TFC 2014-15 Off-Season player moves/speculation/rumours/etc. thread

[jazzy]

He played right back and defensive mid for them.

Also, a defensive mid doesn't have to be a monster. He has to read the play well, tackle well. Ossie Alonso isn't exactly huge; he's got maybe an inch and ten pounds on Delgado.

Like Laba ....pure technique..../skill

[jazzy]

Agreed. I grew up in Bucks, not the north, but have said shite instead of shit since I was eight years old. Does that make me a pretentious Brit wannabe? Anyone who thinks so doesn't know many Brits; yes, we (I'm a half-n-half) shit on every other nationality with reckless impunity, but no one is full of more self-loathing than the English.

The Brits hating on Americans is just inferiority complex. It existed there when I was a kid and still does. At the same time, thanks to the onslaught of American culture, I know plenty of Brits who are fascinated with the U.S. (Anyone remember Roy Hud's Guinness Book of Records TV show, with the "America" soundtrack from West Side Story and the Funky Captain America graphics? Ah, 70s TV).

Let's not forget how the Brits rediscovered blues and rock and roll and made the world remember where it came from........yes Brits are very critical of each other hence they're amazing comedy history.......that's it now for the Brit love in........we're all full of it .....any fan from any country with a love of soccer all think they are annoited from above.........AND yes Gilberto I would hate to lose, but it's obvious Giovinco/ Bradley will be where the plays are directed through .....

[Abou Sky]

Do you mean GOALBERTO? At least we still have Luke Moore.

In all seriousness I hope we keep Moore. He's cheap (half Oduro's wages) and seems to be a team player. Also wasn't too shabby on the wing when we tried a 433.

He is also very good when coming on late in the game, definitely a keeper.

[Ajax TFC]

He is also very good when coming on late in the game, definitely a keeper.

Nah, I'm pretty sure he's a striker

[Defoe]

Not sure if I should post this, but

Simeon Jackson is going to Montreal

[BuSaPuNk]

Not sure if I should post this, but

Simeon Jackson is going to Montreal

Where you seeing this?

[Areathrasher]

it's floating around on Twitter

[andmat]

Don't see the Simeon Jackson rumor around twitter link please

[mowe]

Don't see the Simeon Jackson rumor around twitter link please

https://twitter.com/footballagent38/...88468905463809

[AdamAM]

We get Giovinco.
Montreal get Simeon Jackson.
At least they tried.

[andmat]

Who the hell is this guy? lol never heard of him is he legit

[BuSaPuNk]

Who the hell is this guy? lol never heard of him is he legit

Doesnt look like it. If there getting happy over this on a sub par report lol

[andmat]

Doesnt look like it. If there getting happy over this on a sub par report lol

didn't jackson sign a 6year deal? why would he leave in the first year of his deal,

[BuSaPuNk]

didn't jackson sign a 6year deal? why would he leave in the first year of his deal,

Yeah if i remember correctly he did. That makes it even worse. So funny between those thinking were breaking the rules with 4 DPs and how much money we spend its a great time to be a supporter of the Reds.

Oh man haters gonna hate.

[andmat]

Gilberto should be traded before the season start's I don't believe it's a good thing keeping him when the season start's if he has a good first 2 to 3 months and then get's a transfer it won't look good on toronto fc and the fans won't like it one bit

[Initial B]

I'm fine with Gilberto staying here for the spring. If he does light it up, he can either be kept around, or transferred to a european team in the summer transfer period garnering a higher price.

[Fort York Redcoat]

The Dutch approach to football far exceeds the British system as far as development and overall tactical knowledge.

Was winter the guy? No!, probably not. But this team had zero quality to show in those years.



If you're British, sorry!. But besides the foreign heavy (players/coaches) Premier League(money) The whole approach to the game is not the model to follow.

The international record shows that.

Only thing I give the British system is the overall fitness of the players. Style of play and tactical knowledge of the game is weak.

And there's nothing petty about what I said its the truth. I been following TFC since inception and well aware of how the club has been run since that time.

I have watched people chase skilled footballers out of town, to champion hacks and water carriers because they came their favourite hometown team.


Does it matter where a player comes from?............No!!

But when you keep bringing the same type of player/coach to fit some rudimentry outlook to the game and appease one segment of the Toronto footballing community, then thats where the problem is.


While Talented footballers like Urruti, Silva, and Laba some how find their way out so we can play with track stars and water carriers with a whole lot of "Pace and power" but no IQ and awareness to show.

And yet Winter was not a rudimentary look. You can't have it both ways. Either the team has always done things the rudimentary way or they've tried other ways and couldn't get it right. You are trying to pigeonhole MLS teams play into a national style and flagrantly generalizing and or oversimplifying what the makeup of MLS squads are.

I suppose how this relates to this thread at all is that now we have more than a couple of NON water carriers and we will see what kind of football we play.

But if the lads play any nations style truly, I will be gobsmacked.

[ryan]

Not sure if I should post this, but

Simeon Jackson is going to Montreal

Noooooooooooooooooooooo. I don't want him to play for those cunts.

[Fort York Redcoat]

Noooooooooooooooooooooo. I don't want him to play for those cunts.

I am saving tears until its official.

[Ageroo]

Someone else reporting that the twitter account that reported it is not credible and someone reporting that it is true...but who knows.

[Red CB Toronto]

TFC 1st Round Draft Pick GK Alex Bono in camp with the USMNT. What an impressive pick.

[ManUtd4ever]

Yeah, I'm stoked about Bono. I predict he will earn the starting role with the first team by next season.

[Still Kicking]

Yeah, I'm stoked about Bono. I predict he will earn the starting role with the first team by next season.

I'll go further and predict he will be starting some early point this season and earn #1 either before or after Gold Cup. I think that Bendik, Jackson and Oduro are on the trading block...

[molenshtain]

I don't see the need to get rid of Jackson at all. Oduro sure, not Jackson. Jackson has a reasonable salary for the job he does and provides a unique skill that can be quite valuable. that just seems like turnover for turnovers sake. I don't want him to be a penciled in starter but he could be quite useful if we're not relying on him to create all the time.

[ensco]

Song idea: the chorus of U2’s The Sweetest Thing, sung as: " oh-oh-ohhhh, he's our Bono"

[Super]

Song idea: the chorus of U2’s The Sweetest Thing, sung as: " oh-oh-ohhhh, he's our Bono"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJXqnYCWW7Y

[Yohan]

I'll go further and predict he will be starting some early point this season and earn #1 either before or after Gold Cup. I think that Bendik, Jackson and Oduro are on the trading block...

lots of faith in a kid who had zero pro game under his belt...

[Areathrasher]

I don't see the need to get rid of Jackson at all. Oduro sure, not Jackson. Jackson has a reasonable salary for the job he does and provides a unique skill that can be quite valuable. that just seems like turnover for turnovers sake. I don't want him to be a penciled in starter but he could be quite useful if we're not relying on him to create all the time.

I'd keep one and trade one.

[pdubs]

Not sure if I should post this, but

Simeon Jackson is going to Montreal

Simeon JacksonVerified account‏@JacksonSimeon

??????Don't know who this is and what he's talking about


He then links to the "agent" who spewed this story. Apparently completely false.

[Still Kicking]

I don't see the need to get rid of Jackson at all. Oduro sure, not Jackson. Jackson has a reasonable salary for the job he does and provides a unique skill that can be quite valuable. that just seems like turnover for turnovers sake. I don't want him to be a penciled in starter but he could be quite useful if we're not relying on him to create all the time.

It is just a hunch, not a stirring demand. The low salary that makes him worthy of keeping also makes him attractive to other teams. The observation was made somewhere that teams will look to have two players of the same language/nationality to reduce isolation. If Gilberto is sold does anyone else speak Brazilian Portuguese on TFC? My hunch is that TFC now prefers an Italian speaking winger....