Seba was a bubble player for both Juve and the Italian MNT, which makes him a bit unique.He had no obvious future at Inter, Milan, Roma... he was facing a move to a Fiorentina or similar.
He was comparable in 2015 to someone like maybe Ross Barkley or Leon Goretzka today. Nice player, but not a true household name or anything.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Sorry guys, to a lots of you I may look like an a...hole saying this, but, I think the title of this thread is:
"TFC 2019 player in-season moves/speculation/rumours"
Now I counted that the last 12 posts were all about other stuff: mainly Giovinco, and some about the future of the MLS.
Please do not post here anymore stuff like this, I'm (and I think a lots of other people) coming to this thread to read about TFC 2019 player in season moves/speculation/rumours.
Nobody is stopping any of you to open a thread called for ex: "Giovinco forever", and in that thread with a lots of other forum members make posts even 10 years from now about how a great player he was for TFC and that never again we'll have such a great player...
Thanks!
/ end of rant /
Yes, but unique and different from Barkley in that Seba has world class skill, but not the size to take the physical beating of top top football or the size to be a striker at that level or the pace to be a winger. Unless you are Messi or Hazard, awfully hard to compete at the top level with that skill set at that size. He was a slight positional misfit there but his skill overcame that problem here - and that’s why I think we won’t see another remotely like him, and why the front office won’t be finding him. They may bring in a TAM winger or a decent striker or someone else, and I hope they do - we have literally no pace now that Ricketts is gone (and Raheem). But there will not be a Seba part two. Not now because there is no money. Not then because there isn’t one. And maybe that’s ok. Maybe we can be even better with a more balanced team. Maybe.
If we compare to 2018, we are much better. Poz (based on form) > injured VV, Healthy Jozy > injured Jozy, healthy Moor plus Ciman > zavs + Haggs. But compared to 2017 playoffs when VV and Jozy were playing as if healthy, and Ricketts was very effective, and Moor was 2 years younger, and Zavaleta and Hagglund were effective, and we had Seba, we are still way down. Interesting to see if they try to fix this through formation changes ie Bradley new role or through new players
Last edited by MightyDM; 03-09-2019 at 09:42 AM.
I dont think Moor will be any worse as he gets older its not like hes an athletic specimen, hes not going to lose his football I.Q. Pozuelo might make Jozy better than ever. Osorio is better than he was in 17, Deleon is a nice addition, Auro is underrated here, Hamilton can be as good as Ricketts was. Lets judge the team after they add 2-3 more players, the 2018 team was better than the 2017 team on paper but we all saw how that turned out.
I wish we could have kept Jansen he would look great on the left wing in this system.
Well healthy Moor plus Ciman > zavs + Haggs BUT will Moor stay healthy? And maybe just as important, will Bradley be able to provide as much of a shield as he did in 2017 to make those CB’s look effective?
I tend to think in totoality here we’re trending towards being a bubble playoff team. And that’s not just down to Seba, it’s also about the evolution of MLS rosters and competitiveness.
The difference is MLS can't keep its top players. Any prospect with a smidgen of potential is sold for a few million $.
We need to hold on to these guys for a bit longer at least and foster them in MLS.
So if Ciman finds his footing (which I think he will)
and if Pozuelo is a star,
and if Altidore gives us 25 games
We are one of the top 3 teams in the east. Without a TAM winger.
I would wait for summer on the signing.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
People don't really realize that Atlanta will be much worse than last year. They used up all their TAM that they could and new team allocation to "win now."
The roster was unsustainable, hence losing stars, the new coach is Aron Winter v2. 0, I don't expect them to be anywhere close to their last year form.
I doubt TFC will wait for summer to bring in at least one more player, TFC should be competitive against Atlanta.
Last edited by Oldtimer; 03-09-2019 at 05:48 PM.
Saw on twitter that Plata didn’t dress for RSL and only subbed last game. Could be a good option to replace seba’s height.
You really don’t have much in the way of supply of players in March.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Sorry not a First team signing but since I'm bored of waiting Tfc 2 have signed Panamanian Jesus West. He was on trial.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/costadelestefc/status/1104818255221452801?s=19
My question: where are the reinforcements?
No speculation since the Pozo signing.
What's up? Nothing on the rumor mill!!
Sorry, Defoe, is that an ANGLO joke?
kind of
Okay so really what else do we need on the roster?
$850k TAM Right Back
$1.2M TAM Left-Winger
$1.5 TAM Right-Winger
I'm actually kind of glad there aren't a bunch of wild rumours making the rounds again.
I actually want them to wait a bit - like 3 or 4 games with Poz in the lineup - to know exactly what it is we need. Is it truly a winger? Or are we going to find we have to play with 3 at the back and so we need more cover at CB? Is Jozy going to get hurt quickly again and we'll need a big striker?
I think the Philly game showed we have decent depth (decent, not great) at most positions, meaning we don't need to rush into a signing. The window is open until May, remember.