"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
Long has had a shit season. Signing him is lazy.
Not a fan of Michael Bradley conspiracy threads (lol), but we have a long term Michael Bradley thread for anyone to post about him.
http://forums.redpatchboys.ca/showth...read&p=1972831
Since MB most certainly is not leaving the club right now, discussion of him is off topic to this thread. Please post in the proper thread. This thread is about roster changes.
He didn't notice Vasquez...that's more concerning to me.
NYRB's whole ethos is "chaos will provide us with chances that will more often then not give us leads that will allow us to sit back a bit deeper". When they don't have the lead & have to chase the game, or in this case, are in the "Chaos zone" of the last 10 minutes of a tied game, NYRB's defence can get caught out.
NYRB doesn't do disciplined defence.
We need disciplined defence.
I think Long is not an instant answer to our needs but would be somebody that, with the right defensive coaching, could solidify that back line.
I'm not sure we have the right defensive coaching.
Speaking of which
Does anybody know which assistant is coaching our defence?
To me we need to upgrade the GK coach but we've not had a really good defence coach since Preki. Moor was our defacto defence coach.
Like Vanney & Frasier were CB's & FB's...and they both can't coach defence worth Beans in Libbyland
I'm not sure BB is an improvement on that.
When did we last have a sefense that looked good on paper?
That's the place to fix imo.
We are pining for Preki now?
This makes me feel both sad and old, both at the same time.
"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
Nah, don't want Preki
Just want somebody that can actually coach a defence.
New salaries are out here: https://mlsplayers.org/resources/salary-guide
Main TFC highlights:
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/Total_TFC/status/1582006947502764034
Wow I would not have guessed Insigne coming in at $14M...that is absolutely BONKERS.
Insigne is way overpaid but also you don't get fede or mimmo without overpaying for him first.
Plus he makes signing new high quality players a lot easier.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/samstejskal/status/1582029635348725761
As long as MLS keeps the DP mechanism, it's the only way for teams like TFC to flex their financial muscles. Personally, I'd prefer if we could spend $3M on 5 players rather than $15M on one player. Its a good thing that TFC is splashing huge dollars here.
I noticed Berndardeschi's Base Salary is $3,125,000, but his guaranteed is $6,256,322.
Guessing TFC/MLSE did the Maple Leafs thing of giving a huge upfront signing bonus (which I believe MLSPA amortizes over the life of the contract). So maybe he got something like $15 million upfront?
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So who won the gross vs net debate? 🤔
Seriously though that's an insane amount of spend for an MLS team.
i didm but it doesnt matter at all.
we'll only be able to assess this outlay over the next couple of years if we're being honest.
but i will say interest in TFC has never been higher, and that's in a team that only had one good run this year.
the attendance vs miami was a couple thousand higher than the 2019 playoff game vs DC.
Last edited by leedsandTFC; 10-17-2022 at 12:30 PM.
are you sure? maybe regained interest with italian community- everyone i know lost interest or faith regardless of insigne who didnt look that great and had more individual brilliance more than anything- same can be said for Berna and Mimo.
Most goals and assist were brilliant individual plays.
They said they sold out but keep emailing me to buy more tickets-
Insigne will be 32 before the playoffs start and halfway thru the MLS season. ROI doesnt seem great so far in my opinion which is subjective by the way(and i dont believe you created the conspiracy thread -"in jest"
they had more fans at the dead rubber miami game than they did at the last TFC home playoff game in 2019.
they have a ST base back up to 2018 levels after the MLS cup win.
so yeah, interest is at an all time high.
and yes, it was for all the crazy conspiracy theories about michael bradley, which were clogging up this thread. we had someone in here saying that he coached auro junior to pass backwards lol.
and i deleted it ini the end, not sure why you're bringing it up.
Last edited by leedsandTFC; 10-17-2022 at 01:14 PM.