And Mo met with Jamie Peters last year but he makes far too much for MLS to be an option.
Good news maybe is there are supposed to be Canadians in the squad next year that will excited the fans.
All from Mo just now on Extra Time.
SJ has a discovery on Ali Gerba
And Mo met with Jamie Peters last year but he makes far too much for MLS to be an option.
Good news maybe is there are supposed to be Canadians in the squad next year that will excited the fans.
All from Mo just now on Extra Time.
MLS better step in and give SJ a slap. Fucking ridiculous that we dont have dibs on him.
we have dibs on Huckerby, they have dibs on Gerba.....trade...?
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Peters would be amazing here in Toronto. He would tear apart defences with his speed. Might be a good option for im to re-spark his career. Isn't he on loan right now to an English League 2 club?
No offence to SJ, but I find it hard to believe that Gerba or Huckerby would want to play in a baseball field for 3 years....My knee jerk reaction would be we should have dibs on Gerba, but these are the rules. Rules that have given us the rights to McBride. I think this is their bargaining chip to get Huckerby. I'd rather have Gerba (25 years old and Canadian). Huckerby would be a two year solution, like Robert.
Noooooo. ones proven the other isn't. We aren't a charity, go with the track record.Originally Posted by werewolf88
we have dibs on Huckerby, they have dibs on Gerba.....trade...?
fuck, Yallop is trying to get us by the short and curlies.
to Chicago: Mcbride
to San Jose: Huckerby
to Toronto: Ali Gerba, full allocation from San Jose, full allocation from Chicago, Rolfe, Chi 2nd round draft pick
Is there actually any source on Mo having any interest in Gerba, or Gerba having any interest in TFC?
I agree Huckerby has a better track record, but going forward Gerba might be a better selection (health and longevity). Plus, if we get Huckerby, we will not be able to afford a DP, whereas Gerba we would. I'm convinced Huckerby will not be our DP, but I could be wrong.
San Jose doesn't play at a baseball stadium.
They play most of their games at Buck Shaw, UC Santa Clara's soccer stadium. They do play their 'big' games (Beckham, Blanco) at McAfee Coliseum, though. But that's three games out of 30.
Every thursday night Mo is a guest on Extra Time.
So tonight when asked (someone e-mailed and asked about Gerba) Mo said no, SJ has the discovery claim
pure speculation. this is the type of player i think MLSE thought would flock back to Canada to play for them in the first place. i think they'd be foolish to pass on it
Ha...This thread is funny....I am really unconcerned at this moment...If Mo really wanted Gerba...we would have him by now.
We'll have to see.
I'm more than willing to bet that MLS is thoroughly going to re-examine these rules in the off-season, as they seem to be nothing but a barrier to signing talent.
Maybe it's best to take advantage of our position while we still have it.
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Just to defend my knowledge....Buck Shaw was a baseball stadium. Hence not having seats on one side. McAfee is a football and baseball stadium. I wouldn't have said anything, but you didn't make any statement about the topic of the thread
or how about it sucks to play in front of 10k on a regular basis
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by that token, if chicago really wanted mcbride they'd have him by now
Buck Shaw is three-sided.
It was renovated over the off-season, having the opposite side to the original grandstand added.
From all accounts it is a very intimate soccer-only stadium now, with a top-notch pitch.
Huh? You're the one who brought up Buck Shaw, I was simply correcting you.I wouldn't have said anything, but you didn't make any statement about the topic of the thread
or how about it sucks to play in front of 10k on a regular basis
Right now Gerba's playing in front of 0 fans on a regular basis. There are far worse places to live and work than the Bay Area.
Substitute Toronto for SJ and McBride for Gerba and you have what all chicago fans are saying right now. We dont want MLS interfering in this sort of thing.
God help us, we don't want Gerba. He's a total flameout in his European career, a poacher of USL standard. I don't care that he scores goals for Canada, usually against fairly dubious opposition. To suggest taking him over Huckerby is absolute insanity. That's like suggesting we take Poz over Robert.
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They're not going to give up Rolfe to us.
EDIT: We already got tons of allocation from San Jose with O'Brien trade. Not sure how much they have left now?
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But you can say the same thing with half of teams in MLS. Not a lot of teams defend well in MLS.
Gerba would be nice addition for us.
Huckerby better not be our DP signing. He's old championship league player who is an injury prone.
Does anyone know the mechanic of the discovery signing process? I mean can team file as many as the want? What’s to stop a team from filling them on all-and-sundry?
Very injury prone; but consider this: he's better in his sleep as a pure goal scorer than anyone we have on this team (scored 1-in-4 from the wing at Norwich and 1-in-2 when they played him at striker), and was twice his team's player of the year as well as going into their hall of fame. This is keeping in mind that there are many of us who feel the CCC is stronger than MLS.
And if we signed him as a DP now, it would only be $200,000 against the cap until the end of the season. THe team could always sign him on a six-month then negotiate future time after that.
The Huckerby situation is something I've thought through more and more as the season's gone on. Give him a 6 month contract with the option to renegotiate at the end of the season. Give him the DP salary as it only costs us $200k against the cap, and we've got a solid goal scorer for the important part of the season. Gives us more time to look for a proper DP player for next season and who knows, maybe Huckerby likes it and stays on for less than DP salary next year.
Theres defo a reason as to why Mo didnt hunt down Gerba.
Im ok with it.
Still dunno bout Huckerby tho...
Gerba is a decent player, but for the money I would think we can probably get a better player. Mind you, it would be interesting to see what he can do in front of Guevara/Ricketts/Robert.
I'd be happy with Gerba as a depth player, if he was cheap enough.
Rudi man, calm down. You brought up Buck Shaw in your first post. Go back and read it. It was a baseball stadium and was renovated (neither of us are wrong)....but it missing one side of seats. Look at your own picture. You said yourself its three sided. Not sure what we're arguing about except you might be offended by my statements of players not wanting to play there. I agree with you there are worse places to play....Kansas city. If Claudio Lopez doesn't mind playing there then maybe Huckerby won't mind SJ.Buck Shaw is three-sided.
It was renovated over the off-season, having the opposite side to the original grandstand added.
From all accounts it is a very intimate soccer-only stadium now, with a top-notch pitch.
Huh? You're the one who brought up Buck Shaw, I was simply correcting you.
Right now Gerba's playing in front of 0 fans on a regular basis. There are far worse places to live and work than the Bay Area.
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