gator Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Just now, dyslexic nam said: That could be said about lots of guys tonight. Including Vanney! narduch, dyslexic nam and Club Linesman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club Linesman Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Go Lille! Crappy ending to an interesting season. Some of the older guys need to be in reduced roles next year or gone. Squad looked tired and I am not sure it was just the circumstances of this season. dyslexic nam, gator and Ruffian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Tough night, some days go like that. Nashville earned it to be sure but I'm quite sure everyone at TFC would love to have another go at Nashville. Pity they didn't show up on the night. Free kick and rkomar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club Linesman Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, gator said: Including Vanney! Basically no attacking players on the bench except the TAM waste Gallardo and Journeyman Mullins. Dominic94 and Free kick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Philly look just as flat at home (and legitimately at home with fans in the stands and everything) as TFC as they are down big time to NE. Starting to think it’s not a coincidence Free kick and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 In the big games, your best players have to be your best players. They werent tonight. A team loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Vanney got a whole bunch wrong tonight (some of which Caldwell pointed out) but there was no tempo or pace the whole game. It didn’t even feel like it was a playoff game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Just now, Free kick said: In the big games, your best players have to be your best players. They werent tonight. A team loss. Yes Pozuelo was off tonight to say the least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Cheeta said: Tough night, some days go like that. Nashville earned it to be sure but I'm quite sure everyone at TFC would love to have another go at Nashville. Pity they didn't show up on the night. 2 minutes ago, Gian-Luca said: Philly look just as flat at home (and legitimately at home with fans in the stands and everything) as TFC as they are down big time to NE. Starting to think it’s not a coincidence I am fairly confident that after a couple of years, the two leg play off matches will be reinstated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Would have also been better to start Ayo and have Jozy coming off the bench. Dressing Ciman and the nephew against a defensive team like Nashville was a waste of a Nelson option. Laryea should have been on the right not the left. A waste. gator, Free kick and Obinna 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Just now, Club Linesman said: Go Lille! Crappy ending to an interesting season. Some of the older guys need to be in reduced roles next year or gone. Squad looked tired and I am not sure it was just the circumstances of this season. This, it’s bittersweet....but a welcomed wake up call, when the team relies heavily on Pozeulo. Omar Molasses Gomez is past it, and is too easily susceptible to one ball beats all especially when they play a press and high line. Replacement = into the market. Bradley is a general, but like generals they have to pass it on to the next man up. He’s slow, needs too much time on the ball, and is defensive liability at times. Replacement = Osorio, and give Priso more minutes. Jozy is another guy past it. His Hulking body is finally not making his game efficient, whenever he’s healthy. Replacement = Akinola, but they will go into the market. Ultimately TFC have a lot of budget clearing up with some guys who are past their best, Morrow, Ciman, Mullins, Zavaleta, and Bono all on “big” money and contracts are up or they are free agents. With the homegrown talent emerging, I’m very interested how Ali shapes this team next year. gator, Kadenge, Club Linesman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Shway said: This, it’s bittersweet....but a welcomed wake up call, when the team relies heavily on Pozeulo. Omar Molasses Gomez is past it, and is too easily susceptible to one ball beats all especially when they play a press and high line. Replacement = into the market. Bradley is a general, but like generals they have to pass it on to the next man up. He’s slow, needs too much time on the ball, and is defensive liability at times. Replacement = Osorio, and give Priso more minutes. Jozy is another guy past it. His Hulking body is finally not making his game efficient, whenever he’s healthy. Replacement = Akinola, but they will go into the market. Ultimately TFC have a lot of budget clearing up with some guys who are past their best, Morrow, Ciman, Mullins, Zavaleta, and Bono all on “big” money and contracts are up or they are free agents. With the homegrown talent emerging, I’m very interested how Ali shapes this team next year. This is absolutely time for a reset and rebuild. There is a lot of cap space to be freed up, but there are also a whole lotta gaps to fill if they cut those guys loose. Would be interesting to see what kind of opportunity that would create for some of the best young players coming through. No idea if they would go that route though, or if they will look for experienced journeymen (or maybe they don’t even blow it up and think one or two tweaks would be sufficient). Nate3322 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 7 minutes ago, Gian-Luca said: Vanney got a whole bunch wrong tonight (some of which Caldwell pointed out) but there was no tempo or pace the whole game. It didn’t even feel like it was a playoff game But they’ve beeeeeen playing like that in Hartford. They’ve literally just been lucky in the games that they won. It was the Laryea special, or Pozuelos magic .....the special came out, but wasn’t given....and Poz didn’t have the wand at all today to produce any magic- worst I’ve ever seen him play in a TFC jersey. Obinna, rkomar and narduch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Ciman and Mullins will be gone for sure, unless they sign the latter for peanuts. Bono makes too much for a back up and deserves to start somewhere. Time to bring in Okello and Perruzza and give more minutes to Jakheele and Jayden Club Linesman, Obinna, Nate3322 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Oh and we don’t need to see Endoh or Gallardo back Club Linesman, Obinna and Bison44 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 You need a rebuild. Especially in MLS. You can pick up any kind of players you want from any place in the world. And presto you can do like Atlanta and become an instance contender. MLS is not the NBA or nhl, where the top talent is drafted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Just now, Free kick said: You need a rebuild. Especially in MLS. You can pick up any kind of players you want from any place in the world. And presto you can do like Atlanta and become an instance contender. MLS is not the NBA or nhl, where the top talent is drafted. Meant to say you DONT NEED A REBUILD red card and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Gian-Luca said: Oh and we don’t need to see Endoh or Gallardo back Endoh, Gallardo, Mullin. There was not veteran spark available off the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 15 minutes ago, Shway said: Jozy is another guy past it. His Hulking body is finally not making his game efficient, whenever he’s healthy. Replacement = Akinola, but they will go into the market. His hulking body also likely contributes to the fact that he is so rarely healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 16 minutes ago, Free kick said: I am fairly confident that after a couple of years, the two leg play off matches will be reinstated. I am not so sure, but it isn’t looking great that the two teams who got a bye with nearly 3 weeks off came out flat in the playoffs against the teams who won the play in who had sharpness and momentum on their side. Not sure how to tell Nashville and Columbus apart uniform-wise, exact same colours Free kick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, Gian-Luca said: Oh and we don’t need to see Endoh or Gallardo back Gallardo, 1000% is gone (contract is up). Endoh is great value but is an international, and his minutes can be given to Nelson, Shaffelburg, or Rutty...I won't be surprised if he's still there though. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, Gian-Luca said: I am not so sure, but it isn’t looking great that the two teams who got a bye with nearly 3 weeks off came out flat in the playoffs against the teams who won the play in who had sharpness and momentum on their side. Not sure how to tell Nashville and Columbus apart uniform-wise, exact same colours I can envision Nashville making it to the finals playing the way that they do. And equally, i can see them missing the playoffs next year. Thats what i hate about single game playoffs. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 It also has to be said, 2 goals the entire season is an extremely poor return for a DP striker. Dominic94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) Here's my guess for roster decisions: Under Contract (17) Bradley, Altidore, Gonzalez, Mavinga, Piatti, Pozuello, Delgado, Osorio, Marshall-Rutty, Nelson, Peruzza, Silva, Priso, Achara, DeLeon, Westberg, Laryea, Out of Contract/Free Agent (4 - don't see them coming back)Bono, Mullins, Ciman, GallardoOut of Contract/Free Agent - see them possibly coming back, on re-worked deals (3) Morrow, Zavaleta (let's see if Vanney has his way), Gallacher (loan extension) Options Exercised (3) Okello, Auro, Dunn, ShaffelburgOptions Not-Excercised (4) Dorsey, Endoh, Romeo, Fraser __________ Reality is a rebuild is not possible based on the amount of guys who are "core" pieces and are still under contract. I don't see any contracts being waived also. Restructuring/managing will be Vanney's greatest task to date. However just under a million dollars will be available in salary with expiring contracts, or reworked contracts. The surprise I think will be that Fraser is gone this year. Unless Okello is sold on return from his loan (which I doubt) and the emergence of Priso will solidify that decision. If not they're will be a crazy backlog of centre midfielders on a team that needs more spots for proven wingers. *Guys in red is the 12 guys who I think TFC will protect for the 2020 Expansion draft. Edited November 25, 2020 by Shway Ruffian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 By Gomez you mean Gonzalez (rather than Hercules) I take it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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