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    oh dear god, that lineup. It hurts already. that opening game I think i may collapse

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    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    I like the Chicharito idea. It might work as a loan...
    Valencia have been trying to sign him on loan. West Ham refused saying they will only do a sale.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gmacpheetfc View Post
    Bono
    Auro-Ciman-Mavinga-Morrow
    -----------Bradley------------
    ----Osorio-----Delgado------
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    ------New--Altidore-------
    Put Chapman and Endoah in that line up, and we got a real world beater

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ultra & Proud View Post
    Or maybe it does if they knew goals would be in short supply and decided to focus on the defense going back to 2017 level.
    But if they want to rebuild, why would they bring in an older defender?

    Man I hate not having direction. These guys don't know what they are doing.

    I'm normally pretty level headed, but getting worked over on a minimal transfer fee for a star, selling off your top players and bringing in older ones is the definition of having no direction.

    I've said this is a hundred times. Treading water in sports and staying middle of the pack is the worst thing you can do. SELL EVERYONE and GO YOUNG. or GO ALL IN. Never STAY IN THE MIDDLE
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    Should we all wear our black jerseys for the whole of 2019? A way to mourn the loss of the most influential, entertaining, futbol magician that ever graced BMO field?
    Last edited by barticusz; 01-30-2019 at 11:14 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Defoe View Post
    But if they want to rebuild, why would they bring in an older defender?

    Man I hate not having direction. These guys don't know what they are doing.

    I'm normally pretty level headed, but getting worked over on a minimal transfer fee for a star, selling off your top players and bringing in older ones is the definition of having no direction.

    I've said this is a hundred times. Treading water in sports and staying middle of the pack is the worst thing you can do. SELL EVERYONE and GO YOING. or GO ALL IN.
    Chances are the low transfer fee was to give Seba what he wanted just like Vasquez. Not string it out and fight the Saudis. The delay until now was either to wait until they got things in motion for new DP or a few last chances to convince Giovinco to accept the pay cut.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Areathrasher View Post
    Valencia have been trying to sign him on loan. West Ham refused saying they will only do a sale.
    Yeah. Just saw that.

    Back to Alessandrini then.

    btw, let's not forget Bryan Ruiz. Not a DP, but a classic number 10....
    “What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”

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    This “low” transfer fee thing that is getting traction is false.

    32 year olds in the last year of their contract in secondary leagues do not move on big transfers.
    “What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    Yeah. Just saw that.

    Back to Alessandrini then.

    btw, let's not forget Bryan Ruiz. Not a DP, but a classic number 10....
    I still don’t understand why LA would give up Alessandrini.

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    I do like Alessandrini but didn't KJ say the player was from a good team?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Canary10 View Post
    I still don’t understand why LA would give up Alessandrini.
    Because nobody will take either of the dos Santos brothers, and the Galaxy have to do something. Exactly like what happened to us with Laba in 2015.
    “What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by Canary10 View Post
    I still don’t understand why LA would give up Alessandrini.
    Because ditching GDS means you have to dump his brother too. That's a headache and they painted themselves in that corner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ultra & Proud;1886068[B
    ]Chances are the low transfer fee was to give Seba what he wanted just like Vasquez. Not string it out and fight the Saudis.[/B] The delay until now was either to wait until they got things in motion for new DP or a few last chances to convince Giovinco to accept the pay cut.
    That's exactly what happened. TFC brass if you are reading (and I know you are) if you don't know who the SUCKER at the table is it's YOU! This seems like bad business to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by barticusz View Post
    Should we all wear our black jerseys for the whole of 2019? A way to mourn the loss of the most influential, entertaining, futbol magician that ever graced BMO field?
    I like this. Statement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gmacpheetfc View Post
    Bono
    Auro-Ciman-Mavinga-Morrow
    -----------Bradley------------
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    ------New--Altidore-------
    With how much Vanney has spoken about playing with more width, I think we can rule out a narrow diamond. My expectation is that this new player that KJ mentioned (presumably Curtis' DP) will be someone who can play on the left.

    Auro-Ciman-Mavinga-Morrow
    ------------------Bradley-----------------
    ------Delgado-----------Osorio-------
    ---DeLeon ------Jozy-------XXXX---

    It's been an emotional evening, but there are more dominos to fall. The club did just seemingly improve the backup striker position. They're hardly packing it in. Curtis has inherited a very sticky situation; let the man work. Stay positive. ✊ I've been a Seba fan since watching him star for Italy's U-20s but I still understand the reasoning behind the decision.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ultra & Proud View Post
    I do like Alessandrini but didn't KJ say the player was from a good team?
    TFC had to put something out there, they have been taking a PR beating.

    The team's reporters have been stenographers on this story. We have learned absolutely everything elsewhere, and the beat reporters have been misled.

    I wouldn’t parse the language too carefully. Not saying that means it's Alessandrini.

    I worry that it's Hutchison.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    Because nobody will take either of the dos Santos brothers, and the Galaxy have to do something. Exactly like what happened to us with Laba in 2015.
    They can get rid of them if they really need to. Might be a bit ugly for them but they can do it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 69Chevy396 View Post
    Another bad taste in my mouth. This is the same organization that just turned a self centred, grossly over rated, and under performing hockey player, into a multi millionaire. Same board of directors. Same office.

    this

    we had Sebastian Giovinco and he stated that he wanted to remain in Toronto and we let him go - - for what?

    Even if they sign a big name i wanted to at the very least say goodbye properly - 5 years from now - this sucks, big time - this actually hurts

    MLSE surely doesn't believe in TFC long-term as the ROI doesn't meet their short-term objectives

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    Quote Originally Posted by Canary10 View Post
    They can get rid of them if they really need to. Might be a bit ugly for them but they can do it.
    They could but that's admitting two huge mistakes and since nobody, anywhere would take either, it means buying out GDS and that will leave JDS sour and probably balls up their already sketchy locker room.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    TFC had to put something out there, they have been taking a PR beating.

    The team's reporters have been stenographers on this story. We have learned absolutely everything elsewhere, and the beat reporters have been misled.

    I wouldn’t parse the language too carefully. Not saying that means it's Alessandrini.
    Yup totally agree. Molinaro said confidently on radio yesterday or Monday that Giovinco will beca TFC player after the winter window.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    This is way bigger. What did Dero accomplish here?
    Obviously this is bigger.

    I'm just comparing the relative impact at the time TFC acquired Dero(a star player going to his hometown), and the impact on the organization afterwards with the way he left(cheque signing), which got the whole ball rolling on trying to "right the ship".

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    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    TFC had to put something out there, they have been taking a PR beating.

    The team's reporters have been stenographers on this story. We have learned absolutely everything elsewhere, and the beat reporters have been misled.

    I wouldn’t parse the language too carefully. Not saying that means it's Alessandrini.

    I worry that it's Hutchison.
    they said prime so that rules out anyone north of 30 imo

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    As of right now, they've improved the defense and lost two major pieces of the offense this off-season. They have a couple more days to make trades and signings. I don't think we can know what we're working with for another week at least.

    I get the feeling that Curtis and Manning are going to set up another Town Hall meeting, just like what Curtis did at NYRB. They owe it to the supporters to explain what they're doing.

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    Hard to compete with the Arabs when they're offering 10 mil and it's tax free on top of that. He'll make there in a year what otherwise he'd make here in three. I feel sorry for his kids and his wife in particular because it's a drastically different place to live. I spent a week there on a work assignment and was ready to slash my wrists.

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    Hoping for no forced signings just to appease / save face here. Rather wait.

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    Quote Originally Posted by azorean View Post
    Hoping for no forced signings just to appease / save face here. Rather wait.
    Completely agree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blixa View Post
    Hard to compete with the Arabs when they're offering 10 mil and it's tax free on top of that. He'll make there in year what otherwise he'd make her in three. I feel sorry for his kids and his wife in particular because it's a drastically different place to live. I spent a week there on a work assignment and was ready to slash my wrists.
    i highly doubt his wife and kids will set foot there...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post

    I worry that it's Hutchison.
    Too old. Larin is out there and fits the age/good/allocation angle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    I like the Chicharito idea. It might work as a loan...
    He would plug right into this lineup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by backbeat View Post
    i highly doubt his wife and kids will set foot there...
    In that case he'll get miserable quite quickly.

 

 

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