Terry D to TFC
by NS_Cix on Jul 14, 2011 1:40 PM PDT
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So long, local boy. I'll always remember that yellow card you picked up opening day for jumping into the crowd. Well worth it. I'll remember those hard tackles you so willingly threw. I'll remember how you stepped up for a penalty, kicked with such confidence that it would go in that you didn't feel the need to move, then stuttered forward after the save. I will remember these things.
But there is more, of course. The play of the Whitecaps recently has demanded changes; with this trade we see what shape those changes will take. Jarju in, Dunfield out. What do we get at the end of the day from this though?
Put simply, we free some space on the roster. Got back some allocation money and "future considerations," whatever that means. I've always taken that to mean "a nice bottle of wine for the manager." Who knows. Maybe Soehn will share it. In any case, I would speculate that this is pretty close to wash with the Jordan Harvey acquisition last week, in terms of allocation money.
More importantly, our midfield is taking a different shape. Does this suggest a more likely 4-4-2 diamond, with Jarju at the top, Koffie in the middle and a pair of wingers about whose identities I don't care to speculate? Maybe. On the other hand, it could also be a prelude to another signing by the Caps, especially since the international window opens tomorrow. We could still add another DP, and I hear there is some Canadian / English guy hanging around town who has played the occasional game in midfield. We'll see.
If I were even more jaded than I am, I would say its just a further purge of a Teitur player. But I'm not suggesting that. Terry hasn't been very good for us lately, and while I hope this is a prelude to something (I can't see this as "addition by subtraction"), this may well be for the best of the team. I wish Terry great success in Toronto, but I hope his team fails miserably. I hate Toronto.
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I’ve always liked Terry, and perhaps I’ve wanted him to be better than he is. It’s probably a good move in the end, but I feel a little sad seeing him go. I hate a deal to TFC though. And too bad he won’t get to play his old team on Tuesday.
Having said that, I can’t wait to get a look at the Caps on Saturday. RSL is a good possession team and a strong midfield is going to be needed to press them and create turnovers. I doubt Jarju will be match fit for a full 90, especially under those conditions, S it will be interesting to see how Soehn puts all these pieces together. The diamond excites me a lot less than a 4-2-3-1 or even a 4-1-3-2 which might make more sense now with Terry gone.
Of note:
As an addendum to this post: a quick count of the players on the Caps roster, with Dunfield already removed, shows us at 30 players, which is the limit. This still includes Akloul, despite reports of his departure.
So, for Jarju to play, someone had to be out. The other thing this means: there can’t be some imminent signing coming down the tracks without another player released / traded / sacrificed to the volcano.
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