Toronto FC Discussion Thread

[Faltorvo]

look, I don't know much about footy but

that Defoe fella does not look like he belongs in this league.

 

[Mathew]

Impact made a move, ony Marinaro ‏@TonyMarinaro
Typo: According 2 a source #IMFC have signed a 3year deal over 10m with Argentine winger Ignacio Piatti. He will be a DP & join team in June

 

[Quares27]

Impact made a move, ony Marinaro ‏@TonyMarinaro
Typo: According 2 a source #IMFC have signed a 3year deal over 10m with Argentine winger Ignacio Piatti. He will be a DP & join team in June

They thought they were getting Pablo Piatti and got his brother who is way older and not nearly as good... im fine with that, Pablo would have destroyed MLS

 

[Stats01]

Just saw that Plata is injured for 3 weeks and Saborio will possibly be suspended so that could be 2/3 of RSL's best players out for next week's game

Excellent!

 

[Puckstuff]

They thought they were getting Pablo Piatti and got his brother who is way older and not nearly as good... im fine with that, Pablo would have destroyed MLS

I wouldn't consider it a good thing though, the better talent the better the league. However any DP is good news IMO, Once every team has 2-3 DPs they will be pushing for 4.

 

[Schennanigans]

I can't believe how expensive these jerseys are. I was expecting cheaper since MLS is not a high end league compared to the other pro leagues. I seen a jersey at sportscheck for $120 and that was with no name. I do really like the jerseys though, much more prefer soccer jerseys over any other sport in terms of style and fashion. Is there a certain store you guys buy from?

 

[Mathew]

I can't believe how expensive these jerseys are. I was expecting cheaper since MLS is not a high end league compared to the other pro leagues. I seen a jersey at sportscheck for $120 and that was with no name. I do really like the jerseys though, much more prefer soccer jerseys over any other sport in terms of style and fashion. Is there a certain store you guys buy from?

i Bought mines at real sports last year for 119$ the prices have not changed that much,

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Issey Nakajima-Farran has signed on.

http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/mls/story/?id=447500

Toronto FC may have some more Canadian content on their roster as soon as this weekend.

Sources tell TSN's Luke Wileman the team signed Canadian international Issey Nakajima-Farran on Thursday.

Paperwork needs to go through though before we know if he's playing Saturday or not.

 

[Puckstuff]

Depth never hurts, decent bench guy we could use him against RSL. He was unimpressive in the A league though.

 

[LolungoReboundo]

With Jackson suspended who steps into his spot in the starting XI...TBH I didn't really like his play these last 2 games...

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

With Jackson suspended who steps into his spot in the starting XI...TBH I didn't really like his play these last 2 games...

If available, I believe Nakajima will take his spot.

 

[LolungoReboundo]

If available, I believe Nakajima will take his spot.

I've never seen him play so I guess I have someone to watch for next game

One question I understand he's Canadian but his name is like a mix of Persian and Japanese with Farran and Nakajima any idea what his roots are?

 

[Quares27]

I've never seen him play so I guess I have someone to watch for next game

One question I understand he's Canadian but his name is like a mix of Persian and Japanese with Farran and Nakajima any idea what his roots are?

He's definitely Japanese but idk what the other half is. He looks Asian though and started his career in the Japanese league.

Anyway according to Larsen our lineup tomorrow will be

Defoe Gilberto
Rey Bradley Osorio/Hall Bloom
Morrow Henry Caldwell Orr
Cesar

Osorio got injured in training so its not clear if he'll play... Bloom at RM is interesting, it leaves DeRo on the bench to bring on as an impact sub but at the same time it's a very defensive tactic against a team with 4/5 attackers injured. My guess is tomorrow will look a lot like the game vs Seattle with lots of defending.

 

[Animal]

Is Farran brought in to be a starter or will he most likely be coming in off the bench?

 

[thehockeysong]

He's definitely Japanese but idk what the other half is. He looks Asian though and started his career in the Japanese league.

Anyway according to Larsen our lineup tomorrow will be

Defoe Gilberto
Rey Bradley Osorio/Hall Bloom
Morrow Henry Caldwell Orr
Cesar

Osorio got injured in training so its not clear if he'll play... Bloom at RM is interesting, it leaves DeRo on the bench to bring on as an impact sub but at the same time it's a very defensive tactic against a team with 4/5 attackers injured. My guess is tomorrow will look a lot like the game vs Seattle with lots of defending.

Have to love the center of this team.

 

[Mathew]

Is Farran brought in to be a starter or will he most likely be coming in off the bench?

that depends I think he starts over Jackson and hes the cheaper option, we will see, I don't see Osorio playing in this match so if I am TFC i'd let Bekker play along side Bradley

 

[Stats01]

Have to love the center of this team.

Yep and having a strong mid field compared to a weak one is very drastic. A strong mid-field allows you to dictate style of play, possession (most of the time). We already have seen the benefits of it, Cesar barely broke a sweat last game. If he was here last year it's a completely different game for him.

 

[LolungoReboundo]

Yep and having a strong mid field compared to a weak one is very drastic. A strong mid-field allows you to dictate style of play, possession (most of the time). We already have seen the benefits of it, Cesar barely broke a sweat last game. If he was here last year it's a completely different game for him.

Games are won and lost in the midfield the top teams on the planet have the best midfields even if they lack star strikers they win using the midfield like Chelsea, Bayern Munich etc

 

[Quares27]

The biggest thing about our midfield is they can actually get the ball to the wingers and strikers. Last year it was so hard to do that with guys like Hall, Laba and Russell who aren't creative passers and because of that it just ended with a lot of the defenders hoofing the ball up. Having midfielders so good with the ball helps us play however we want to, whether it's holding possession or moving the ball up quickly. That'll be harder today with Hall and Bloom both possibly starting.

 

[Stats01]

The biggest thing about our midfield is they can actually get the ball to the wingers and strikers. Last year it was so hard to do that with guys like Hall, Laba and Russell who aren't creative passers and because of that it just ended with a lot of the defenders hoofing the ball up. Having midfielders so good with the ball helps us play however we want to, whether it's holding possession or moving the ball up quickly. That'll be harder today with Hall and Bloom both possibly starting.

I don't know why more teams do this. If I were a GM or coach the first thing I'd try to do is acquire a star mid-fielder or two. My focus would be on the mid-field, yes you need to score, but when your wingers and strikers have excellent service anyone can deliver at least you hope so. You defend less, your goalkeeper stays fresh and works less, you keep possession and you tire out the enemy's defence.

 

[Stats01]

I meant "don't do this"

 

[Mathew]

Game today is at 9:30pm Live on TSN2, Use www.thefirstrow.eu for a live stream. Also don't worry about missing the last 10min or so of leaf game it's not like they are going to the playoffs,

 

[LolungoReboundo]

I don't know why more teams do this. If I were a GM or coach the first thing I'd try to do is acquire a star mid-fielder or two. My focus would be on the mid-field, yes you need to score, but when your wingers and strikers have excellent service anyone can deliver at least you hope so. You defend less, your goalkeeper stays fresh and works less, you keep possession and you tire out the enemy's defence.

This is true but some feel that a star backline or a star striker is where you start and that's always confused me. I can understand having a heavy backline that's hard to penetrate but what good is a lone striker unless its Ibrahimovich lol. I like teams who employ some version of 5 midfielders because it allows them to have multiple looks in the center of the midfield, but 4 midfielders is good it looks like its working here for TFC.

 

[DoubleDouble*]

So I went and bought a TFC jersey...not because I particularly like soccer, or watch it all that often, but I have been following them on and off for a few years and decided this year I would throw some support at them for putting some effort into it.

Now I am taking the train home, and two guys are laughing at me. I make eye contact with them and the one guy says "big TFC fan eh? name me 5 players off the team". So I named 4, then got stuck. This was a full train and I was pretty embarrassed. Then these two guys just go off on me for jumping on the bandwaggon, and how annoying it is with all these "fake fans" now supporting the team.

WTF is this ****. I bought a jersey, it's a nice jersey so I wore it into town. City support. Soccer hipsters, I guess they like soccer before it was cool...lame.

 

[theaub]

Uh yeah any actual TFC fan doesn't give a crap about that, so not sure what that's about

Sounds like the type of dudes who try to sneak into the south end and get all offended when people get mad at them for trying to chant over the capo.