Shway Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 You gotta love it. I think I can go back to being a fan of TFC lol. toontownman and ted 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 58 minutes ago, Shway said: I think I can go back to being a fan of TFC lol. Ruffian, ray, Olympique_de_Marseille and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rydermike Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 " “I’m ambitious, and I think if you work hard enough anything is possible. I want to be the best defender in MLS, I want to play for Canada, I want to go to the World Cup with Canada. Those are all goals that I have and I’ll put in the work to try to achieve them.” The defender has been quite open about his ambitions with the Canadian national team, where he’s closely followed the trajectory of Alistair Johnston. Like MacNaughton, he was a League1 Ontario standout before getting his MLS opportunity and – once there – quickly put himself on Herdman’s radar. MacNaughton is also eligible for the US, Austria, and Belgium, and while he’s not saying a flat no to those, it’s Les Rouges who have his attention. Their recent rise following years of being underestimated draw a parallel that hits quite close to home for the centre-back. “They’re underdogs in the way that they don’t have that respect, and I feel like I’ve had the situation my whole career. To be able to play for a team where now they’ve grinded their way through, fought for everything, and are proving themselves – I want to be part of that.” https://northerntribune.ca/toronto-fc-lukas-macnaughton-interview/ ted, canadianbacons, Xavier. and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbacons Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 hours ago, rydermike said: " “I’m ambitious, and I think if you work hard enough anything is possible. I want to be the best defender in MLS, I want to play for Canada, I want to go to the World Cup with Canada. Those are all goals that I have and I’ll put in the work to try to achieve them.” The defender has been quite open about his ambitions with the Canadian national team, where he’s closely followed the trajectory of Alistair Johnston. Like MacNaughton, he was a League1 Ontario standout before getting his MLS opportunity and – once there – quickly put himself on Herdman’s radar. MacNaughton is also eligible for the US, Austria, and Belgium, and while he’s not saying a flat no to those, it’s Les Rouges who have his attention. Their recent rise following years of being underestimated draw a parallel that hits quite close to home for the centre-back. “They’re underdogs in the way that they don’t have that respect, and I feel like I’ve had the situation my whole career. To be able to play for a team where now they’ve grinded their way through, fought for everything, and are proving themselves – I want to be part of that.” https://northerntribune.ca/toronto-fc-lukas-macnaughton-interview/ I like the way he rolls, certainly has the right attitude. Will be cheering for him to get lots of minutes at TFC this year. Approve My Account Pls, toontownman, Ivan and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgewater17 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) Quote Interview by Kristian Jack about his move to TFC. Shoutouts to him for crediting the CPL for his development. Edited January 25, 2022 by Edgewater17 Ivan, Corazon, johnyb and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterlawrence5 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 We need this more often. Making sure players keep pushing themselves. If you're good enough, the cream will rise to the top. Lukas making it to TFC is a "stamp of approval" on the process. But we need at least 10 CPL players each year doing this. Ruffian, Edgewater17 and toontownman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 10 is a bit steep, in time. 1 or 2 is a good sign. Our MLS clubs have academies too. It is happening. That is the good part. Never been more excited at the amount of Canadian talent, not just at 1 but all 3 MLS clubs. There is a real depth pool and lots of youngsters coming through at each club. Now slowly they are going to other MLS clubs or Europe. Long may it continue to grow! El Hombre, Trois Reds, Ruffian and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterlawrence5 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, toontownman said: 10 is a bit steep, in time. 1 or 2 is a good sign. Our MLS clubs have academies too. Agreed. Just trying to hope for more. I see dozens of MLS academy graduates going to CPL recently, so the flow goes both ways. Edgewater17 and Approve My Account Pls 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 1 hour ago, scooterlawrence5 said: We need this more often. Making sure players keep pushing themselves. If you're good enough, the cream will rise to the top. Lukas making it to TFC is a "stamp of approval" on the process. But we need at least 10 CPL players each year doing this. When too many of the best guys leave everyone whines about player turnover, HEHE. If the CPL can get to a point where there is a nice steady flow of players out to bigger leagues everyone will be happy. Say McNaughton, Awuah make MLS squads this year, Farsi, Ongaro, Coupland et al find some success elsewhere and the loanees (Yao, SIrois, Rea, Campagna) can show the loan was good for their development thats a damn good start. If this happens every season, more young guns with a future will come to the CPL if they see there is playing time to be had and a pathway onwards. SirBobsaget, Edgewater17 and johnyb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On for a TFC/MLS debut sebdeserio, dyslexic nam, Dominic94 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Clean shit on his 16 minutes Its all about Chung and Lukas. Poor looking result but a real win for Canadian soccer. 9 Candians featuring. Now lets trade Bono for Dayne St. Clair and we are away! Shway, TOcanadafan, Ruffian and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Would not surprise me if he starts next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 40 minutes ago, toontownman said: Clean shit on his 16 minutes Its all about Chung and Lukas. Poor looking result but a real win for Canadian soccer. 9 Candians featuring. Now lets trade Bono for Dayne St. Clair and we are away! Love a clean shit GasPed, johnyb, Gian-Luca and 10 others 3 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 3 hours ago, jordan said: Love a clean shit Never touched the sides. Shame TFC had already flushed the game down the drain. jordan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 4:17 PM, Dominic94 said: Would not surprise me if he starts next week. I thought Shane O'Neill looked really bad. If Mavinga is not back next week I wouldn't be surprised if MacNaughton got a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 4 hours ago, Ruffian said: I thought Shane O'Neill looked really bad. If Mavinga is not back next week I wouldn't be surprised if MacNaughton got a look. Thoughts on Kadin over JMR too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cblake Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, Aird25 said: Thoughts on Kadin over JMR too? That is going to happen, JMR is getting for a mega sale, the Reds want him playing. That is not too take away anything on Kadin. He looked too. JMR is a special player ready to take the world by storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 36 minutes ago, Cblake said: That is going to happen, JMR is getting for a mega sale, the Reds want him playing. That is not too take away anything on Kadin. He looked too. JMR is a special player ready to take the world by storm. I can't wait to see the player Toronto fans see NVsoccer and Kent 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 50 minutes ago, Aird25 said: Thoughts on Kadin over JMR too? I don’t think he was that bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: I don’t think he was that bad It was clear Rutty, Nelson and Shaffelburg were having trouble figuring out how to deal with fast transitions. There was confusion between the wb's and cb's on several of the goals, and Nelson just didn't come back to cover on at least one. Not sure MacNaughton solves that problem, but he looked composed out there. I suspect Chung would be better in the short term than Rutty or Shaffelburg given his experience at the position. Edited March 7, 2022 by Cicero Dominic94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Cblake said: That is going to happen, JMR is getting for a mega sale, the Reds want him playing. That is not too take away anything on Kadin. He looked too. JMR is a special player ready to take the world by storm. The kid in all likelihood gets sold to Europe for Davies/Pepi money, but his playing style is not conducive to taking the world by storm. It's more conducive to becoming a role player at a big club. Ruffian and HochelagaFC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diego Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Hard to judge MacNaughton based off of 16 minutes. Based on pre-season and the limited viewing vs NYRB, I think he tops out as a depth piece you never want to be forced to start, which is fine. Problem is that Salcedo, Mavinga, and O'Neill have all looked rough for the most part -- a symptom of the ludicrously expansive style Bob wants to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cblake Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 22 minutes ago, Obinna said: The kid in all likelihood gets sold to Europe for Davies/Pepi money, but his playing style is not conducive to taking the world by storm. It's more conducive to becoming a role player at a big club. To be honest I do not even compare Phonzie and Pepi. I am still surprised by where the 20 million for Pepi came from, a relegation battle club in Augsburg. One one of the clubs could have upped the ante on him? That is where I think it will be interesting is how big the club is here JMR goes to. Will be choose the best club for his growth and progression as a player or simply chase the cash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 50 minutes ago, Obinna said: The kid in all likelihood gets sold to Europe for Davies/Pepi money, but his playing style is not conducive to taking the world by storm. It's more conducive to becoming a role player at a big club. Don’t think he can’t be a starter at a big euro club, but I don’t see it as a RB. Davies was a monster at 17, Rutty will Be that but at 21/22, he’s still so slight, but you can see his IQ gifts and his technical ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 5 hours ago, Dominic94 said: Don’t think he can’t be a starter at a big euro club, but I don’t see it as a RB. Davies was a monster at 17, Rutty will Be that but at 21/22, he’s still so slight, but you can see his IQ gifts and his technical ones. Yeah. For me he has the attributes and intelligence to make it in a position yet to be determined. As long as he is coachable, humble and hardworking he's ultimately going to play at a top level. I don't ever see him taking the world by storm though. You need a sort of individual brilliance for that. I see a kid who can eventually (it's going to take time) be a supporting player at a very high level. Hopefully I am communicating that well. Either way go Rutty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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