Vocal Minority: Facts, Frivolity, Football
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #18: Jay Chapman
Duncan: 14 – Showed glimpses of talent, then crucially got a long run of games and once he seemed settled in and believed that he belonged there he looked very very good indeed. It’d be a gamble to try him as the creative midfielder TFC need rather than bringing someone else in, but I wouldn’t be…
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #19: Tsubasa Endoh
Tony: 16 – More promising than Tokyo railway station vending machine panties For the Vocal Minority crew, Endoh was going to be a success no matter what. He’s from Japan! We’ve not had a Japanese fella here! VENDING MACHINE PANTIES!!! Seriously, if you drew a picture of “Japanese Football Player 1.0” it’s Endoh. Slight build? Check.…
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #20 – Josh Williams
Tony: 20 – Just kind of drifted off into the ether after a useful 2015 Bloodclot! Was a former health concern of Josh Williams. Despite 24 appearances in 2016, it’s almost like Josh Williams wasn’t here. As the younger duo of Hagglund and Zavaleta improved and moved into the starter’s roles, Williams gradually shifted further down…
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #21: Ashtone Morgan
Kristin: 16 – The nasty leftback that always seems to get left back. Huge fan, think his conversion to winger can’t come soon enough. I’ve been a fan of Ashtone Morgan since his academy days and was thrilled when he joined the first team back in 2011. In the early years he saw a fair…
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #22: Damien Perquis
Duncan – 19 The French Polish Darren O’Dea. Paid too much, does some good stuff, not good enough to be the guy to pull the whole defence together, but when there’s somebody else to do that, all of a sudden he doesn’t look that bad. After a pretty crap 2015, I was really hoping Bezbatchenko…
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #23: Mark Bloom
Kristin: 23 – Poor, I mean middle class Mark Bloom. Such a nice boy, but hard to remember anything else about him. Happy to see him going home to Atlanta. Oh Mark Bloom, your time at Toronto FC just never really clicked did it? In just over three seasons (after being scooped up from…
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #24: Mo Babouli
Tony: 23 – His season took a curve midway. Like his hair. Hey UAE guys! It’s Molham! While it wasn’t quite the breakout year that many had hoped for Mo Babouli, he did gobble up some valuable minutes in his 16 appearances with the big boy club. Sadly for Mo, two things didn’t come to fruit…
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #25: Dan Lovitz
Duncan: 26 – I! don’t! care! Dan Lovitz! I don’t care! Dan Lovitz, Dan Lovitz! Thank you Icona Pop for summing up my thoughts on Dan Lovitz this year, ‘Lovitz – the greatest thing’ certainly wasn’t going to do the job. A particularly anonymous and mediocre season for Dan, here’s what I remember. NYCFC picked…
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #26: Raheem Edwards
Mark: 26 – I will treasure all of his contributions this year. Six minutes. Raheem Edwards made his debut for Toronto FC in a Voyageurs Cup match against Vancouver, coming on for Osorio in the 86th minute in late June. He followed that performance by making his league debut in an 88th minute substitution coming…
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #27: Brian James
Mark: 27 – I will treasure all of his contributions this season. Brian James made his debut for Toronto FC in the Voyageurs Cup replacing Dan Lovitz in a game against Montreal and contributed six minutes. Thank you Wikipedia. Six whole minutes. That’s nearly 360 seconds, if my math is correct. The 80th pick overall…
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