Vocal Minority: Facts, Frivolity, Football
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 5 – Alex Bono
Highest: 2 Lowest: 8 Average ranking: 5.4 Kristin: 7 – Damn you Bones, you had to go and be good didn’t you? That may seem like an odd sentiment, but if you follow me or listen to the show then you know of my fondness for Clint Irwin (and yes for Q but I gave…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 6 – Justin Morrow
Highest: 4 Lowest: 10 Average ranking: 6.24 Kristin: 6 – Justin Morrow had a really good year. I know that I’m perceived as biased, but it’s hard to look at that season and not say great things about Morrow (I’m looking at you low rankers). Building off a very good 2016 season, Morrow put that…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 7 – Drew Moor
Highest: 5 Lowest: 14 Average ranking: 9.12 Duncan: 11 – Bit of a rough year for Drew. Finding out about heart issues can’t be a fun time, and when he got back from that, he never quite looked as good as he did before. Looked just a bit slow which left him having to make last…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 8 – Chris Mavinga
Highest: 2 Lowest: 13 Average ranking: 9.32 Tony: 7 – If it wasn’t for Victor Vazquez – Chris Mavinga would have been the hands-down signing of the season. Sure Mavinga looked a bit like a giraffe on ice for the first few matches but after the early struggles he found his way. And how. The big…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 9 – Marky Delgado
Highest: 6 Lowest: 14 Average ranking: 9.68 Tony: 10 – Entirely unspectacular – and that’s ok! Once you stop looking for Delgado to be another Vazquez or Cheyrou, you can appreciate that he does plenty of basic things quietly right. A less fiery (again, ok) version of Osorio, Delgado comes in to steady that area of…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 10 – Jonathan Osorio
Highest: 6 Lowest: 13 Average ranking: 10.72 Duncan: 13 – 2016 was an alright year for Osorio, without being the big leap forward we might have hoped for, could that happen in 2017? Not really no. He started the season in the first team, but was in and out as Vanney tried to figure out…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 11 – Steven Beitashour
Highest: 7 Lowest: 20 Average ranking: 10.8 Mark: 11 – He is the right back we wanted and the right back we deserved. Or was he a winger? He played like a winger. He was, arguably, the right sided version of Justin Morrow. Well, was. He’s left us for a better place. Weather-wise, anyways. Steven…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 12 – Eriq Zavaleta
Highest: 4 Lowest: 18 Average ranking: 12.6 Tony: 11 – It’s not Eriq’s fault who he’s related to! Despite that – he has turned into a very useful MLS defender capable of eating minutes as a starter or offering fresh legs from the bench. Not spectacular in any way, but rarely hurts you either. We crack…
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Episode 219 – 18/01/17 #WhoAreYa
After last week’s momentous news, Mark had to rest his hamstring so is SuperMissing for this SuperEpisode. Tony? well, we’ll let you know when he can make one. Kristin and Duncan bravely soldier on though, helped out by SuperSub Duane Rollins. Nothing big to talk about this week, so instead we talk about a bunch…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 13 – Tosaint Ricketts
Highest: 9 Lowest: 19 Average ranking: 12.92 Kristin: 11 – Tosaint Ricketts! Fucking Wicked! I’m a big fan of Ricketts and as I wrote last year, was thrilled when he was signed by Toronto FC last year. His super sub status propelled him into the top 10 of our countdown and there were high hopes…
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