It appears that Andrew Ornoch is going to find his way home to Toronto FC. A big body Ornoch is the type of physical striker that tends to do well in MLS. Think Danny Dichio minus a few hundred thousand minutes of physical abuse. He's playing in Holland now, but has never really adjusted and wants to come home.
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TFC fans should be excited. Ornoch would be a good signing (and that he's Canadian is merely a nice bonus, rather than the reason why he'd be a good fit). Of course he would have been a good fit last season too when he had a trial with the club. Then everyone understood he'd help. Well, everyone but one Scottish guy that is.
Ornoch was not offered a contract and it's been widely whispered that Mo Johnston was the driving force behind that decision. The coaching staff liked him, but not the guy signing the contracts. So, he didn't sign and TFC forgot how to score.
It wasn't the only decision like that during Johnston's stint in charge of the Reds. There are a lot of reasons why the former Director of Soccer might have failed to fancy him -- most require the word "allegedly" to be written in front of them.
One day that story will be told (although there was a big hint of the allegedly dropped in Ben Rycroft's It's the Tactics, stupid column last week). Until that day we can reassure ourselves that it no longer matters. It's a new era. No more damage can be done.