NSSoccer Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Kocic and Johnson to Portland for Bendik and 3rd overall pick in 2013 draft. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 TFC is after Nick Ledgerwood http://www.canadiansoccernews.com/content.php?4016-Reds-target-Ledgerwood Might be a decent guy to take a chance on if he was out of contract and one could sign him in $80 000 range. I think I would take a pass at $100 000 with $150 000 transfer fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Kocic and Johnson to Portland for Bendik and 3rd overall pick in 2013 draft. Link Bendik and allocation money is a good addition to the deal. I like it. While this draft isn't too deep, I prefer this way of building a team rather than bringing in players from the Latvian league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I like the trade. Would like Ledgerwood as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Would like Ledgerwood as well. Pozniak 2.0. Good utility guy, if the price is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Johnson and Kocic to Portland for the 3rd overall pick. Link I thought this draft wasn't very deep. Seems like a lot to give up. TFC will likely give up one of the two picks. Even if they don't, the relative "depth" of the draft shouldn't matter when you're talking about picks #1 and #3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oranje Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 If we can get 2 generation addidas players out of this it's going to be good for us. We can take that keeper from UCconn along with another position player without having a budget charge. ANOTHER keeper?!?! With Frei, Hall, Roberts, and now adding Bendik, the last position we need to draft for is Keeper. Even if they manage to loan out Roberts we still have a surplus of keepers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 ANOTHER keeper?!?! With Frei, Hall, Roberts, and now adding Bendik, the last position we need to draft for is Keeper. Even if they manage to loan out Roberts we still have a surplus of keepers. Freddy Hall apparently had his option declined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Might be a decent guy to take a chance on if he was out of contract and one could sign him in $80 000 range. I think I would take a pass at $100 000 with $150 000 transfer fee. this. if TFC does get Ledgerwood for something close to asking price, he'd turn quickly into Dunfield #2 and be hated by TFC supporters (because there has to be at least one player to hate every season) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 this. if TFC does get Ledgerwood for something close to asking price, he'd turn quickly into Dunfield #2 and be hated by TFC supporters (because there has to be at least one player to hate every season) lol, I think most TFC supporters, even the ones that openly hate him, are closet Dunfield fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 So Kocic gets his desired #1 role (as Ricketts has to be out of the picture in Portland). Good for him, he earned it. Not sure how I feel about keeping Hassli over Johnson but I know the club is not done up front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 ANOTHER keeper?!?! With Frei, Hall, Roberts, and now adding Bendik, the last position we need to draft for is Keeper. Even if they manage to loan out Roberts we still have a surplus of keepers. When I wrote that, I didn't know Bendik was coming back. I thought it was just Kocic and Johnson for a 1st and allocation. With Frei, Bendik and Roberts I agree that the keeper isn't probably our pick. I would rather us keep the picks (especially if Generation Addidas) though and all the budget space we have to fill out the roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 With 740k of cap space before taking allocation into account and 8 roster spots to go we're in great shape. If you consider that we could take 2 Generation Addidas players without a budget charge that could be 740k for 6 spots that's a lot of room to fill out the roster with some quality. The roster may look clunky now, but there's certainly potential there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJames Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I am happy that Johnson is out. Would like to see Legerwood. Now to fire PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I like TFC's moves so far, with one major exception. You can pay a player like Justin Braun over 100k, you just can't. TFC still overpaying for crappy players. I'm really disappointed in this move. For TFC to keep moving in the right decision I'd to see them release Logan Emory. Like it or not, it'd be good for the team if Frings didn't come back. He's just not at the right age/shape to command DP money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I hope there is some striker help coming back with future moves. Johnson missed his fair share of breakaways (Chad Barrett style) but he still put away a few goals, particularly in the champions league, and unlike just about every other top player on TFC, had an ability to remain healthy & stay on the field for 90 minutes. I'm not happy to see him go unless we get someone else at striker (Braun is not an adequate replacement IMO) - and that indeed may be the plan with the draft picks they've got. I will miss Kocic but can understand why he's gone. And I'd welcome Ledgerwood in a heartbeat, he be a 2000% upgrade over Jeremy Hall (not saying much, but still....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Interested to see that Toronto is participating in the wyscout forum http://www.wyscoutforum.com/ this year. Does anyone know if they have participated in the past? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 TFC's roster is still all question marks at this point Off season needs: 1. A CB partner for O'Dea 2. A midfield 3. Pray that your old forwards aren't broken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 TFC's roster is still all question marks at this point Off season needs: 1. A CB partner for O'Dea 2. A midfield 3. Pray that your old forwards aren't broken 1) Hopefully Henry's development is continuing to the point where he may be more ready to take on a starting role? If not, he'll at least be high on the list, but I'm rooting for him, personally. 2) Wonder how serious they are about Ledgerwood, or whether that's just rumors? He certainly won't fix all that's wrong, but on the bright side, Silva was starting to show real promise in the last half of the campaign. Frings really worries me. 3) No kidding, right. Although a healthy, fit Koevermans attached to a healthy fit Hassli could potentially score in bunches, the reality is that, like Vancouver's experiment with Le Toux and Hassli, two players playing too similar a style isn't necessarily a good partnership up front even if both ARE healthy. Time will tell, chemistry can be pretty unpredictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Hassli and Koevermans aren't similar in style. They just both happen to be large strikers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Pozniak 2.0. Good utility guy, if the price is right. Yes that is exactly how I would see him. And the reason I said I would not take him for $100 000 salary plus $150 000 transfer fee is not only that he is not worth it, it would also mean TFC is picking him up for the wrong reasons as a probable starter not a good depth guy. Occasionally a guy like this with the right fit as far as team, style, formation can turn out better than expected but if they are signing him to be a starter that would be one more cause for worry with how the team is being run. That being said, TFC really needs to improve its depth players and sign a few guys like Ledgerwood. The one constant that we have seen in 6 years of being a bad MLS team is that there has almost never been one game in which TFC did not have at least one or more players on the pitch who were below MLS quality. So improving the depth of the roster has to be a high priority for TFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Avila, Hall and Wiedeman had their options declined. Who is left on that roster? Hall and Wiedeman aren't on the re-entry list. Does that mean they've been re-signed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThiKu Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Ledgerwood would be a good signing if on an acceptable salary. Play multiple positions and would give a huge work rate. He'd be much better than Dunfield and Pozzer I think. Trading Kocic and Johnson was smart as it opens up Int'l Spots (I think?), frees up cap space, and allows them to be replaced through draft with GA (non-cap) players. Great moves. If they bring in quality. Also allows them to scout for more technical and impact players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Hall and Wiedeman aren't on the re-entry list. Does that mean they've been re-signed? Wiedeman tweeted last night that he'll be returning. Hall is currently in negotiations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Ledgerwood would be a good signing if on an acceptable salary. Play multiple positions and would give a huge work rate. He'd be much better than Dunfield and Pozzer I think. Trading Kocic and Johnson was smart as it opens up Int'l Spots (I think?), frees up cap space, and allows them to be replaced through draft with GA (non-cap) players. Great moves. If they bring in quality. Also allows them to scout for more technical and impact players. Re: International spots - Johnson almost surely has a green card if not outright American citizenship as he moved to Boston with his family when he was a toddler. Kocic might have a green card too, given that he went to college in the U.S. He may have also had Canadian permanent residency status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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