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    I don't like giving up Priso. No siree Bob

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    Quote Originally Posted by noxx98 View Post
    Priso for MAK would be tough. I think it would make our team better this season, but it's definitely a risk for the future. Priso was set up to take over the DM role from MB4. Maybe we have a DP DM coming in though and Bradley will shift to a lower contract after the season.
    It really doesn’t help that MB has been much better this season than the last two. More consistent, beaten less often, left behind less often. He’s started from deep most of the time and not having to track back has limited his exposure.

    So all his father sees is the player he created getting two tackles a game and working hard for 90 mins.

    But Priso is already a better defender than Michael at 19. Michael was never a defensive specialist in Europe, he was a number eight.

    Hopefully I’m freaking out over nothing and this one doesn’t happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leedsandTFC View Post
    That outlet has made up stuff before I think.

    Also don't believe Colorado would do priso for MAK.
    Transfermarkt is starting to become reasonably respected for its valuations, and they have Priso at $1.1M already, above what Colorado paid for MAK. So value for value it might not be seen as far off.

    Priso’s upside isn’t being accounted for in that equation, as he’s 19.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jloome View Post
    Transfermarkt is starting to become reasonably respected for its valuations, and they have Priso at $1.1M already, above what Colorado paid for MAK. So value for value it might not be seen as far off.

    Priso’s upside isn’t being accounted for in that equation, as he’s 19.
    Kaye's value on TM is 5x that

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    Quote Originally Posted by jloome View Post
    Maybe it’s like MAK himself. We let him go from TFC II because of his attitude and he corrected it.
    Maybe I’m wrong here but the story I heard was he looked around, saw the limited opportunities youth players were getting and went to management and said “play me (with the first team) or cut me loose”

    He’s referenced in certain interviews some others in his cohort played nice and ended up nowhere. Seems to credit looking after his own interests for the fact he has a career.

    Have to say it’s hard to argue with it. If you told me my chances on making it depended on Greg Vanney, I’d have skipped town too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leedsandTFC View Post
    Kaye's value on TM is 5x that
    But that’s only relevant if they have offers to buy him, and at that value, from outside MLS.

    The point is that Priso would recoup their actual outlay. If they’re not as high on Kaye as his transfer value indicates, and they’re not getting offers, they at least get their value back, and they get a 19 year old.

    By the time he’s Kaye’s age (27), Ralph will likely be worth a hell of a lot more than $5M.

    It’s certainly not cut and dried as imbalanced.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ag futbol View Post
    Maybe I’m wrong here but the story I heard was he looked around, saw the limited opportunities youth players were getting and went to management and said “play me (with the first team) or cut me loose”

    He’s referenced in certain interviews some others in his cohort played nice and ended up nowhere. Seems to credit looking after his own interests for the fact he has a career.

    Have to say it’s hard to argue with it. If you told me my chances on making it depended on Greg Vanney, I’d have skipped town too.
    That’s most definitely not what I heard, from multiple sources who are pretty well tapped in at TFC. He was let go because he was very high on his ability and not very high on listening to coaches. He has also commented on that himself, saying he lacked the maturity to make it when he was still with TFC.

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    I don't know why Bob doesn't seem to rate Priso. Maybe he read the boards when we collectively cheered when Perez started him over his son?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jloome View Post
    That’s most definitely not what I heard, from multiple sources who are pretty well tapped in at TFC. He was let go because he was very high on his ability and not very high on listening to coaches. He has also commented on that himself, saying he lacked the maturity to make it when he was still with TFC.
    It's interwsting because, if true, looking at those coaches success rate vs his success rate elsewhere paints a picture that may reflect worse on them then him in this

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    Tfc played MAK at left back while he was here.

    Enough said.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoesphNdo View Post
    It's interwsting because, if true, looking at those coaches success rate vs his success rate elsewhere paints a picture that may reflect worse on them then him in this
    I think that’s true of multiple kids who’ve gone through our academy. We were very, very poor at recognizing potential. We told Alistair Johnson he was “too small” to be a footballer at an open tryouts, if I recall, as if a teenager’s size at 14 has ANY role in his potential. He could be six inches taller a year later, for pity’s sake.

    I mean, just look at the relative success of Sigma’s kids over the same period and it’s clear the best prospects often just bypassed us.

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    I'll save my getting upset for when we get confirmation from someone besides The Fired Up Network.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leedsandTFC View Post
    Tfc played MAK at left back while he was here.

    Enough said.
    We didn’t just mishandle youth for years, we embued the ones we kept with a sense of greatness long before they’d achieved it. I still, to this day, get the sense that some of our best prospects really think it’s just a matter of time before they’re league leaders.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeForbes View Post
    I'll save my getting upset for when we get confirmation from someone besides The Fired Up Network.
    Yeah, good point dude. I just had that sinking feeling this morning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jloome View Post
    Yeah, good point dude. I just had that sinking feeling this morning.
    Don't get me wrong, if this is true I'll be joining you in complaining about the deal. Haha.

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    This Priso deal (cynically) reminds me of when the leafs traded away Kenny Johnsson to get an old and nearly broken Wendal Clark back. Not the same, but has the same feel for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jloome View Post
    That’s most definitely not what I heard, from multiple sources who are pretty well tapped in at TFC. He was let go because he was very high on his ability and not very high on listening to coaches. He has also commented on that himself, saying he lacked the maturity to make it when he was still with TFC.
    Well, everyone’s got their angle I guess.

    Here’s an article from the athletic that taps into some of what I referenced:

    https://theathletic.com/964445/2019/...-canada/?amp=1

    “I don’t know. I might bite my words in the future, but I don’t really care because when you give everything you have to your home team, you expect a little bit back. And I’ve seen it happen with my friends who have signed with the first team and not get any playing time. I don’t want to be in a situation like that. “


    “at the end of the day I’m doing well in the league and I don’t think they’ve had a youth player come in and do anything that I’ve done other than (Jonathan Osorio), but Oso never played in the academy.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by ag futbol View Post
    Well, everyone’s got their angle I guess.

    Here’s an article from the athletic that taps into some of what I referenced:

    https://theathletic.com/964445/2019/...-canada/?amp=1

    “I don’t know. I might bite my words in the future, but I don’t really care because when you give everything you have to your home team, you expect a little bit back. And I’ve seen it happen with my friends who have signed with the first team and not get any playing time. I don’t want to be in a situation like that. “


    “at the end of the day I’m doing well in the league and I don’t think they’ve had a youth player come in and do anything that I’ve done other than (Jonathan Osorio), but Oso never played in the academy.”
    I can't say that I'm surprised his take on it is diametrically opposed to what they were saying.

    Given the track records Id be inclined to believe MAK. They've always been kind of ruthless about talking down players who moved on.

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    I think we can see that attitude reflected in many of the kids who are here or even left recently. Remember the fallout from Ayo congratulating Dunn (? maybe someone else) for his move to Europe? Young players have an incredibly short window before they start getting overlooked for transfers. These guys watched Liam Fraser, Jordan Hamilton, and all the other guys that had to leave to even get a shot. And so far the successful side of the scale is not tipped toward those who stayed IMO.

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    Hopefully we get a fee for Salcedo that we can turn into GAM to help find another defender.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeForbes View Post
    Hopefully we get a fee for Salcedo that we can turn into GAM to help find another defender.
    How that GAM/TAM gets spent could be the make or break for whether this rebuild works. We can spend whatever we want on 3 players and it makes no difference. I just hope we set our sights on a couple complimentary backend players who limit mistakes. Those guys don't need to be home runs, but they have to be able to defend so the guys up top can do their job.

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    Since Salcedo is a DP we can't convert his transfer fee into GAM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jloome View Post
    I can't say that I'm surprised his take on it is diametrically opposed to what they were saying.

    Given the track records Id be inclined to believe MAK. They've always been kind of ruthless about talking down players who moved on.
    Yeah, fair enough. Nobody is innocent here. List of notable guys who they’ve cut or overlooked (off the top of my head):

    Alistair Johnston
    Liam Millar
    MAK
    Tyler Pasher
    Jacen Russell-Rowe
    Ryan Raposso (meh, but he plays in the league)

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    Quote Originally Posted by noxx98 View Post
    Since Salcedo is a DP we can't convert his transfer fee into GAM.
    noxx98 is correct. Here is the exact language from the MLS Roster Rules:

    "The club's share of transfer or loan fee revenue may only be used as follows: The club may assign up to $1,102,5000 of the transfer/loan revenue as General Allocation Money. In the case of Designated Players, transfer/loan revenue may not be assigned as General Allocation Money."

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    Quote Originally Posted by noxx98 View Post
    Since Salcedo is a DP we can't convert his transfer fee into GAM.
    Classic MLS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noxx98 View Post
    Since Salcedo is a DP we can't convert his transfer fee into GAM.
    Correct - though to clarify my point, I meant the amount we had collected with various deals and players leaving.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaceyWinger View Post
    Correct - though to clarify my point, I meant the amount we had collected with various deals and players leaving.
    Makes sense - I think we have like $3M in xAM still there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jloome View Post
    I’d say almost any trade for Priso is stupid. The guys on MLSsoccer.com were comparing him yesterday to Tyler Adams and they’re not wrong. He’s going to be a top-level DM eventually.

    He does, it should be said, absolutely exude the attitude. He always looks like he’s putting on the angry, “YEAH, DO IT” face. I wonder if maybe BB doesn’t like the ‘tude.

    Surely it can’t be that he doesn’t recognize the talent, as he’s incredibly talented, easily the biggest upside of our youth so far (regardless of what they say about JMR, I just don’t see the on-field speed of thought and read yet to say he’s going to be really good).

    I feel like this would be a mistake, no matter how well MAK does.

    This almost feels like we’re trading Ralph so that Michael can remain a starter at 34; most of the time this year he’s played well enough to be there, but his age shows up a lot, and we’ve had a few games where he’s been gassed by the 70 minute, in terms of having enough speed to keep up with play.

    I don’t like it. Trade pieces yes, but don’t trade your best pieces, not when they’re still young and developing. Short of him injuring himself or imploding off-field, we are going to regret this one down the road, in value and personnel.

    exactly how i feel, well said

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmancan View Post
    Btw… I don’t get the saltiness here among everyone, we will be better and new coaches get some time.

    i would have liked announcements on the 7th. (I actually think its a failure on Manning’s part that we didn’t).

    This gets exacerbated by Plan “A” not happening with Insigne starting tomorrow and exposed for what it is. One maybe two announcements this week, well its Friday…. Hope he doesn’t look like two week Curtis.

    I am happy to have him surprise us.

    Most importantly, I don’t want to give San Jose or Chicago any points …we cannot afford to. Salcedo needs to stay until we have replacements and I think he will. I have no idea what the lineup will be but we are going to need the soccer gods on our side.
    For the record, the end of this week marks the two week mark since Manning started spouting off about his signings.

    These guys can’t close deals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ag futbol View Post
    Well, everyone’s got their angle I guess.

    Here’s an article from the athletic that taps into some of what I referenced:

    https://theathletic.com/964445/2019/...-canada/?amp=1

    “I don’t know. I might bite my words in the future, but I don’t really care because when you give everything you have to your home team, you expect a little bit back. And I’ve seen it happen with my friends who have signed with the first team and not get any playing time. I don’t want to be in a situation like that. “


    “at the end of the day I’m doing well in the league and I don’t think they’ve had a youth player come in and do anything that I’ve done other than (Jonathan Osorio), but Oso never played in the academy.”
    TFC Youth Dev deserves zero benefit of the doubt. They’ve missed out on so many players due to politics, have stunted many careers, held players back from going elsewhere.

    If I had a talented kid in Ontario I’d keep them far away from the TFC Academy.

 

 

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