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Manning, very unfortunately for us, has a long history at the club of hiring the wrong people for the wrong jobs. Vanney was the one who should have been given more control over the roster but...

This article is a bit more detailed about Simcoe County than the others I’ve seen.
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Think of it as taking one for Canadian soccer!

To be honest, I’d rather lose than seeing Bernie and too many of our first stringers out there with a league match on Saturday. At least Insigne is...

Maybe… but that’s the fun of matches like this. Also, they scored two against York, it was 3-2, so not at all bad for a preseason match.

That would be big… but Hernandez mentioned that it was someone who would be a core player for us for several years. Also, seems likely we can’t afford him.

Seems there are $10 tickets even at ticketmaster… I’ll probably get something and walk over to the stadium. It’ll be strange to see the north end blue but there is something really nice about these...

Mentality is such a big part of playing. But then Priso was our best six very briefly before his injury when he was allowed to start his very first matches. To play that well… I’d give him another...

Yeah, Vancouver beat us to it about a month ago:

“Whitecaps FC announced on Tuesday that the club has acquired Canadian midfielder Ralph Priso from Colorado Rapids in exchange for up to $150,000...

This article sort of makes me want to cheer for Simcoe Country, hah. I like a heavy underdog and frankly I don’t think we’re going to win anything much, overall, in any competition, until we get...

Yeah, good point. We had Bob as our only ever Sporting Director, so, a bogus kind of title - he was what is traditionally a GM.

I guess I’m for Hernandez if he can make good signings. Which at...

Yeah, I think this was the last info I heard. Which became “buyout” on this board. I don’t think anything from the club or reporters (as few of them as there are) mentioned a buyout.

In TFC...

Still tied for fifth after Charlotte’s 0-3 loss today. It’s difficult not to imagine Philly ahead of us with their 1.86 wining percentage… otherwise it’s a legit 5th.

Since Herdman has been here the signings have been pretty interesting. Gomis especially is an odd one for the league, a 22 year old who hasn’t played a pro match and isn’t North American then being...

Cool. Seems like good signings for TFC 2. You’d think we would be would be happy to take Sheffield’s really young guys who had been playing with their under 23s.

The Italians did look good together… not sure if they want to play on the same side but I think that makes the most sense. Indeed, Bernie is probably made more effective playing there, and Richie...

The absence of Coello and continued presence of Staniland is interesting. Could be nothing much as often these things are. But thinking of it, why would we keep Coello if we want to sign Staniland?...

The thing that Insigne’s best mate, Criscito did and Petretta does (other than speaking Italian) is to tailor their movement to Insigne. They do what makes him most effective: they make him a threat...

Not to mention the loan - playing for someone else as well! How long is left on his contract? He might make third string keeper if we keep trying. No doubt it’s not his fault but he’s a sort of...

Yeah that might work for Herdman. Kosi might be able to learn RCB, unlike playing as a six which I think is too much responsibility with the first team to be learning that role. He hasn’t fully...

Definitely the two on opposite flanks as fullbacks. I saw enough of Bernie and Richie together to not want much more of that. But I’m not sure if Richie underneath Insinge is ideal either. So far,...

Speaking of shuffling the learners and unwanted to fullback, Pozuelo was heading in that direction under Bob. Genk and TFC under Vanney used him quite differently, but he had to be either the player...

I think I understand our (how many, now, three?) managers use of him as a 6 but he’s not naturally a 6. He’s still learning the position and he doesn’t really have the right tools for it. But then...

Kerr showed real promise as a winger. Our left wings should be Insigne, Shaffelburg, Kerr.

The guy scores wherever he goes (that isn’t MLS)… okay, not huge numbers but he seems to be consistent in the three other leagues he’s played in.

Man, I really don’t want to loose to Van but all things considered that seems the likely outcome of this one.