BuzzAndSting Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Hasili must be wondering WTF is going on. He signed to play in Vancouver and now he's on the way to his 3rd team in 2 calendar yeas. And the 3 cities are thousands of miles apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Hasili must be wondering WTF is going on. He signed to play in Vancouver and now he's on the way to his 3rd team in 2 calendar yeas. And the 3 cities are thousands of miles apart. Its very likely that Hassli initiated this move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I would rather they buy out Frings than Koev. The guy has scored, what 17 goals in 26 games. If he has the potential to recover, we keep him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 The season starts in exactly 4 weeks. TFC is running out of time to find some attacking options. The season is not looking very bright right now. I wish they never gave Mariner control back in June. It set the club way back having to clean his mess up first before moving forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 The season starts in exactly 4 weeks. TFC is running out of time to find some attacking options. The season is not looking very bright right now. I wish they never gave Mariner control back in June. It set the club way back having to clean his mess up first before moving forward. If the press is to be believed, we're getting nothing but Hondurans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Koevermans, when healthy, has been one of the very best attacking players in MLS the past two years. The very best. I know, "when healthy" is a big caveat, but good god, if you're going to take a chance on anyone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 If the press is to be believed, we're getting nothing but Hondurans Good God, no! I could barely cheer when Guevara showed up. I know I shouldn't be so short sighted but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Koevermans, when healthy, has been one of the very best attacking players in MLS the past two years. The very best. I know, "when healthy" is a big caveat, but good god, if you're going to take a chance on anyone... The guy is 34 and coming back from a torn ACL. For a striker that's usually game over at the top level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag futbol Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 The guy is 34 and coming back from a torn ACL. For a striker that's usually game over at the top level. Yeah that puts a major question mark behind it. You also have to consider that he'll only be contributing for half a year then he's out of contract. Is there any future for him with the club after that? I have to wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 The guy is 34 and coming back from a torn ACL. For a striker that's usually game over at the top level. It certainly is a big "if," for sure, especially considering the fitness background he presented during his time with the club, regardless of the recent feedback and observations of how he has been training or how he looks during this recovery period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Koevermans, when healthy, has been one of the very best attacking players in MLS the past two years. The very best. I know, "when healthy" is a big caveat, but good god, if you're going to take a chance on anyone... He definitely was before his injury but I've never been a big Koevermans fan. He's far too lazy, fat and slow for my liking and with this ACL injury factored in it would be a mistake to bring him back. Who wants to bet that Koevermans was one of the out of shape players Payne referred to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Certainly, there are a lot of questions about Koevermans. But there are a lot of questions around most of Toronto FC's players, and those who don't have question marks are certain players. I don't know if you've noticed, but Toronto isn't a very good team and you can't cut 'em all: may as well keep the guy who's at least played well in MLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Certainly, there are a lot of questions about Koevermans. But there are a lot of questions around most of Toronto FC's players, and those who don't have question marks are certain players. I don't know if you've noticed, but Toronto isn't a very good team and you can't cut 'em all: may as well keep the guy who's at least played well in MLS. I guess you're right and we don't really have a choice, especially since we moved Hassli today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Give up a 1st round pick, get around 10 games and trade for 2cd round pick. Hmmm. Well they had to do something about those high paid players. Expect one to get bought out and one more to get shopped around. Difficult situation and it could take the new manager a year to sort it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Give up a 1st round pick, get around 10 games and trade for 2cd round pick. Hmmm. Well they had to do something about those high paid players. Expect one to get bought out and one more to get shopped around. Difficult situation and it could take the new manager a year to sort it out. And TFC is paying part of Hassli's salary as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 And TFC is paying part of Hassli's salary as well. Has this been confirmed? I'm thinking I missed that part of the news release? Link to the article pls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Has this been confirmed? I'm thinking I missed that part of the news release? Link to the article pls http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2013/02/04/mls_toronto_fc_eric_hassli_kevin_payne/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Has this been confirmed? I'm thinking I missed that part of the news release? Link to the article pls http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2013/02/04/mls_toronto_fc_eric_hassli_kevin_payne/ apparently 'small' part of Hassli's salary. I'm guessing less than 50k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 A 'small portion' can mean anything. My guess is they are underselling the amount so as not to make the trade look too bad. But I bet its a lot more than most people think, especially when you consider the trade from the Dallas perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Doesn't that just mean that we sent allocation money back the other way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Doesn't that just mean that we sent allocation money back the other way? It can mean anything. My guess is that TFC is paying a little bit of his cap hit and a lot of his DP portion of his salary. Why would Dallas want to carry Hassli at $790,000? TFC has to be chipping in for some of it. $50,000 is nearly negligble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 TFC fans better hope Payne has some reliable strikers lined up because as of now until Koevermans is back (if they don't dump him as well) you have Braun and Wiedeman (neither of who scored a goal last year and neither of who's last clubs thought them good enough to get much playing time) and some guys just out of college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 TFC fans better hope Payne has some reliable strikers lined up because as of now until Koevermans is back (if they don't dump him as well) you have Braun and Wiedeman (neither of who scored a goal last year and neither of who's last clubs thought them good enough to get much playing time) and some guys just out of college. Weedman has 2 goals last year. Payne said there are some signings in works. Let's hope he comes through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Weedman has 2 goals last year. Yes you are right, the site I looked on had the statistics written a bit confusing. Still it was 2 goals in 20 games. If you remove the FC Dallas games it is 2 in 15 MLS games for TFC though he also played in 4 Champions League games without scoring so 2 in 19 games for TFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Yes you are right, the site I looked on had the statistics written a bit confusing. Still it was 2 goals in 20 games. If you remove the FC Dallas games it is 2 in 15 MLS games for TFC though he also played in 4 Champions League games without scoring so 2 in 19 games for TFC. also played wide midfielder a lot. not saying he's the greatest finisher in modern era, but I don't think he's junk that most people make him out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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