If you were anywhere near 127 this past season you would have heard me cursing every time white boots touched the ball. I also refer to him as "Black hole Jackson" (not a race thing people simply every time the ball gets kicked his way it ends up out of bounds or in the other teams possession)Originally Posted by Canary10
yeah Oduro has some nice moves but lacks a touch, finishing, can't cross...too expensive
I like the Oduro move!
We have a saying in the finance business - make your first trade your worst trade. Undoing this move is a real positive.
I see this as Findley for Oduro, which feels like good business to me.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
Trying to summons some emotion about Oduro leaving, I got nothing, for or against.
Edit: Am swayed by the financial arguments, and Findley does seem like a better option.
Agreed, I like it. Oduro is nice to have off the books. Findley has been up and down through his career but more versatile than Oduro. Definite upgrade.
hahahah NO WAY we got rid of Oduro and in return actually got allocation!! Amazing, Oduro is awful in almost every regard other then running
Gaining 300K in cap space for Oduro is a great move. Montreal must be desperate.
Probably Bez/Vanney wanted to see how fit Findley was before doing anything with Oduro, so the timing makes sense.
as far as I know, Findley only played striker during his entire career
“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
they basically have one decent striker on books right now after Gilardino move fell through
“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
So I guess Montreal got their striker that will replace Di Vaio for this season
I'm pretty much meh about this one too from a playing point of view.
Thought one of Jackson or Oduro would be traded.
Any way this move is used to pay down Gilberto? I have no clue how this league works, so someone chime in?
Based on how Bez and Vanney were talking yesterday, Gilberto is going but not finalised yet. Vanney did indicate it was an option if the CBA allowed it for a 4th DP or an allocation bring down of the salary but Bez didn't support that much at all.
I think we are getting in another wide midfielder/winger type.
If Gilberto is sold, we could have 800-900K in cap space available to solidify the lineup. That money could be spread out to sign 2-3 impact players (not from Montreal
He's played as a true winger (wide forward) several times. But yeah, he's not going to go back defend.
thats a good point i never thought of it that way. with that cap space we should get atleast two starters lets see what bez does with itIf Gilberto is sold, we could have 800-900K in cap space available to solidify the lineup. That money could be spread out to sign 2-3 impact players (not from Montreal
No, we don't get three times his cap hit. Cap hit is the same for DPs.If Gilberto is sold, we could have 800-900K in cap space available to solidify the lineup. That money could be spread out to sign 2-3 impact players (not from Montreal
Yeah he seems to take after his uncle as far as interview skills go... So far Vanney gives the best interviews of any TFC coach we've ever had in my opinion.
I was referring to the sum of Gilberto and Oduro's salary cap hit and the total amount of allocation we would receive (if Gilberto is sold for a moderate transfer fee).
Ah. So about $600,000 plus allocation. Yeah, that's a lot of cap room at his late a stage, for sure. Might need some of it for Perquis but still... maybe another wide player and a more dominating defensive midfielder?
what about j hoillet on loan...QPR are trying to offload him.
Not that much, suspect Oduro was a cap dump
how much is he on at QPR anyways
So Oduro salary + allocation, Bekker salary + allocation and gilberto allocation. We should have enough to bring in 1 or 2 very quality players.
+defoe allocation
Love the moves this year.
+ Findlay - Oduro (+1) Same speed better player.
+Giovinco - Defoe (even) tough to judge though imo we come out ahead due yo positional need and age.
+ Alitdore - Gilberto (+1) altidore will score more, already had chemistry with Bradley and has a Gio behind him
+ Perquis - Henry (+1) what we lost in potential we gained in experience in an area that badly needed it.
Not to mention additional cb depth, and large influx of drafted talent (potential #1gk).
Once Gilberto is sold we have room to sign two additional players at decent wages, my expectation is a winger and DM.
Really like the depth of this team more than ever before. Great job by Bez and co, hopefully they'll see things come together this year.
+ defoe, + henry, + laba etc allocation.
Someone more knowledgeable can correct me if I am wrong, but I believe it works like this. Gilberto's base salary was 1.145 million. In order to buy him down to the league max of 387,500 we would have to use $757,500 worth of allocation. You could almost get 2 league max players for that amount of allocation, or 3 good quality MLS players. Just doesn't seem worth it to me.
David Rowaan @soccercanada · 10m10 minutes ago
TFC won't be using wingers. Wide forwards and wing backs provide the width. The midfield is compact and central.
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