im sure they are close to signing somebody from SA..they wouldnt send onstad and oleary to argentina unless they have somebody in mind...
or maybe they are hiding them in a hotel in mississauga looking at youtube vids of players and payne is lying to us...
“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
I heard the Vatican signed some new Argentinian to their squad as well. We better get on this ASAP before they scoop up all the talent.
Ha funny I never thought of this because I've experienced first hand this happening. Have been contacted by agents to say so-and-so player is linked to a move to whatever club because they are not getting playing time. It is not in these agent's interests for their player to be rotting in the reserves or bench so to shake things up, and Urruti is probably a perfect example, to get his club to see he is valued or other teams in Argentina to see he is garnering interest and maybe they should have a look or make a move.
Those guys are in Argentina, sure. They are scouting, and building networks. Wouldn't surprise me if they go 5 more times in next 12 months. They should.
If you just go to sign a player and don't do any of the hard work beforehand ... you are not doing it right.
Listen, I have no idea really. All I am saying is, all is not what it seems in this game. It won't be the end of the world if Friday comes and goes and there's no Peralta or Urruti or whomever.
Last edited by ensco; 03-14-2013 at 10:55 AM.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
im with you on that...i know its a fine line and there is going to be some bs,but it sure is better then mo's famous S A scouting trips.
Last edited by Oldtimer; 03-14-2013 at 11:57 AM.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
That looks like Ipanema beach, was there a little while ago. There are actually beach courts all along the strip , some organized leagues and young kids playing, incredible amounts of skill on display.
You probably could have found 20-30 guys who could do circles around Andy Welsh and Colin Samuel, if you could pry them away from their parents at the age of 14
Mo probably found lots of useful futvolei players on his trips anyway.
Isn't it obvious? We will sign a player Friday, because we have a match Saturday. That's how TFC does it!
I'm not worried if we don't sign anybody this week. We have a 2 week break after Montreal. I'm sure Nelson and Payne will evaluate the firts 3 games, and then it leaves that spare weekend to train any new players before the LA game at the end of the month.
I think Payne should shutup, do agents a favour privately instead of saying were gonna sign someone this week and not do anything. Third time since he came here with these statments?
Watch me have to eat my words lol.
Maybe we already signed a DP striker, but we're keeping the news away from the press till 5 minutes before game-start tomorrow
Payne was on 590, he says something will be announced over the next week now.
I do find it curious there's no leak or rumors coming out of there at all and if it's even Urruti.
“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
http://www.sportsnet.ca/590/
Starts at 14:14
According to Kurt Larson and John Molinaro Maximiliano Urruti is pretty much done:
John Molinaro @JohnMolinaro Nelsen said deal with Argentine DP is "virtually done." #tfc
https://twitter.com/JohnMolinaro/sta...08925352996864
Kurtis Larson @KurtLarSUN Nelsen says new signing virtually done. #TFC
https://twitter.com/KurtLarSUN/statu...08758453252096
jus waiting for the white smoke over BMO and then they will parade our argentine to us...
I'm making a mental note of all those who have posted in this, and other threads, who indicated that they believe that KP won't be signing an Argentinian in the next couple of weeks (because Payne is doing one or several agents a favour pretending that he is) so that I can apologize to them for calling them out. Or - is it the other way around?
"Failure simply isn't an option at this stage. TFC pushed its chips to the middle of the table when it splurged on Bradley and Defoe and reinforced its bet by making savvy acquisitions elsewhere. This collection of players is capable of delivering on the promises made during the close season. There are no more excuses available for TFC. Only success will continue the process of atoning for the past and establishing a higher standard for the future." FOX Sports
"Failure simply isn't an option at this stage. TFC pushed its chips to the middle of the table when it splurged on Bradley and Defoe and reinforced its bet by making savvy acquisitions elsewhere. This collection of players is capable of delivering on the promises made during the close season. There are no more excuses available for TFC. Only success will continue the process of atoning for the past and establishing a higher standard for the future." FOX Sports