BrennanFan Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 "Meanwhile, Dundee’s Canadian midfielder Chris Pozniak has agreed a deal to leave the club and will sign for FC Toronto next week." http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1284627?UserKey= (acknowledgements to UltraSuperMegaMo at RPB) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I guess he is the new slightly-more-versatile-but-also-slightly-less-talented-and-older-but-not-Seth-Rogen-looking Kevin Harmse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Good to hear, though I had a feeling this was going to happen. It made too much sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 quote:Originally posted by jonovision I guess he is the new slightly-more-versatile-but-also-slightly-less-talented-and-older-but-not-Seth-Rogen-looking Kevin Harmse. Did TFC ever market Harmse in a TV commercial? At least the club and BMO can dust off the cool keepy-uppy ads Poz did with Brennan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 quote:Originally posted by BearcatSA Did TFC ever market Harmse in a TV commercial? At least the club and BMO can dust off the cool keepy-uppy ads Poz did with Brennan. lol I was thinking the same thing.... Good move for Chris and good move for TFC. If TFC can get by Puerto Rico and have those 6 extra games, the addition of Pozniak will prove to be an excellent move IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 poz always was one of my fav ex lynx national team members. good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I wonder how much $ he's going to be making this time around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Lynx reunion anyone??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFCRegina Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Bring back Harmsy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPjr Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Not too surprising really. Poz is a useful player to have around. Offers good cover at several positions. Can step in beside Robinson during Cronin's GC absence if they decide to play 3-5-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 quote:Originally posted by jonovision I guess he is the new slightly-more-versatile-but-also-slightly-less-talented-and-older-but-not-Seth-Rogen-looking Kevin Harmse. Sums it up quite well. Throw in a chunk of allocation money from Chivas and suddenly the motives for the Harmse trade don't look quite so altruistic on Mo Johnston's part. It's worth bearing in mind that it wasn't just Mo, who passed on Pozniak's services last season, but Frank Yallop and Preki and then the entire league when he was on waivers. He wasn't on teams' radar at the salary cap hit he was available for at that point and given he is Polish originally he was able to get his salary expectations met in the Scottish first division a year ago without having to worry about work permits. Now with a change of managers at Dundee, he was out of the new manager's plans but from what I understand did have a guaranteed contract for the upcoming season thanks to having made a certain number of appearances last season. In Scotland the basic wage is usually quite low at smaller clubs and a lot of the money made comes from performance related bonuses that you have to be playing regularly or at least part of the first team squad to receive. Financial considerations on that basis and the prospect of being treated like a pariah for a year (could mean training with the youth team, required to run around the local park in the pouring rain all afternoon or risk contract being voided etc) makes it understandable that he wanted out. I suspect wages being paid at smaller European clubs are plummeting given the economic conditions right now so MLS is suddenly a lot more competitive in salary terms than was the case a year ago where fringe depth players with EU passports are concerned. Adding $1 million to the salary cap to get the new CBA passed could help the league a lot in depth terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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