Canada moving into the top 50 in the world rankings today helps Richie if he wants to go to England.
Canada moving into the top 50 in the world rankings today helps Richie if he wants to go to England.
I see this move if ever happens as a loss for TFC and a win for Canada's national team... no matter if he ends up in the Championship or at a weaker Prem side.Originally Posted by MikeForbes
Last edited by PizzaEatingYeti; 10-21-2021 at 08:13 AM.
Why do people keep on blaming Curtis for these moves (Altidore & Bradley extensions) when it was likely it was Manning that made these final decisions?
It should have been Curtis as that's his job. This is what he was hired to do. He was like Bez, overseeing football operations while Manning was worrying about the Argos and other BMO money making things. That's the management chain we had set up under Bez and it was continued. Problem was that Curtis turned out to be no Bez and showed himself to be below standards expected at this level. The fact that we had to hear and see Manning at all shows how bad he bollocksed it.
If Curtis wants to let his boss make all his decisions for him, that’s his problem. Doesn’t mean that Manning doesn’t get the blame too but it’s Ali’s own fault if he allows that to happen.
question is who is mandating that the younger players start- sounds like curtis, if so lol. next season will be very bad.
It makes sense to start the kids. We have to stop going out and buying the Deleon's and Mullins type players.
We also can't rely on buying players for every need - some of these have to come from the academy, otherwise what's the point in having one?
If in Jan 2021 TFC saw Ralph Priso was on the cusp of becoming a legit first team player, someone who could easily replace Bradley by the start of 2022 - it would make sense to start giving him more minutes to prove he can do it.
With that being said, I'm sure they saw the same in Shaff + Ayo
You either start them now or stunt their growth
If everyone stayed healthy this year - I think we would've seen the 3 above get the leadership support they needed to become legit first team players.
To get a picture of how quickly the league is changing, there isn't a single American or Canadian player in the MLS team of the week this week. All internationals (more from Brazil and Colombia than others.)
https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/team-...ecaps-step-up-
I don't get why Okello, JMR, and Nelson are all on 100k while Priso who looks the most ready to contribute is on 66k.
This would be are hard dressing room to be in, wages are not at all in line with contributions.
It really depends on when they signed the contract, in any case most of these youth contracts are short and the difference is not that substantial at this point.
Now if you want to talk about dressing room issues look no further than Bono. Half a million for a guy who single handedly looses games for the team, and may not even make a league 2 team in England. Hopefully he is investing that money because you're not getting anywhere near that again barring a miracle turn around.
Still think the person on here who thinks Bono has depth perception issues is correct.
Yeah, that looked like another example last night, not seeing the closer guy.
OT: but if anyone has read Dero’s book, he played his entire career while basically being blind in one eye. That’s the reason he always did those weird shoulder checks when he was running at defenders.
OK, but at least DeRo scored...Bono just does nothing! Sorry (edit added) lets them in!!
No argument here. Random fact not justification for our guy!
One has to question why it is that Perez is sticking with Bono, game after game, loss after loss!
My theory is that those three signed deals in a January, so basically the club acknowledged they were good because it was offseason and had to pay a premium. Priso got signed mid season during an injury crisis, so tfc probably had a bit more leverage, saying sign a minimum or we'll just sign someone else. If you want a pro deal, then sign it.
He's in the shop window with JMR, Jozy, & Poz.
Much like Jozy I don't think playing him is going to help his cause.
Bono is in the shop window of MLS equivalent of GoodWill, his next move is USL-Championship
He's tied with the third-worst save ratio in the league at 64%.
Well it's no different than putting Jozy out there. Either they don't play and are unmoveable or they play and are avoided like the plague. They're anchors we have to wear until their deals are done.
If Curtis stays I bet at least one of them re-signs.
Next season
Looking at the TFC roster from a General Manager coming in fresh January 1st 2022 this is one sorry squad.
Right off ,the list of players that should be released is as follows: Mullins- Dwyer-Altidore-Gallardo-Dunn-Gonzalez-Deleon -Bono-Westburg-with Morrow retiring.
Next you evaluate who is genuine first teamers from the remainder.
Auro-Mavinga-Lawrence-Lareyea-Osario-Delgado-Pozuela-Soteldo with the next bunch good coming off the bench ;Bradley-Shaffleburg-Zavaleta-Achara-Akinola.
Heading to TFC2 would beSilva-Singh-Perruzza-Marshall/Rutty-Nelson-Okello-Priso with a view to moving up to the main squad on merit.
Needed for this team to get back to a top level. 2 Goalkeepers-2 defenders-2 midfielders-2 forwards
Manning has to wake up find a quality GM who in turn will find a quality coach who between them get the players required to reach the next level.
Just my take on requirements for an improvement for next season.
Doyle misses a few things in his end of season analysis but gets the big need is the coach first
https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/what-...for-toronto-fc
When you tack on his “intangibles” it really doesn’t leave much to the imagination…
Van Bommel was just sacked by Wolfsburg. He should be called immediately.
Yeh, cause guys with absolutely no MLS experience are guaranteed gold here...
I can think of one - Tata Martinez & he had a team built around what he wanted with enough journeymen MLS types he didn't have to care about the rules all that much.
Maybe if you squint Vierra.
Ole Solskjaer will probably be available tomorrow.
I don’t buy into the MLS experience BS. Tata had no MLS experience before Atlanta. Armas had a supporters shield. It all means nothing.
^ I don’t fully buy into it either but I am a tad skeptical of the big name Europeans who make their way over to this side of the pond. Always feels like a short stay and maybe misplaced.
I like the guys who have track records managing smaller or mid range clubs, because I get the sense they would better understand the practicalities of dealing with less than perfect conditions.
Please no. He is about as clueless as Armas.
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