Saturday 14 July 2012

Julian De Gone

24 hours to digest this deal and I'm happier than ever.  The pessimism around Toronto FC right now is incredible.

Folks, 2012 is a write off. 0-0-9 to start has a way of doing that.
TFC, for once, made a prudent decision to accept that and start preparing for next season early.  The way I see it, the idea, popular in some places, that this is all a panic move to save season tickets renewals couldn't be more the opposite of what's going on.
No, it's not tweaking.  "Tweaking", depending on how you define that, was at best going to get us non-embarrassing results after the international break: "Danny and Ryan, you two go play up top.  Everyone else defend deeper and get the ball up to them quickly so that we're not playing with fire in our own end. Try and win some second balls in the opponents end to set up the offense.  Midfield and defense move forward as a unit and don't get stretched."  So far IT'S WORKED!

What's going on now is Paul Mariner has been given the liberty to make the hard choices, is taking flak for it, and moving towards the team he wants.