Page 109 of 118 FirstFirst ... 95999105106107108109110111112113 ... LastLast
Results 3,241 to 3,270 of 3511
  1. #3241
    RPB Member
    Moderator

    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    On the Interwebs
    Posts
    18,703
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Mikmacdo View Post
    We have to start looking ahead to the expansion draft. If you can only protect 11 guys not counting homegrown or generation adidas players who would they be?

    1. Pozuelo
    2. Gallardo
    3. Osorio
    4. Omar
    5. Deleon
    6. Auro
    7. Laryea
    8. Westburg
    9. Endoh
    10. Morrow
    11. Mavinga

    Bradley is a free agent and I doubt any expansion team would want to pay Jozy 6 million and I would totally be ok with both Bradley and Jozy gone. Jozy is a good player but doesn’t play enough.
    Can we put Zavaleta on a list where they HAVE to pick him?

    More seriously, I would take Morrow off the list and keep Jozy. He's key to the team.

    It's possible Bradley has a no-trade clause, in which case we are forced to put him on the list.

  2. #3242
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Posts
    2,845
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by portu View Post
    Aketxe hit for Deportivo Coruna today in La Liga..
    Segunda Division. They're not in La Liga anymore

  3. #3243
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Location
    Toronto
    Posts
    5,662
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Oldtimer View Post
    Can we put Zavaleta on a list where they HAVE to pick him?

    More seriously, I would take Morrow off the list and keep Jozy. He's key to the team.

    It's possible Bradley has a no-trade clause, in which case we are forced to put him on the list.
    If Zavs had gotten a lesser contract, would there have been money for Beta? Just wondering...

  4. #3244
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Location
    Toronto
    Posts
    5,662
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Oldtimer View Post
    Can we put Zavaleta on a list where they HAVE to pick him?

    More seriously, I would take Morrow off the list and keep Jozy. He's key to the team.

    It's possible Bradley has a no-trade clause, in which case we are forced to put him on the list.
    We are going to need fullbacks next year. Morrow has been a great servant to this club but looks like he is wearing out. Laryea and Auro are good going forward but are they defensively sound enough for a back four?

  5. #3245
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Posts
    2,845
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Mikmacdo View Post
    We have to start looking ahead to the expansion draft. If you can only protect 11 guys not counting homegrown or generation adidas players who would they be?

    1. Pozuelo
    2. Gallardo
    3. Osorio
    4. Omar
    5. Deleon
    6. Auro
    7. Laryea
    8. Westburg
    9. Endoh
    10. Morrow
    11. Mavinga

    Bradley is a free agent and I doubt any expansion team would want to pay Jozy 6 million and I would totally be ok with both Bradley and Jozy gone. Jozy is a good player but doesn’t play enough.
    Mavinga and Laryea's contracts expire this year according to transfermarkt. Granted maybe there's an option year, but we could probably use that to avoid protecting them if they're out of contract following this season

  6. #3246
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Posts
    5,833
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Oldtimer View Post
    Can we put Zavaleta on a list where they HAVE to pick him?

    More seriously, I would take Morrow off the list and keep Jozy. He's key to the team.

    It's possible Bradley has a no-trade clause, in which case we are forced to put him on the list.
    Wouldn't surprise me that Jozy's new contract has a no-trade also.

  7. #3247
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2016
    Posts
    353
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by MightyDM View Post
    If Zavs had gotten a lesser contract, would there have been money for Beta? Just wondering...
    Beita offers two things, consistency and reliability. He’s not great going forward and he was at an age where most players slow down.

    He’s like a Toyota, reliable, consistent but a tad boring. You could have an exciting car, but what good is it when you’re on the side of the road?

  8. #3248
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Posts
    1,424
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Went down the Instagram rabbit hole of where Cheyrou is at. There’s a guy I’d give a crack as manager even without the experience.

  9. #3249
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Posts
    3,477
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by barticusz View Post
    Went down the Instagram rabbit hole of where Cheyrou is at. There’s a guy I’d give a crack as manager even without the experience.
    would be a dream

  10. #3250
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jun 2013
    Location
    Burlington
    Posts
    4,330
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by notthesun View Post
    Wouldn't surprise me that Jozy's new contract has a no-trade also.
    Most DP contracts have them.

  11. #3251
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    Toronto
    Posts
    710
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    I read somewhere after the match last night that TFC interested in Danny Simpson?

  12. #3252
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Location
    Top of 115
    Posts
    3,608
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Mark TFC View Post
    I read somewhere after the match last night that TFC interested in Danny Simpson?
    Chances are slim to none that he gets a Work visa with being found guilty of domestic violence...

  13. #3253
    Registered User
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Posts
    17,172
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    I wonder what would cause Mavinga to say this (on the last day of the Euro window)?

    https://twitter.com/chris_mavinga/st...492634114?s=21
    “What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”

  14. #3254
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Location
    Toronto
    Posts
    5,662
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    I wonder what would cause Mavinga to say this (on the last day of the Euro window)?

    https://twitter.com/chris_mavinga/st...492634114?s=21
    Curious indeed

  15. #3255
    Registered User
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    Ossington Ave
    Posts
    8,607
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Could be personal rather than business wise. Highly doubt we'd shift him atm wouldn't make sense.

  16. #3256
    RPB Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    116
    Posts
    21,717
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Mavinga & Gonzalez will be our pairing for the next couple of years at least, regardless of whether we have a new coach next season or not. His tweets are enigmatic.

    As against Benezet who tweeted out a recording of his loudly snoring roomate at 4 am Sunday morning - I like that guy.

  17. #3257
    Registered User
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Posts
    17,172
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Tweeting about despair at the end of the window, that's not all that enigmatic.

    I am guessing Mavinga has asked out or wants to go home, but TFC isn't interested or didn’t get the offer they want.

    I mean, it could mean something else, of course it could.... but that’s the way to bet it. The “enigmatic” tweet pattern, I think that's been about his desire to leave.
    “What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”

  18. #3258
    RPB Member
    Moderator

    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    On the Interwebs
    Posts
    18,703
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    Tweeting about despair at the end of the window, that's not all that enigmatic.

    I am guessing Mavinga has asked out or wants to go home, but TFC isn't interested or didn’t get the offer they want.

    I mean, it could mean something else, of course it could.... but that’s the way to bet it. The “enigmatic” tweet pattern, I think that's been about his desire to leave.
    The fact that it's near the end of the window could be coincidence, there's nothing in his tweets indicating a desire to return home. Plus TFC is not noted for forcing reluctant players to play out their contract.

    The comments on his tweet are treating it like common discouragement.

    It could easily be discouragement over TFC's leaky defence. I'd be tempted to despair if I was in the backline, with good reason.
    Last edited by Oldtimer; 09-02-2019 at 04:07 PM.

  19. #3259
    RPB Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    116
    Posts
    21,717
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Then again....maybe Mavinga was Benezet's roommate.

  20. #3260
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Posts
    2,845
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by OgtheDim View Post

    As against Benezet who tweeted out a recording of his loudly snoring roomate at 4 am Sunday morning - I like that guy.
    To save everyone a search


    Translation: 4 o'clock my roommate snores like a lion impossible to sleep


  21. #3261
    RPB Member
    Moderator

    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    On the Interwebs
    Posts
    18,703
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Messi "considering" MLS move. Probably just an attempt to leverage a big payday from Barcelona. Still, if he came, Toronto would have to be in the running.

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/footb...-barcelona/amp

  22. #3262
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    Scarborough
    Posts
    7,784
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Oldtimer View Post
    Messi "considering" MLS move. Probably just an attempt to leverage a big payday from Barcelona. Still, if he came, Toronto would have to be in the running.
    If he does come to MLS in a few years it's going to be to Miami for sure.

  23. #3263
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jun 2013
    Location
    Burlington
    Posts
    4,330
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Ultra & Proud View Post
    If he does come to MLS in a few years it's going to be to Miami for sure.
    Argie media have been reporting that Beckham has been talking to him about it. But then they get linked with everyone.

    Highly doubt he goes to MLS. It'll be a year or two at Newells once he decides he's had enough at Barca.

  24. #3264
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Dec 2016
    Posts
    179
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Oldtimer View Post
    Messi "considering" MLS move. Probably just an attempt to leverage a big payday from Barcelona. Still, if he came, Toronto would have to be in the running.

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/footb...-barcelona/amp
    You think? I'm not so sure, i'd say we have no chance. He'd be going to L.A., Miami (most likely) or NY.

  25. #3265
    Registered User
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    F5
    Posts
    15,303
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by JT Red127 View Post
    You think? I'm not so sure, i'd say we have no chance. He'd be going to L.A., Miami (most likely) or NY.
    Agreed. He he’s worth more in a US Market and / or a larger market like LA or NYC.

  26. #3266
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Posts
    2,845
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    It's okay we already had the guy who was better than Messi*, Victor Vasquez


    *in youth academy

  27. #3267
    RPB Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Location
    Fort Kickass!
    Posts
    5,422
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by JT Red127 View Post
    You think? I'm not so sure, i'd say we have no chance. He'd be going to L.A., Miami (most likely) or NY.
    Garber will see to that!
    TORONTO FC, 2017 MLS CHAMPIONS!!! (Still the greatest in league history!)

  28. #3268
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2019
    Posts
    32
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    I read the comments about Mavinga above and also have seen his twitter timeline .. something doesn't sit well with me when it comes to Mavinga and either he and his wife are extremely home-sick or something has shifted his attitude about playing in Toronto. He doesn't seem the happy guy he was when he first came .. his tweets hint of someone who is depressed or who is having personal issues in life or with his employer ..

    I was under the impression that he wasn't injured in his car accident but has been curiously absent of late … the following tweet and reply seem to confirm his mood and sombre tone have nothing to do with the car accident.

    This one … "It's not always easy to pretend"



    Followed by a reply to a follower ..



    Then this one just a few days ago .. with those cryptic emojis … arrow soon perhaps equals leaving soon?



    And this gem at the start of the month … Translation: "Sometimes you are so disappointed at an unimaginable point that you just do not want to make any effort for anyone" I mean wtf!




    If I had to lay money down I would say he plays out his contract and then he and the team part ways … he's been a little too dramatic since getting close to van der weil and maybe some of the latter's attitude and work ethic rubbed off on Mavinga

    Something is clearly off though .. we will see if he makes the squad tonight in NY.
    Last edited by TFC-Fever; 09-11-2019 at 10:28 AM. Reason: formatting

  29. #3269
    RPB Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Sec. 112
    Posts
    2,517
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    I love Mavinga on the field but does he ever need a social media manager. These messages are embarrassing for a 15 year old; never mind a professional athlete. This kind of stuff makes me respect Bradley so much.

  30. #3270
    Registered User
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Posts
    17,172
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Yeah Mavinga is gone at year end. That one tweet on the day after the Euro window closed, the last one in that long post above from Sep 2, he was putting it out there in neon.

    I mean, this went way beyond “he is a weird social media guy” a while back. He is stirring it up to get out. It always works.
    “What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”

 

 

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •