“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
It's a good question. Remember that allocation is the vehicle through which budgets are flexed. Each team has a pre-flex budget established by the league. Acquiring (or receiving) Allocation allows you to flex your budget. It has value.
However, it isn't the same as a cap which restricts your spending. The league is ultimately doing the spending.
Consider that TFC identifies an unsigned player right now that could help the team.
Assume TFC is at its "budget" max. It has taken all $2.81M given to it by the league and picked the players from the pool of players that MLS has signed and fit them into their roster.
Assume too that the league is at its max as well. It has signed and spent all the revenue it intends to spend on player salaries.
If the MLS is unwilling (or unable) to sign this player because its own funds are at its own max, the only route for TFC to be able to get this player is to "borrow" from the budgets of other teams. They would then trade for "allocation" money.
Last edited by Pookie; 11-15-2012 at 01:22 PM.
Everything is ruined. New strip now up at RedNation Online!
TFC Town Halls Kick Off
http://viewfromthesouthstands.com/20...halls-kick-off
Thoughts on the first round of 2012 Toronto FC Town Halls
Thanks for the recap. It's very troubling to hear about Mariners demeanour. I read the same in other write ups about the first round of town halls.
I'm very disappointed to hear that the renewals are going better than last year. I hope the MLSE staffer was lying to you.
I just don't understand this club anymore.
They spend more time catering to Season seat holders with bullshit like Raptors tickets, price cuts, and Montreal away busses....yet they don't address the glaringly obvious issues at this club. Anselmi, Cochrane and most of all...Mariner.
Who care about how much tickets cost or what kind of beer they'll serve next year if the product on the field is as shit as ever with no prospect for improvement.
They're putting lipstick on a pig. The problem is that the pig has already been slaughtered and has been left to rot. Smelling worse and worse with each passing day.
I truly fear that another bad season could be the end of this club being supported well.
I mean, what can they possibly offer next year if the team is terrible?
Free tickets? (almost done this year)
Free gear (done)
Free road trips (done)
I can't believe pro football in this city could be dying....AGAIN!!!
Yeah, I'd have to agree with you here.
Pookie, while I like that you're aggressively questioning things, I don't think you can state that you have all the information. Regarding the lack of language relating to a salary cap etc, within the CBA.... the simplest explanation is that those conditions are covered in another document that is not publicly disclosed.
Everything will be fine. New strip now up at East Side Stand Up!
Town Hall Coverage via Waking the Red:
Town Hall # 1 - Selling hope and nothing else, why the backline must speak English and Plata is a 1 in 6 http://www.wakingthered.com/2012/11/...sonal-timeline
Town Hall # 2 - Mariner gets Feisty - http://www.wakingthered.com/2012/11/...-earl-cochrane
Town Hall # 3 - Live Coverage all Q&A's in the Comments section http://www.wakingthered.com/2012/11/...ge-town-hall-3
Watch for Town Hall #4 Coverage in the Morning.
MLS waiver draft was held not a huge array of talent although again think TFC missed the boat in improving their depth in terms of MLS type talent. Thought ex-Crew Cole Grossman who was the only player drafted by Real Salt Lake could provide some depth in defensive midfield well Corey Hertzog - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/10...y-hertzog.html who performed very well in USL Pro and in my prospect list for that league was waived by RBNY and not drafted so think Toronto should make a play for him.
What continues to worry me about TFC for the upcoming 2013 season is an inability/want to create depth and instead try to succeed through DP's, old free agents and players form the academy. If you look at the history of MLS including finalists Houston and in some extent the Galaxy success has been based on having enough players to survive through 34 games and playoffs than relying on stars.
Hertzog got passed because he would have had to be picked up at $75k since he was no longer a GA player, and that's too expensive for a depth player without proven experience
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
That makes sense although he was only drafted in 2011 thought GA contracts last longer than 2 years. Wonder if he still had GA status with the Red Bulls or if Toronto traded for him he would of maintained his GA status.
Overall I think he's better than a lot of players Toronto currently has but way to early to judge until we see what they do this off season.
Two of a kind. New strip now up at RedNation Online!
Here's what is new @wakingthered
TFC must trade its DPs http://www.wakingthered.com/2012/11/...assli#comments
Prospecting the Superdraft: Mikey Lopez http://www.wakingthered.com/2012/11/...perDraft-Draft
Top 31 Countdown: http://www.wakingthered.com/2012/11/...0-reggie-lambe
On of Offside: Town Hall DeBrief: http://www.wakingthered.com/2012/11/...n-hall-fallout
Watch for Kevin Payne info courtesy of our colleagues at BlackandRedUnited.com. http://www.blackandredunited.com/201...s-team-stadium
Jump around. New strip now up at East Side Stand Up!
Hope it happens 'cause if not I'll look like an idiot. Haha!
Ongoing Payne coverage. What Supporters Groups can expect from Kevin Payne from the perspective of DC United's Barra Brava founder Oscar Zambrana.
http://www.wakingthered.com/2012/11/...d-barrra-brava
Kevin Payne Set For Leadership Role At Toronto FC
The conflict of interest between Anselmi, Cochrane, Mariner and Payne has already caused some worry amongst supporters, though this is still very premature and could very well be unfounded. According to Megaloudis, Payne is very familiar with Toronto FC’s current crop, saying “Kevin knows Thomas Rongen very well and Earl Cochrane as well.”
Building TFC Part 1 of 3: Starting at the Back
Building TFC Part 2 of 3: Strength in the Middle
Don't forget to check out the latest "East Side Stand Up!" Comic Strip!
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Payne In - Anselmi Out
http://viewfromthesouthstands.com/2012/11/payne-in-anselmi-out/
Thoughts on the change of Leadership at Toronto FC announced earlier today with the hiring of Kevin Payne as President.
The second half of the season I found it harder and harder to blog about the team....Mistake by the Lake was in doubt. Town Hall and K Payne only the latest episodes in the rekindle project. Blogging again.
http://torontofcfan-mistakebythelake...tytfc-101.html
A little out of TFC Price range but my newest work
ENBSports 2012-2013 European Soccer 50 Breakthrough Players
Continuing my work in proving that statistical analysis is a useful tool in player evaluation I thought it be interesting to look at these leagues 1/3 way through the 2012-2013 season and based on statistical performance and potential value showcase 50 players who I believe are having a Breakthrough performance.
So far I've been quite pleased with the results of my previous work in this field.My 2011-2012 European Football Prospect Lists - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/08...ll-league.html, have shown their value so far including scoring 87 goals in this season UEFA Champions League. I'm hoping that this new group of players will do the same although dealing with such a limited amount of data at this point its hard to tell if these players are capable of maintaining their current output long term.
Alan, Sporting Braga - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...ayer-alan.html
Kwadwo Asamoah, Juventus - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...er-kwadwo.html
Britt Assombalonga, Southend United - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...yer-britt.html
Stefanos Athanasiadis, PAOK - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...-stefanos.html
Charlie Austin, Burnley - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...r-charlie.html
Carlos Bacca, Club Brugge - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...ub-brugge.html
Leo Baptistao, Rayo Vallecano - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...vallecano.html
Soufian Benyamina, VfB Stuttgart II - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...ttgart-ii.html
Wissam Ben Yedder, Toulouse - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...-toulouse.html
Wilfried Bony, Vitesse Arnhem - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...se-arnhem.html
Massimo Bruno, Anderlecht - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...nderlecht.html
Jake Cassidy, Tranmere Rovers - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...re-rovers.html
Alexandru Chipciu, Steaua Bucherest - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...bucherest.html
Andreas Cornelius, FC Kobenhavn - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...kobenhavn.html
Stephan El Shaarawy, AC Milan - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...-ac-milan.html
Alfred Finnbogason, SC Heerenveen - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...eerenveen.html
Ninos Gouriye, Heracles Almelo - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...es-almelo.html
Leigh Griffiths, Hibernian - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...hibernian.html
Izet Hajrovic, Grasshoppers - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...sshoppers.html
Lewis Holtby, Schalke 04 - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...chalke-04.html
Philipp Hosiner, Fk Austria - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...k-austria.html
Thomas Ince, Blackpool - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...blackpool.html
Joaozinho, FK Krasnodar - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...krasnodar.html
Aron Johannsson, AGF Aarhus - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...gf-aarhus.html
Kasper Kusk, Aalborg BK - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...b-aalborg.html
Andrej Kramaric, Lokomotiva Zagreb - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...va-zagreb.html
Erik Lamela, AS Roma - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...a-as-roma.html
Jeremain Lens, PSV Eindhoven - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...eindhoven.html
Lazar Markovic, Partizan - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...-partizan.html
Jacob Mellis, Barnsley - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...-barnsley.html
Arkadiusz Milik, Gornik Zabrze - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...ik-zabrze.html
Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Shakhtar Donetsk - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...r-donetsk.html
Ognjen Mudrinski, Red Star Belgrade - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...-belgrade.html
Ahmed Musa, CSKA Moscow - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...ka-moscow.html
Ayanda Patosi, Lokeren - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...i-lokeren.html
Raul Rusescu, Steaua Bucuresti - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...bucuresti.html
Riccardo Saponara, Empoli - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...ra-empoli.html
Ebrahim Savaneh, Oud-Heverlee Leuven - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...ee-leuven.html
Heung-Min Son, Hamburger SV - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...burger-sv.html
Raheem Sterling, Liverpool - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...liverpool.html
Adam Szalai, FSV Mainz 05 - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...-mainz-05.html
Stanislav Tecl, Vysocina Jihlava - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...a-jihlava.html
Alex Teixeira, Shakhtar Donetsk - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...r-donetsk.html
Ibrahima Toure, AS Monaco - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...as-monaco.html
Marco Van Ginkel, Viteese Arnhem - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...se-arnhem.html
Kevin Volland, TSG Hoffenhiem - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...offenhiem.html
Tony Watt, Celtic - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...tt-celtic.html
Nahki Wells, Bradford City - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...ford-city.html
David Wotherspoon, Hibernian - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...hibernian.html
Pawel Wszolek, Polonia Warsaw - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...ia-warsaw.html
Last edited by ENBSports; 11-29-2012 at 06:19 PM.
Sam Cronin voted 3rd best DMId in MLS behind Allonso, Beckerman and TFC gave him away. The way to strengthen any team is to hold on to top players and let them develop, especially when they are 23.
Newest article on my blog Analyzing the MLS SuperDraft: The GA debate - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/11...ga-debate.html
Today on Waking the Red
Ajax and Total Football - TFC's Past and its Future?
Want to know what we will see on the pitch? A look at what DC United built with commentary from Sonny Silooy, DC's Director of Youth Development (an Ajax legend hired by Payne). Combined with Payne's commentary regarding, possession, attack, Barcelona and Rongen's involvement with first team, is this déjà vu?
http://www.wakingthered.com/2012/12/...re-kevin-payne
Top 31 Countdown #4 Luis Silva
http://www.wakingthered.com/2012/12/...r-4-luis-silva