For discussion of trades, rumours, and roster construction.
For discussion of trades, rumours, and roster construction.
Last edited by Oldtimer; 02-27-2023 at 10:24 PM.
My assertion was more from Richie's emotional expressions- the body language- perspective. However, your counter is more than fair and valid; I even suspect right. I mean they parade JJ out... making him partake in a WTF? skit/bit of song and dance and literally shortly after 'bye-bye' him; yesh and ouch!
BTW, seems Victor can get down; gots the rhythm!
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/PaiEstimator/status/1627279753626497024
Last edited by Mr. Inbetween; 02-28-2023 at 04:36 AM.
For the love of Lothar Matthaus... what we need is... and I won't stop stomping... the number of the day... a...
Kadin Chung has had his contract terminated by mutual consent. I assume he occupied a supplemental roster spot?
Early hot takes:
Rosted on TAM is going to look dumb as hell
The teams ends up moving to a two man midfield because Bradley can’t keep up
Insigne ends up playing in a Seba role
BB out
Panic moves galore before the first window closes- depth necessary
Hedges is going to be the signing of the MLS off-season
Team makes the conference final
Rosted looked WAY better then McNaughton et al last year.....but then I kinda liked our Polish CB that year so what do I know.
Heck, SKC CB did a "pass back to a forward from the other team" move last night and that was the second one of the weekend.
(I know, hot takes)
I think Rosted will be okay. I am always reluctant to dump on new players to MLS until they get a run of matches under their belts.
Also this year it felt like, and now looks like, MLS teams kind of did a rush job on preseason. Lots of matches this past weekend looked like preseason in terms of level of play. Some atrocious errors, terrible finishing, arrant passes, and a general sense of confusion over what to do & where to be (except Philly who are basically the same team as last year). Expecting more chaos this weekend.
Honestly not too unrealistic. Many points are plausible both good and bad.
Hedges is class you can see it immediately.
Rosted didnt look good but hopefully a few more games to adapt will change that.
Two man midfield or pivot likely.
Insinge in Seba role becasue of movement and quickness in theory looks good.
Honestly I had the feeling Jimenez was going to mesh so well with the Italians this season after proper preseason and with Vazquez to support. I like them having fun in the skit so much that its giving me unease in my stomach that we made the wrong decision to ship out Jimenez like we did with Shaff.
Check out this tweet at [URL]https://twitter.com/canplnews/status/1630665790163656733?s=20[/URL]
https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/sound...ld-vibes-more-
Two videos from Doyle lay bare our midfield's issues - ok both goals against so we are not seeing when things go right but the slowness of everybody in the midfield is just BAD. And Oso on the end goal was just BAD in covering his man.
Latest update...
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/_ElliottJackson/status/1630915315948306436
We may not even be able to acquire him. After we traded an international slot with Jimenez, we have 6 slots left with six internationals - Insigne, Bernadeschi, Petretta, Rosted, Diomande, and Vázquez.
We will have to acquire another spot, unless Vázquez is eligible for one of the exempt slots. Even with that, I wonder if we even have any GAM/TAM left since we have so many TAM players.
Edit: Although if Insigne is out long-term, maybe it opens up a slot. I think when Gallardo got injured we went over the international slot to replace him and then never re-activated him and sent him to TFC2 because we had no slots.
Last edited by rydermike; 03-01-2023 at 10:46 AM.
Case dismissed ...
https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport...forest-8204690
So Luke Singh loaned to Ottawa....
Apparently the LI injury isn’t too bad:
TORONTO — The injury news on Toronto FC star Lorenzo Insigne is positive.
Insigne, who hobbled off the pitch in last weekend's season-opening loss at D.C. United, trained briefly Friday and is listed as questionable for Saturday's match at Atlanta United.
Coach Bob Bradley says it doesn't seem like the lower body injury will keep him out long
I especially like that he trained Friday when it’s only thursday
Not surprising at all, he was never really going to get much action here. It took a bit of work last year to get him a CPL loan after Pacific agreed to a loan and then decided against it. In the end he went to the league run Edmonton FC who was taking as many loans as possible to keep payroll down.
Remember The Man, The Legend, The Goal 5-12-07 and All That #9 Left On The Pitch, Thanks For The Memories !!!
"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
Anyone else get the sense the team won't be making any additions until summer? Feels like this is the team, come hell or high water.
Yes. Although MLS may be one of only a few options. Perhaps an interesting read for some... 'beyond the pitch, inside footy operations, geeks'... among us.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/readrovers/status/1631361026594594822
Interesting... due diligences... one with a Canadian connect...
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/KULA1087/status/1631474051238490113
Roster turnover visualization. Now with Singh, essentially 15 players have departed from the start of last year. Yesterday's presser... Raoul seems very personable. My takeaway, he expressed the sense that the team needs time to get to know one another; each others play styles.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/DrewHockridge/status/1630947465598738437
https://www.torontofc.ca/video/train...a-march-2-2023
Last edited by Mr. Inbetween; 03-03-2023 at 10:31 AM.