VMP Final Countdown: Number 6 – Jozy Altidore
Highest Ranking: 2 Lowest Ranking: 13 Average Ranking: 6.11 Tony: 6. He’s the bigger, bloodier deal. Apparently. Arriving in a “value-for-value” swap which saw Jermain Defoe head to Sunderland, Altidore’s goal was to return to MLS and return to the player which saw him leave these shores in the first place. Hmmm… not quite. Not terrible… but not quite. And that’s the rub really. At his price,...
VMP FInal Countdown: Number 7 – Chris Konopka
Highest Ranking: 1 Lowest ranking: 15 Average Ranking: 8.63 Duncan: 10. Ah, TFC. Can’t avoid a goalie controversy to save their lives. Bendik’s injury opened the door to Chris Konopka and what do you know, he came in and did alright, putting together a few good games, meaning when fit again Bendik didn’t get the job back and all of a sudden found himself on the other side of the ‘why pay this guy so much money...
VMP FInal Countdown: Number 8 – Marky Delgado
Highest Ranking: 5 Lowest ranking: 13 Average Ranking: 8.68 Duncan: 7 Delgado was one of the few players in the Chivas death draft who looked interesting and worth a flyer, so it was a bit of a surprise when other teams passed on him and he was still there for TFC to pick up. Despte the nonsense of a grown man still going by ‘Marky’, I’m happy they did. It took a while for him to get into the starting lineup, his...
THE STARTING 11: Other VMP Final Countdown Comments
It’s still The Final Countdown! It’s also still duh-do-dooo-do, duh-de-dooo-do-dooo. As the Vocal Minority year-end list draws to a close (Collen Warner’s in the top ten, let that sink in for a moment)we want to take the time to thank and acknowledge all those who volunteered both locally and across northern North America to make it what critics are calling “a year-end list”. High praise. What makes The...
VMP Final Countdown: Number 9 – Collen Warner
Highest Ranking: 6 Lowest ranking: 14 Average Ranking: 9.52 Kristin: 9. *Our ‘holding winger’ – quietly effective and under-utilized. Solid depth piece, TFC definitively won that trade. Sorry Issey, don’t mean to be inhumane.* Collen Warner surprised me this year; he’d impressed a few times in 2014 but this year I found myself missing him when he didn’t play. With the signing of Benoit Cheyrou it...
VMP FInal Countdown: Number 10 – Jackson
Highest Ranking: 5 Lowest ranking: 17 Average Ranking: 10.73 (Edit: Almost all of this was written before the decision to not pick up his option for next year) Tony: 10. If there exists the everyman in the “Joga Bonito” world of Brazilian football – it must be Jackson. He has the rough tackles of a Dunga, the man marking of a Fat Ronaldo and the white boots of… well the rest of them. But somehow, in this...