funny thing was how bad De Ro's first touch was when Gordon made a nice pass on to him earlier.Originally Posted by Cashcleaner
Arguable given how shaky some players have shown over the years when the ball comes within five feet of them in the opposing end.
but of course nobody remembers that......
Although I am going to miss watching DeRo play, with the Gold Cup this year he was going to be gone for a huge chunk of the summer anyway.
That's my 2 favorite players from the last few years gone Barrett now DeRo.
Hopefully the the new young guys will come in and work hard.
Whoever in the coaching staff/FO is behind this move, I commend them. They're proving no one player is larger than the club. I, for one, don't want a team built around a single player, no matter how good he is. DeRo got injured a few weeks into the 2009 season and that was actually when I really fell in love with the team. It was terrifying that the only guy scoring goals was gone all of a sudden, but the boys bucked up and won a few. I like the trade and the potential it brings. Time will tell if it was the right move, but it's certainly a promising one.
As for D-Money, and all his crazy antics, I don't think I'll miss them. I'll miss his skill, his big heart and the great ability he had to create something out of nothing. I wish him all the best in New York. But we weren't going to win Championships with him, like he said in his Facebook post he wanted to do. That's because D-Money can't win championships for TFC by himself. He needs a team, as much as he appears to hate that idea sometimes, and that's what we're building here. I can't wait.
Even though the tension between DeRo and the organization has been there for a while, it's still a shocker to see him go. It's unfortunate to see him go because he is such a strong player and always brings a little spark to the pitch, but we now have two new signings and a future draft pick in which the coach feels confident.
Let's welcome the new boys!
That's a very good point! 3-6 matches he'd not be available for.
Right - facts in a debate are laughable
I don't think that people who disagree with me are stupid, I enjoy a exchanging thoughts and opinions with anyone. In this thread though there are people who are arguing speculative assertions vs. facts. At that point, its obvious that its not about an exchange of ideas and opinions but rather about a pig-headed desire to be "right"...at which point there's no longer a point to the conversation.
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mmmmmmmmeeeeerooooooooo
Brandon says:
Concrete jungle where no one knows you, there's nothing you can do.
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Dumbest comment I've ever heard on this all day is from someone who attached it to DeRo's Facebook post, where he tells everyone he's leaving:
"Wow I wish I had known this B4 buying tickets!"
I can't help but laugh. These are "the non-supporters" some of you so despise and right now, I can't help but agree.
Roberto Alomar just said Toronto has the greatest fans. I don't know what to believe now.
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But in the grand scheme of things, his record for just this season is none too shabby. Goal in Vancouver, assist against Portland. I think he's got like 3-4 shots on goal or so and that's only after two games.
You gotta at least acknowledge his record.
Did the USA , of all countries, just fix soccer? - C. Ronaldo, May 27th commenting on the FBI-led investigations into fraud and corruption throughout FIFA.
I don't want to read 28 pages of this. Does anyone know who the new captain will be?
I was told that our web crashed by those that wanted to know about our man Dwayne.It is a shame that he was traded and obviously the message is ,don't take on the corporate guys ,business is money and that you can't force no matter who you are.
Herald's legacy showing it's nasty head again.
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If TFC is picking up a significant portion of his salary, how on earth does the trade make sense? I sincerely hope it's an erroneous report, such as the reports that surfaced after the Barrett trade that proved to be false.
The main benefit of the trade aside from acquiring a prospect like Tchani, is acquiring the necessary cap space to sign a DP or an impact offensive player to replace DeRo. If TFC only gains 100-200K of cap space in this transaction, it's a terrible move in my opinion.
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Even with covering some of Dero's salary, we open up 300K of cap space....
I think?
everyone can have a bad first touches even messi not all of his first touches are great..
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Apparently, Tchani is paid by the league under Generation Adidas, so we don't take the cap hit on him.
I think.
Did the USA , of all countries, just fix soccer? - C. Ronaldo, May 27th commenting on the FBI-led investigations into fraud and corruption throughout FIFA.
I say Frei
we have dumped so much and made cap space why do we need more who is filling up the space we have made already..
who is making over 200k on tfc right now just curious
Keep an eye out for DeRo's next interview insisting the Brooklyn projects aren't as hard as the mean streets of Scarborough.
and thats 3-6 matches he doesn't suit up for Red Bull.
DeRo Saga Ends At Last
http://viewfromthesouthstands.com/20...ero-saga-ends/
The DeRo saga finally comes to an end wuth his trade to New York. Some quick thoughts on his tenure here and on what this means for Toronto FC.
this is sickening display from all sides...
yeah, that's true. But De Ro fans tend to forget the bad touches, and the shots over the net, and the offsides, and the running out of bounds with the ball.. A picture is painted only of a saint who can do no wrong and deserves everything he wants. People can't just give credit for the good stuff and ignore the rest.
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The frustrating thing from all this is that if Toronto would have just let him sign with Celtic in the off season we would have been able to dump his entire salary. I bet we are paying close to if not half of his current salary for the remainder of the year.
DeRo could have played champions league like he most likely was dying to be able to do and we would have gotten a, presumably, small but decent transfer fee for him.
Another fuck up by the useless twits that have been running TFC since the beginning.
yes he did all those but he still was the best player on the team..
and yes you do have to take the good with the bad..
yes you are aright! that is 99.9% of his first touches are great.
i know hes amazing but not that amazing..
Yeah but they wouldn't have got 3 assets like they did today.
I beleive the old adage 'the team that gets the best player wins the trade'. And thats New York. They've been waiting to do this; but no way would they do it before the season started because renewals would have dived. Dero is a proven winner these guys could all be busts. This was about money and egos specifically Anselmi's ego. Any ownership group would have written the cheque for Dero except MLSE.
Dero is going to be an absolute TFC killer.
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