From what I have seen of Totera he is good when it comes to canadian players and Itialians as he is connected in both communities. Haven't seen much from him outside of those two.
Perry Kitchen is having difficulties settling new contact terms with DC. I'm guessing he's looking for a significant increase in wages. He'd be a great pickup as a DM.
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20 year old former TFC academy winger Michael Petrasso started for QPR in the English championship today. That's one of many players I'm sure TFC wish they still had.
IIRC, Petrasso was poached.
The way Bradley plays. A 4-3-3 becomes a 4-2-4. Very aggressive.
As for Findley, he is actually pretty good on the ball, and doesn't make too many errors. He also has a bit of a nose for goal. But he appears to have lost a step since his knee injury and this leads to lots of problems.
Rohan Ricketts, has gotten alot better I would almost consider picking him up. IDK, if there is that much difference between him and Kei Kamara or Dominic Oduro or even Kekutah Manneh.
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First news: Justin Morrow re-signed to multi-year deal.
Larsun notes he "was in line for a 25% max raise."
That would put him between $212k and $224k (depending on whether you take "Base" or "Guaranteed" from the latest MLSPU figures).
Also notes he would have been eligible for Free Agency after this upcoming season.
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That's why I said he needs a coach who can instill some discipline. He wasn't that player in Italy, he just seems to try too hard to impose himself now.
Not sure if we've watched the same Findley, the one I've watched has awful control and is incapable of beating a man. He just stops, not knowing what to do like a glitching player on FIFA16.
A nose for goal? Maybe a booger. He had 2 goals in 26 games, 3 goals in his last 2 years. Yes he was out wide but it's not like he was spending so much time in his own half helping out the defense. They can do a lot better for a lot less.
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^ Agreed. That was the Findley I saw as well. Poor first touch and slow decision making negate any of his fast running.
And that's ignoring how frightfully poor poor he was around the net.
Molinaro's take on Morrow re-signing:
http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/mls-m...fc-toronto-fc/
Eh, I'm firmly in the Findley-is-crap camp. I wouldn't re-sign him at any price. And I think issues with our middling players can mostly be solved by better balance throughout the squad and tactical adjustments... e.g. Warner, Jackson, Bloom, Zavaleta, Moore, all players that can do a job with the right system in place.
Findley just can't anymore, not based on what I saw of him this year. I don't know what kind of argument can be made in favor of having Findley take up a roster spot and minutes over guys like Babouli and Raheem Edwards. He should only be getting garbage minutes at this point, and if that's all he's good for might as well sign a kid for the role.
I'm in the camp that Findley can do a job for us but on less of a cap hit and mostly as depth. He's pretty good on the ball.
Larentowicz and Magee are free agents
Free agency could get really interesting
Lopez at Houston too, not that we need him, especially at his current price. What happened to that dude, he seems to have fallen off, granted it is Houston and he's only 23