Hey Gogon. Well positioned and shared.
Ha! Yes. Of course I am aware.
The power of Google!
Or, in my case, upon learning he joined TFC, a family relation; a source well versed in silly UK football trivia.
Without doubt, EFL fanatics, the supporters can be quite vicious and/or funny at times against their own and rivals; chants, gif's, etc. ...
For me, it's about the space 'in-between'; where the fun of discussion on this forum board lies.
In the case of transfers... the possibility and probability.
In the case of monikers... the pejorative and term of endearment.
It can be a fine line.
Hence, at other times my statement that 'I believe in'.
Or some fun with #goatardeschi.
The agency of a word or phrase, it's acquisition and communication may be about how you choose to own it.
Regardless, in person I like to think of myself as being always respectful; in certain situations one may argue a coward.
If I ever do have the opportunity to chat in person with BB, I would certainly never mention 'BtB'.
Similarly, if I ever met MB, I would never call him 'Lex Luthor'.
The jury is still out on BB. Lets see in a year if and how a banner might incorporate and convey any sentiment behind the expression.
Last edited by Mr. Inbetween; 06-30-2022 at 07:18 AM.
Is this Andi Petrillo throwing it down again in order to be picked up by someone?
Having already being spanked on this duplicitously by colleague Kaylan Kyle?
https://twitter.com/AndiPetrillo/sta...49886134116353
https://youtu.be/BdqSzY_aTEA
Again, if our two other signings are Hoilett and Laryea, I will be disappointed.
I think it is bad for Laryea’s career to come back, get loaned to another Championship team that will play you. Hoilett, at the right price I think is a good piece of business. We still need more attacking threat.
And a Max TAM / DP (holding mid / full back). Holding mid first but realistically i think that one is next year.
Again, she’s just parroting the “likely” report from last week. Still nothing from the team.
They had a bid for a right-back from Liverpool turned down yesterday and were offering $12M which would clearly indicate they don’t believe Laryea can be the guy, so this’ll probably happen.
Meanwhile, Junior Hoilett’s contract expires tomorrow.
https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/f...-ince-24360750
Allocation order as of June 7:
1 Cincinnati
2 Dallas
3 Chicago
4 San Jose
5 Charlotte
6 LAFC
7 Montréal
8 Columbus
9 Houston
10 LA
11 Toronto
12 Vancouver
13 Minnesota
14 Orlando
15 Atlanta
16 Seattle
17 Nashville
18 Kansas City
19 Colorado
20 New England
21 Austin
22 Philadelphia
23 Portland
24 New York City
25 Miami
26 New York Red Bulls
27 D.C. United
28 Real Salt Lake
Need to address midfield and wide play this window.
The Crew defended entirely narrow last night and it worked. None of our fullbacks were effective in attacking from wide areas. Expect we’ll see more of this in the future. LA will help of course but I think there’s more to the equation.
Also the difference between Osorio and no Osorio is as simple as being competitive or being overrun in any given game. There has to be more quality brought in here
I’ve been trying to make it to the stadium for the last couple of matches but no luck (and got rid of my tv). All the same, Osorio has been one of the great aspects of TFC over the years. Not that the academy produced him but to see a local player develop so well and commit to being here… only to become even better, is a pleasure.
If Hoillet is signed, how do you think Bradley will use him? Insigne will play on the left and in, and currently Pozuelo is right and trying to get himself as central as he can. I’d expect that would be Hoilett’s impulse if put on the right. So maybe more importantly, what role will Pozuelo have then?
(I suspect we’ll see more and more fluidity in the front third as time goes by… if Bradley’s LAFC can be any indication of that.)
Last edited by los sonadores; 06-30-2022 at 02:27 PM.
He may decide to use a
4231 as Ayo and Jimenez both seem to work better with space and both can play wide and underneath. Then the two central mids trade duties going back and forth as true two-way mids
-------------westberg--------------
thompson--Salcedo--Mavinga--Criscito
-----------Bradley---Osorio--------------
-----akinola----Pozuelo-----insigne-----
----------------Jimenez------------
Something like that.
i havent commented in a long while.
Although I get the hype and excitement for LI.
If you listened to the press conference, manning admits to hiring a less than stellar coach.
LI admits his decision was a lifestyle choice - so this brings me back to manning out- the next signing also is a directly correlation to LI, which basically stated he made the choice due to the life for himself and his family.
This all seems insanely lazy, there are more than italian's who can play quality football- the fact that if manning only brings in friends of LI seems like he really has no clue and his trying to stay a float.
I dont mind the signings but the connection going back to Seba's agent, the money obviously had to be right but what competition did TFC have if this was a lifestyle choice for LI.
Im still disgusted since Manning botched Seba and Jozy. I understand it was a new season and winter and summer windows will help get the team back to a level we all expect.
But when we get excited to beat a team above us in the standings who doesnt have the same payroll - it makes me wonder that as a fan base we got so used to losing that with the payroll we accept being mediocre.
I hope to have a least another solid signing that isnt from Serie A or Italian NMT
Two Things:
1. Bob Bradley is top tier MLS. Only comparables are Arena, Tata, Schmetzer, Vanney, Curtin, Marsch imo.
2. Top tier DPs need to have commercial and market relevance, Manning landed the best player playing a position that puts butts in seats from a large Toronto demographic available.
Sometimes it appears something is lazy because it was the obvious thing to do, this is the latter.
Last edited by portu; 06-30-2022 at 05:32 PM.
Bob needs to get on the phone.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/TaylorTwellman/status/1542635822561853440?s=20&t=NOlvKk2YnyYDb-f8CEQeng
Just realized Blessing basically covers our three biggest areas of need by himself. Hell teach him goalkeeper and you can make it four
Not sure about Blessing - to me he's an upgrade on Nelson, without the youth & the passing ability but with a slightly better ability to make not passing the ball to the open man seem dangerous.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano
Official statement from Torino now confirms Andrea Belotti will not sign a new contract - he’s available on the market as free agent immediately, no full agreement with any club yet. 🚨🇮🇹 #transfers
Belotti will make a decision on his future club soon.
https://twitter.com/Total_TFC
TSN reports that Richie Laryea is likely to be loaned out by Nottingham Forest this summer, but Toronto FC is *not* mentioned as a potential destination. Clubs in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Championship are reportedly interested in him.
#TFCLive
https://www.tsn.ca/richie-laryea-not...rest-1.1819908
It was never really feasible to get him back on loan. We'd have to send out at least 500k of GAM for a half season rental.
The one thing we have to be really careful at, are we buying players because they are mercenaries or are we buying players that want to prove something. And each one has benefits, we just need to understand it. Judas was a mercenary.
The thing about Gio, Jozy and Michael. They all had chips on their shoulders and they wanted to win.
If we are going to pay big money, I want hungry players.
Our person with some knowledge in there has indicated already that Belotti wanted Insigne money & TFC said no.
Something else is going on we don't know about...