Ives: Trader Mo Ready to Deal

[James17930]

"The Toronto FC director of soccer is holding some big cards in this year's draft. Not only does Toronto FC boast the No. 2 and No. 4 picks in a top-heavy draft, but the club is ready to deal both of those picks to bolster their squad with veterans. With half the teams in the league lining up to make offers for those picks, Johnson is already considering several deals that should keep him and his staff busy through the next week leading up to the MLS Draft on Jan. 15th.

So which teams just are lining up to do business with Toronto? Here are five teams sources have identified as being in the mix . . ."


Read it here:


http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_b...y-to-deal.html

[Flipityflu]

its nice to have cards people want.

[James17930]

What's the best move, d'you think? I honestly don't know.

[DOMIN8R]

In Mo we trust.

[Flipityflu]

a veteran CB is a must. we come out of draft day with that, and i would be a happy camper.

[Nodoubtguy]

a veteran CB is a must. we come out of draft day with that, and i would be a happy camper.

Would we be happy with Wilman Conde??

[J .]

Bring in Will Johnson!

[Shakes McQueen]

Would we be happy with Wilman Conde??

If he was willing to stay with us? Sure. But I've heard that he is intent on leaving MLS if he doesn't end up in New York.

- Scott

[Pigfynn]

Hose em' Mo...fucking hose em'!!

[Shakes McQueen]

Bring in Will Johnson!

Not bloody likely. I don't know why Ives even mentioned him. He was gold for RSL last season, and there is just no way they would trade him away for the chance at an unproven draft pick.

Johnson is also relatively cheap.

- Scott

[sidvan]

Conde if he will play here and deal package to Dallas if Serioux deal can be made.

[invictusTFC]

I don't think Mo has any other choice but to deal. The way the team is shaping up the window of opportunity to make a run at the MLS Cup is short. As far as youth is concerned we have Ibbe, Attakora, Johann Smith and to a lesser extent Chad Barrett who are not just future assets but they can contribute now as well. Furthermore, as we have seen with last years draft (i.e. Julius James), first round draft picks are far from being guaranteed MLS ready players. If Mo can make some deals that will add depth to this team, I say go for it.

[T_Mizz]

I'd like to see us have more domestic players so those deals with Dallas and Salt Lake are appealing, especially since I have a bit of a man-crush on Johnson, this way we could deal our international spots which are also fairly decent bargaining chips IMO.

[sidvan]

Johnson would be nice but do we need the whole team to go to the Gold cup this summer?

[T_Mizz]

Not bloody likely. I don't know why Ives even mentioned him. He was gold for RSL last season, and there is just no way they would trade him away for the chance at an unproven draft pick.

Johnson is also relatively cheap.

- Scott

I think it might make sense getting a domestic as opposed to an international if the oppurtunity is there. There's a couple of great playmakers in this year's draft so its a definite possibility

[ben_vw]

Conde if he will play here and deal package to Dallas if Serioux deal can be made.

If our defense is Wynne - Conde - Serioux - Brennan this season, I'll be satisfied.

[sidvan]

Don't see anything happening here until late next week at the earliest.

[rudiker]

If Omar is this much of a "High Demand", why wouldn't we grab him up?

[Beach_Red]

Johnson would be nice but do we need the whole team to go to the Gold cup this summer?

Yes, better the whole team - embarrass MLS into changing the date, give them no choice.

[invictusTFC]

Conde if he will play here and deal package to Dallas if Serioux deal can be made.

DeRo, Conde, Serioux, Johnson and potentially a DP! I think people forget that this league has a cap. I know Mo is sitting on about $800k in allocation but even he can't stretch it that much. That money will be exhausted between DeRo and the DP alone. I can't see the club signing both Conde and Serioux. If Mo can turn one or two of those pics into allocation money then I expect the team to sign themselves a solid CB.

[BuSaPuNk]

If our defense is Wynne - Conde - Serioux - Brennan this season, I'll be satisfied.

That would be nice wouldn't it?

[Roogsy]

Get'r done!

[brad]

If Omar is this much of a "High Demand", why wouldn't we grab him up?

We need someone with experience in that role now.

[Brooker]

That would be nice wouldn't it?

almost too nice.

[J .]

I would trade both lower draft picks.. Conde and Johnson added to our lineup. I would love an up and comming Canadian striker to pair up with DeRo and Che and Barrett up front. Conde would solidify our backend...

Playoffs? I like the double with DeRo and those two guys added to our lineup.

[TFC OZZ]

We need someone with experience in that role now.

I disagree. What we don't need, is to be in the exact same situation next year looking for a new CB. I say we pick up Gonzales ourselves, ship out Velez/Marshall and bring in a veteran CB through those trades. Imagine, if this guy Gonzalez is as good as he's touted to be, than for the forseeable future, we will have a consitant backline, as opposed to the "yearly shuffle" that we are seeing now.

Pair Gonzalez with a talented veteran and I think we'll be set, similar to how Maurice Edu was influenced by Carl Robinson. I would be very unhappy if we did not draft Gonzalez.

[tfc]

I disagree. What we don't need, is to be in the exact same situation next year looking for a new CB. I say we pick up Gonzales ourselves, ship out Velez/Marshall and bring in a veteran CB through those trades. Imagine, if this guy Gonzalez is as good as he's touted to be, than for the forseeable future, we will have a consitant backline, as opposed to the "yearly shuffle" that we are seeing now.

Pair Gonzalez with a talented veteran and I think we'll be set, similar to how Maurice Edu was influenced by Carl Robinson. I would be very unhappy if we did not draft Gonzalez.

I see your point, but draft kids very rarely end up being solid in their first year. our weakness will be our back line, we need at least one solid guy in the back with wynne and brennan and possibly marshall to do well. If we get a guy who can boss the back line i have no problem with bringing gonzalez in as well for depth, but i dont want to have him as a starting XI right off the bat.

[TFC07]

How about TFC trade one of their draft picks + player for a DP slot so that TFC can use 2nd DP slot on DeRo who is looking for a big raise?

[Shaughno]

How about TFC trade one of their draft picks + player for a DP slot so that TFC can use 2nd DP slot on DeRo who is looking for a big raise?

We have DeRo, he just wants money. We have a shit tonne of allocation money, why not use it to our advantage and bring DeRo's salary down a bit all the while freeing up some cap space and keeping our DP options open for use later if an appropriate player is needed/found.

[TFC07]

We have DeRo, he just wants money. We have a shit tonne of allocation money, why not use it to our advantage and bring DeRo's salary down a bit all the while freeing up some cap space and keeping our DP options open for use later if an appropriate player is needed/found.

But TFC's allocation money runs out end of this season. We need tons of allocation money next season to cover DeRo and Robinson's contracts.