For all those unsure what to expect, Laba will be akin to Roger Espionoza formerly of SKC, and now of wigan in the EPL.
For all those unsure what to expect, Laba will be akin to Roger Espionoza formerly of SKC, and now of wigan in the EPL.
Gives you a reasonable idea what to expect. He breaks up play and sprays the ball around. Like the idea.. but let's see how he adapts.
You inevitably know some naive jackass will come on this board and complain about him not scoring goals after ten games, regardless of how he plays.
Toronto FC baby...best team everrrrrrrrrr -Jozy
but... but... he's Argentinian! he must be creative and have ability to score goals! and he's a DP! TFC shouldn't be wasting a DP spot on a DM! even though we have 3 and still have one more spot! Fire Kevin Payne! he's worse than track suit Mariner! And Nelsen is clueless!
“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 is an exciting signing but I will temper my expectations until I see how he handles the physicality of the league.
Given the amount of cautions he seems prone too, he may adapt to the phisycality of the MLS well. Proof is in the pudding though. As long as they can coach him, then they can help him with that end of the game.
The vision for distribution seems good by the vids I have seen, its just a question of the other players putting themselves in positions to benefit from the passing. There is a lot of work ahead for the team with a player like this being brought on board.
Last edited by Phil; 04-26-2013 at 10:22 AM.
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From Kurt Larson:
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Payne: We've been looking at Laba since I was in #DCUnited
11:44 AM - 26 Apr 2013
SWEEET!!!
WE DID IT!
You know, it's sort of funny that three or four years ago using the DP spot for a destroyer would have been seen as bad business. But after Alonso, Bekerman, Espinoza, etc... It just shows how this is perhaps the most important position on the field in terms of solidifying your team.
One good target man (or striker) + one very strong DM + two reasonably good CBs = easiest way to solidify a team in this league.
Looking at TFCs roster currently and.... Imagine that, we potentially have the first few building blocks of a team that doesn't completely suck.
Ha! LOL
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicality
The word comes up time to time in my scouting reports.
“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
^^
and?...
Let's not make fun of our own player's names. How would you feel if someone said your name sounded like [something inappropriate].... in some other language that isn't your own in the country you just moved to? Have a little sensitivity to our own player's feelings. You know that some players or their wags read the boards, the last thing he needs is jokes about this when he's trying to adjust to a new country, language, and culture. Let's support our players.
It would be like LA supporters calling Donovan "Landycakes." It just doesn't happen.
Last edited by Oldtimer; 04-26-2013 at 12:07 PM.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
I'm ready to be an adult again. I think.
I don't think anyone was really making fun (I never thought Labia until it was noted) and NONE of it was mean spirited.
My last name is Saad (pronounced Sod) Now let your imagination run. Hell, start a thread dedicated to making fun of my last name if you like, I am always impressed when people can be original with it.
If you can't laugh at yourself who can you laugh at?
WE DID IT!
You probably haven't played on a sports team, at least not seriously. Those guys can make your life the next worst thing to a living hell.
There's a reason why Robbie Rogers didn't come out until after he was out of sports.
I know it wasn't mean spirited, but we want our players to feel welcome, and I don't think this is the way.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
I was less worried about how the players may take it then, say, women.