As fascinating as all the financial talk is, we got a SuperDraft coming! This mock draft has us taking a (probable) GA goalkeeper at 3.
https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/coll...on-10_aid50354
As fascinating as all the financial talk is, we got a SuperDraft coming! This mock draft has us taking a (probable) GA goalkeeper at 3.
https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/coll...on-10_aid50354
Originally Posted by MikeForbes
I like that pick. I've been saying for years that if I was picking in the draft I would just take the best CB or GK available at whatever spots I had. Chances are they won't pan out but if they do then it's a huge win.
not that i know any of these guys i can see us picking a GA keeper with our pick
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La Difesa first! The Italian Model! Tried, tested and true. Always, all day long! It is what gets you to any showtime. There always seems to be plenty of attack flash options around. Never enough stalwarts for the back.
Last edited by Mr. Inbetween; 01-03-2022 at 11:24 PM.
I think this is fairly accurate especially the part where CMNT turned heads. If 1.1m watched live then a big percentage watched on demand or watched highlights. The swing from 338,000 to 1.1m two games later featuring the same teams does it for me. 300k people expected to lose and when it never happened, 800k more people got word and had to tune in. That’s a definite hype and marketing reason.
Anyways I hope all these rumors come to fruition or they better get a few more crisis negotiators on the Ontario government’s payroll as people will be looking for a ledge. You can also hedge that if some of these rumors don’t pan out Manning gone. You can’t pump the tires this much and survive coming out empty handed.
If Canada beat Honduras and Panama don't beat Costa Rica on Jan 27th I'm really looking forward to see the TV viewership numbers four days later when Canada plays USA in Hamilton within sniffing difference of qualifying ...
Agreed. I also don't like the idea of wasting salary cap on Borjan so taking a GK with a nice pedigree in the draft appeals to me.
I'm only good with it if we could offload Bono and give Borjan his contract but that's about it.
The intensity that Borjan brings with him would be worth every penny. At 34 his age doesn't seem to line up with us though, MTL is likely the team interested in him with Ccl play on the horizon. I hope it is us though. For the draft I hope we just take the best Canadian available and take a flyer on one of our own.
Watching the CMNT I see how easily and consistently Borjan can kick a ball 30 yards or more and land it perfectly at the feet of his teammates. Perhaps Bono has ruined my eyesight and I have forgot this is actually a skill most goal keepers possess but I’d sign Borjan just for this reason and be happy. I just cannot tolerate Bono punting the ball out of bounds over and over like it’s a grenade and he needs to get rid to save humanity.
I want to click that link so bad but after years of disappointment it’s probably best I don’t.
I doubt we take a keeper. For the 3rd pick, I'd want someone who has a chance at actually being a decent sub, instead of someone never taking the field. For the 3rd keeper, I feel it's more likely we sign Andreas Vaikla from TFC2. He's played in Europe (top tier in Sweden, Finland, and Estonia), 3 appearances in the UEFA Champions League, has 3 national team caps for Estonia (all before age of 20, so he's still eligible to switch to Canada), plus born and raised in Canada so he's domestic. I was surprised he came to TFC2 (even though he played little in the couple of years prior - I think he had injury issues). I could see it as he was promised a first team contract for this season, just had to wait for Silva to expire, so joined TFC2.
I’m too lazy to look through this but my hope is, that if there are any former sigma fc grads that are highly related, we pick them up. They have a much better record of producing pros than most, plus they’re local.
They had two Canadians listed, both from the GTA. Tani Oluwaseyi https://redstormsports.com/sports/me...oluwaseyi/4427 and Mohamed Omar https://und.com/roster/mohamed-omar/.
Neither are Sigma grads, but Omar came up through the TFC academy and played at Berkshire Academy. I think that's where Shaff and Achara played in highschool.
EDIT: Apparently Alistair Johnston's brother is also draft eligible: https://umterps.com/sports/mens-socc...-johnston/9671
Last edited by noxx98; 01-03-2022 at 01:31 PM.
The problem with the MLS in terms of TV viewers , unlike the other North American sports leagues in the other sports , the MLS has to compete with other soccer leagues in the world and other soccer competitions all over the world . What other hockey leagues for example is the NHL competing with for viewers? There really isn’t any , this is the main problem the MLS will always have. They just did a study in the US and found that soccer as a whole combining all the soccer leagues and competitions in the world that people in the US watch and follow is closing in on baseball which at the moment is fourth in terms of popularity in the US. Therefore soccer as a whole is a top four sport popularity wise in the US and easily close to a top four sport in Canada popularity wise , but the MLS is only a portion of the soccer Canadians and Americans consume , there is so much competition within soccer itself that the other sports don’t have to really worry about.
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Did not even cross my mind. A great thought. Very true. Excellent share.
I suspect the fight will always be... to be the sixth best league in the world.
Last edited by Mr. Inbetween; 01-03-2022 at 01:46 PM.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/Total_TFC/status/1478004886566539265
Thought experiment. What if this was TFC instead of Augsburg buying Pepi?
Which would you prefer? Pepi or Insigne?
Check out this tweet at [URL]https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1477997770975895552?s=21[/URL]
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
I would prefer Pepi because of age and upside. Anyway we're maybe 30 years away from something like that to happen within MLS.
What's the record for transfer fee(GAM/TAM/SPAM etc.) between MLS teams? Is it even $5M?
Meeting is Rome seems to be re-scheduled for the 10th now, Manning tested postitive for Covid
https://www.tuttonapoli.net/in-primo...ovid-19-491643
Initially scheduled for tomorrow evening in Rome , the transfer market summit between Insigne's entourage and Toronto has skipped. This was reported by Ciro Venerato, Rai Sport 's market expert , according to whom the president of the Canadian club, expected tomorrow in Italy, tested positive at Covid-19. A few hours ago, the molecular test passed and the trip canceled. Bill Manning is asymptomatic and already had a positive daughter for a few days. He hopes to negativize himself in the next few days to set a new summit for January 10th. Covid permitting
(You know, I'm looking at that emoticon & it does remind me a lot of Seba talking to a ref)
Yes!... I would like to see that at least one more time; but, not for more than 7.5HK, preferably 5HK.
Last edited by Mr. Inbetween; 01-03-2022 at 11:23 PM.
if true...we are now getting the tfc news from Italian news outlets
The viewership will be negative one as I will be there in person freezing my sack off most likely
-2, will also be present, will also have a frozen sack.
Probably more of an Inter Miami signing, but Luis Suarez is supposedly coming to MLS when his contract expires in June aswell.
I already heard they were interested and that's not surprising.
I however wouldn't be surprised to see Ronaldo end up there. He's going nowhere other than the Europa League (or worse) with United and he is starting to look like the years are catching up. Inter Beckham SC might just wait until he is available.
Ronaldo will not set foot in the US due to legal reasons.
At one point I thought maybe TFC might spring for Messi but the days of buying REALLY old retiring players are probably over, thankfully.
Last edited by OgtheDim; 01-03-2022 at 06:05 PM.
Messi has been linked with Miami a lot. He is believed to want to live there in retirement.
https://www.local10.com/sports/2021/...or-73-million/
There are more rich Argentines in Miami than in Buenos Aires, and it'd be a lot safer for someone like him.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
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