Coramoor Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Couldn't find a thread for him so I figured I would start one. In a post about Alec Duffy moving to Swope from TFC2, I found this stat for Roberts. http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/01/13/nikola-popovic-and-alec-dufty-join-swope-park-rangers-technical-staff "Quillan Roberts placed second in the league in save percentage (.766) and third in saves per game (4.80)" All 3 academies are currently sitting on a very strong prospect but Roberts could easily be the first to make the jump given the strength at GK in Montreal and Vancouver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pint Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 The plan last I heard was for him and Bono to battle it out for the backup keeper role. Q should have a decent leg up on Bono this season because he is simply a better player. Now I don't expect either to see more than a game or two and potentially vcup time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Unless TFC sign 2 keepers I have to think Roberts has a leg up on the backup keeper role. Even a handful of starts in MLS will be good for him, time to see what they have after 7 years of development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coramoor Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 3 hours ago, shermanator said: Unless TFC sign 2 keepers I have to think Roberts has a leg up on the backup keeper role. Even a handful of starts in MLS will be good for him, time to see what they have after 7 years of development. he's only 21. Still plenty of time to develop. I have to guess that he'll backup a lot at home and then play the TFC2 game that occurs the next day or whatever. Playing is important to development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I still find it shocking that TFC wasn't able to find ONE match for him last season. I know he had to compete with World Class talents like Bendik and Konopka but really?! If he couldn't get a match between those two how is he going to ever play? I have no doubt he would be just as good as either were.. amazing when you look around the league and see inferior keepers getting chances (i.e. John McCarthy). Ivan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMack Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 8 hours ago, Keegan said: I still find it shocking that TFC wasn't able to find ONE match for him last season. I know he had to compete with World Class talents like Bendik and Konopka but really?! If he couldn't get a match between those two how is he going to ever play? I have no doubt he would be just as good as either were.. amazing when you look around the league and see inferior keepers getting chances (i.e. John McCarthy). To be fair in 2014 John McCarthy won USL Pro Rookie of the year and 'keeper of the year, so I'd say he probably deserved his chance. He's also still only 23. He played for a terrible Union team which might have made him look worse than he was. Sometimes we get caught up in our Canadian bias and see our players as more deserving than others and in this case he hasn't done what McCarthy has done. I do agree though he should have been given a chance at TFC based on his play in USL and the play of the two keepers ahead of him, Vanney just didn't have to stones to play him and that is one of his problems as a coach. If a braver coach (Carl Robinson)was in charge of TFC I believe Q would've gotten his chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coramoor Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 2015 USL stats Player GP-GS Minutes GA GaAvg Saves SavePct W L T shut outs Roberts, Quillan 15-15 1305:00 22 1.52 72 .766 3 7 5 4/0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Based on this release from Toronto FC, I think Roberts has successfully claimed the backup GK role in Toronto! Now let's hope he can get a couple starts. http://www.torontofc.ca/post/2016/02/25/toronto-fc-trims-rosters-ahead-final-preseason-match gator and MtlMario 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 36 minutes ago, shermanator said: Based on this release from Toronto FC, I think Roberts has successfully claimed the backup GK role in Toronto! Now let's hope he can get a couple starts. http://www.torontofc.ca/post/2016/02/25/toronto-fc-trims-rosters-ahead-final-preseason-match That's great news and somewhat surprising to me based upon what I read the plans were for Bono last season, Stew Kerr will be very happy to see this after mentoring him for so long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, shermanator said: Based on this release from Toronto FC, I think Roberts has successfully claimed the backup GK role in Toronto! Now let's hope he can get a couple starts. http://www.torontofc.ca/post/2016/02/25/toronto-fc-trims-rosters-ahead-final-preseason-match Kinda makes you wonder though... is it better to be the backup than the starter for TFC II? I think we can safely assume Vanney doesn't have the guts to drop Irwin even if he plays poorly so Q might be on the bench all season. Irwin is really a beatable keeper for Quillan but it depends on whether Vanney gives him a chance.. I don't see it happening, he's scared. I don't think even Hamilton or Babouli will get chances under Vanney, no matter how well they do in preseason. But I'll bet that Endoh doesn't have to wait long for a shot. Edited February 25, 2016 by Keegan sose, Shway and gator 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 11 minutes ago, Keegan said: Kinda makes you wonder though... is it better to be the backup than the starter for TFC II? I think we can safely assume Vanney doesn't have the guts to drop Irwin even if he plays poorly so Q might be on the bench all season. Irwin is really a beatable keeper for Quillan but it depends on whether Vanney gives him a chance.. I don't see it happening, he's scared. I don't think even Hamilton or Babouli will get chances under Vanney, no matter how well they do in preseason. But I'll bet that Endoh doesn't have to wait long for a shot. I think that if Q can get the occasional start in MLS and a handful of starts at TFC II then it will be much better for his development than being the starter at TFC II. IMO, it's time to see what he can do at the MLS level. gator and MtlMario 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, shermanator said: I think that if Q can get the occasional start in MLS and a handful of starts at TFC II then it will be much better for his development than being the starter at TFC II. IMO, it's time to see what he can do at the MLS level. I would agree with that but I can't see Vanney starting Roberts. TFC will get by uncomfortably as they always do and management will never want to put a young keeper in, remember if TFC struggles a Canadian could never possibly be a solution only a problem. Honestly, if Irwin were to go down with an injury I'd bet money that TFC would find another journeyman short-term solution instead of giving Roberts time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCreamMan Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I see Q getting minutes whenever Irwin is injured or suspended and the Canadian Championship. At this stage I think that's a positive development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 14 minutes ago, Keegan said: I would agree with that but I can't see Vanney starting Roberts. TFC will get by uncomfortably as they always do and management will never want to put a young keeper in, remember if TFC struggles a Canadian could never possibly be a solution only a problem. Honestly, if Irwin were to go down with an injury I'd bet money that TFC would find another journeyman short-term solution instead of giving Roberts time. If that is the case then it's time for Q to leave TFC. Let's see how 2016 unfolds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazlo_80 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Explains the situation pretty succinctly... http://www.torontofc.ca/post/2016/02/25/quillan-roberts-wins-backup-gk-spot jpg75 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coramoor Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 5 hours ago, Keegan said: I would agree with that but I can't see Vanney starting Roberts. TFC will get by uncomfortably as they always do and management will never want to put a young keeper in, remember if TFC struggles a Canadian could never possibly be a solution only a problem. Honestly, if Irwin were to go down with an injury I'd bet money that TFC would find another journeyman short-term solution instead of giving Roberts time. that's way too negative a thought process. Roberts has shown everyone that he deserves a shot and he'll get a few this season, probably the Cup games as well and I'd guess he'll play 10 TFC2 games on dates that work. shamrock and hamiltonfan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 6 hours ago, Keegan said: I don't think even Hamilton or Babouli will get chances under Vanney, no matter how well they do in preseason. But I'll bet that Endoh doesn't have to wait long for a shot. Why not? Altidore is injured and often away with the national team, Giovinco will also miss some games and Gomes is way over the top. No they're not sure starters but they have to get some minutes this year. Who else? Goalkeeper is a different story, I don't think you can name many coaches who'll start 21 years-old keepers over experienced ones. Anyway still he'd get a couple of games in and really that wouldn't be too bad for a 21 year old with just a couple of USL-games under his belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fort York Redcoat1555362293 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Until he has the starter role I doubt we'll see him off the Canada bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 If it didn't look that way already, this pretty much confirms that Roberts won't be seeing any action unless Bono slips up. And to be fair, Bono has looked decent thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I think this is fair. Last year at this time it would have been Q. This year (from what I have read) it is Bono. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 More from Molinaro on the Bono over Roberts decision. Nothing earth shattering, TFC simply like Bono over Roberts right now. http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/toronto-fc-tfc-mls-major-league-soccer-alex-bono-quillan-roberts-greg-vanney/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Expect him to start the next game after another mistake by Bono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Agreed - that blunder cost his team 2 points. Totally saveable. He is a young keeper but that is the 2nd big mistake in recent memory. I think they will give him another go rather than shatter his confidence, but you got to think Roberts will be given a shot at some point before Clint returns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 7 hours ago, Obinna said: Agreed - that blunder cost his team 2 points. Totally saveable. He is a young keeper but that is the 2nd big mistake in recent memory. I think they will give him another go rather than shatter his confidence, but you got to think Roberts will be given a shot at some point before Clint returns He cost TFC a draw when he started his first game. 2 mistakes is enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 13 hours ago, canta15 said: Expect him to start the next game after another mistake by Bono I doubt it. TFC management love Bono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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