For stats junkies......DeRo's career stats......looks pretty balanced to me regarding goals vs assists......I have watched him play his whole career because he is a Toronto boy & guyanese....so I have a soft spot.....yes he can be selfish at times, but he distributes the ball very well and he is always a threat. This creates openings for others if he is drawing defenders in my opinion.
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DeRo has never had vision on the field. MLS counts second assists. I'd love to know how many of those are second assists. He's purely a take the ball and run kind of player. His industry does cause chances, but he's not sliding balls through to strikers running behind the defence. That's the kind of player we need, especially if Defoe signs as he's a master of making runs behind defenders.
So when is the re-entry draft then - I mean, when we will have a chance to sign DeRo?
Apparently Quagliarella is unhappy at Juve...SCrew Defoe and Gilardino, go after QUAGS!!!!!!!!! He will kill MLS, perfect player IMO
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http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/jona...ler_39454.html
What about Bornstein?
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/articl...after-not-trai
Not training at Tigres...Chivas owns his rights. Snatching him up would put the club two-deep at both wings.
I only mention it because I'm pretty sure he has the same agent as Nelsen.
He's a left back, no?
I like the idea. I really think TFC need some players in (or recently in) the USMNT. One consistent feature of top teams and MLS Cup Champions is having USMNT players. TFC, and likely Montreal and Vancouver, seem to be at a major disadvantage there.
Last edited by Canary10; 12-17-2013 at 11:12 AM.
I would love it if we didn't have Elmer on the books. We don't need 3 left backs. Can we rid ourselves of Elmer or will that mean having to take the hit to the cap?
You sure about that? News to me.
He was played primarily as a striker during his tenure in Toronto, which skewed his career statistical average. If he is deployed in an attacking role in the midfield, he can demonstrate creativity and vision in the offensive third of the pitch. He has done so throughout his entire career.
I believe MLS started counting secondary assists recently in an effort to boost the offensive stats of players across the league. The premise being that we North American sports fans are stats junkies and it would be more appealing...
I beg to differ. I've never seen him do that in his career.
I would say DeRo has tunnel vision if anything. Which isn't bad for scoring goals - he is single minded about that. But if we are looking for a creative midfielder to provide service to Gilberto and Defoe (or whoever), DeRo is not that.
Last edited by Canary10; 12-17-2013 at 11:45 AM.
Take a look at his assist totals, and also his shots to shots on goal ratio. They suggest that he's inclined to take the 30 yard bomb rather than give it up to a teammate.
Question marks would be what he does on the other side of the ball and the answer is not a whole lot. I put him in the same boat with Silva i.e. Not an attacking mid but a 2nd striker.
Not true. Not recent. MLS has always had the option of counting 2 assists.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/articl...-through-years
It wasn't implemented when the league started though, was it? I could be wrong, but I thought it was introduced several years after the inception of the league.
Very decent pick up.
Is he an outside back or CB?
edit: Both apparently.
Morrow is an absolutely solid pick up. Well done Bez/Nelly
Nice pickup will help the back line, still need another peice or two back there, will help Henry develop better as he's not so pressured or rushed to get better now he can be guided under Caldwell with Morrow being the goto. I figure the games split will be 60-40 in mottoes favor
Answer is in the article. From 1997. So, second season. Not recent though, in terms of league history. There was a change in 2003. All in the article.
Good move. He's a solid MLS calibre left back.
I thought he played left back.
2012 All Star also.
1 cap for the States.
Like this pick up
Good pickup. Primarily LB, but can play CB too. Wonder what this means for Elmer.
Glued to the bench.
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