Jermain Defoe - March 10, 2014

Laba Gone - Pre-Season Defeats

Toronto FC knew he would end up elsewhere, that was the sticking point in an article the Toronto Sun did regarding Matias Laba, really? What do you expect when you add the likes of Cesar, Defoe, Bradley and Gilberto.  They traded Laba for future considerations which are not made public, for that reason it’s hard for fans to see this as a fair deal. Just words taken away with the wind, it would be nice to see what these “considerations” are but I guess it makes sense to get rid of that salary since TFC still has to pay out on injured Bright Dike who will miss the entire season and World Cup 2014 Brazil representing  Nigeria.

Going winless in preseason is concerning, watching a deflating final 4-2 loss against an U-23 Brazilian team is a reason to question what’s going on, sure our golden boy Defoe is over in England (with a hamstring pull), Gilberto is nursing and injury and the coach rested Cesar are the answers but, we have seen this before. The Blue Jays, all the star power and look what happened, a mid level team gets overhauled and in a second becomes the Las Vegas favourite to with the World Series. Now before everyone starts to roll up their sleeves and lash out on me saying soccer isn't baseball lets look at what is expected. We need players to gel together, that’s what this preseason was for and with the injuries and/or international call ups that our DP’s will get will take away from TFC’s bonding. That gelling/bonding will have to take place during the season and cannot afford to piece together team chemistry during that time. I for one really do hope that TFC does not continue to live up to the stigma of Toronto as a joke city for sports.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Toronto teams and am always one to say that our teams with go all the way (jokingly with enthusiasm with and a hint of seriousness) and really do genuinely wish for a strong successful TFC , Raptors, Leafs and Blue Jays season with no more heartache.