I know it is only a press conference, but I have a good feeling about this guy.
I know it is only a press conference, but I have a good feeling about this guy.
I get the argument. I also think we need a player behind Insigne
who offers something, as I don't expect us to get 34 games a year
out of Insigne.
We've had him for four seasons, coming out of prep school. Perhaps he can be coached to turn inside. Just don't think we've gotten his full value yet and I like the guy. He's a genuine fighter, more than most on our team.
I like Shaff but his game has limitations.
One of the reasonswhy he finds himself behind Petrasso in the fullback pecking order is he struggles to pass progressively from the defensive third and gets uncomfortable when pressed (usually ends up just hoofing it down field). Defensive positioning was never really on point either.
While Petrasso is still a work in progress, he does both these things better, which is the reason why the team has stuck with him. Dead ball deliveries are also pretty good.
Shaff looks great when attacking the final third. But as a team that looks like it’s going to play pretty narrow and has just picked up a DP in his primary position, thought to see where the opportunities would be.
@MichaelSingh94
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Toronto FC President Bill Manning tells media that it may be the winter window as opposed to the summer window that TFC makes their third DP acquisition: “We’re in no rush in terms of making additional DP acquisitions. If we’re going to do that, it needs to be the right [fit]”
thats fine let see if you can find some tam type starter at least a cb and rb
I like this. No need to rush.
However, I still think it’s a failure on management that you know you have these two amazing wingers coming in , and yet you field one of the worst defences in the league. Not one rumour. And from the the press conference it seems they are riding this season out with what we have in the back right now.
TFC are seemingly very active in the trade market. I think they have noticed how Montreal have built their squad and are seeing the value in bringing in established MLS players to compliment their core.
To me, the biggest issue here is that Manning doesn’t address other roles. We don’t only need just one more DP. We need better players in multiple positions. We need some depth that is ready to play and compete — not guys on their way out like Mullins; guys who are just below the top tier but have potential, and aren’t kids.
Another DP CB won’t address our fullback issue. It won’t give us a proper holding midfielder, or a keeper who doesn’t zoom in bipolar fashion between being a wall and being a bombscare.
This league is full of guys trying to break out of “journeyman” status and teams like Seattle and Colorado have run pretty tight ships tactically by having a better second corps group.
If nothing else is addressed in this window, we have to at least concede that the team president has written off this season. Yeah, with 15 games left we weren’t making the playoffs, mostly likely, but it would at least demonstrate some serious intent.
We have four (five?) unfilled roster spots. We haven’t taken advantage of the size of squad we can have.
We’re multiple points behind expansion Charlotte, a team largely built on journeymen. Surely we can achieve some middle ground in our acquisitions and take on guys who just strengthen us, even if they don’t start every week or make $2M-plus.
Last edited by jloome; 07-18-2022 at 05:38 PM.
Sorry. I don't get this comment. Montreal have 2 excellent MLS fullbacks (Johnston and Millar) who they picked up from Nashville and Orlando. The best right back in the league, Julian Gressel, has just gone from DC to the Whitecaps. And where are our signings of the Betashours and Morrows (from San Jose) and Moor (from Colorado) that were key to us winning MLS Cup??
I just discussed with Manning at the press conference and he pleaded salary cap and said we wouldn't get defensive recruits until Christmas. I was impressed he came to speak to us and thanked him very much. But, on reflection, what the hell was he doing in December/January/February? I have a horrible feeling that he's incompetent. I could buy Insigne and Bernadeschi with the budget he has, but I sure as hell am not smart enough to work around the salary cap etc to build a really strong MLS defence. Worryingly, he doesn't seem to be either...
Michael Singh
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Bill Manning says that Toronto FC are looking to potentially make another acquisition that’s going to help defensively. The team has some salary cap space to play with
so why is manning say this to singh and something else to the fans at the presser
I'll judge him on what he does and not what he says. I was just some random supporter that didn't get back from Montreal until almost midnight last night because of Air Canada.
I'd love to be wrong and discover that he and BB know what they're doing. But the Wednesday evening game at Chicago will take a while to digest..
I will say that we shouldn't be surprised at one or two more, but the bulk of the work will be done at the winter window.
So let's just win Tuesday and then enjoy the rest of the season.
That defence won't hold.
Might beat Vancouver, with Oso, Bernie & Insigne.
But that defence is going to get real tired real quickly without some reinforcements.
Singh and Sharman say it's unlikely we get a DP before the winter. Should be adding to defence in the near term, however it's likely to be a non-TAM/DP contract. This makes me think it might be some sort of trade.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/theparleh/status/1549177479365017600
A Darren O'Dea/ Steven Caldwell/Amad Kantari/Damien Perquis type euro free agent will get signed and will be bought out by Feb at which point a bucket load of GAM will be traded for an MLS stalwart CB
How can we have cap issues when half our roster is guys on their first contract
this club likes to make big money signings and thats great,but they have no clue how to fill a roster with 500k to 1 mil players ,they overpay their own like mavinga,bono ,delgado bradley,when was the last time they found a cheap gem?