His name is on the back of my TFC jersey... it was not just his considerable offensive awareness. I used to say out loud in section 220, when Cheyrou would come on late in a game, watch for the yellow card. He knew when, where and who to crunch. Pozuelo would be free of a percentage of fouls if TFC had a player who came in with a little retribution in mind...
subtle, but important....
Thinking more on Omar: we’ve been beaten in the air in the box for quite a few goals this year. His height should really help that.
Also I don’t think we have ever had a guy with the ability to score in the air off set pieces in the history of this team. Would be great to have someone who is a legitimate goal threat off corners.
Atlas fans seem to be happy he's leaving
i would guess he is tall like a tree and not very mobile.lol
I really think we need to can Conway. Something is up with our GK situation. Every keeper we've had since he has been the GK coach has gotten worse in almost all facets. Irwin got worse and so has Bono after his 2017 upswing. There has to be something to it.
OG would improve our defense and hopefully wouldn’t be expensive. Is he the best CB in the world? No. However, he’s tall, domestic, and only 30. He probably has some chemistry with Bradley and the rest of the USMNT crew. He’s better than Zavaleta and probably Ciman. Moor is injured again and will probably retire soon, and could be gone the whole season again.
The window is almost over and we have no one incoming from the look of things. If we have to wait for summer to even make any improvements to the front end of the team, bringing in some help for the defense isn’t the worst possible idea.
Right. If he doesn’t come back and perform well for the majority of the season it’s the same story.
Moor is a great guy and did amazing things here, but he’s not a Hernandez couple of games if needed FO job guy right now (and Hernandez was pretty bad the few times he did play).
I have a feeling they knew Moor would be out a lot this season and signed Ciman not knowing that the Belgian version of “the general” was not the same kind of defender as Moor.
Wasn't Frei's situation a bit different in that they thought they had a wealth of goal tending at the time and Frei was coming off injury and had the biggest salary. I don't remember Frei leaving as a project just that at the time the club thought Bendik was the future
I don’t mind if he’s not an elite CB as long as he’s not brought in here to be elite. With MLS rules you can’t sign 20 high level elite players anyways (1-2 million +)
You pay 30 million for Pozuelo you’re going to get quality, you pay 6 figures for a CB we aren’t getting a top level talent.
If Omar is a depth guy, great. If he’s brought here to be the main stay, we are in trouble.
I’m hoping that he’s a Ciman/Moor replacement (veteran squad rotation player for MLS games) that makes 500-600 k and we bring in at least one elite CB for the start of next season. This would mean our new CB and Mavinga would handle Liga MX and Omar and Zavaleta for MLS or low importance fixtures
I’m in the camp that this is a re-tool year anyways and anything magical from it is just a bonus. My eyes are set on only CCL.
Omar is not the answer for winning a CCL title. Tigres or top MLS/MX teams are probable to torch him
So basically the numbers and intention on how to use him is the key. Omar for 900 k - 1 million as the “guy” to lead the CB would be a nightmare. 500 k as a backup would be alright
Last edited by Defoe; 05-04-2019 at 02:22 AM.