Mavinga returning doesn't exactly excite me. He seems like a great guy, but he has been downright bad each of the past two seasons and misses as many games as he plays.
Mavinga returning doesn't exactly excite me. He seems like a great guy, but he has been downright bad each of the past two seasons and misses as many games as he plays.
Is there a non guaranteed contract in MLS for a player like Mavinga?
If he is “back”, then he is worth the $500-750K or whatever he would be on, understood. But if he isn’t, you like to be able to move on for the summer window without taking the full year cap/roster hit….
"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
Now that Osorio is done, can Cavallini be far behind…..?
(My contract question above influences my view of this potential signing also)
"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 wouldn’t pay Mavinga more than 300-400. Maybe that’s naive of me to say given the price CB’s command in the market and his history with the team, but dude is sooo inconsistent it feels like he has more days where he’s off than on in recent years.
Hard pass on Cavallini. I would have been onside with this move but after his Red Card incident and the dumbest palinka penalty I have ever seen playing for Canada, I think he’s just a dumb meat-head who can’t be saved.
I thought that too but if his role is specifically as a hold up #9 and to bang/cause box chaos then he can do that well and won't waste a DP spot, maybe not even TAM (or much of it at least). He might be an occasional red card threat but he won't get anywhere near taking a PK so that failed panenka won't apply here. I am fine with him.
As for Mavinga, at best he should get the old Ciman contract and spot as the rotating #3 CB.
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Meantime, DCU is signing free agent goalkeeper Alex Bono, who spent eight years with Toronto FC, per source.
DCU keepers: Tyler Miller, Alex Bono, Luis Zamudio. #mls #tfc
mavinga has brainfarts at times, but so do literally 99% of MLS defenders.
if we can get him on 4-600K then it's a decent signing, especially as he seems quite popular in the locker room.
he also looked his best next to a competent organizer (drew moor, gonzalez 2019-20) so if we could get hedges would be good for chris too
vazquez has been liking every tfc post on instagram.
my guess is that is all done but they are waiting for oso content to be done before announcing it.
the league has passed bono by in a lot of ways.
Wait until Wayne see's how tall and handsome Alex Bono is. It won over every manager we ever had here.
so vazquez hasn't actually signed yet (he replied to me on instagram saying as much).
hopefully hasn't been some issue with the medical.
that being said no huge hurry on this so could be just busy with a thousand different things.
I know that sounds beyond ridiculous now, but when Frei left we had basically described him as an aloof geek who couldn’t control his box or communicate with his backline.”Good for shot stopping on the right day, that’s it”
Let’s hope this doesn’t turn out as lopsided. Keepers have long careers.
And full transparency I hate Bono and think we should have cut bate after 2019.
Oso/Vazquez means you only need to add a competent holding midfielder for the 18. Unless Jayden goes, in which case you probably still want another box-to-box guy (who might also be your holding midfielder). Good stuff.
Still need:
- Starting leftback
- Two starting centreback
- Starting Keeper
- Starting striker
- Subs at fullback, holding midfield, wing
Sometimes clubs have their own agendas and do stupid things.
Orlando took a fast but (somewhat) diminutive guy that likes to take on players and told him to play in central midfield. Maybe he played there in college but in the pro game it was pretty clear what his best role would be. Similarly, they made Kamal Miller play fullback.
Why Vanney was the first coach to see Laryea for what he is I will never know.
But I’m perfectly okay with letting go of Bono. I am just not going to be surprised if he’s still in the league for a while and eventually makes his way back to being average.
Nothing but good wishes to Bono. Seems like a guy who always tried 110% and was disappointed in himself with his screw ups. He got us the Cup and was in a tough position because the team gave him a large contract that he was unlikely to live up to. The King West bars will miss him.
Mavinga is at max a $250K backup CB.
I wouldn't be giving anything more than a one year guaruntee for someone part of the worst defense in the league.
Last edited by Richard; 12-14-2022 at 03:41 PM.
The GK search continues.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/Mati_Martinez/status/1603143943029653504?s=20&t=aDlB6i9viPeaL8mntsulmQ
Orlando in their early days were chronically dysfunctional - at least it looked that way from outside. Certain organizations seem to have a sort of screen between what they think is happening and what is really happening. What they’re really doing is obscure. Vanney was quite good at being connected to what he was doing. Not that it always came off but he was paying careful attention.
For the occasional season that Montreal gets it right (last season was brilliant) I find the owner’s aggressively active role often puts them in a similar, early Orlando category. Not screwing up enough to be at the bottom of the table but a certain chaos is often ruling.
Never seen a pro keeper who suffered from a lack of confidence as much as Bono over the last few seasons. Maybe he can beat that problem and return to his earlier form but it seems to be a very big problem.
Bono was a big part of our championship team and CCL run. Those guys walk together forever. I will always see that save on BWP in the 2017 playoffs when I think of him.
I hope he figures it out.
"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