Totally agree about the draft picks, and I guess I have seen the light regarding allocation for qualifying for the CCL (and thus for the SS), from qualification to the final round of the tournment actually transcends 3 season for a US club. (Only 2 for Canadain teams). So i understand why a club would need some financial help to keep the teams together over numerous off seasons.Originally Posted by __wowza
32 yr old former US international RB Chris Albright signs with Philly.
http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/new...ender-albright
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Montreal adds former Italian international Matteo Ferrari.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_Ferrari
Good pick up for them at a very important position.
still got no strikers tho. could pull off alot of ties/losses because of this.
gotta say he looks like a decent signing tho
http://blog.sfgate.com/soccer/2012/0...simon-dawkins/
San Jose signs 24yr old midfielder Simon Dawkins from Tottenham. Dawkins played for SJ on loan last season.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
^^^ He's on loan again this season.
Spurs' David Bentley eyes MLS loan
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...to-mls?cc=5901
If TFC could afford him, he's well worth going after...he's EXACTLY what TFc need...a right-side attacking midfielder, and dead ball specialist...
^ i don't know about him in the league, especially if he's not match fit. one of the worst transfers the spurs picked up as far back as i can remember. he was supposed to be the next beckham.
We could use a set piece specialist (although we're hearing some reports that Aceval is very good). But we have a few guys like Plata and Lambe ready to take those wing positions. Bringing in a guy like this would just upset their development in imo. And for what? He would only be a short term sigining. I second what wowza said above. He's not even on Spurs' radar screen anymore. Not worth it.
Of Charlie Adam's dead ball skills, Sir Alex Ferguson once famously quoted,I think Bentley's dead ball skills are worth a couple hundred grand, IMO" ...we couldn't handle Charlie Adam, his corner kicks are worth £10m”
I know what you mean about development, and I agree, but are we still talking about development after 6 years? Can't we just win a couple now, even if it's for half the season? With CCL (especially when it reloads for the next year of the competition) there will be games for the "youngers" to play eventually, and get that development with some gametime, but it might be nice to get some quality to help with the season, get in a good spot for the second half of the season.
Reports say Whitecaps to sign Scottish international and former Celtic midfielder Barry Robson at the end of Championship season from Middlesborough
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/W...180/story.html
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_b...to-dynamo.html
Brian Ching reportedly going back to Houston for a conditional draft pick
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
^ Wow, that's funny. Houston will save a bundle as well if this is correct. Montreal still looking for some forwards I guess? BTW Saputo recently tweeted from his Europe trip "Good contacts make for great meetings, thanks to VV and GP we may have found our guy." -- the DP they are looking for I presume? I'll believe when it's finalized...
Dallas Chronicle confirms a Ching "deal in principle."
http://www.chron.com/sports/college/...ng-3334900.php
Looks like the Poutines lost their gamble.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
I don't think Montreal 'lost'. It was a gamble for low risk, potential huge payoff
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
^ there was an issue i read about on the MLS website about ching leaving impact training due to "personal issues". apparently he stated in the same article that he was all business with montreal, but that was probably just to save face.
what's weird is that ching comes back AND takes a pay cut. so are we declaring the dynamo the winners on this whole ordeal?
another interesting note: montreal now have what, 2 forwards? this is going a month into the start of the season?
Last edited by __wowza; 02-16-2012 at 10:28 AM.
done
@LukeWileman Whitecaps confirm signing of Barry Robson as a Designated Player. Will join club in July #MLS
It was a gamble and they lost, because they didn't win. You could say it was a justifiable gamble, a worthwhile gamble, but it is a gamble they did lose.
A 649 ticket is a cheap gamble for a potential huge payoff, but if your ticket isn't the winner, you have lost.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
Robson must have been a bargain as DPs go. Doesn't seem like a marquee player.
Ching move official now. Conditional draft pick. That is like free, right? Must be a salary dump to bring in somebody who actually wants to be there.
Last edited by Detroit_TFC; 02-16-2012 at 11:34 AM.
Mtl trade Ching back to Houston for a 2013 draft pcik now confirmed.
Houston "wins" in the sense that they got Ching back at an apparently reduced cost. The draft pick is for 2013, so it won't hurt them this season... and who knows with draft picks (it'll take years to assess the value of that pick after its made).
Montreal gets nothing for 2012. They also had to deal with this hassle for the past month or so with little to show for it and now they really have to ramp up looking for a forward. Remember some people were saying maybe Montreal would get Hainault. They didn't even get money for Ching in the end, which would have helped this year in bringing in another player.
All in all, it was a pretty big waste of time for both teams, for little gain. But in the end Houston got to protect who it wanted to protect and still got to keep Ching. Their gamble paid off, even though there was a lot of bullshit in between -- maybe teams will not take that chance again.
Montreal got a draft pick for a player they didn't want.
Houston got to cut salary for a player who wasn't worth what they were paying.
All in all I'd say it was a wash.
This is key. Every GM will think twice before pulling this gamble that Chris Canetti and Dom Kinnear did.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/...-franck-songoo
Portland signs 24yr old former Portsmouth and Zaragoza winger Frank Songo'o, who apparently really impressed during his trial.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/articl...s-new-deal-mls
Eddie Johnson back with MLS. Will go to allocation progress. I'd say Mtl likely to pick him up. Also makes sense why Ching was let go, to make room for EJ?
I hope MLS offered Johnson less money than last summer.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
MLS Allocation order: February 16, 2012:
http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/conten...ng-feb-16-2012
Remember the "opportunity cost." Montreal also missed getting a different player through the expansion draft as a result. There were some decent options on there.
Colorado is apparently interested in Eddie Johnson, and is trying to trade up the allocation order to get him.
Colorado also signed 22 yr old Argentinian midfielder Martin Rivero from Rosario Central on loan
http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2...-martin-rivero
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Yup, there were still other teams with players unprotected that were better than a 2013 conditional draft pick (on Houston or on another team, like TFC).
Basically they drafted #1 overall a 2013 conditional draft pick and then drafted 9 actual players after that. There's gotta be at least one available player that was better than a 2013 conditional draft pick. Shit, they coulda taken Adrian Cann from us. Yeah, he was injured, but the draft pick doesn't even exist for the 2012 season. Cann will be back in 2012.
Last edited by rocker; 02-16-2012 at 06:37 PM.
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