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That's a big change & about time - some boat anchors are going to be let go in the second half of the season.

Doyle and other MLS pundits were saying last year that Akinola was going to have a break out gigantic year & score 15+ goals.

They rate youth too high in general.

The American Soccer Analytics guys (always worth a read on their yearly previews) suggest we are good but old & that Insigne has problems hitting the net.
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FWIW

Doyle's running "what your team did during the offseason" article

https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/where-mls-eastern-conference-depth-charts-rosters-stand-for-2023

I never considered Delgado a DM. Until shown otherwise, the new guy isn't one to me.

Happy for the depth & the relative speed & the willingness to block. Good addition, at a cost.

Yeh, those stats look very Delgado like - the tackle stats indicate he needs support & can't be a #6 on his own.

So a shuttler.

I'm ok with this but he ain't gonna be a sub for MB.

Box to box

Not a DM

I would say (and take this with a grain of salt because its friday night, I'm 3/4 into a bottle of rose & just left my past job)

since Bob's brother came on to run TFC communications, they have...

The Waking the Reds podcasts write themselves these days...

Depends upon whatever Mr. Saputo decides in the monthly meetings....

Sort of deal MLS should do - but is it the sort of deal MLS would do? (PTSD - Olaf Melberg variant)

https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/marco-verratti/


(yes, I know, they do this for a lot of players just to drive SEO)

Yeh, we got a depth problem.

Starting 11 is good...but beyond that, we gotta hope.

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Given we seem to be missing Oso & MAK right now....I think we might be struggling out of the gate.

Man the PTSD around this place

How does Dimonande, Jimenez, Insigne & Berni fit into a 4-4-2?

https://twitter.com/TorontoFC/status/1624482623744507905

Interesting lineup

Oh, and then there is this

https://twitter.com/TorontoFC/status/1624492868231372802

I don't know, I look at the depth charts MLS put out this week for teams and there are worse - we seem to be about average.
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IIRC our best ever preseason was 2012

Berni missed a pen

WE ARE DOOMED

MLS is avoiding streams - the social media people are not happy about this but it seems to be a league wide approach.

Yes but if nobody sees or hears it, can we write a Bruce Cockburn verse about it?

TFC signed Poz & had Oso - that is what caused MB to have to be a DM (Oso isn't it - not sure he ever will be to be honest).

To go back to those turnover of players stats.

We did a lot in 2019 to turn over the 2018 mess.

2020 we didn't do much because of our champ run in 2019

We SHOULD have had more turnover after...

In terms of team player turnover, here is a lot of data

https://twitter.com/etmckinley/status/1091390516858638336

https://twitter.com/etmckinley/status/1224718116099244032

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A lot of us have a lot of respect for ensco

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Need a CM - I don't trust Bradley as everyday