Not worried at all. We just won the leagues first triple, lost and replaced our Rb, can and likely will add high quality depth. The old TFC days are done
Not worried at all. We just won the leagues first triple, lost and replaced our Rb, can and likely will add high quality depth. The old TFC days are done
I have full trust in both Zavs and Haggs at RCB. Especially with even better cover of Mavinga and vdW beside them.
Hasler is a very good player. He's so much better then Bieta not as good defensively but makes up for it in work rate. Not a liability. He is versatile and that is a great thing to have on any MLS team. Watching him last season I would have started him over Bieta and any game of the week, my personal option Bieta is way overrated. No skill at all and lucky most times than not. Bieta 5 hasler 7
Alex Bono has more skill. When you watch him play 1 v1 he will 98% of the time back pass. He will only take a player if he's got a step on him and he won't do that with a simple skill move my 12 year old and pull off but put the ball past the defence and chace it down. Hassler has beat more players one on one in his limited time than Bieta did at TFC from day one. I am glad he is gone that side needed improvement from the very beginning. The only time TFC looked really good down the right side is when Edwards and Hassler played those positions. Mind you I do think he is a solid defender just not creative enough in attack.
If Morrow can be the similar player he was last year and VdW upgrade we will be way more dangerous on all fronts this season. It will be night and day
Bieta has 2 career goals and played 216 matches Hasler played 12 for TFC and scored 3. Tell me who is more dangerous....? It's time we move on from Bieta love fest he is not good enough for this team! The bar is set a lot night throughout the entire squad. This team will and and should never settle for mediocrity we are the best team in MLS HISTORY and let's keep it that way
Hasler started 7 games, 5W 2D 0L
What you fail to realize is Beitashour provided balance when Morrow was attacking, he has always played defense first... Also, getting goals from any defensive player is a bonus not the best stat to use. BTW Edwards was terrible on the right and boarder line terrible defensively on either side
Beitashour did set up Cheryou's goal in the semis against Montreal. Beitashour is more of a true RB versus a RWB.
He will go down in history as he started for the first team ever to win the treble. IS VdW more talented yes, but the question is how will he adapt to the MLS and more importantly how Vanney sets up the tactics as with Beitahour you knew game in game out what you were going to get. A solid dependable defender who occasionally whip in a fantastic cross.
Last edited by TheGoodson; 02-12-2018 at 02:20 PM.
I have to agree that I prefer Hasler to Beitashour. Though it's obvious that Beita is a much better defender than Hasler I can't think of a single time I've seen him caught out for it. When we're playing formations where your fullbacks aren't traditional in that they are expected to play almost as wingers and fullbacks at the same time it's important that they have the ability to penetrate and pose a goal threat, which Beitashour never did. In Hasler's first game he was constantly angling to put himself in a position to shoot.
Definitely not mourning the loss of Beita.
Most teams would be happy with ANY of these guys as their RB/RWB.
These signings are great and all, but TFC still lack of starting quality CM.
This is something that needs to be address especially if TFC wants to make a run in CCL.
That's part of the issue as well though. Tigres gets an injury to anyone and they're still Gucci us on the other hand not so much.
This is getting off topic, but at the end of the day actions speak louder than words and when we get knocked out to Tigres in the quarters it'll become physically evident (though I'll be more than happy to be proven wrong).
TFC vs. Tigres in the quarters is like Barca playing Bayern in the quarters - it happens and the loser is in no way the 5th through 8th best team on the continent.
I have to agree with Portu... Tigres are the class of Concacaf half of our starters would not start for Tigres
Tigres are ok, not doing so well atm, that being said they're heads and tails above MLS
Yet Giovinco, Altidore, Bradley, Vazquez and maybe Van Der Weil and Auro (depending on there form) are at the same level of there top 11.
Giovinco is one of the best free kick specialists on the planet and it's something they can't match. We will really need Morrow, Mavinga, Moor and Delgado to hold there own though.