narduch Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Club Linesman said: Not very smart. Guess he doesn’t read this forum. Or pay close attention to the program. The best prospects start at TFC Academy around 11 and then leave by 15 That's the sweet spot Edited October 11 by narduch YorkRegionFan and costarg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingston Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 16 minutes ago, narduch said: The best prospects start at TFC Academy around 11 and then leave by 15 Whether this is exactly true or not, this type of thing is what I'd like to see the team change. There's no reason they can't do better on that front. YorkRegionFan and costarg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 6 minutes ago, Kingston said: Whether this is exactly true or not, this type of thing is what I'd like to see the team change. There's no reason they can't do better on that front. I admit I'm half joking but it sure feels like its right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 23 minutes ago, Kingston said: Whether this is exactly true or not, this type of thing is what I'd like to see the team change. There's no reason they can't do better on that front. Perhaps worth remembering that players like Stefan Mitrovic, Jacen Russell-Rowe and Kwasi Poku went through the TFC academy in relatively recent times. If there's a problem it appears to be more whether they have been identifying who the best prospects were to push through to the first team. costarg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingston Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 1 hour ago, narduch said: I admit I'm half joking but it sure feels like its right 1 hour ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: Perhaps worth remembering that players like Stefan Mitrovic, Jacen Russell-Rowe and Kwasi Poku went through the TFC academy in relatively recent times. If there's a problem it appears to be more whether they have been identifying who the best prospects were to push through to the first team. Yeah. I think they do have some trouble figuring out which players to push through. In fairness, that's probably not a uniquely TFC problem. What I think TFC does much more poorly than most teams is moving their prospects from their initial first team bench/substitute minutes into full time starters. The biggest recent example would be Shaffelburg. He got a bunch of appearance with TFC but never got to be a regular starter. Now he's a regular first eleven in Nashville and lighting it up for the national team. TFC had a lot to do with his development but then lost out on the benefit of the final product. That's a huge waste of resources for TFC and would have been a waste for Shaffelburg if he hadn't been traded to a team that gave him that starter opportunity. And Shaffelburg isn't the only guy with a similar story. I don't want to pretend that everyone TFC brought to the first team would have become the next big thing, because that simply isn't true. They gave Akinola a real shot and he was a bust while other guys went elsewhere and still didn't break out. But I have to wonder what it would have meant for both the players and TFC if timely starting opportunities could have been given to guys like Jordan Hamilton or Liam Fraser. YorkRegionFan and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingston Posted Saturday at 07:30 PM Share Posted Saturday at 07:30 PM On 10/6/2024 at 1:29 AM, Big_M said: Under contract for 2025 Bernardeschi Edwards Etienne Jr Flores Gomis Insigne Johnson Laryea Longstaff Mailula (out on loan until July 31 2025) Mbongue Osorio Pearlman Petretta Rosted Sharp Stefanovic Wingo Also, I didn’t realize how many of these guys were still guaranteed for 2025. That makes things even worse for an effort at rebuilding as there are several I’d prefer not to see back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingston Posted Wednesday at 01:17 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 01:17 PM A non-paywall article from TFC Republic that lists the important dates for roster moves. The nearest is the November 27 deadline for exercising contract options. https://www.tfcrepublic.ca/october-14-toronto-fc/ narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted 10 hours ago Author Share Posted 10 hours ago seems like every year is a rebuild for tfc... narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 10 minutes ago, Big_M said: seems like every year is a rebuild for tfc... It's laughable. Is Herdman at this press conference? I wonder if canning him is part of the rebuild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted 9 hours ago Author Share Posted 9 hours ago pelley herdman hernandez osorio are there...think herdman and hernandez get at least the first half of 2025 to have the team in an acceptable place narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted 9 hours ago Author Share Posted 9 hours ago Corazon and narduch 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago He can say full rebuild all he wants, look at the list of guys signed for 25, prob 6-7 starters there. And another couple are on options that the team will prob pick up. the bulk of this team will be back next year. Fix the DP situation, bring in a couple of decent MLS quality guys and you'll improve on last year. Who actually had good years?? Kerr and Spicer with limited minutes showed some promise. Johnson and thats about it. Owusu getting 9 goals as the #1 striker isnt the worst but not good enough for a team with high expectations that splashes money around. Long Gomis and Oniell as the top 3 CB's....well that explains the goals against and the shitty season tight there. They just cant seem to find a decent CB anywhere, and that one guy could have really righted the ship this season and could get them solidly in the playoff picture next year. Ivan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted 8 hours ago Author Share Posted 8 hours ago Corazon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Talk is cheap narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Kadenge said: Talk is cheap Great point. During the last transfer window, all we heard from Herdman was "we will be very active". Then Hernandez talks and says "we have no cap space to make moves". Typical Herdman BS, but how does that stuff even get out there? narduch and reggietfc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago (edited) 59 minutes ago, Kadenge said: Talk is cheap Pelley calling it a full rebuild is insane. Seems like they are expecting next season to be bad as well Edited 4 hours ago by narduch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 6 hours ago, Big_M said: MLSE President Keith Pelley on Toronto FC today: “A rebuild in MLS can happen very quickly.” Umm...TFC version 2021, 2022, 2023, 2204 would like to have a word. Pelley's actually not wrong - only two players remain from the 2021 roster - Osorio and Laryea. Problem is TFC seems to be able to change the personnel, but not the results. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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