Gerba Lashes out.. nice

 I really did not like the way TFC handled Ali Gerba. I felt like he was never given a real chance to prove himself with the team. Or maybe I feel like he never really had a solid chance to prove himself to the fans. It was a shame they way TFC let him go. In fact it is a real shame the way they handle all the players on the team.

Brian Edwards was released the day before the first game. Greg Sutton once a hero in Toronto, just let go like a fart in the wind. I felt Danny Dichio was forced into retirement. Alecko Eskandarian had a player blog on the TFC official website and he was supposed to be the go to guy for the team. He wore the red with pride and was brushed away with no thought at all. Jeff Cunningham struggled to find his way with the team and was forced out. Tébily came to play with us but was forced out with an injury... or was he? Rohan Ricketts was outspoken and forced out of town. Beloved Carl Robinson was shown no respect just the door. The list goes on and on and on. Who knows what the real story is with Jimmy Brennan. It was nice to see this interview yesterday Kristian Jack from "The Score" (footy blog) had with Gerba.

No holds barred. Unfortunately that wont change Ali's situation but it may shake up the front office in Toronto. There is a valuable lesson to be learned here for MLSE. Start treating the players with respect. There is NOT an never ending supply of these guys and its only a matter of time before players around the world realize there time would be spent better with another team.

Mo... tee heee

I was paruzzing Youtube vids last night. I found a nice little video of Mo Johnston scoring goals for Celtic.

Mo must go signs

I didn't notice it when i was at the game but I guess a few fellas wanted to express to Mo what they think of him. Some signs were Confiscated and it looks like Paul Bierne (Toronto FC’s senior director of business operations) who frequents the RPB forums has admitted to the mistake. The Toronto Sun has a story about it this morning in the paper.

Story can be found below


Toronto FC is apologetic after angry fans filled the Internet message boards Thursday night and Friday over banners critical of Mo Johnston that were confiscated at the entrance gates.

“Mo must go” — a call for the dismissal of director of soccer Mo Johnston, was a popular theme.

read more here

Ilia Javorijan.. who is he?

I know this is very boring news but not much of anything exciting is happening right now. Unless you want to hear about how I am doing in FIFA10 on my DS. I think the people at EA sports screwed up when they added Vitti to the game cause the man is on fire in my game. Nothing like the real player. anyways..

Today I read on the IMscouting website that this fella Ilia Javorijan is headed for Toronto for a Trial with TFC. It seems he is over paid and no good so his current team Maccabi Tel Aviv wants to get rid of him. I can only assume that Mo Johnston see's the resemblance to Danny Dichio and has decided he would be a good replacement for the big bald man. I don't think Mo has taken into consideration that Ilia's name is probably not song friendly.

If you want to check out the article it is at the IMscouting site. Here is a clip of the story

MLS side Toronto FC have handed a 10-day trial to Armenian striker Ilia Javorijan , starting from February 8th.

The 28-year-old target man has been plying his trade in Israel since 2004, and this season he has been a major disappointment for Maccabi Tel Aviv despite scoring 4 goals in 10 league appearances.

According to reports in Israel, Maccabi Tel Aviv are trying to get rid of the striker who doesn't wish to play for other sides in the country and prefers a move abroad.

Javorijan has been playing for Israeli sides Hapoel Petach Tikva, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Irony Kiriat Shmona and Bnei Sachnin before moving to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the summer of 2008 for $515k. His contract runs out in the coming summer.