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Hey bud, help me here. How do I answer given you posted this one page earlier?

Just having fun with you.

Serious point: I see you have been here a long time. I would say anyone with that kind...

Yeah right on.

There's been a couple of other strains of criticism of Jozy, which is that his injuries are because (1) he rehabs on his own and ignores team medical advice, and (2) he “over bulks...

Jozy's comments from the NE presser about the problems with TFC starting in 2020 are interesting to me.

Recall that MLS did not have language that protected it during the pandemic, it owed full...

I missed this yesterday…

There was competition. SKC was seriously in on him also.

https://twitter.com/jeffreycarlisle/status/1489663148210589698?s=21

I am glad these details are out, because it means nobody was disrespecting anybody. Either way. Everyone was quietly working towards a reasonable outcome.

Sometimes silence means, we just don’t...

Not by me. We all get it wrong a lot. I thought it was insane to believe TFC were serious about Insigne. Most of us are only right about half the time. Besides, Jozy really could just flame out in...

I think the sub part is probably really meaningful. Makes me wonder if part of the medical science underlying the signing is that the risk here is more manageable if all he ever does is go, say, 45...

So there it is. Three years, that is interesting. Cap hit management, whatever, that is a major commitment from a team that already had one of the best striker setups in MLS. That surprises me more...

^It's kind of leaving me sad, upon reflection.

This thread, I think, should be morphing into a kind of appreciation thread, in terms of spirit (while acknowledging the injury history and the...

The other Jozy scenario we haven’t really talked about is the Frings scenario, ie some sort of insurance settlement. If he really can’t play anymore.

That could save us the buyout. Which would...

I think, if he wanted to train, they would probably let him. Just based on his relationship with MB.

I don't think players are paid for pre-season, so that is part of it.

But your question is...

My comments in red, above.

I think people who really viscerally don't rate him should feel more sure that they have been heard. Believe me, you have made yourselves heard.

I see it more like, if he is on the field, he can score. Like he did on that last goal against Montreal he scored for us vs Montreal, where he didn't look very mobile in that game.

The striker...

Wow, watching this, you can make the case that Defoe was the greatest MLS player ever, just in terms of being an elite “top 100 in the world” player in his prime.

Nobody has had a more hard to sum up, vexing career than Jozy.

No escaping that 1 goal in 42 games at Sunderland is pretty tough.
No escaping that scoring 30+ goals in a single season in the...

I am beginning to think you don’t rate Jozy…

Jozy also had problems in his personal life while he was at Sunderland. He has talked about that before.

Just listened to MLS Extra Time. They think Jozy could be a max TAM player, which certainly explains why TFC are hoping they can do a buyout at something less than 100 cents on the dollar.

They...

I didn't know what to think, but I sure remember people saying that.

The supporters there called him "Dozy Anti-score". That still cracks me up. They are so good at that stuff over there.

^ I never know which big Jozy goal is my favourite. There are so many.

The one where single-handedly he broke Montreal down and passed to Ricketts to clinch the win in extra time is probably the...

Well this is Jozy's chance. I feel bad for Ayo but Jozy has his real shot to flip the narrative now. I predict he does it and is back in the WC qualifying picture for the US in the Ocho.

If you...

A nice story

https://torontosun.com/sports/soccer/mls/for-toronto-fc-a-quiet-meeting-at-an-english-pub-in-2014-helped-turn-the-franchise-around

I think it is possible, if TFC don't receive much of a fee. TFC owe Altidore about $7M for the rest of this year and next, and I suspect if you gave Jozy a kiss and rounded it up to $10M for two full...

He has scored in five straight finals.

The bum.

^This is just a sad comment on the crap going on in the newspaper business.

This paper has no beat reporter on the Sounders, now this.

I feel for the Sounders fans on this