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    Quote Originally Posted by reggie View Post
    crickets from management since the big armas signing,tfc are among the worst in the league for content
    But among the best at preventing leaks. Long gone are the loose lipped, roller skate inducing leaks from days gone by.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Canary10 View Post
    Agreed. It took Virgil to finally get Liverpool over the hump. Lots of examples of this.
    Virgil got Liverpool to the UCL finals but Allison and fabinho took them over the top 😉. But fan of all of them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ultra & Proud View Post
    But among the best at preventing leaks. Long gone are the loose lipped, roller skate inducing leaks from days gone by.
    But we liked the roller skates.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmancan View Post
    But we liked the roller skates.
    Miss them!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmancan View Post
    But we liked the roller skates.
    I did too as now the signings are kind of anti-climatic. By the time we hear anything, boom, it's announced. Minimal time for conjecture or speculation.

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    Report: Pablo Piatti close to returning to La Liga


    https://www.wakingthered.com/2021/2/...ing-to-la-liga

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    Good assessment of the current situation

    https://www.wakingthered.com/2021/2/...stions-for-tfc

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    ^There are a lot of these sort of intellectual takes that say "now that we have spent and won championships, and become a big club, TFC players are in the shop window".

    It's a total misdiagnosis.

    Davies was in Vancouver. Adams was NYRB. Aaronson in Philly. Reynolds and Cannon in Dallas. On and on.

    Not one of these guys transferring out is from TFC, Seattle, Atlanta, LAG... the fact is, we don't give the playing time to young guys, so they have no chance of attracting attention, so they don't sign here.

    Success in the league competitively comes from spending. Success in this league financially comes from developing and playing players. No point getting confused about this. I don't want to be a club focused on selling players, sorry.
    “What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”

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    I'd suggest VCWC developing Davies is a stretch - they found him in their catchment area and were smart enough to sign him. NYRB, Philly & Dallas play their yutes - VCWC don't have that much cohesive thought or identity.

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    TFC, competitively or financially sound, still have to deal Jozy (maybe even Gonzales) and replace him (them) with younger, but developed players.
    Aren't the two weeks over already?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    ^There are a lot of these sort of intellectual takes that say "now that we have spent and won championships, and become a big club, TFC players are in the shop window".

    It's a total misdiagnosis.

    Davies was in Vancouver. Adams was NYRB. Aaronson in Philly. Reynolds and Cannon in Dallas. On and on.

    Not one of these guys transferring out is from TFC, Seattle, Atlanta, LAG... the fact is, we don't give the playing time to young guys, so they have no chance of attracting attention, so they don't sign here.

    Success in the league competitively comes from spending. Success in this league financially comes from developing and playing players. No point getting confused about this. I don't want to be a club focused on selling players, sorry.
    This is exactly true. This team has been one of the best in the league on the whole since 2016. How many players have we sold to teams that aren’t in Asian oil country? How many rumours have we heard? Oso for a summer, the occasional Jozy bullshit, and now Ayo is all that comes to mind.

    (I still think playing in Toronto doesn’t help players get attention however. How we’ve not got a multi-million dollar Laryea bid is beyond me tbh.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    ^There are a lot of these sort of intellectual takes that say "now that we have spent and won championships, and become a big club, TFC players are in the shop window".

    It's a total misdiagnosis.

    Davies was in Vancouver. Adams was NYRB. Aaronson in Philly. Reynolds and Cannon in Dallas. On and on.

    Not one of these guys transferring out is from TFC, Seattle, Atlanta, LAG... the fact is, we don't give the playing time to young guys, so they have no chance of attracting attention, so they don't sign here.

    Success in the league competitively comes from spending. Success in this league financially comes from developing and playing players. No point getting confused about this. I don't want to be a club focused on selling players, sorry.
    Agreed. I was pro youth development but I’ve changed my tune. Who is consistently developing players good enough to be sold for big $ and winning titles in this league? Nobody.

    Congrats to RBNY and FCD on being good talent factories. Their MLS Cup trophy case is empty.

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    Quote Originally Posted by portu View Post
    This is exactly true. This team has been one of the best in the league on the whole since 2016. How many players have we sold to teams that aren’t in Asian oil country? How many rumours have we heard? Oso for a summer, the occasional Jozy bullshit, and now Ayo is all that comes to mind.

    (I still think playing in Toronto doesn’t help players get attention however. How we’ve not got a multi-million dollar Laryea bid is beyond me tbh.)
    Isn’t it harder for European and English teams to sign Canadians because Canada is rated so low by FIFA?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kamp Berg View Post
    Isn’t it harder for European and English teams to sign Canadians because Canada is rated so low by FIFA?
    UK teams yes. Europe not much of a difference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by portu View Post
    UK teams yes. Europe not much of a difference.
    Ah, that’s good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by portu View Post
    This is exactly true. This team has been one of the best in the league on the whole since 2016. How many players have we sold to teams that aren’t in Asian oil country? How many rumours have we heard? Oso for a summer, the occasional Jozy bullshit, and now Ayo is all that comes to mind.

    (I still think playing in Toronto doesn’t help players get attention however. How we’ve not got a multi-million dollar Laryea bid is beyond me tbh.)
    How do we know TFC haven't got a bid for laryea? Or he doesn't want to leave at the moment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikmacdo View Post
    How do we know TFC haven't got a bid for laryea? Or he doesn't want to leave at the moment.
    Hard to say for sure but my bet is if you give that guy a sniff at a better opportunity he will jump on it.

    After being thrown in the bin by Orlando and nearly having his career destroyed to signing a minimal deal with TFC and working his way up... I doubt he is too sentimental. He’s also 26. This is prime-time to get a good contract.

    Wouldn’t blame him at the end of the day.

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    Smart TFC would let him go in the summer, not now. Probably get more money.

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    dum de dum. zzzzzzz

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    This is absolutely the worst off-season ever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by James17930 View Post
    This is absolutely the worst off-season ever.
    I guess that’s why it’s one to remember?

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    I feel like our cap situation must be dead tight after the DP money.

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    i think its the jozy situation,maybe they have resolve that first,wheeler mentioned that jozy is making significantly less money on the backend of his contract

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    I never expected much this offseason. We have 28 players under contract (including Rocco Romeo who is on loan until June 30). We can have up to 31 contracts (provided 1 is on loan for the full season). So we had limited space without even considering the cap situation.


    Last year we had 32, but we did the full season loan with Romeo and I believe we used the Season Ending Injury replacement rule to sign Priso (to replace Achara)
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    Quote Originally Posted by James17930 View Post
    This is absolutely the worst off-season ever.
    Well 2020 was absolutely the worst season ever, and not because of the football. It seems as if life now is just about waiting for a vaccine.
    Last edited by NK Toronto; 02-04-2021 at 08:55 PM.

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    Fair enough. But we need a mobile CB to replace Ciman’s role and a striker (or a fit and healthy Jozy). We might need to lose a midfielder or two to make the roster work.

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    I vote for discarding Liam Fraser.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NK Toronto View Post
    Well 2020 was absolutely the worst season ever, and not because of the football. It seems as if life now is just about waiting for a vaccine.
    Sure, but every other team is doing something. We've done literally nothing other than downgrade our coach.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeForbes View Post
    I vote for discarding Liam Fraser.
    Whoa, whoa, easy now. We can’t just turn around and cut a player tomorrow. Ali Curtis will need at least 6 months to think it over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ag futbol View Post
    Whoa, whoa, easy now. We can’t just turn around and cut a player tomorrow. Ali Curtis will need at least 6 months to think it over.
    I heard he checks transfermarket.com for ideas once a week.

 

 

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