You're right. Aron Winter played a huge role recruiting those two.Originally Posted by Wince
You're right. Aron Winter played a huge role recruiting those two.
See, it works!
John Molinaro @JohnMolinaro 6m I wouldn't get your hopes up about Urruti, #TFC fans. That's all I can say on the matter right now.
#cursed
6 Urruti's and a Forlan?!?! We're gonna tear this leag....oh...crap
I think "Sign'em up or shut up" followed by #GetUsedToIt
So who's coming? They're making it sound like we're getting someone really special here.
For the record I can confirm Polski is full of shit!
no disrespect to John, but he has been mislead an out of the loop in terms of incoming/outgoing players for some time now.
There are still some fairly known commodities (including Cabral) on the market; they just all come with some risk at this point, usually from age. Here are a couple more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Arca
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Benayoun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen...r_born_1981%29
Example?
If Urutti isn't coming, it could be somebody like Carlton Cole. He's a free agent, still a good age. I know some people on here will not like it, but realistically, he would be a fine MLS forward and more than capable at scoring a few goals in this league. Cole is a better player than, say, Kenny Cooper and Conor Casey, both of whom are solid MLS strikers. Cole would be better quality than both of them, no doubt.
I'm not going to believe anything until I see Urutti holding up a jersey, ours or someone elses.
You know...as a life-long Wolves supporter, I actually thought about him.
He was prolific in Wolves promotion season in 2009-ish, but really fell off once in the Premier League. A bit injury prone, but a tough as nails striker who could handle the level of play in this league.
He's NOT DP-level, though.
Latest? Elmer. Previous to that? Rey. He tweeted a day before Rey arrived that there are no imment signings.
That may or may not be true but would seem by his tweet that he has some inside info that the deal isn't happening any time soon. In the absence of any solid info to the contrary, I have to consider this done for now. I tweeted at the dude in Arg that has been saying he's already signed to find out what he has to say about it.
So you got an Argentine journalist saying Urruti is coming and John Molinaro saying he isn't?? So who's telling the truth?? And i like that banner, of Put Up or Shut up or "No Payne, No Gain". The FO should just instill media silence. They're gonna get so hosed by the media and neutral footir fans for promising the moon and bringing in a "reflection of the moon"
At the very least there are major barriers to him coming. I doubt the contract issue is clear cut. Probably better to be pleasantly surprised rather that assume it's happening.
And the answer:
Emmanuel Quispe @emaquix 2m @MrTuktoyaktuk Patience. There will be news next week...
I am joking here, but I do recall a '... Forlan is at BMO right know...' from a reliable source, you are funny
Yeah I tend to agree with you here. Molinaro is a good journalist, but not really the go to guy when it comes to transfer activity.
I think cole would be good but his wage demands would be out of this world.
He's an excellent journalist. People may disagree with his opinions, but he always asks the right questions.
And I should rephrase my initial statement - it is not only John that's been out of the loop, it's all Toronto journies. The last one I remember being correct about a rumor was Canadian Press when they mentioned Laba.
Man, being a TFC supporter is all about patience these days, eh?
Play-offs? Have patience.
New big name players? Have patience.
Stadium roof? Have patience.
I'm running out of it.
I also posted that on here first before I went to twitter trying to confirm by tweeting molinaro and larson and others.
But yes Im sorry my source was wrong. So very wrong.
Well he did tweet about the minor signing (Aparicio) before it happened.
The day before the Elmer signing (July 31st) he was asked on twitter if there were any names floating around TFC. He replied yes but he couldn't share who specifically. Didn't see anything where he said that they weren't gonna sign anyone (Elmer). He actually asked Nelsen about Elmer on July 30th and got a "coy" response.
And on that same day he was also asked if he sees TFC making the big signings in the upcoming week (this week).
His reply: John Molinaro @JohnMolinaro31 Jul
@Toronto_Sports No, I don';t see it happening. Maybe next week. Aug 9 is ONLY for players under contract to other clubs.
So he was bang on for that one.
On Alvaro Rey on day before he signed.:
John Molinaro @JohnMolinaro24 Jul
Source tells me that nothing has been signed between Alvaro Rey and #TFC. It could still happen, though.
Is that way you mean by his tweet of no imminent signings?
I don't mean to work to defend Molinaro here but I found your comment strange because he's always been the best, least biased and least pot stirring guy reporting on TFC. He hinted a while back that he may stop covering TFC and I think that would be a terrible shame and loss.
John Molinaro is a good reporter and a dedicated one at that given the time he spends on this club. I am less worried about him being wrong on this (if he is) and frankly more appreciative that he is covering this team on a pretty much 24x7 basis. I would rather him than a motley crew that I would not want to run into a well lit alley or my living room.
TFC fans not having patience #GetUsedToIt
As for people getting scoops on possible incoming players...there's really no need. The club leaks that info anyway. LOL
Unless you guys like relying on the guy that covers MLS for South America who has been saying Urruit is coming for the last 2 weeks but just keeps pushing the date back.
Now it's next week. LOL
This guy has been tweeting that for weeks.
When someone tells you something you don't want to hear, the first reaction is to question the source.....
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