Trade alert!
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/TorontoFC/status/1542191241491791872?s=20&t=tHOLEvVNvsbX-9-PnmOElg
Quick - someone photoshop a picture of Bob Bradley holding a giant bag of GAM.
last i looked he was the top scorer in MLSNext.
we let him go, he went to Columbus II and promptly started scoring a goal a game, and has now been promoted to the first team .
so, not a huge win, it would seem, but i may be getting this wrong. on the face, it’s potentially pasher/edwards/kaye redux, with the player’s potential obvious to everyone but our team.
Kid has been lighting it up for Crew 2nd team, 50k is a complete steal.
REALLY bad karma to do that again...
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/torontofc/status/1384512579285000193
Looks like he left after two years at Maryland and was signed undrafted because Bez knew him.
Some question there, I imagine, as to why he went to school at 19 after already playing for us in USL as non-pro academy invitee. We clearly didn’t try to advance him, or he thought school was a priority until the Crew came calling.
Shame. He’s apparently expected to start against us this week.
His MLS Next Pro numbers are great and Columbus obviously saw a good deal in him to give us GAM and a sell on percentage. We might regret this one.
He already left by choice to go to the U.S and the Crew. Not much to do here really. Just take the money and whatever happens, happens.
Also this GAM isn't for the player as they already have him. This is for his homegrown rights so he won't count against their cap now that they've promoted him.
Last edited by Ultra & Proud; 06-29-2022 at 03:18 PM.
https://twitter.com/Total_TFC
Update on #TFCLive international spots:
—Insigne, Criscito, Salcedo, Jiménez fill 4 regular INT spots.
—Mavinga, Pozuelo, Achara can fill the 3 extra INT spots under the new rule for Canadian teams.
—TFC now still have 3 regular INT spots open (after trading 1 spot to RBNY).
now who or what is next in store for TFC, so far rather impressed, but still some work to do
Andiamo TFC
Last edited by gracos; 06-29-2022 at 04:09 PM.
It's 'The hope that kills you' - Ted Lasso S1/E10
Hmmm... Lorenzo Insigne TFC arrival press conference...
Opening video... subliminal messaging?
In the final clip... is that Insigne being hugged by Bernardeschi?
#Goatnardeschi
https://twitter.com/RudiSchuller
Potential #CanMNT player.
The Crew paid TFC a token amount of GAM to acquire his homegrown rights, and Russell-Rowe may play against his old team tonight.
I appreciate, and am in agreement with, Bob Bradley's 'Bob The Builder' moniker.
Although during Lorenzo's press conference, when the others were speaking...
I couldn't help but think he visually was giving off some 'Nosferatu' vibes.
LI TFC press conference.
Innocuous words...
Love it, old school, LI constantly calling Coach BB 'Mister'.
A tie in to historic Genoa and former English footballer and coach William Garbutt.
Also, states MB was 'alla disposizione'; 'at his disposition'.
A Napoletano urban phrase; carries meaning and weight.
Just a word on this “Bob the Builder” moniker:
If we like Bob (and I think most of us are feeling so-far-so-good) we might want to drop the moniker. I’m not sure if everyone knows the origins of it, but the name did not come from Bob’s track record of building anything.
The tag “Bob the Builder” was first given to him in levity and has subsequently become pejorative.
Here’s the backstory:
When Bob arrived pre-season at Swansea City, the club was in the process of releasing their team anthem/parody song. That year, Swansea decided to rewrite the lyrics of the kids TV show “Bob the Builder” and released a video with animation. As you might guess, Bradley’s face was superimposed on the Bob the Builder character.
Here’s the video if you want a chuckle (especially Bob’s critique at the end):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLqVCYpQlTw
If you don’t know it, BtB was a stop-motion animated kids show. Here is the original theme song (for comparison):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO_PL3V1c4Y
Well, we all know how it ended. Bob was gone after 11 games. The fact that the moniker followed him around is not a complement. Maybe Bob’s in good humour about it, but I doubt it.
Not a huge BB fan myself. He left LA for a reason however after the previous regime I am just glad he’s not worse