who are the dancers??
who are the dancers??
Nelsen put on quite the wry smile in his Montreal post-game press conference when asked about Laba. The reporter mentions him by name and so does Nelsen in his response, I think it's safe to say this is pretty much a done deal. @ 6:25
Laba sounds like a done deal. I don't think a coach would say that without there being something actually signed up. I expect a press conference over the next 1 or 2 days.
That was me!
can't wait to see the announcement of laba, and hopefully he will have a great impact on the team. also hopefully this wouldn't come out like the urruti situation.
Do you understand what the price of eggs is?
Last year Javi Martinez, a Spanish national team sub that can barely get a sniff, a guy that I willing to bet 75% of people here haven't heard of, was sold by Bilbao to Bayern.
Do you know what the transfer fee was?
40 million.
Euros.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
I've been really high on Martinez for a long time and while it seems like a lot of money, I'd say it was worth it over the long term.
The next big-money, under the radar move from Spain will be for Isco.
As for Cristiano Ronaldo, well...there's always FIFA 13 manager mode and that's about as close as that transfer is going to get.
I'd hate to break up the Ronaldo to TFC talk and speak about something slightly more realistic but
CAN WE PLEASE GET A LOAN FOR DONEIL HENRY
The kid has all the physical tools to play the game at this level but needs to develop more. He isn't going to learn it all sitting on the bench. Loan him to Edmonton, Charleston, anyone who can give him minutes on a regular basis. PLEASE!!!
Everyone knows he's 19 right? A standard US/Canadian Football player at 19 would be training with their prospective college teams at this point. I'd say him learning through reserve matches and training with the first team would be more beneficial to a player of that age and experience than simply getting tossed into USL/NASL level waters and potentially picking up bad habits or getting busted up by some of the hacks they have flying around in the lower divisions. Now players like Bennett and T. Morgan, at their ages, are a different story. Them I'd loan out.
Kevin Davies: Bolton captain pulls out of Toronto move
Bolton captain Kevin Davies turned down a move to Major League Soccer side Toronto just 24 hours after reportedly being close to agreeing a deal.
Having been told his contract would not be renewed, the 36-year-old could have made an immediate switch to Canada.
"My family and I were naturally excited about the opportunity of going to Toronto on a short-term deal," he said.
“I will be ready if the [Bolton] manager needs me and, hopefully, have a part to play in helping the club return to the Premier League”Kevin Davies
"But after legal advice we felt that certain obstacles put in our way were too large to overcome."
The striker has not been a member of Bolton's recent squads and made the last of his 38 appearances this season on 16 March, but has now committed himself to the club for the rest of the Championship campaign.
"It has been a complete rollercoaster since first speaking with [Toronto head coach] Ryan Nelsen on 18 April," said Davies, who signed a new one-year dealafter the club were relegated from the Premier League last season.
"Whilst it has been the toughest month of my 10-year Bolton career, I remain, as I always have done, 100% committed to the club.
"I will finish the season here and continue with my high standards as a professional footballer.
"I will be ready if the manager needs me and, hopefully, have a part to play in helping the club return to the Premier League."
Wonder what kind of legal advice he is talking about? Good player but don't think he's what we need at TFC; and would only be a short term fix if that.
Davies would have been useful to have around. A short term fix on the field but a wealth of experience as a captain than would help the development of the younger players. I assume that was a big part of the reason we were in for him in the first place. Given our preferred formation i don't see the need to add another target man type forward to the roster.
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Argentinos Juniors confirm Laba sale: http://translate.googleusercontent.c...19LsLqGLAhm2aw
I think the problem with Davies was having his young family (im assuming wife and kid(s)) come with him for those 6 months. I think its most likely due to canadian immigration/visa laws. That sounds like a big enough hurdle that for 6 months he really didnt want to be away from his family.
This was actually my first assumption too. it can be a hurdle, even coming from a country that is a member of the Commonwealth (Cummings had the same problem). His family would not be able to come over immediately, and even after getting permission to come, the wife wouldn't be able to work. To be away from a young family; some people can do it (like Califf; kudos to him, must be tough) some people can't.
When I heard Davies fell through I figured it probably had something to do with signing for the league instead of the team. The prospect of being passed around like roach is not appealing.
I thought that the signing would be announced today
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/articl...fer-toronto-fc
gotta be very close, as Laba is in Toronto. probably sorting out personal contract
“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
Of course, playing or not, he's been one of the best wingers in football.
That's why he's $40M, although I think the point is valid, which is that the Spanish league is horribly, horribly overpriced, even for clubs in heavy debt (which is most of them).
Might be able to get a deal in the Segunda, though. Like, maybe a certain former U.S international central defender who hasn't been playing?