Richmond "Richie" Laryea

[anthony7]

2 hours ago, Bigandy said:

This is such a silly take and speaks to a complete lack of understanding of how stats/scores work. 

Oso is #2 for xA, 3rd for xG, 2nd for chances created, 2nd for possessions won in the final 3rd. His rating is more to do with his attacking contributions than running the most. He isnt a guy whos best quality is how much he runs either so just a nonsense take. 

However, I am not defending oso by saying hes fantastic. I'm saying that if you're building the TFC squad, you would never say "Wow oso is statistically one of our best players. Akinola is one of our strikers. The problem is Oso." 

These are just opinions so to say Im completely wrong is too arrogant for me. However, I would go on a limb and say 98% of fans would want to solve the striker position rather than oso. 

I could care less on what Oso’s stats are. I judge what I see on the field. Again, on Saturday Oso was mediocre. All TFC needs to do is get there scouts now to Argentina and start looking for real #10 to displace this guy. I’m talking about someone between the levels of an Acosta and Dybala. Scout now to reserve the player’s services for next year. By then the DP spot will open up and TFC will be free of other bad player contracts by the year’s end.

Edited May 6 by anthony7

[longlugan]

14 hours ago, anthony7 said:

I could care less on what Oso’s stats are. I judge what I see on the field. Again, on Saturday Oso was mediocre. All TFC needs to do is get there scouts now to Argentina and start looking for real #10 to displace this guy. I’m talking about someone between the levels of an Acosta and Dybala. Scout now to reserve the player’s services for next year. By then the DP spot will open up and TFC will be free of other bad player contracts by the year’s end.

JAVIER...is that you?

[Bigandy]

21 hours ago, anthony7 said:

I could care less on what Oso’s stats are. I judge what I see on the field. Again, on Saturday Oso was mediocre. All TFC needs to do is get there scouts now to Argentina and start looking for real #10 to displace this guy. I’m talking about someone between the levels of an Acosta and Dybala. Scout now to reserve the player’s services for next year. By then the DP spot will open up and TFC will be free of other bad player contracts by the year’s end.

Right.... Lets sign Dybala for 1.4 mil a year.... if only oso wasnt on the payroll then we could afford 1/10 of dybala.... 

Perhaps you are not watching the matches correctly if the player who is creating the most attacking play (other than the italians) is considered mediocre. 

Again, my point is that as a TFC fan, you should want herdman to find a striker before dealing with shipping out Oso. Massive holes in the roster so dumping your captain who is the  most experienced player and arguably the most consistent of your attackers when you consider how the italians play/injury record, seems like a recipe for disaster.  

BTW: Herdman doesnt really use a system for a typical "10". The 10 is a dying breed. Guys like foden, odegaard and silva are much more dynamic than guys like ozil. 

 

[Bison44]

Actually TFC arent in a bad situation as far as I am concerned.  3rd in east, even with the injuries.  Scoring is coming (Owusu, Bernidechi, Spicer etc), shooting our wad on a striker isnt that crucial.  Lareya gets healthy, mb Insigne comes back (i dont really expect to have more than 1 italian playing well at a time), the whole offense looks better, which makes the defense look better etc etc.  I dont think they need to play through the middle, the wingers create the chances,  one of the  strikers finds space, knocks in some crosses, mids make late runs into the box and we'll get enough goals to stay in a playoff spot.  Which is where we should have been last year except for the gong show collapse that Bradley led us into.  

[Bigandy]

42 minutes ago, Bison44 said:

Actually TFC arent in a bad situation as far as I am concerned.  3rd in east, even with the injuries.  Scoring is coming (Owusu, Bernidechi, Spicer etc), shooting our wad on a striker isnt that crucial.  Lareya gets healthy, mb Insigne comes back (i dont really expect to have more than 1 italian playing well at a time), the whole offense looks better, which makes the defense look better etc etc.  I dont think they need to play through the middle, the wingers create the chances,  one of the  strikers finds space, knocks in some crosses, mids make late runs into the box and we'll get enough goals to stay in a playoff spot.  Which is where we should have been last year except for the gong show collapse that Bradley led us into.  

100% agree with all of this.  However, I think its largely down to herdman building a team based game to compensate for some roster holes. Guys like longstaff help plug the holes but on paper, its a bit lopsided of a squad. 

[reggietfc]

according to herdman he may be back next week.so he may get the canada call up

[costarg]

5 hours ago, reggietfc said:

according to herdman he may be back next week.so he may get the canada call up

Didn't Herdman pull a fast one with Osorio claiming he was hurt so he didn't join CANMNT last window?  I can see the same thing playing out this time with Laryea.  It'd suck and not sure Laryea would play along.

[BearcatSA]

6 hours ago, costarg said:

It'd suck and not sure Laryea would play along.

If he is called up, he will be there.  

[RS]

16 hours ago, costarg said:

Didn't Herdman pull a fast one with Osorio claiming he was hurt so he didn't join CANMNT last window?  I can see the same thing playing out this time with Laryea.  It'd suck and not sure Laryea would play along.

Osorio missed the TFC game immediately beforehand (March 16 at NYC), so I'm not sure Herdman "pulled a fast one" as much as it was just a minor injury. Unless Herdman and Osorio were really committed to the bit.

[Kadenge]

Laryea would have to get back and play at least 3 games with at least 1 of 90 mins. Would hate for him to reinjure the hammy. It's just not worth the risk. I think the 2 friendlies would be way too soon in any case.

[Big_M]

tfc who have a bad injury history rushing back a 29 year old who had a surgery and was originally listed as out until late june...what could go wrong

[narduch]

Listed as questionable in the MLS injury report.

I fully expect him to be in the friendly/Copa squad

[BearcatSA]

4 hours ago, narduch said:

Listed as questionable in the MLS injury report.

I fully expect him to be in the friendly/Copa squad

If Marsch and his team feel that he is ready enough and can contribute, he'll be there and he'll be itching to be there, too.

[Corazon]

Came off the bench in the 81st minute for his first action since Opening Game.

[Snowcrash]

11 hours ago, Corazon said:

Came off the bench in the 81st minute for his first action since Opening Game.

I thought he looked very good.  Still has elite level 1v1, at least for MLS, getting by defenders down the right side in the attacking zone.  

[RS]

He also avoided getting a yellow card even though the ref was handing them out like candy at the end.

[Unnamed Trialist]

Then we had a bit of classic Laryea, pushing Saliba after that tussle with Buchanan. I find him funny, as long as he does not lose his head I like how he has that feisty mentality, not all our players express the competitive edge the same way, he is the most expressive. 

Apart from the fact that he looked to be in game shape, with decent pace, so Laryea or Johnston, or just as well ask Laryea to play LB if we want to release Davies.

[Joe MacCarthy]

That was one aspect of "The Brotherhood" that I miss.  When one guy got messed with, the whole team came running. 

Reminds me of a terrible time long ago when I saw Christine Sinclair get hassled by Brazilians before and after a penalty kick and the rest of her teammates did nothing.  You can never win with teammates like that.

I always look to see who wins the anthem.  Yesterday, although not up to Herdman standards, the anthem singing wasn't bad, although I thought we would lose the anthem contest.  But the French were much worse, call me crazy but sometimes it's a pretty good indicator and Herdman knew that.  The little things are important.

Edited Tuesday at 03:14 PM by Joe MacCarthy
Because this stupid forum structure won't give me five minutes grace to make a typo edit without calling attention to it

[costarg]

11 minutes ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

That was one aspect of "The Brotherhood" that I miss.  When one guy got messed with, the whole team came running. 

Reminds me of a terrible time long ago when I saw Christine Sinclair get hassled by Brazilians before and after a penalty kick and the rest of her teammates did nothing.  You can never win with teammates like that.

I love what Laryea brings, he's got an intensity few others can match.  He kept it acceptable vs France, any further than that and you won't get many other invitations to top level friendlies.  Competitive matches among CONCACAF is a whole different beast. 

[Unnamed Trialist]

14 hours ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

That was one aspect of "The Brotherhood" that I miss.  When one guy got messed with, the whole team came running. 

Reminds me of a terrible time long ago when I saw Christine Sinclair get hassled by Brazilians before and after a penalty kick and the rest of her teammates did nothing.  You can never win with teammates like that.

I always look to see who wins the anthem.  Yesterday, although not up to Herdman standards, the anthem singing wasn't bad, although I thought we would lose the anthem contest.  But the French were much worse, call me crazy but sometimes it's a pretty good indicator and Herdman knew that.  The little things are important.

To be fair the stadium sung La Marseillaise a capella and it was quite impressive, they started with music then stopped it and the entire stadium continued. I think showing the French players not singing it, as if they did not know it, was not good, as you say.

The rest of the fan experience was all canned, with a DJ and constant blasting of messages, it was like an NBA game with the stadium announcer telling them what to do and only then did they cheer or do this or that. They had no supporter section and 60 Canadians irritated them. They tried a wave and failed, it went around once and only part of the stadium properly. But the anthem was quite nice.

Someone mentioned our women sing it mixed in French and English, and frankly, it would be good for the entire men's team to learn it that way and sing it that way, staff included. We are going to see the Argentines all singing theirs at the top of their lungs in a few weeks.

[Joe MacCarthy]

6 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

Someone mentioned our women sing it mixed in French and English, and frankly, it would be good for the entire men's team to learn it that way and sing it that way, staff included. We are going to see the Argentines all singing theirs at the top of their lungs in a few weeks.

Oddly enough, although I haven't compared them in a while, our men are better singers (in tune) than the women.

[InglewoodJack]

7 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

 

Someone mentioned our women sing it mixed in French and English, and frankly, it would be good for the entire men's team to learn it that way and sing it that way, staff included. We are going to see the Argentines all singing theirs at the top of their lungs in a few weeks.

Everyone should, but I’m almost certain all of the Quebec players sing the bilingual version. It’s how we learn it in school and even my most anglophone friends would probably default to that version if they were asked to sing it. I would have to stop and think if I had to sing the completely English version. 

[costarg]

1 hour ago, InglewoodJack said:

It’s how we learn it in school and even my most anglophone friends would probably default to that version if they were asked to sing it. I would have to stop and think if I had to sing the completely English version. 

Just this Saturday, my nieces and nephews (anglos) giggled and had confused looks when the anthem played for the Edm v Flo game with the full english version.

[MtlMario]

Anyone know how they sing the anthem in French schools in Quebec?

[HochelagaFC]

2 minutes ago, MtlMario said:

Anyone know how they sing the anthem in French schools in Quebec?

We never sing it in school, at least in my experience and I’m a teacher. 
When we sing it it’s the bilingual one.