TFC has a lot of good players on it, I think we have seen that over the years players leave and then why we brought them in shows up. Labrocca and Wynn to name just two of the most recent.
A lot of what happened I think was a lack of leadership and familiarity. The team never really stabilized.
For me the biggest problem has been tactical and leadership over the past few years. Preki tactics were right for the players he had, but he was a poor leader. Carver a good leader, poor tactics, Dasovic the same.
Its my hope Winter brings it together and it is his team now. Any and all results are on him and not the previous management he has brought in some personnel whom I think are very good MLS quality players.
Hopefully the Portland game was a return of some character and the willpower. The team needs belief and guts to pull out these come from behind wins. Maybe it was a character point, maybe it was a fluke, I hope its a sign the team is coming together.
Nonetheless, at this point the results have not been there and while some people accept the poor results, I'll accept nothing less than a playoff birth as a measure of success and by that measure this season will be a failure. Winter has time to turn it around though and that would be a massive story in the clubs history if we were able to pull an RSL and make it to the next round.