a former leeds player!Originally Posted by Canary10
a former leeds player!
Ha, no way!
7 appearances in the quite grim spring of 2018!
75 games for Wigan since. Probably decent, probably not mind-blowing. Given Leeds' issues at Left Back for the last four years, he can't have been good enough for the Championship or Premier League.
nope very much a league one player.
not really an awe inspiring signing but not terrible as well
Looks like Insigne is staying. Ciro Immobile to Besiktas.
Wouldn't that entice him to go?
And looked great playing with Oso on Tuesday . . .
i was thinking the same thing, aren't they best friends?
He wouldn't require DP $. He's on $700k a year with Porto. Max TAM perhaps with DP in initial year due to transfer fee? Loan with option to buy to defer to 2025 is also an option.
Round holes, square pegs.
Sub core guys. They're good in certain scenarios & very good rotational depth. Once the team is fully built, you can rotate guys in & out based on other team & what we want to do tactically. Flores shouldn't be a rock at #6 every game.
Surprise to who?
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/JohnMolinaro/status/1811818285039554786
An "international centre back" (combining the jloome and Molinaro reports) who is available and would be cheap, that is getting some attention from MLS in general, would be John Brooks, the USMNT player...
https://sbisoccer.com/2024/05/john-b...nt-this-summer
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Would definitely be an upgrade and wouldn't require TFC to use an international spot.
Here's a fun speculative idea
A trade with the Sundowners. Boutouil (Moroccan CB) for Mailula.
feel like they're looking at younger options, but he would be great in MLS (assuming not a DP).
Sign Brooks and half of Forge fandom will go "Of course, he's an American"
(he'd be our fourth)
I have to say... Brooks here doesn't make a ton of sense to me, solely because he has marketing value to a US team. He is a beloved Dichio-like figure to USMNT supporters (google John Brooks goal 2014 if you don't recall why)
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Brooks signing for say the Revs would have the same marketing appeal as someone like Vitoria signing for TFC. You'd get a few people on the Twitter post excited because they remember him from the national team, but the amount of tickets you would sell by signing a former Nat CB in his 30's would be very few.
I would compare it to TFC bringing in Omar Gonzalez. He wasn't good for the complete duration of his time here, but that first 18 months him and Chris Mavinga were potentially our best CB pairing in team history.
Possible, as he's free. Also could be another English player, given Herdman's contacts. There are currently two whole pages on Transfermarkt of English defenders looking for a new club.
EDIT: Dan Potts, ex of Luton, would be a decent example. Played 25 games for them in Championship in 2023, but then didn't make the cut in the Premier League in 2024. Nine years with his last club, suggesting a decent, consistent performer. 30 years old and free.
International to me suggests he qualifies as an int'l player in MLS, which wouldn't be Brooks.
Last edited by jloome; 07-12-2024 at 03:53 PM.
Hmmm, I wonder if Kevin Long knows, is friends or friendly with and ever paired with Paddy McNair?
My only issue with Potts is that fact that he has not seen the pitch since June 2023; healthy scratch.
future cpl player kosi thompson believes that his future league cpl isnt anywhere near first team football in canada
Check out this tweet at https://x.com/onesoccer/status/1811882114259755423
Yeah, but that happens regularly when teams go to the Premier League. He likely had chances to be loaned to a lower level but wanted to compete and prove he could make it. Given his years prior in the Championship, he clearly was good enough for that level.
I think he probably meant to say first division.
At least he's confident. He probably shouldn't be. If I'd been on a first-team roster for four years and they still didn't know where to play me, I'd be re-evaluating things.
I mean he's right but also he's clearly not good enough for mls
I tend to agree.
I know Angus MacDonald was a guy they were looking at previously (he was at an Aberdeen coaching event today, I checked, lol), so I think that type of signing.
Herdman had a similar smile to the one he had when we brought in Longstaff, saying it's something they have been working on for awhile.
Another Geordie?
Paul Dummett CB
Matt Ritchie RWB
Jeff Hendrick MF
All frees
Paul Dummett is the only CB out of the bunch.
Last edited by GMoneyTalks; 07-12-2024 at 07:11 PM.
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