I would imagine Herdman is getting as antsy as some of us at the lack of incoming.
I would imagine Herdman is getting as antsy as some of us at the lack of incoming.
Either/Or. Certainly didn't start, but I assume that's because he wanted to see how Spicer works with the first team.Originally Posted by leedsandTFC
Also, we played four at the back which was a bit of a surprise given that he's talked about five at the back repeatedly.
Herdman said some were rested given the relative turn around.
Sharp was announced by TFC II.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/TorontoFCII/status/1758174486040363014?s=20
I get the sense they are being quite cautious with Insigne's load giving what happened last season.
Anyway still lots to be concerned about with striker. I feel for Owusu, who has the right attitude, hustles but it just hasn't happened so far.
Interesting he played a 4-3-3, kinda hoping we are done with that formation.
That and Bernie’s goal plus Osorio, Kerr and Akinola in the video footage seems about the only thing we know about who played. The CP reported that Singh started but that seems unlikely if Herdman has been going with a set opening group all along. There seemed a trialist, #38, very tall lad, or is that Spicer?
https://www.instagram.com/torontofc/reel/C3WibP9L5Is/
TFC posted the starting 11. Singh played.
https://x.com/torontofc/status/17579...NdmFYXv_AyBjhA
Ah, thanks! Very interesting. Not the quickest but I like the Uruguay (Oso), Honduras (Flores), Spain (Coello) midfield.
Might also explain the four-man backline, as Spicer appears to have started at fullback. He's just back from injury, so playing as a two-way wingback/winger would've been substantially greater load, potentially.
I wonder who the trialist was, as it seems to have been a fullback.
Spicer was subbed off very early so I assume a flare up of his injury?
He and Cash would have been with the second unit, I guess. They were in training shots last week, so they're definitely involved. But Herdman made a point of mentioning he needs to see sharpness and goals from the second team, which isn't a great sign.
Owusu would have more trouble adjusting of the two, I would expect, as he's coming from tactically disciplined football in Germany. Guys who've played based off team movement and not transitional speed seem to have the toughest time adjusting here, versus the skill guys who can beat guys one-on-one.
It's good that he's rotating supporting players into the first team, though. WE haven't had a manager ever, really, who routinely did that and our depth has always suffered as a result. They're never ready when necessary.
Eek. How early? He had a bunch of guys who were only supposed to play 30 minutes. If he didn't make that even, it might've been a flare.
Or maybe he was getting torched because he's not a defender.
Guy's got to learn to play defense, can't just become a wingback. Instinct will only help so much until people start overlapping etc.
Damn, we need an inspirational body or two. The whole vibe this year is so much better that I don't think we can be as bad again, and at least we have a proper holding midfielder now.
But I still can't see playoffs, unless our attacking corps does a massive about face.
The front office is pretty giddy about Herdman, I think. He spends a lot of time working on player mood and mindset, stuff that was light years ahead of Bob's methodology.
Some MLS free agents who play fullback and could potentially be brought in for trials are -
Jimmy Medranda
Zachary Brault-Guillard
Braian Cufré
Yeah, I almost posted Medranda, but he's such a vet, I don't think he would have to trial.
The other two guys have had a more mixed time in MLS so maybe. You have to figure he knows Brault-Guillard pretty well.
And we suspect he's had one Brit triallist in, so it might be another Longstaff type, or maybe Longstaff was playing fullback today. He's a Premier League academy player, so you can bet his positional and read fundamentals are well up to it.
TFC2 posted training camp pics. Lazar Stefanovic is back with them, so a first team deal for him is unlikely now.
Osorio's captains armband
He said at the fan forum the inside has 2 dates: his debut, and when they won mls cup.Osorio's captains armband
Also has the badges and names of all the supporter groups.
I thought it was just set minutes for his first run out
Long piece with Herdman from before yesterday's game, poorly distributed or promoted as usual but it's quite interesting.
Confirms we were up 2-0 on Columbus after 90 minutes, then folded when the trialists and yutes went in, among other things.
Also makes it sound like he's giving Akinola a chance to be the man. We need a prayer hands emoji on this website.
https://www.torontofc.ca/news/toront...real-salt-lake
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I was following it on Flashscore yesterday and that notification came up before the Bernardeschi goal. It's not on their now, I checked, but I think around the 8 minute mark.
From what I've read, it seems like we're going to be the team we should have been last year - pretty good when our main guys are in, and clenching our asses when they're not.
Ayo as the main striker is a bit worrisome to me. He's never shown any aerial ability in the past.
ye, but if he and his staff are at least setting up a proper structure and the team are buyin in and grinding some decent results (what BB should have done), and they got reassurance they can go for a better quality striker that fits with the team come summer - in the context of a rebuild year i'm alright with that... But hopefully one of the lads here can step in before then. But damn do we have a lot of strikers for that to be realistic lol
This really worries me, like a lot. Owusu has the head and speed that id think Herdman likes. I really do hope we get to see him start for this club.. He was brought in for a reason
Going for the time to make the assumption Ayo is in over Prince because of quality of work
but
Herdman would be the first coach ever who did not have a bias for some people based on his experience with them
******
So apparently the other trailist in camp is "Egar Ie"
Edgar Ié - Player profile | Transfermarkt
Just who we all predicted.
at least it's something where we need it
Pretty solid resume, Sporting and Barcelona youth teams, then Feyernoord, Trabzonspor and other Turkish clubs.
EDIT: Eek, injury history. ACL tear in 21/22, bunch of absence since, fitness problems.
The two potentially known trialists (Edgar and Longstaff) have pretty substantial injury histories. Can't say that isn't a worry.
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