Making a Mountain Out of an Anthill: Five Keys to Giovinco’s TFC Success
The jewel of Toronto FC’s off-season manoeuvres has barely had time to plant his tiny feet on the frozen tundra that is his new home but it is already time to look forward. While the pomp and circumstance of the club’s manufactured airport greeting (after what we assume was a comfortable L’il Alitalia flight), and Friday’s official greeting in downtown Toronto is the shiny, happy part of Sebastian...
Giovinco still has his soul, but what’s his motivation?
So, we all know no matter how much management is talking it up, Sebastian Giovinco’s not coming to MLS and Toronto FC for the challenge, it’s all about the money. Nothing unusual about that, players move to all sorts of teams in all sorts of leagues for the sake of a good pay cheque, which just makes sense, but it’s definitely brought out some interesting reactions at either extreme end of the career vs paycheque...
When is a record fee not a record fee?
Remember yesterday when the vague unsubstantiated reports were of TFC getting a near MLS record fee for Defoe, with figures like $10m or $11m being thrown around. If not, here’s another one fresh from tonight from Kurt Larson where ‘in the neighbourhood of $11m’ is the figure thrown out there. MLS record don’t you know! Seemed impressive didn’t it? As if TFC had managed to play the game well, play all...
Jo-zy can you see? TFC just keep on getting more and more ‘Murica.
It’s not official yet. The necessary winks and nods have to be exchanged and the rules massaged in Uncle Don’s Rub ‘n’ Tug Parlour until the desired happy ending is arrived at in an explainable fashion (Hold on, according to this update from Gareth Wheeler, MLS tried all that sort of thing to get Altidore to New York, but TFC chastely resisted, running horrified from the back room of what they assumed to be a...
TFC’s Jermain Man No More
So it’s official. Well almost official – Toronto FC and Sunderland have yet to make official statements but from TSN’s report last night (and other subsequent reports), Defoe is out the door and trading one black cat for another. The question of whether or not Jozy Altidore comes here is just an MLS rule bend away and TFC appear to have recouped the money (and maybe more) that they splashed out on Defoe just a...
Forget the results, look at the vision!
As we all know, yesterday was when Toronto FC outlined it’s ‘vision’ to select media. As a non invitee, I had no choice but to first make fun, (this is practically the Vocal Minority’s hippocratic oath: – ‘First, make fun.’) then sit and wait for the tweets and articles from the poor mopes who’d had to go all the way out to Downsview to hear it. Most of them chose to barely address it,...
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