pozeulo
what a devastating front 3
I don't think Insigne will be playing striker, at least not yet. We'll probably either see see a 4231 or 4321. I'm hoping for the latter (and BB departing from his usual 433) to keep Insigne and Pozuelo closer together and to goal. Assuming Poz sticks around. A lot of roster work to be done before we get a real idea.
Insigne will play on the wing or as a 10, not a striker. Ideally we get him a quality 9 to play off.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1478470209916784651
Deal apparently signed now. There's a paparazzi photo in the following link with Insigne and his agent meeting to sign the contract. https://gianlucadimarzio.com/it/insi...4-gennaio-2022
Agreed. He has only played the false 9 when absolutely needed at Napoli. He is not a striker so I hope that is not what people think is coming. He is best on the wing and loves to cut in from the left wing to take a shot with his right foot to beat the keeper on the far post. Kind of his signature move.
He is clearly best on the wing. But in this league he could get consistent space to do his thing as a 10. However, he would be devastating on the wing, if defenses are not able to completely key on him.
I am willing to bet the sheer use of the words "Toronto FC" on Twitter in the past week have doubled or maybe tripled their usage of the past 18 months.
I think the wing idea works if we have enough balance in the rest of our team so that he can do the things he does best in that position. Otherwise, he’d be better off as a #10.
My question though is whether you play Poz underneath or push him over to the right side more. He did play that sort of role on occasion in Europe. However, unlikely he’s gotten any faster with age and I like the idea of him providing final balls to the other two guys.
Didn't win anything here ... mercenary. Goes from Red Sox to Jays to Yankees (oops, i guess I shouldn't tell you how i really feel)
I would put Robbie and Joe Carter before that.. but back to football. Jozy for Defoe, only because Gio and Bradley were signings but they all made up the Greatest MLS Team Ever.