Neil Davidson's article on Jozy is interesting. Jozy didn't say a word about Curtis. I think you're right.Originally Posted by jloome
https://www.nsnews.com/national-spor...th-tfc-3948102
Neil Davidson's article on Jozy is interesting. Jozy didn't say a word about Curtis. I think you're right.
https://www.nsnews.com/national-spor...th-tfc-3948102
That’s very true. Altidore definitely played this one better than management did.
I mean even I want him to get another shot and I wanted him out since 2019.
This forum in a nutshell......
(You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Ultra & Proud again)
Yeah I fall into this category. I wanted him out but the shit Armas/Curtis pulled is ridiculous, even if faded he is still our talisman, you can't handle the situation in the way they did.
Time for Manning to get rid of the scrub Curtis as well.
Last edited by Richard; 07-12-2021 at 04:18 PM.
^Exactly this, Curtis gone from GM, but I might let him go to scouting and youth development because he has found some decent players. I was going to bring this up but was it just me or did Soteldo literally fall down in the second half, kept dribbling and weaved through three NER players... that was pretty sick. I didn't tape the game.
I'm still a pissed at Altidore because of some of his antics when I had supported him in the past, but ... if he can come back AND STAY HEALTHY, yes, he would be a great asset.
But can he really stay healthy? I mean, I'm fully expecting him to pull his hammy within five games.
Yeah I have no confidence in Altidore's ability to stay healthy. But right now our available strikers are Mullins and Dwyer and we're dead last in the league. We need all the help we can get.
My prediction: Altidore will be a starter for the US in Qatar, and TFC will be worldwide famous for this episode (“his club sent him home a year ago!”)
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
More likely wording if that scenario was true
"His coach, bizaaarrrlee, sent him home a year ago. Well, that coach was gone soon after that & Altidore returned & has not looked back ever since. Says he loves ToeRonToe. "
While that would be nice. I think par for the course here is he comes back, maybe works hard, but never reaches his previous highs. Doesn’t go to Qatar, quietly accepts a sub role behind Akinola, and low-key gets bought out or plays out his contract increasingly out of the spotlight.
This has been a longer term decline. Not strictly an Armas thing. At some point somebody must have sat him down and said if he doesn’t buckle up he’s going to be out of contract at 33, looking for a new deal, with very few suitors and/or minimal dollars.
Last edited by ag futbol; 07-13-2021 at 05:59 AM.
I get the feeling Ali will be leaving TFC the same way he left RedBulls
Perhaps he goes back into finance and says it's a good opportunity because if he bails here like at NYRB then he is done in MLS forever.
Apparently we have two non-vaxxers. Wonder who the other one is?
Achara?
TFC posted a video on April 12 with players getting vaccinated. I noticed:
Bono, Jozy, Shaff, Perruzza, Mullins, OG, Okello, Bradley, Zavaleta, Richie, Pozuelo, Fraser (on loan), Delgado, Gallardo.
From yesterday's social media posts we see:
Mavinga, Morrow, Auro, Soteldo, Priso, Dwyer posted a photo outside, Endoh, Ovalle, Westberg posted a photo outside. Singh
Remove the players away at the Gold Cup:
Osorio, Akinola, Lawrence
Players I havent noticed: Achara, Dunn, Rutty, Romeo, Silva (I might see him in the distance in one photo but hard to be sure) + DeLeon.
I’ve been wondering why we’ve heard nothing about Romeo returning. I really hope he’s not the other, we need vocal CBs!
why should this even matter? it is their choice.
Had to unfollow and mute Achara on Twitter because he is a 'Bitcoin Bro'. Not sure he is an anti-vaxxer though.
Can't go across the border easily - have to quarantine & not train with the team. Like it or not, not getting 2 shots has consequences (see people going to University or College & its coming to workplaces)
Yes. It is. But these players will only be able to play home games because of needing to self isolate for however many days when re-entering the country which makes them a lot less valuable to TFC.
they can't play in 50% of the games for remainder of season is why it matters.
if i told my boss i could only go to work half the time i wouldn't expect to keep my job tbh.
In addition to not getting across the border, its likely eventually to become mandatory (as it should because they are risking other peoples health).
I'd guess Romeo is the most likely non-vaxed. He rejoined the team at the beginning of June from his loan. He was unlikely able to get a first dose while on loan, so hopefully he's had one dose with the team in Florida and will be able to get his second shortly.
EDIT: I'm backing away from this idea - it probably would have made more sense for him to stay in the US and wait for his second dose eligibility rather than return and quarantine for two weeks.
Last edited by noxx98; 07-13-2021 at 01:32 PM.
Montreal has already traded a player because of this.
Buffery said the second player has one dose and is waiting on the second. So it's one anti-vaxxer (Deleon) and one guy who is just waiting.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/Beezersun/status/1414986373677867018
Just one - that's actually better then a lot of sports teams. Stories coming out of anti-Vax sentiments in some MLB teams just make me cringe.
Steve Buffery wrote that one of the two players had a single dose. So that player’s situation will hopefully be resolved soon. Unless they were a player that had a bad reaction to the first shot and are hesitant because of that. That’s pure speculation on my part and hopefully not the case.
Actually Romeo might be likely after all. You only bypass quarantine 14 days after your 2nd dose. Might not have been enough time for that.
EDIT beat me to it.
Isn't he pictured in that group training photo TFC put up the other day? I think the Rutty prediction might be right as he is under 18 and Pfizer did have a shortage recently.
I think in the US Pfizer was approved for 16+ from the outset. Either way good to hear they have a single dose. Hopefully the second is coming soon.
Also from my earlier count I missed Nelson as unaccounted for.
Last edited by noxx98; 07-13-2021 at 02:33 PM.
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