There's more quantity of very skilled players in SA and Spain than Honduras and other central american nations. If we are going to use our DP's then it better be for very good players who have played in very good leagues. We already got a young DP and bunch of good Under 23 players, but now we need more quality veteran players to lead this team.Originally Posted by mcolvy
Califf is back home for personal reasons according to Molinaro (via Payne). Speculate at will.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/tfcs-...sonal-reasons/
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MLS Tranfers:
Olof Mellberg is out of contract at Villarreal. While I'm sure a return to La Liga is mouth-watering, I'd love to see him in #MLS. - Wonder if TFC will try one more time?
I'd take a pass on any more central defenders especially when they come at DP prices. Uncle Don f*cking us on that one ended up saving us in the long run.
Isn't personal reasons around here the precursor to a retirement?
So, am I totally stupid in wondering why they don't have a bigger scouting team? They want to bring anyone in on trial first anyway so what is the harm in putting 20 guys out there looking for talent?
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Avila could press effectively and control the ball when he won it, which I rate as being more useful than being able to run back to your own box and throw in a sloppy tackle or body check.
I was thinking the same.
If Caldwell is off of his loan in July and we have Henry and Morgan off at the Gold Cup, we'll be down Califf, Agboss, O'Dea and Emory for the CB/LB positions. I doubt we'd be moving Califf before that point as it leaves us very thin and he will most likely get playing time during that time. We actually have more coverage on RB with Russell, Ecks and Richter (I guess Ecks could play CB too).
No need to panic. Caldwell in on loan until the end of June but then his contract is up. We can simply sign him assuming he likes the playing time and his family is cool with moving here.
^ Wonder if we need to move the likes of Califf and Frei to have the cap space to sign him (as we apparently did Dunfield to sign Earnshaw).
That makes a shit ton of sense
Seems kind of funny how we are cap-strung... the roster doesn't feel very deep. Undoubtedly we are still paying part of the cap hit for players who aren't on our books.
I think part of that is that we're making the space available for the purported big DP level signing in the summer. That and probably a few more short term deals.
It's hard to speculate on that stuff given the secrecy behind contracts, allocation etc.
For sure.
It just kind of feels weird when you look around the league at teams that have strong rosters and can still afford to add more talent. TFC never seems to have any flexibility by comparison.
Having guys like O'Dea and Eckersley on the contracts they are really don't help. That's, what, $600,000 on two players? Hard to justify that. Most MLS teams hide their lower quality players in the left and right back positions. We pay ours close to DP wages.
Califf sure but if Caldwell's potential salary is anywhere near the equivalent of Califf's and Frei's combined then we are just totally fucked. Near 1/3 of our cap on 3 defenders
Did you mean lower paid? I think you did, why would you have lower quality at left and right backs, do you not pay a premium for quality, next year renegotiate Ecks to a lower salary, if it's a no go we still have quality at the back, TFC needs a Caldwell at the back.
^ I think he's right either way you want to look at it. LB and RB positions in MLS are generally places where teams skimp. the salaries are less and the quality is proportional to the amount spent.
Yea after thinking about it you are correct, again if we can renegotiate Ecks, and maybe O'Dea
I think Russell hasn't shown enough.....
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.russell hasn't played enough
Russell needs to be cut. I am not sure what role he has left on this team. We got our DM's and Richter is starting over him as a RB (which is saying a lot).
I agree, he offers very little in DM or RB. Honestly don't know why we signed him or why he is still here.
So Walter Erviti (33 y/o Argentine MF at Boca Jr.) has been linked with a move to MLS.
Also rumored to be coming to MLS is, Mauro Diaz (22 y/o Argentine MF with River Plate).
What are the chances either of these guys are coming to TFC, given the recent scouting trip in South America?
Emmanuel Quispe @emaquix 1h Mauro Diaz (#River Plate), Walter Erviti (#Boca Jrs) y un tercer argentino que está en Colombia jugarían en la #MLS a partir de julio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Erviti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_D%C3%ADaz
It's logical that these could be the players Payne was scouting while in South America. Both attacking minded midfielders.
Saw some action of these two and from what I recall they both have skill good on the ball
Russel can play in multiple positions, and is on a pretty low wage. Imagine if Richter got injured right now, or Hall, we would be pretty stuffed without Russel as backup.
Erviti's been capped at 29 (crazy Maradona camp?) and played in Mexico for some time, so if he has gas in the tank, that's promising.
OTher kid has good second division numbers, so why not? We need an attacking midfielder. Plus, two more Spanish speaking mids to join Osorio, Silva and Laba.
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