The last time we got a pricey player that didn't get any opportunities to show what he could do in a MLS match was Urruti and although he isn't a barnstormer, he was better than what we had.
The longer it goes the more it looks like Vanney doesn't rate them but I think from some players comments they think these two can help. If we end up blowing this season and these guys don't get a whiff of action or get into games 33 and 34 when we're already eliminated and look good, then if were a TFC player I would be done with Vanney.
Curtis does that whole video... how often did you see Vanney (or Manning) in it?
How often have we seen Curtis and Vanney in the same room, for any reason?
There is no cohesion. These guys don’t rate or like each other, I'd wager.
"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
"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
I like Curtis' TAM signings. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt for now.
Curtis now has got us the players we should've had at the start of the season. This team would've been one to be a contender. Now we have to hope to sneak away with championship.
I look forward to see if this team is kept next year. I could see some players moving on.
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
This is not heading in the right direction; we are going backwards and I still want to know who other than Curtis was approached
Gio and vv leaves and all he does is bring in
Poz
Q
Laryea
Gonzalez
Benezet
The man is amazing
Last edited by stevep; 10-19-2019 at 11:38 PM.
yeah he's done a great job. I can't get over Lareya... it's like he was a worthless player in MLS with no future turned into a huge part of our team. It could cost millions in transfer fees to get a young RB with attacking talent like that. Q is the best value for $$ in MLS, Gonzalez looks good.Pozuelo is obviously a stud and will be even better next year. Benezet can be dangerous at times, if he can stay healthy he's worth the money at least as a squad rotation player. Only Gallardo hasn't look good but to early to write him off
Curtis was part of bringing in Westberg, Benezet, Gonzalez and maybe Pozuelo.
(DeLeon was Bez, a nice parting gift)
He kept the core pieces together, even when he must have been sorely tempted to move on from some of them (Delgado is an obvious example)
Vanney has the pieces he needed to pull this off.
Westberg is an especially great signing. The playoff MVP.
I am persuaded. Ali is the man.
Carry on.
Last edited by ensco; 10-31-2019 at 07:49 AM.
"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
A new profile on Ali Curtis on TSN, via Canadian Press: https://www.tsn.ca/toronto-fc-genera...-way-1.1393488
My biggest evaluation of Curtis won't be his failure to get enough firepower to win the MLS Cup, he was in a hard situation when Seba left, it will be whether he has the cajones to get rid of Zavaleta.