Few Alti-ternatives: Did Toronto FC Grab The Best Deal Available?
WARNING: This article contains some explicit assumptions. Reader discretion is advised. While no one in the past, present or future universe will ever describe MLSE as paupers, the final move in the Bloody Big Deal may have come down to a case of beggars can’t be choosers. While the imminent transfer that will end Jermain Defoe’s TFC reign of error wasn’t one that the club necessarily offered with cap in hand,...
MALIGNANT RUMOUR: Ruiz-y does it.
Silly season continues in the land where five-year plans are on a ten-year lease. With Jozy, Ade and The Atomic Ant all in a holding pattern, today’s wacky whispers landed on Fulham and Costa Rica international, attacker Bryan Ruiz. Noted truth tellers the Daily Mail threw out a couple of lines towards the end of this round up of transfer windows, with Werder Bremen also apparently interested. This ESPN article also mentions...
THE STARTING 11: Re-branding ideas for the lower MLS SuperDraft rounds
At last count, MLS’ ever-expanding tally of clubs will be selecting draft eligible players over thirty-something rounds of the SuperDraft. OK, I may be exaggerating – slightly – but talk to me in a couple of years when Las Vegas is on the clock. Back to the present though and while MLS loves to trump their draft as “Super” we all know that only the top few picks of the first round are worthy of the...
MALIGNANT RUMOUR: Toronto FC looking to Add-a-bayor?
While TFC’s lustful gaze in the direction of Jozy Altidore is gaining the most traction on the rumour mill today, their apparent interest in Tottenham’s Togolese international striker Emmanuel Adebayor won’t go away. It really needs to though. For those out there who don’t also support one of Adebayor’s former clubs (or in my case, his current) you may be saying “why wouldn’t TFC want an...
THE STARTING 11: Not Entirely Unbelievable 2015 TFC Headline Predictions
Happy New Year Vocal Minorities! It’s exciting to be back for another year and to bust out the very first Starting 11 of 2015. There’s a dramatic 12 months ahead what with TFC’s 58-match road trip to start the season; the ceremonial gridiron painting as we ready for the Argos in 2016; the Vanney/Bezbatchenko sacking sometime in… Let’s say July; and of course… almost making the playoffs! Wheeeee! Of course...
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