Give him Mullins' last contract and be done with it.
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Curtis blames COVID upheaval for the season.
https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/what-...do-they-fix-it
Curtis's covid excuses don't hold any weight when you consider Montreal and Vancouver were both in the same boat and Vancouver made the playoffs, Montreal barely missed and we weren't even close
Outrageous. “We take full responsibility for that and it’s important that we do”. NO YOU DO NOT YOU BLAME THE PANDEMIC.
And what does this mean?
“There’s been time spent on the profile of coach to help lead the team next year and beyond,” Curtis said. “There’s an understanding of the profile [we want], but the execution of that will happen once the season concludes.”
That is complete corporate bafflegab. Is this what Tottenham, Newcastle and Aston Villa did last week when they fired and then hired managers within a couple of days?
“Profile of the coach?” Come on.
How about “we got the balance of the team wrong. There were signs our defence was declining but we thought it was only Covid. We were wrong. Although Pozuelo, Soteldo amd Jozy give us formidable attacking options, it didn’t quite work. It’s pretty clear that we needed to start by shoring up the defence. And we got the coach wrong - I have every respect for Chris Armas, but I should have realized his style didn’t fit the club, given our roster, and I should have intervened much sooner to sort out the Jozy Altidore situation.”
Load of nonsense. Here is my violin to all of his excuses.
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I think we have to come to the realization that the MLSE board is asleep at the wheel regarding TFC. They care more about the Leafs and Raptors brand values post pandemic.
From that article it sounds like he is going to be given a chance for next year, and I predict a total disaster. I can even see them keeping Jozy based on his year end form. :facepalm:
Goo’s agent posted an Instagram story from the Gardiner. Gio will be a red
Reminder this thread is a roster thread.
Ali Curtis is back = our roster is fucked for next season. Jesus Christ.
You have to have a special combination of big balls and stupidity to say the shit he said in that interview.
Lazio paper today quotes an "expert" saying the offer from TFC is "rich" and suggests Napoli and Inter are on the outside.
https://www.lazionews24.com/rinnovo-...uturo-toronto/
They could sign Insigne and the rest of the Italian national team, but it still won't change that Ali Curtis and Bill Manning are dangerously incompetent.
Gio’s agent at the Raptors game today. Can’t tell if there’s a bald man sitting next to him…
Giovinco has an Instagram post saying he’s “ back home”. Likes from various TFC players.
it sounds as if this deal is about to be done. If he’s coming in on a Bradley salary I don’t have any issues but we need much more than a 34 yr old Seba right now.
Can't make that deal official until the new allocation order comes out in January & then will have to announce what/who is going to Carolina as compensation first.
All this could be worked out but the league ain't gonna allow such a move until then.
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To be blunt, using up our 3rd in line allocation order placement on Seba is a waste of a good resource.
I'll play devil's advocate on this and say Seba still has playing value.
There's an analysis on line of him as an all-around attacker over the last few years at Al Hilal, and his average of three goals and four assists per 20 games was efficiently done.
Now, Saudi defense probably ain't the hottest, but given his actual playing time there, which was divided among a large squad, he contributed continually.
"The former MLS star Sebastian Giovinco (34, Italy) of Al Hilal stands out as a great creator. His 0.5 xA per 90 are unrivalled and he also ranks very well in key passes with 1.05 per 90. "
https://totalfootballanalysis.com/da...sis-statistics
Having said all that, 16 goals and 19 assists in 83 games is less than half the productivity he showed as a DP here. So very much a role player, not a full-time first teamer. Piatti light, I'd say (and I'm still puzzled why we gave up Pablo Piatto on a TAM deal, an above-average producer).
He was on $1.5M and we wanted to pay him less. We wanted to bring in a higher end DP (Soteldo in this case) and didn’t have enough TAM/GAM remaining to keep Piatti on a similar level salary as he was on in 2020. He was able to return to Spain and I imagine getting more than we could offer.
Gio back, eh?
We don't yet know how they'll get out of Altidore's contract.
Bradley will still want to be captain under his dad.
I thought we need new fitness guys, and a sports psychologist, but our needs may have changed. Does anyone know a good sports geriatrician?
I’m guessing Gio coming back means they will keep Jozy
I’m in Edmonton and am staying at the same hotel as a number of reporters. Overhead two this morning say “even if he does, will Bill want to hold onto him?” Interpret that how you will, I have no further context.
I visit this thread hoping for news that Manning and Curtis are gone. Until then I don't expect any positive roster moves. We have spun back into the Mariner, Cochrane, Anselmi dark days of complete ineptitude. Until they are all gone there's no hope.
Agreed, was going to go to Montreal hoping Curtis was gone but with this carefree everything is fine mode, we are getting Insigne, Gio’s back etc. They aren’t getting my money and time. This was the single worst year of any Toronto sports team I have seen and I have seen plenty of bad ones.
WOW... it is sad, but if you're waiting for BOTH of them to be gone, you should come back to this thread just a year from now.
Curtis may be or may be not gone in the next 4 weeks or so, but being a bettor guy, I would put everything I own plus I would even take out a massive loan to wager on that Manning will be still here in April 2022. Even if TFC will lose the Voyageurs final.
This team is dying for a new defense yet were going after ageing wingers. Clowns.