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Hmm.. Touray and Frei speculation doens't make much sense to me....
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Me neither. They could have had Ricketts for very little, if they wanted to go down the veteran international GK road.Originally Posted by pekduck
Using international slots on GKs is a bad idea.
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the link wont work for me,
is this the gambian keeper???
what makes him better than Frei???
Hope there is more to the Frei story. I'd hate to see him go. Even more so for another MLS side.
Acquiring Hall for a second round pick seems fine. He seems a good enough starter but still not the surefire starter at the back we're clamouring for.
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what would people think about drogba in LA???
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it does if we are trading frei off to someone
That's what I was thinking.
You'd think something pretty good would be coming back for Frei.
Is Cann still part of our Plan?
dreadfully quiet on that front, and I need some news there.
Frei our best performer. we dont need to be burned (again) with such a critical piece to our puzzle by trading him.
Frei for Captain.
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but why would it involve another veteran international GK? Kocic is competent enough to play in MLS
Its hard to guage Cann as he was out for such a long stretch last year and is now coming off that injury.
I think the one thing that was learned (which we all learned in year 1) is that you cant have too much depth on the backline.
I dont know that Id call Frei a critical piece of our puzzle, especially as he sat out so many games with Kocic performing equally in his place. I would say hes a good player and has been particularly importnat in the past. Fact is we need a CB, who knows the league, that can command our back line, Frei is prob our only asset we can trade from our team.
Last edited by Ossington Mental Youth; 11-30-2011 at 09:19 AM.
Competition? Depth? Upgrade?
Hard to say - any idea's on what his salary would be?
Moving Frei is a risk, but I have thought it was in the cards ever since Kocic was given an extended run in the team.
I'm still of the mind that if we can get a good CB for Frei, it is worth the move.
meanwhile..
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/articl...r-epl-defender
vancouver is trying to get ex Spurs defender
I think the writing is on the wall for Cann as a started. Wrong side of 30 with a serious knee injury. He didn't look comfortable with the ball at his feet in Winter's team, which is another thing that make me wonder if he is in the plans, at least as a starter.
Personally, even if he recovers from his knee injury, I think we need to to better at the starting CB role than him to really improve the backline. As a backup instead of Harden or Iro though, yes.
Big if on the knee though...
1) Frei > Frings for captain???? Give your head a shake
2) Based on the pickup yesterday I'd say Cann has become too expensive to not be the main stud CB. Considering we want ecks to stay and he's not coming cheap my guess is we don't exercise the option on Cann or renegotiate a lower salary using some of that to cover the cost of ecks
Article says probably as a DP. Wouldn't be a fan of us using a DP slot on an 34 year old fullback.
It could make sense in this respect: Frei is a great shot stopper, but his distribution isn't that good. I think that's the main reason Kocic took over the number 1 role in the second half. He's better with the ball and disributing it. Winter's system needs a keeper who is comfortable on the ball and will play it out to the defense. I know nothing about this Touray guy, but if we have a keeper really adept at playing the ball out, it will massively improve our defense. Kocic is pretty good at it, but having two would be real improvement.
If Frei is traded for a centre back with ball possession abilities, then even better. Unfortunately, as the Rickets trade shows, keepers aren't worth that much in a trade. We'll see.
kevin mckenna would be a great addition to the team. yes he is on the wrong side of 30 as well but he is a much more comfortable and mobile adrian cann. he is seeing less minutes in germany now and i bet he could still play as long as torsten can. i would feel pretty comfortable with him back there.
this is a fact that can not be overlooked.
shame really. . .
but not surprising from a team that has NEVER seen post season. .
(sad)
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The Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, New England Revolution, and Toronto FC start their home schedules March 24, and Red Bull New York plays its first home game March 25.
This reads to me that we will likely open against Columbus on the 24th ... you know, to continue this facade of a rivalry the MLS has conjured up.
Absolutely not for us, but I like how Vancouver is getting old defenders, like, Demerit who was injured for more than half a season(not wishing bad on him, but just saying that their defense can crumble at any time)
The quote says Columbus and us start our home schedules on the same day so it can't be them.
Ah, I see. I misread that.
Exactly what I was going to write.
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Hate the guy, but Cathal had a GREAT throwaway line about TFC in a Raptors story.
"Clearly, no team has been so put into the shade by a Leafs resurgence as the Raptors. Everyone else has at least a thread of hope dangling overhead.
The Blue Jays have a new playoff spot opening up for them; the Argos have a 100th anniversary Grey Cup to talk up; and Toronto FC long ago hit bottom and just kept digging."
I legit LOL'd. Well played Kelly. Well played
^ Kelly is just plain negative.
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