He's left-footed and has 15 appearances on the left side (vs. 62 down the middle) according to transfrmarkt. Maybe he plays LM in a 4-4-2?
I trust we have a plan here regardless... this is pretty exciting.
He's left-footed and has 15 appearances on the left side (vs. 62 down the middle) according to transfrmarkt. Maybe he plays LM in a 4-4-2?
I trust we have a plan here regardless... this is pretty exciting.
Toronto FC sign goalkeeper Caleb Patterson-Sewell
Source: https://www.torontofc.ca/post/2018/0...tterson-sewell
If Aketxe happens, we are coming dangerously close to winning the offseason. I'm shocked.
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These moves.... Somebody (maybe more than one guy) may be on the way out.
Could be painful.
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Supposedly we’ve come to terms with Ager, according to Juan Arango on Twitter.
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Two years with an option for a third. All that is left is to have both sides come to terms on fees.
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I'm feeling like I'm on morphine with all these signings, but how is TFC able to afford them all?
I wonder if Bez is burning next year's TAM as well as this year's just to give us the best chance to make it to the Club World Cup. I get the feeling this is an all or nothing strategy. Still, no matter what happens or how this turns out, I think Bez has earned some failures if they happen. In Bez I trust.
good point. Irwin, for almost certain. And Delgado would have a lot of value for a US team. Vanney doesn’t have confidence in Hamilton so it’s not Jozy, and Seba is here for another year for sure. Vazquez and Bradley inconceivable, Morrow unlikely.
In this context, I am worried for Chapman’s development. We have seen Delgado and Osorio improve immensely and then get minutes. Where does Chapman get his if he shows similar improvement.
I have a feeling that most of these moves are designed specifically for the ability to have 2 maybe 3 different formations to send out in all competitions.
Between the second CCL leg on the 27th and the Home Opener on March 3rd we may see 2 different starting 11s.
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good point. Irwin, for almost certain. And Delgado would have a lot of value for a US team. Vanney doesn’t have confidence in Hamilton so it’s not Jozy, and Seba is here for another year for sure. Vazquez and Bradley inconceivable, Morrow unlikely.
In this context, I am worried for Chapman’s development. We have seen Delgado and Osorio improve immensely and then get minutes. Where does Chapman get his if he shows similar improvement.
It's not up to us to worry about if and how we can afford it, nor to correct any mistakes they make. They wont make mistakes. We dont need to worry about the numbers.
They're building another smokin hot team for us, and this year could be even more entertaining for us as fans. This is what we should care about and be excited about. Gotta feel proud about the dedication and commitment MLSE and us as supporters have invested in the team, city, and soccer in the country.
Very much looking forward to 2018.
Atlanta who?
I really don't think we have anything to worry about with running out of TAM. Last year Vasquez and Cooper were the only players we used TAM on.
We only used roughly $600K of TAM on Vasquez (Salary of roughly $750K bought down to $150K by using $600K of TAM). We can afford to pay a couple of players around $1.2 million and another three players around $750K - all being bought down to $150K with TAM. This is very doable for our $4.0 million of TAM and we would get five players at TAM level.
Our bigger issue is international spots. We had three left which likely just got used on VdW, Auro and Aketxe. I can't see us signing Endoh now. Does Sewell take up an international spot?
Five players on TAM and three DP's seems inconceivable. We've also traded away TAM both the last two seasons. Then You add in Bono, Osorio, Delgado, Morrow, Zavaleta, Hagglund, Hasler, Ricketts are all on somewhere between 200-250k. Some may be even higher. I just don't see it. Atlanta seems tame and understandable compared to us from a cap comparison at this point.
If the Aketxe signing becomes official the Reds will have one international spot left. With the Auro signing 6 of 8 spots are in use. They being Seba, VV, Hasler, Mavinga, Auro and van der Wiel. Unless Bez has something close to happening, either Kubel or Endoh could be signed to an off-budget spot. Either those two could be released at any point if an opportunity did come along to add someone.
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Bono and Hasler are both under 100k. Zavalaeta is just over 100k. Even if Hasler's reported salary is just a half season, that's still only 160k for a full season. Hagglund is also 100k. Even if Bono gets a raise, he's not going to be touching 200k. Cooper Beitashour gone frees up 450k. Plus we got another 225k general allocation on that earlier trade. So nearly 700k in cap space freed up.