Originally Posted by Richard
In-season thread starts when the MLS season starts.
In-season thread starts when the MLS season starts.
your last paragraph is pretty rich to be honest. Show me a great team and I will show you a great coach. He has evolved since his arrival. Did he try something overly ambitious in our first competitive match this year sure. He should not be judged until he has the full squad in place. By the way I guess you forgot his tactical switch against Seattle in the 2017 finals.
This team was over reliant on their DPs. Due to the fact we could only play one way due to the squad’s construction. A lot of this is on Bez for leaving the team with 0 depth.
I agree with this but this season will be Vanney's biggest test. He has shown he can adjust in-game and we owe our 2017 MLS Cup to that but can he change our tactics as the squad reshapes this season. We need to be faster, more decisive, and hit with pace like we did a few years ago. This meandering, short passing, negative possession game has had it's day. Question is how ingrained is it on the players now? You can see that almost none of them want to shoot. Everyone looks to just keep passing in the box, even when it repeatedly fails. I know this was the game plan with Giovinco but even that was nullified a lot last season and against low block defending in general. I wouldn't fire him yet but if by summer it's the same walking speed attacking style but with a new formation then either he has to go, we need to refresh most of the squad, or both.
To be fair, Vanney has been saying for a year now that our play is too slow. I'm not sure the plodding pass it around the back ever was Vanney's style. Team needs speed outwide and quicker ball movement. The supposed targets will provide that. Whether those targets can instill that speed of movement into the rest of the team remains to be seen.
We need a change of mentality. As much as we all said this is Bradley's team, I've come to the conclusion that it really was Seba's team warped to maximize his strengths & rely upon his individual brilliance. Team needs to be more pragmatic.
Yup never liked him when he was with Montreal and can’t count how many times his errors resulted in goals . Already saw some of that already last night and even in that other thrashing by Las Vegas in a preseason game a few weeks ago. The fact TFC signed this guy this year already told me what kind of season to expect from this team and we saw the beginning of it last night . Ciman Zaveletta different names same crap players !
For those wondering why I keep banging on about this, I present this stat from KJ
We haven't scored a goal without Seba on the team sheet since May of 2018.
I have to admit, that gave me a good laugh - which after last night, was very much needed. Thanks!
https://twitter.com/KristianRDyer/st...093945856?s=19
Possibly a new keeper at TFC
It seems that today there is clarity in the file of Alejandro Pozuelo. On Wednesday, he was still training with the eye on Thursday's European match against Slavia Prague, but it still seems that news will soon be coming in his transfer file. Het Laatste Nieuws repeats that in principle there is still a breakthrough in the negotiations between KRC Genk and Toronto.
https://krcgenkrss.be/2019/02/20/bre...andro-pozuelo/
This will be interesting. TFC didn’t help Manning's negotiating position last night.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
In keeping the transfer theme, maybe we should roll everyone up into one spot and measure the chances. I see the following
CAM - Poz 75% likely to happen
G - Westburg 50% likely
F - Menendez 50% likely
Who am I missing?
Thank God.
I would still like to know wtf TFC was doing down in Mexico last week. I still think we need another winger, and rb on top of Menendez and Poz.
I mentioned this in a tweet I sent to Micheal Leach in response to him hinting that TFC didn't necessarily have a scoring problem last season and shouldn't be a worry this season:
That's fair to say. TFC played 13 matches where they only scored one goal or less. When scoring two or more goals in a match, Giovinco or Vasquez scored (5 games where they didn't directly score but I bet you they've gotten an assist in those games).
His response was we need to get over them and move on, to which I replied:
I don't want to dwell on them, but I do want to focus on the roles they played. Roles that are not filled by anyone on the roster. Yes, the team is trying to get players in, but as of right now they have nothing. Those are big rolls to fill and competition has already begun.
Full convo can be found here:
https://twitter.com/MLeach680News/status/1098054489364254720
Last edited by jabbronies; 02-20-2019 at 02:31 PM.
Yep, broke in the last day or two. He recently signed with a Montreal based agent. TFC has stated they intend to sign a third GK.
Remember The Man, The Legend, The Goal 5-12-07 and All That #9 Left On The Pitch, Thanks For The Memories !!!
Yeah, what I'm seeing is a team not moving on from those players in terms of how players play the ball with their teammates. Its a subtle distinction about style, not the individual. Not sure the journos all get that. If for 4 years you've had it banged into your head "play the ball to my feet here", you'll continue to do that even when playing with a target man.
What about that Austrian CB Spendlhofer? who was rumoured about a month ago
Last edited by Bushmancan; 02-20-2019 at 03:03 PM.
At this point this is almost laughable, last night made me mad, willing to give the benefit of the doubt, BUT at this point, management seems to be DEFINITELY working by the seat of their pants . They had the whole offseason to plan, including formulating what may and what may not happen with players / contracts, etc, , and we are dealing with this last minute/ desperation crap.
Last edited by azorean; 02-20-2019 at 04:06 PM.
That rumor died after Ciman was signed.
He's a free agent in the summer.
Certainly not worth the money to keep our talisman and main attacking threat.
A striker and a CB wouldn’t go amiss, either.
He wanted more money then TFC thought he was worth paying and worth risking tieing down a DP slot for.
More to the point, I think it could be said that Seba was beginning to stifle our ability to adapt. Moving forward, I'd like to see players who can be more pragmatic about style.
Ok, enough of this, Seba followed the money, YES, BUT 'stifle our ability' , come on now, Did you watch last night?
Ability to adapt.
We've been talking about it off and on for the last 4 years.
"Seba has to be played in a 2 man front. "
"Seba without a decent partner is not as good."
"Seba ain't going to track back if he plays out wide."
"Seba is demanding about where he wants the ball played and when."
The team was very much morphed around how he could best succeed - which made sense given he was by far the best player & arguably the best in MLS of all time. But in his four years here, did we ever play differently then what best helped Seba succeed? Did we ever adapt well to his absences? Did we figure out a way to make Altidore work on his own? Did we figure out things when a team stifled Seba? No
We were crud last night offensively without him.
And a large part of that is we tried to play like the lone striker was his ghost.
I look forward to us getting an AM who goes "none of that shit....you're here...you like to play like this...here's a pass to you in a way that helps you succeed" It should unlock a lot of latent talent in our attacking group. Or it will get them found out as not good enough.
Last edited by OgtheDim; 02-20-2019 at 05:10 PM.
Pozeulo transfer I can forgive going this long because I truly believe that management didn't expect Seba to leave & Genk being difficult but every other piece of business should have been sorted out by now. How have we not secured a TAM target yet?
Fair enough, true, but what I was trying to say, regardless of all, he is / was a difference maker. End of.
Exactly, and I was / am willing to give the
Benefit of the doubt. But that is what management is paid $$ for, to foresee, plan, this is multimillions in play here, come on, they have to be better.
I believe they haven’t signed anyone with TAM money yet because they need to sign a DP first. Lets say Pozuelo is option 1 and a winger might be option two with the DP money then you build around the DP signing with TAM money.
If they get Pozuelo they will announce Menendez or someone like that with TAM money.
If they fail on POzuelo maybe they have a target on the wing and then announce an AM with TAM Money.
Yeah, true, big picture. Hopefully they figure this out, and make all pieces fit.
I think after that performance from Ciman we really need another CB. Someone in the mold of Miguel Aceval.
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