madmonte Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I saw Conor Casey on the 2nd reentry list. That could be someone to look at for TFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Looks like TFC with have a U23/college team this year. Any idea where they will play? http://www.torontofc.ca/academy/teams/roster-u23-college Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Looks like TFC with have a U23/college team this year. Any idea where they will play? http://www.torontofc.ca/academy/teams/roster-u23-college PDL seems the obvious choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarnado1555362291 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 TFC selects Danny Califf in re entry draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 TFC selects Danny Califf in re entry draft. Excellent pick if they can get him at a smaller salary than he was on last year at Chivas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 He can be that solid CB that we've needed to captain the back end for a long time. Good selection. I hope that he signs with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Sounds like Califf has already signed. TFC's backline looks not half bad with Morgan, O'Dea, Califf and Eckersley, along with Henry and Hall (who I'm not a big fan of as a starter) as depth. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/12/14/picking-califf-tfc-finally-get-veteran-leader-backline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Sounds like Califf has already signed. TFC's backline looks not half bad with Morgan, O'Dea, Califf and Eckersley, along with Henry and Hall (who I'm not a big fan of as a starter) as depth. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/12/14/picking-califf-tfc-finally-get-veteran-leader-backline Yes that will be TFCs strongest backline in their existence. I am not the biggest Eckersley fan but playing beside a strong CB pair can really make a FB look a lot better just like playing beside poor CBs can make a FB look very bad. Both Eckersley and Morgan should benefit a lot by just having their own jobs to worry about and not having to constantly cover for the CBs. It is strange it took TFC 7 years to figure out that the way you build from an expansion/crap team is to solidify the defence first but that is one step in the right direction for next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Yes that will be TFCs strongest backline in their existence. I am not the biggest Eckersley fan but playing beside a strong CB pair can really make a FB look a lot better just like playing beside poor CBs can make a FB look very bad. Both Eckersley and Morgan should benefit a lot by just having their own jobs to worry about and not having to constantly cover for the CBs. It is strange it took TFC 7 years to figure out that the way you build from an expansion/crap team is to solidify the defence first but that is one step in the right direction for next year. Califf is a slower CB. O'Dea isn't a fast CB either. Morgan and Eckersley often get caught far up the field. This will create situations where two slow CB's are left to defend against quick forwards. Califf was good in Philly when he had a fast CB paired with him in 2011. In 2012, when he didn't, it didn't go very well. While he's definitely an upgrade from last year, I'm far from convinced the arrival of Califf will make this TFC defence stingy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSM Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Add to that Frings will probably be put in front of them, and that's a potential weakness through the middle. Maybe a 3-5-2 with a quicker player in the middle of O'Dea and Califf? Don't know who you'd put there though... ____________Koevermans____________________ ^______________________Hassli_____________^ |__________________Silva___________________| Morgan______Dunfield______Frings_____ Eckersley ________O'Dea____Stinson?____Califf___________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Add to that Frings will probably be put in front of them, and that's a potential weakness through the middle. Maybe a 3-5-2 with a quicker player in the middle of O'Dea and Califf? Don't know who you'd put there though... ____________Koevermans____________________ ^______________________Hassli_____________^ |__________________Silva___________________| Morgan______Dunfield______Frings_____ Eckersley ________O'Dea____Stinson?____Califf___________ As it stands at the moment, TFC have the same problems as last year. Getting over run in the midfield, which will overwhelm the defence. They NEED a better midfield. For one thing, there is no width to the team. Plata and Lambe aren't the answer to the wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Add to that Frings will probably be put in front of them, and that's a potential weakness through the middle. Maybe a 3-5-2 with a quicker player in the middle of O'Dea and Califf? Don't know who you'd put there though... ____________Koevermans____________________ ^______________________Hassli_____________^ |__________________Silva___________________| Morgan______New Central Mid______Frings/Dunfield_____ Stinson/Eckersly ________O'Dea____Henry____Califf___________ Fixed. Like Soccerpro stated above, I think we need a solid central midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Ledgerwood? Quicker than Dunfield and Frings, with a little bit of bite to his game. They also have the 1st, 3rd and 20th picks in the MLS draft. Maybe they could add Bekker with the 20th pick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 We don't have the 20th pick. We traded it for Jeremy Hall. But the 1st and 3rd picks should be able to get us a midfielder and a forward who should be able to contribute this year. Right now we're really short on wings that's for sure. Maybe Ledgerwood can play wide for us in a 4-4-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 You can't count on Frings for a full 90, so Dunfield is part of the DM rotation and I don't think Plata & Lambe hold up for a full 90 either. So we're really still short on midfielders. Like I sad, Ledgerwood & hopefully a draft pick could fill in and put us in a lot better shape. -------------------Frei-------------------- Eckersley---Califf-----O'Dea----Morgan ---------------Frings/Dunfield------------ XXXXXX-----------Silva---------Lambe/Plata -----Koevermans--------Hassli---------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKottonmouthed1555362307 Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Califf is a solid pickup for TFC. Should provide O'Dea a quality partner. Though hopefully we get to see Henry get a lot of playing time to. I never saw him play too much at RB, but he has hasn't he?, maybe he can take Eckersley spot? Henry---Califf---O'Dea---Morgan could that work? It would be nice to see the Canadian out there, though Henry probably better suited for the Centre from what I have seen of him. I think ledgerwood would be a solid upgrade to for the midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Califf is a solid pickup for TFC. Should provide O'Dea a quality partner. Though hopefully we get to see Henry get a lot of playing time to. I never saw him play too much at RB, but he has hasn't he?, maybe he can take Eckersley spot? Henry---Califf---O'Dea---Morgan could that work? It would be nice to see the Canadian out there, though Henry probably better suited for the Centre from what I have seen of him. I think ledgerwood would be a solid upgrade to for the midfield. It will be: Morgan-Califf-O'Dea-Ecks Henry as backup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Califf is a solid pickup for TFC. Should provide O'Dea a quality partner. Though hopefully we get to see Henry get a lot of playing time to. I never saw him play too much at RB, but he has hasn't he?, maybe he can take Eckersley spot? Henry---Califf---O'Dea---Morgan could that work? It would be nice to see the Canadian out there, though Henry probably better suited for the Centre from what I have seen of him. I think ledgerwood would be a solid upgrade to for the midfield. He seemed alright at RB. Defensively, which is what matters most, Henry was capable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I don't think Henry is a right back, I'd prefer him to be 3rd choice centre back for next season. I'd love it if we could get rid of Eckersley and his god awful deal but that's obviously not happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKottonmouthed1555362307 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 He seemed alright at RB. Defensively, which is what matters most, Henry was capable. I don't think Henry is a right back, I'd prefer him to be 3rd choice centre back for next season. I'd love it if we could get rid of Eckersley and his god awful deal but that's obviously not happening. This is the general feeling I get from the situation. I almost think it would be a good situation if TFC could drop Ecks and have Henry at RB and 3rd choice CB, Rochat played the same sorta role for the 'Caps over the past 2 seasons though it was LB and 3rd choice CB. Maybe draft a guy like Joe Franco for some depth. Though I'd like to see the Caps pick him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 20th for Hall? Ouch. I think one of the two high picks will fight with Henry to be the 3rd choice centreback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 20th for Hall? Ouch. I think one of the two high picks will fight with Henry to be the 3rd choice centreback. I think we need to groom a striker to take over from Hassli & Koevs after the season; besides which they're never both going to be happy. We also need midfielders b/c right now we can't even really field a team with the mids we have. I guess there's a pervasive depth problem but CB isn't our biggest weakness at the moment. Maybe you just draft for talent & fill in later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 On the RPB forum they're estimating that we have about $550k of space left to fill out the roster with 7 spots. If we do draft 2 GA players, we should be able to have just over $100k/player for 5 other players. That should afford us some pretty reasonable depth. This list also has Henry, Morgan & Silva in our 20-30 spot so we could also have academy players in a few of those spots too but that won't help us much this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 http://www.soccerbyives.net/2012/12/agbossoumonde-signs-with-mls-to-be-placed-in-lottery.html Gale Agboussoumonde to TFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Interesting pickup. Ives thinks that this might lead TFC to trade one of their top picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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