Toronto FC: TFC 2024 Season \ Canada Soccer: MLS Refocus

[hockeywiz542]

 

[Clark4Ever]

Opening Day.

With the return of Laryea on the heels of the other recent acquisitions, am I being overly optimistic in thinking that if we stay relatively healthy, this roster could make the playoffs? On paper at least, I think we have the potential.

One thing I am certain of is that John Herdman will continue to work tirelessly to get the most out of his players.

 

[fancy lad]

Ritchie Laryea is such a scummy douche player.

hes the most concacaf player ever. I guess it’s good (?) to have one of those guys on your team, but the optics are so bad.

 

[fancy lad]

Game 1in the books.
the good: goalkeeper. New midfield especially flores.
bernadeschi has some nice runs. Laryea had some good moments too but my god i hate his theatrics.

everything else was pretty meh. The bench looks terrible. They need way more attacking players especially at striker. Akionla sucks. The academy youngsters don’t Bring much. TFC academy Has never produced anyone that I can think of.

 

[robertmac43]

Yeah I'd agree with the meh sentiment.

I take the point on the road to start the year, but it was not an overly inspiring 90 minutes. On to the next one.

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[MilkofthePoppy]

One of the most overrated players in football history.

 

[fancy lad]

One of the most overrated players in football history.

why do you say that?

When someone is called overrated, there's an undertone of "he's not that good".

He's pretty damn good and easily the best player Canada has ever produced.
you also have to put his name into context of where he's from... obviously when someone brings his name up in Canada, people will listen. It is newsworthy because of who he is. It's just like when Steve Nash was in his prime.... so yeah he gets talked a lot about in this country.

I think it's kind of strange that there's an agreement for davies now... i have no idea what his contract situation is and if he would be going on a free transfer or what, but last i checked Real Madrid tend to go after good soccer players.

 

[trellaine201]

One of the most overrated players in football history.

I was just going to ask because I don’t know. Has he lived up to all hype? I always seemed to read he was injured a lot.

 

[MilkofthePoppy]

I was just going to ask because I don’t know. Has he lived up to all hype? I always seemed to read he was injured a lot.

As a Canadian soccer player he has probably exceeded expectations.

 

[robertmac43]

One of the most overrated players in football history.

What? He is literally top 3-5 in his position. I'd even argue he is the second best LB in the world behind Theo Hernandez. Many probably put Grimaldo in second after the season he is having with Leverkusen, which is totally fair. I just at 23, Davies is right there and will likely progress even further over the coming 2 to 3 season.

 

[MilkofthePoppy]

What? He is literally top 3-5 in his position. I'd even argue he is the second best LB in the world behind Theo Hernandez. Many probably put Grimaldo in second after the season he is having with Leverkusen, which is totally fair. I just at 23, Davies is right there and will likely progress even further over the coming 2 to 3 season.

I won't get into an argument with you but I will say that I generally dislike this era of football and footballers so I am extremely biased lol. It is hard to explain but I feel like the individualness and fantasy of the game has disappeared and all the best players are clones of each other.

Ritchie Laryea is such a scummy douche player.

hes the most concacaf player ever. I guess it’s good (?) to have one of those guys on your team, but the optics are so bad.

I like Laryea, and to paraphrase Mourinho, sometimes you need 'bastards' to win.

 

[robertmac43]

I was not expecting this one;

 

[thehockeysong]

With the team suddenly making acquisitions there's at least some reason to be hopeful again. The team's complete paralysis on building the roster after signing the Italians was a nightmare. Hopefully these signings (with some being relatively young and ready to enter their primes) build out the depth and make for a complete squad that can create some kind of tactical identity.

 

[robertmac43]

With the team suddenly making acquisitions there's at least some reason to be hopeful again. The team's complete paralysis on building the roster after signing the Italians was a nightmare. Hopefully these signings (with some being relatively young and ready to enter their primes) build out the depth and make for a complete squad that can create some kind of tactical identity.

Talent shouldn't be an issue with this team. Comes down to mentality... Can Herdman get this team to gel and push for the playoffs.

The talent is there.

 

[fancy lad]

There’s not much talent in the shape of an out and out striker.

I don’t know much about prince mind you.

 

[robertmac43]

There’s not much talent in the shape of an out and out striker.

I don’t know much about prince mind you.

Definitely the weakest area of the team is in the ST/CF area.

Still annoyed TFC didn't take a punt on Woobens Pacius from Forge to be a cheap option there.

 

[thehockeysong]

Every time there's a TFC game on, I just can't get over how stupid the decision was to take the games off cable

 

[Bjindaho]

Absolute monster game from Bernardeschi and Johnson might have made the save of the year late to earn the 1-0 win.

 

[Clark4Ever]

Great start to the Herdman era so far.

Even though I'd prefer that all games be broadcasted on regional networks, I'm impressed with the quality of the AppleTV broadcasts.

 

[al secord]

One of the most overrated players in football history.

Overrated by whom? What a ridiculous take.

 

[trellaine201]

Every time there's a TFC game on, I just can't get over how stupid the decision was to take the games off cable

Ya absolutely ridiculous. I thought the wanted to grow the game?

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Every time there's a TFC game on, I just can't get over how stupid the decision was to take the games off cable

Really really dumb.

 

[robertmac43]

Massive 3 points yesterday. That was the first road win since April 2022!

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Ya absolutely ridiculous. I thought the wanted to grow the game?

If I’m not mistaken, you not only need an Apple+ subscription, but also an mls pass. That’s an insane amount of money to watch a TFC game a week. No thanks. It’s a shame because they’ve lost a fan that watched all their games.