gwsmith63 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Apologies it this has been posted elsewhere: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/preston/6559375.stm http://www.givemefootball.com/news.html?newsID=22133&type=domestic Link gws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Oranje Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Another League Championship reject? Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Can. in UK Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I reckon he'll be pretty effective in the MLS. He's the slowest player I have ever seen but pretty lethal in the air. Good target man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesW Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Another striker? I thought that we needed some defenders, not another attacker! Edit: I apologize for using the word "we", clearly Toronto is not Canada's soccer team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 quote:Originally posted by Can. in UK I reckon he'll be pretty effective in the MLS. He's the slowest player I have ever seen but pretty lethal in the air. Good target man. Uh-oh, Carlo Corazzin 2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Can. in UK Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 quote:Originally posted by jpg75 Uh-oh, Carlo Corazzin 2.0 I was thinking more like Kevin McKenna (when he plays up front) but with lead boots (i.e. Mr Piedlourd) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettermirror Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 he has some ability to finish - buddle isn't a target man, thus eskandarian has no one to play off of. if dichio can hold the ball up maybe they can get some quality on goal from the supporting players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingham Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Blimey we have to sign better quality than this or we are doomed to struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsir Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 do we not have casey in this role? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Danny Dichio!! I have a vision of straws being clutched! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Who are they going to drop for him? If he can get a green card through his wife they will have to drop an American player, if not an international. Decent numbers up to 2005 but has been pretty poor since joining Preston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 They don't need to drop anyone for him, because they got rid of Cancela prior to the season starting. I would like us to drop Welsh from what I've seen so far, but that's another story...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 quote:Originally posted by BearcatSA Danny Dichio!! I have a vision of straws being clutched! LOL. When I saw that ugly mug on the articule feature the little bells were going off in my head. "Heeeey. I know that face." And if that face belongs to the same player my (foggy) memmory wants to attach to it. Well. Oh-My-Gawd. Can. in the U.K. sums up my thoughts exactly. Except I think he gives the man's pace more credit than I do. Slooooow. Strong, dirty player, good target man but sloooooow. If he plays every match for the rest of the season and scores a goal from anything but a corner I'll eat my hat. Good news is he should be in-form. Bad news is I'm not sure if Mo has a plan to properly fit him into things or is just thrashing about desperately (clutching at straws). Also, we don't know if he's taken any knocks this year. Could be carrying some of those niggly injuries which are all the rage in the CCC this time of the year. And given Mo's luck with picking players who find injuries... (I'll inject a disclaimer in all this in that my memmories have got to be from a few years ago. Derby seems to stick out. Appologies if I've mistaken Mr. Dichio for someone else). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Isn't he 32?!?! I see Dichio in not that much different of a position that Pesch - old, slower, not preferred at his championship side. I doubt very much that Pesch would finish his career back in TO but it would be a hell of a story and it would be a hell of a lot better than bringing in Dichio. And did I read a three year contract?!? Even if you get a Pesch or even a Radz (who is admittedly a step up), I don't know if you want to be locking dinosaurs into three year deals. Maybe for the most unique of strikers at that age, like a Sheringham a couple years ago, but if he is already too slow?!!? Seems to be getting more NASL by the minute. As somebody on the u-sector site (brilliant forum, BTW) so aptly pointed out, the guys they are bringing in are generally speaking not good enough to play regularly at the Championship level - does that mean we can assume that TFC is operating at a League 1 level at the moment? It certainly looks like it on paper and in the results. Early days, but worrying days... Slightly OT, but there was a time when people would fight for Vancouver Grizzlies tickets. Then they lost more than 80 percent of their games over their lifespan, and you couldnt give them away, even to elementary students. Can't believe that Toronto fans would be any less fickle than Vancouver's crop. Probably more, I'd imagine if the team really started to stink over the long term. Still, I am cheering...and hoping for better quality. Oh and Dichio's wife has an American passport - does that mean that a trade is possibly in the cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Meanwhile, the Red Bull signed a significantly better striker in Juan Pablo Angel today (or at least they are on the verge of signing him). Although they have to pay him 40 thousand quid per week. [:0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villus Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Juan Pablo Angel will tear up the MLS. He still has a lot of quality and is a great target man. If TFC could somehow snag him he would be the best striker in the MLS IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 quote:Originally posted by villus Juan Pablo Angel will tear up the MLS. He still has a lot of quality and is a great target man. If TFC could somehow snag him he would be the best striker in the MLS IMO. Echo that. Long as he's serious about it all. Angel has been known to loose focus for a month or so every now and again. Wow. Yeah. that would be pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 quote:Originally posted by Cheeta Echo that. Long as he's serious about it all. Angel has been known to loose focus for a month or so every now and again. Wow. Yeah. that would be pretty sweet. Well, he has officially signed with RB New York. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/6563363.stm Makes sense with the large Colombian population in New York and the new stadium next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villus Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 quote:Originally posted by amacpher Well, he has officially signed with RB New York. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/6563363.stm Makes sense with the large Colombian population in New York and the new stadium next season. Well thats a great signing for RB. I think bringing in guys like that really help out the MLS and I look forward to seeing him compete this summer in T dot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltfc91 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 hahahah everyone is saying how bad he is... 14 months later he's our all-time leading goal scorer, a fan favourite and scored our first ever goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegasAlexandros1555362277 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I'm not sure exactly what "all-time leading goal scorer" means for a franchise that is barely 1 season and a half old... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadiankick97 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 lol who cares the man is a legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trillium Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 quote:Originally posted by gwsmith63 Apologies it this has been posted elsewhere: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/preston/6559375.stm http://www.givemefootball.com/news.html?newsID=22133&type=domestic Link gws Did Mo not go to Brasil to find some players last winter did he not make any contacts ? Lots of quality strikers are lurking in the state leagues at wages well below the minimum, you can get speed and skill for less the the league minimum salary.... maybe MO never left Copacabana .. all on the TFC nut. But this years performance must show the bean counters ole Mo was a lousy coach...now when they get his lousy GM we might be onto something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag futbol Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 ^ Interesting post i saw a while ago (take it for what it's worth). Some Botafogo fan spotted Mo Johnston at a game. Kind of silly, who can we seriously afford in that type of situation? Pay down there is not terribly high, but we still have to temper our expectations. We should be slugging it out to 2nd division Brazil matches or some of the smaller SA leagues to find some cheap talent. Perspective: I watched Gambia U-20 and Nyassi and Mansally looked bad. They are amazing wingers in MLS and each earn 1/30 of what we pay Robert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 quote:Originally posted by ag futbol ^ Interesting post i saw a while ago (take it for what it's worth). Some Botafogo fan spotted Mo Johnston at a game. Kind of silly, who can we seriously afford in that type of situation? Pay down there is not terribly high, but we still have to temper our expectations. We should be slugging it out to 2nd division Brazil matches or some of the smaller SA leagues to find some cheap talent. Perspective: I watched Gambia U-20 and Nyassi and Mansally looked bad. They are amazing wingers in MLS and each earn 1/30 of what we pay Robert. I thought they stood out on that Gambian team. BTW, they make 1/10th of what Robert makes (they've been promoted to senior minimum wages) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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