I am looking forward to have TFC newcomer Joe Bendik autograph some photos this week. After next Saturday I hope to have get within single digits of the 151 players who have suited for the Reds in terms of signed photos. So I am always up for additions to the roster within reason any ways.
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He started for Vancouver when he played there, so you're plain wrong.Originally Posted by 69Chevy396
He actually started only 11 of 20 games for Vancouver. Clearly he was deemed expendable and traded midseason. Anyway that was two years ago on an expansion team.
Right now Dunfield is a decent depth player on a fair ($86k in 2012) contract. He's best suited to a substitute role or filling in for a game or two when necessary. He is NOT good enough to be a consistent starter on a playoff team. Especially not when paired with Jeremy Hall.
TFC sorely needs an upgrade in the middle of the park. Hopefully Cesar will provide that. Ideally we'd acquire another mid to push both Hall and Dunfield to the bench.
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Jonathan B-Borgault, I thought was a no brainer to sign with TFC. Similar with Jaime Peters. I'm shocked that Wiedeman and Dunfield together are worth more than Peters to this team. IMO, if you dont use them, then why do you sign them?
for what it is worth, apparently peters showed up to both Vancouver and us doing his best Colin Samuel impression
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Ok, so he was a starter for another MLS team then right?
The original argument stated he would not start for any other MLS club. That means right now. Not two years ago on an expansion team. Where by the way he lost his starting job because he wasn't good enough.
Did you even read the rest of my post or do you not have anything meaningful to add to this discussion? I'll say it again in case you missed it: Dunfield is a depth player on a playoff team. We need to upgrade him and Hall both.
Problem with that statement is that yeah Dunfield is a depth player on a playoff team. However I think alot of us here know this team is far from that. We're a bubble team at most. We need upgrades all over the pitch.
Well you didn't mention this in your original argument. But besides that, how can the man start for another team and for us right now at the same time? Are you retarded? He can only start for one team at a time... it's simple causality logic. It appears that you are moving the goal posts to suit yourself.
Dunfield is a depth player. I'll give you that. But having scored 6 goals for us in all competitions last year he is the best depth player, or perhaps the best player that we have on our team right now.
How many goals did Deguzman or Frings score for us in the defensive midfield position?
none of this has anything to do with new player acquisitions. quit spamming the thread.
Remember that we have a "Terry Dunfield Omnibus Thread." Here's the link to the current page: http://forums.redpatchboys.ca/showth...s-Thread/page3
Knock yourself out over there please.
No point continuing discussion with someone who says things like "But having scored 6 goals for us in all competitions last year he is the best depth player, or perhaps the best player that we have on our team right now. How many goals did Deguzman or Frings score for us in the defensive midfield position?"
Back to topic: does anyone know much about this Ryan Richter guy, only trialist right now? Larson seems to think he's replacing Stinson, but listed as a winger/forward on wiki.
I believe Kurt Larson will be at TFC training this morning. Hopefully, he'll have some news regarding player acquisitions.
As per twitter...
Toronto FC @torontofc #TorontoFC adds versatile defender Ryan Richter to squad.
^ Bench depth only. This isn't one of the big moves.
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John Molinaro @JohnMolinaro9mO'Dea, Bekker and Ashtone not here at practice. All UK players are back in town. Been told David Monsalve is here. Not sure if it's a trial.
John Molinaro @JohnMolinaro7mCochrane says Monsalve just training with team. Not on a trial. #TFC
John Molinaro @JohnMolinaro5m
No new guys on trial at #TFC this morning.
Versatile = bench
Isn't Monsalve still with FC Edmonton? When does NASL season get underway?
So is there much difference between him and Matt Stinson other than Stinson came from the Academy and is Canadian and Richter is slightly older and American?
Monsalve does keeper training at my son's academy. Super guy and not worse than most MLS keepers, surprised he isn't on someone's bench.
Matt Stinson = Midfielder
Ryan Richter = Defender
I remember I really liked what I saw for that one match he played at TFC. If not for the fact that we are all filled up with GKs, I wouldn't have minded him on the roster at all. That and I remember reading about his desire to contribute to the local community. Though, it appears that he isn't starting at Edmonton - I wonder why.
Matt Stinson is also a defender. Remember the game against the Red Bulls?
I'm guessing Richter is comfortable at left back. Probably depth for Morgan.
I was never that crazy about Stinson. He was here for a couple of years and gave it a shot, it didn't work out. Didn't see anything from him that suggested he was hard done by. Perhaps just a product of the 18-23 development gap but he struggled with multiple Canadian youth teams as well. Somebody at TFC FO should be smacked around for signing that kid out of college and sending him 10 steps backwards.
What people don't know is Richter was originally a very good striker, he had 10 goals in 45 games with the Northeasters. Maybe the Union pegged him as a defender, which really was never his strong point. If you put Ricthter as a depth striker it makes a lot of sense.
I don't see why we'd sign him with the intention of using him as a striker when we have T. Morgan, Bennett, Braun & Wiedeman on the roster, with the Argentinian forward presumably still on the way.
Can he possibly be better than 'the best finisher in the modern era' ?
Although WeedMan has a great name, I wouldn't miss him.
MLS.com has him listed as a forward:
http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/ryan-richter
Maybe he could be like Chris Pozniak was in the early days... a jack of all trades, master of none. Ideal depth for filling in those holes in the roster that pop up due to injuries, while taking up very little cap space for covering all of those positions.
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