I hope TFC sign Cooper.
I hope TFC sign Cooper.
I think it's time to get rid of legacy players and build this club optimally for the future. We're doing too much compromising in formations. 4-3-3 with Giovinco as center forward most likely.
Not Rooney...just no.
Let LAG take em.
Not to be dismissive but marketing material means little. There's no bus rolling along Yonge street that says the bloody big jozy on it (and that didn't even stop them from pulling the trigger on Defoe).
I think he's more likely to stick than Bradley but you never know where things end up. Giovinco is the meal ticket, the other guys are more flexible.
De Rossi in TFC Colours in 2017
I can't see that happening. Too expensive, that's pretty much a 4th DP. I'm content with the midfield line up we have at the moment, especially with Bradley being a beast these past few games.
MLS needs Villa and Gio to called to the National teams
if that happens, MLS will viewed very differently.
in the mean time, cooper type players is exactly the type we need to attract, then use as promo material for more of the same.
we also need these guys that are good with the ball to open up some clinics in N.A
Doubt it. People will go with the narrative that they both are coming to national teams getting old & struggling a little or they are just there politically to pump the name of MLS.
Go on ESPNFC for example and go to the MLS section. Read the comments on almost any article and you will see that the average Euro-centric meathead can twist anything into MLS being a shitty retirement league. Anything.
Saw a tweet today from a guy who scouts for a Championship level team in Ireland. He won't take seriously anybody that comes from a land that uses the word soccer (the discussion was on Bob Bradley). Even when told that that the name was in common usage in the UK only 30 years ago, he still says he won't take Americans seriously because they will never be good at the game - says the guy from Freaking Ireland.
That sort of thinking will take another 30 years to get past.
I think ur right!
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On another note, a good primer on how TFC is playing now which will inform off season moves. http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/1...-first-mls-cup
I don't care that the MLS is not Seria A or La Liga or whatever, it's the top league in my part of the world and it's the league where the city that I live in plays in so that's why I support my team , the fact that the league they play in is not the best league in the world has no bearing in my passion and interest I have in my team and league. Do you think fans in say Denmark care that their league is not the best in the world does it keep people in Denmark from following their league? When a particular team in Denmark wins their league do people who follow that particular team care less because their team won a championship in a league that is not the best in the world, so why do so many people have this hang up about the MLS not being the best in the world .
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Interesting comments here on Johnson's future...
He left Portland because he fell out of a starting role, and the same thing has happened here. With the way Cooper has played and how we've looked in the 3-5-2, does Bez expose Johnson in the expansion draft? He needs a new contract, but he would likely command a decent chunk of salary, probably too much for a bench role. And apparently Cheyrou wants to come back in a bench role next year already.“I have no idea. There’s been no talks, nothing. I don’t know if I’ll be back. It’s a good question. I want to come back, but it’s not a black or white question—it’s grey in our league in terms of the salary cap and how many good quality payers you can have on a squad. The better a team does the harder it is to keep more guys around because salaries go up when results go up, and salaries go down when results go down,” Johnson said.
“We’ve had a very good year, so it’ll be interesting to see if they can keep this group together. In a perfect world, I stay here, but a lot of those decisions are usually out of the player’s hands. With me being a total free agent, time will tell.”
Johnson is a veteran of ten MLS seasons with over 200 regular season games and two MLS Cup titles under his belt, so he’ll likely have several other suitors this winter.
“There were many options out there for me coming off a broken leg in a year when I hardly played. This year has been much, much better for me that last year, and so I’m sure I’ll have a lot of options, especially in an expansion year,” Johnson offered.
“There’s a lot of places out there that I could go, but I just have to wait and see how the discussions go with Toronto and see what they’re thinking. … This club means something special to me. I’ve put in a lot of work this year, and these things always have a funny way of working themselves out in the right way.”
I would definitely keep him if we move on from Bradley, but then we don't know what the thinking on Bradley is exactly, plus he's been a monster so far in the playoffs.
I didn't realize there were credible rumours about the club wanting to move on from Bradley?
That being said, I can see Johnson being vulnerable due to the expansion draft, given our 3-5-2 formation. Cheyrou and Ricketts as well. Basically anyone outside our current starting lineup.
Wait, is Armando Cooper protected in our draft? I assumed he wasn't.
Cheyrou isn't likely to be back, big cap hit, old and his contract is up
I seem to remember reading something, maybe a Larson article or tweet, saying Cheyrou doesn't intend to retire and would like to return next year in a bench role. If we can get him on a reasonable contract I would love to keep him around, he's still a fantastic player, he just can't handle consistently heavy minutes anymore. He was huge for us this year during that stretch mid-season when Bradley and Johnson were out.