The problem is with players from England you have to compete with UK money, especially when the average salary is £211,068in The Championship.Originally Posted by PopePouri
The problem is with players from England you have to compete with UK money, especially when the average salary is £211,068in The Championship.
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Maybe for someone who plays centerback but for someone limited to the fullback position, it's terrible value for money.
Hi guys, I think the Matias Laba to TFC deal might now have some legs. Laba was yesterday expelled from his league game after receiving his second yellow card and will now miss their next match on April 28.
Now it seems like a transfer to TFC is possible.
Follow these twitter feeds:
https://twitter.com/search/realtime?...0laba&src=typd
https://twitter.com/search/realtime?...0aaaj&src=typd
Sky Sports article on rumored Kevin Davies to TFC:
http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...-League-Soccer
Sticking point is that TFC want Davies now, but Bolton could still need him because forwards Jay Spearing and David Ngog are injured and out some time:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22182642
first tweet.
Alejandro Calumite @ alecalumite 10m
# AAAJ Laba Selling to MLS I would let the club clean 1.350.000 million dollars. If confirmed in the prox. hours, but no longer plays
Making the playoffs this year was never a realistic possibility. Based on last year's results, we'd have to improve by over 30 points to make the playoffs this year. That's more than any team, even San Jose, improved last year over the year before. Even in a parity league, I can't imagine many teams improving by that much in one year, especially one that has a proven track record of being really bad.
I like the idea of what Payne is doing. Get a guy like Earnshaw (maybe a Davies) for a year, shore up the team a bit, while you are working on bringing the longer term pieces. As long as these older guys that we all know are not really part of the rebuild are on short term contracts, I think we are ok. If he starts bringing in old DPs on 3 year deals, that's when I'd start to get nervous. So far it doesn't look like he's going that route.
You can quote me on it.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
Please don't be another one of those infamous "imminent" deals...please please please.
Well twitter is buzzing that laba may fly out tomorrow, molinari said that Nelsen hinted at laba arriving very soon
@JohnMolinaro: Nelson confirms Urutti is NOT coming. Hinted that Labba signing is imminent. #TFC
@JohnMolinaro: Nelsen evasive about whether he's had formal talks with Davies. #TFC
Preferred Laba to Urruti anyway. Was disappointed when I heard the deals were panning out the other way (Laba deal dead, Urruti on the way). This is better. I hope it's for real and not another 'imminent' deal thing.
I would rather have Laba, we needed a box to box midfielder first.
is Laba a box to box mid? there is very little info on this guy.
and I don't expect this guy to make immediate impact, based upon how most Argies do in MLS. usually they need 6 months ish to figure out the league and then start doing good, if they pan out
“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
From what i saw on the Vimeo vids, he looks like a destroyer; he looks like he can distribute, but not a very creative guy, and looks like he doesn't get up the field a whole lot, doesn't really score goals - i don't think he really fits the mold of a box-to-box mid
I have heard him described as being a younger, more athletic version of what Frings was at the latter stages of his career (great tackler, good with outlet passes, good vision and reading of the game). Also heard he was not creative and doesn't jump into forward roles. But if he provides a better midfield link up than what we have now then that'd be great.
If Laba does sign with TFC he better be more disciplined on the field. He's gotten a lot of yellow cards. Yesterday, he was sent off after receiving two yellows.
Laba's initial date for joining the club was April 29th, by the way. Really hope it goes through.
Want to see Laba and Silva together in the midfield. Good combination (defense in Laba offense in Silva). Plus, they both speak Spanish which, obviously helps.
With Ephraim and Bostock wide I would say. I have almost seen enough of Lambe starting.
@JohnMolinaro: "Expect TFC to announce Laba signing in the next day or two."
So something like a 4-1-3-2 (When everyone is healthy):
------------Bendik--------------
Ecks---Califf---O'Dea---Morgan
-------------Laba--------------
---Lambe---Silva-----Ephraim--
----Earnshaw----Danny K-------
Or in the meantime:
------------Bendik--------------
Ecks---Boss---O'Dea---Morgan
-------------Laba--------------
---Bostock---Silva-----Ephraim--
----Earnshaw----Braun-------
Good news. With Laba playing as a holding mid, we can move to a diamond formation in a 4-4-2 with Silva playing in the hole.
------------Bendik--------------
Ecks---Boss---O'Dea---Morgan
-------------Laba--------------
---Lambe---Silva-----Ephraim--
----Earnshaw----Bostock-------
Would be my current lineup
Lambe played very well on Saturday, I would say one of TFC's best players. He's done better than Bostock so far, I would say.
This is great news. I was always far more interested in Laba than Urruti. We desperately need a DM who can cover lots of ground and distribute the ball to the nearby open man (although Hall did this EXTREMELY well on Saturday). As for striker, we have absolutely no need for one right now, so it would only make sense as a deal for the future. We have Earnshaw, Koevermans coming back next month, and almost every other depth player on the team is a striker.
If Laba can come in and actually prove to be that "Destroyer" holding mid, that fills a huge hole in our lineup.
Next on the list (in my mind anyway) is better wing depth.
Our service in from crosses has been nowhere near good enough this season.
Ephraim hasn't impressed me so far, Lambe isn't good enough to be an everyday starter, and Bostock seems better suited to play more centrally as an AM (platoon with Silva maybe).
If Davies does sign TFC's forward line will be Earnshaw 32, Kovermans 34 and Davies 36. Experienced, but pretty old and likely prone to injury or in Kovermans case recurring injury.
I doubt Nelson would immediately replace Hall with Laba, especially since the former has been improving every game. I think a 4-4-1-1 is more likely with Hall and Laba in the centre and Silva in front of them.
The good thing about this signing is that Laba is already match fit and should be able to handle big minutes right away. Wishful thinking, but it'd be great if he was available this Saturday!
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