That was the old CBA, new one cuts it down to 28.Originally Posted by Ajax TFC
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That was the old CBA, new one cuts it down to 28.
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That's fucked up. We need bigger rosters, not smaller ones. At the very least teams should have the ability to replace players on the injury list with players from their USL affiliate
Hate to give the Whitecraps credit, but Octavio Rivero is the real deal. Looks twice the player Gilberto was and more or less the main reason they have gotten so many results to start the season.
If we head back down to South America to bring in a major piece at some point in the future, best to avoid the Brazilian league I think.
Brazil? Wha?
A bit of a logical leap based on two guys who happen to be from different countries.
That's all I'll say about that.
From what I understand, the Argentinian and Chilean Leagues are more like MLS than the Brazilian League. Players are somewhat cheaper as well.
There's a reason why Seria A teams years back stopped dipping in Brazil and looked at Chile and Colombia...Players in brazil are always very hyped and come at huge premiums....I personally love the way Colombian's play and i would look at that country for some gems
http://www.insidespanishfootball.com...ilbao-for-mls/
Wonder if we could get this guy on a non-dp deal...
Not two guys. Look around the league and the foreign quality being brought in. It is consistently from Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, etc. or Carribean nations. Very little impact players coming out of Brazil, and of the few who have, most went through other leagues first. The very best Brazilian players are snapped up by Portuguese teams, leaving second-rate players like Gilberto for MLS teams to look at. And Brazilian players are more expensive.
Gilberto reportedly cost us a transfer fee of over $3 million on the back of 14 goals in 24 games and 7 in 25 the year before. Rivero cost the Whitecaps $3 million - it would have been less if he hadn't been sold to O'Higgins with a sell-on fee - and he had two straight seasons of 10 goals, in 16 and 17 games respectively. There was every chance Gilberto could have worked out wonderfully, but the point is we paid more for a guy who was a step below the best in his league, and the Whitecaps were able to pay less for one of the best talents available. Just like we did with Laba.
Way more bang for your buck outside of Brazil.
I think we are forgetting Maicon Santos :/
also there Jackson :/
oh...I see your point now
Brazil is heavily scouted and a little more difficult to get anything at a bargain price. Not that it should be ignored but I agree if you're turning over rocks in SA as a MLS team on a budget, it's not the first place you start.
There are also government regulations in Brazil preventing foreign scouts from working their without a local visa; so they have to work with local agents, who become a guaranteed layer of expensive graft. If they go down to Brazil, they basically have to go as spectators and unofficially, then open talks with the player's agent once they get back.
For once im not jealous of other teams players. Id like us to gel more so which will happen in time. Also like to see our defense step it up a bit.
All we can add imo is depth which is tough to do in this league
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Less travel for Jozy before the Dallas game.
Toronto FC announced Thursday that the club has acquired allocation money from the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchange for first right of refusal for midfielder Cristian Techera. As per club and league policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
More Garber bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Techera is a great technical, two-footed winger with good intelligence" - Robinson
Hey we could use that^
Guess he was one of the options mentioned here from an interview with Bez from Larson
Hoping maybe Vanney & crew identified our problem areas [DEFENSE] and figured a 5'2" forward wasn't what we needed to help us right now. At least I hope that's what they're thinking.
well, at least TFC is doing some sort of scouting in SA. or someone told TFC about this Techera guy for TFC to call dibs on him and get something out of this deal
“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.’
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Curious to see if, how and when our roster changes. Really the only thing we lack is depth and wing players. Theyd be nice but i think we can function for now
Whitecaps are becoming scarier, thank goodness we played them first.
Not sure why Toronto won't bring in a loanee for the wing or defence. Toronto has a bigger presence in Europe now and some of the younger guys in the big leagues there probably won't frown upon being sent here for a few months.
Dont think theres room on the roster unless we move some folk
then move some folk!
fin and caldwell come to mind
Caldwell I suspect will be here for the year but not any longer. Findley will likely be that guy who everyone tears their hair out over who the coach loves but fans can't stand. He'll be like Jackson on the wind last year shanking balls into the stands.
As per Davidson
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/spo...ce=d-top-story
"In other news, Bezbatchenko says 19-year-old midfielder Manny Aparacio has been designated the team's season-long loanee to the USL's Toronto FC 2, which brings the top team's roster down to 28 players."
Still don't get all the Jackson hate around here.
Yes, he suffers from judgment lapses and lacks technical ability...but the guy has scored 5 goals in 28 apps for us...and three of them were impact goals.
He's is also an impressive athlete and has decent defensive game. He's better than many of our past signings IMO.
Jackson is not a player I want to rely on, but he's the perfect guy to come in and kill the last 20 minutes of a game off.
Interesting that Bez made room on the roster for one more. Does this mean they're likely cooking something up?
We have no width. 0 width. Why wouldn't we sign him if we had the rights to him? I don't understand.
He's on loan. If he was actually being paid by MLS to play here, he'd be a DP. Which, given the machinations that happen with bringing people in from South America means who knows what his status was when TFC was looking at him back over Christmas.
I agree we need width. Who knows, maybe at the time it was this dude or Cheyro or Perquis - both of those moves came real quick. In a cap league, moves are never simple.
Yes, please. This would be a coup of massive proportions
No they had to make room on the roster for Simonin, whom they have already signed.
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