No Walker, Tennyson? The Merc is reporting in Wednesday's editions that Yallop won't ask Jonny Walker to join the Quakes and that the team is unlikely to sign McKinley Tennyson (link upcoming) I'm a little surprised ....... so who would we use the supplemental pick on, then?
I'm secretly hoping they don't pick up Tennyson because I'd love to see him end up back with the Timbers. Hey, a fan's gotta dream.
It has to be a forward. Losing Ariel, Lucci and now Devin puts us in a hole offensively. We simply MUST add another attacker. I've had bad vibes that Tennyson would turn out to be another Junior Agogo. Size up front would be great, but we need someone with composure. If the Brian Ching rumor is correct, then I'd be mighty disappointed. Both Ching and Mullen were borderline Galaxy subs......who's next, Chris Albright?
I heard about the same thing, Ringo... Walker and SJ couldn't come to an agreement on the terms of a contract - so it's not going to work out... Too bad... I think Walker could have been very good for the team and I think he definitely showed his potential on Sunday in the match..
No Walker, Tennyson? I think it's a little more than a rumor that it's Brian Ching. That info came from Steven Goff--the Washington Post's soccer writer. SG is very accurate and gets a lot of scoops (not just about DCU). He also posts on Big Soccer when his articles don't get into the Post's edition. I suspect that SJ and DCU got to talking. The talks probably started along the lines of "what could we give you (DCU) if you'd take Brian Ching with the first pick in the supplemental draft?" and went from there until it ended up with the Barclay deal. And, if this is any hope for y'all, I haven't seen a list of people on the supplemental list and even if it is out there, that list can change until Feb. 28th (the date of the draft). I'm very surprised about passing on Walker though. I'd guess that it is cap-related. Walker beat out the Chilean National Team GK with Catolica (Nelson P***** my mind is drawing a blank now) and Chilean soccer ain't bad either.
I don't see why Frank would have moved to #1 spot on the draft for Brian Ching. He will be there later if they want to pick him. I think Frank will be going for a ...... goalkeeper on the draft! Maybe this is the "mystery" defender he is working on??? There is one (the only one) on the list that he is most likely very interested in and wanted to secure the #1 spot to get him! Who is this GK - ex-Canadian national keeper and last season playing in A-league. Good keeper. And cheaper than Walker (or Jordan) Here is the infor I found on him on the Canadian soccer site: Pat Onstad Born: January 13, 1968 (Vancouver, BC) Height: 6'4" Weight: 220 Ibs Position: Goalkeeper Club: Rochester Raging Rhinos Caps: 34 Shutouts: 15 World Cup Team debut: February 18, 1988 vs Bermuda (0-0) Internationals: 1988 vs Bermuda, Peru, Colombia, Jamaica (2), Greece (2), Trinidad & Tobago; 1993 vs USA, South Korea, Martinique; 1995 vs Portugal, Chile; 1998 vs Macedonia; 1999 vs Guatemala (2), Iran, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Haiti, El Salvador, Cuba, Jamaica; 2000 vs Trinidad and Tobago (3), Honduras, Cuba (2), Panama (2), Mexico (2); 2001 vs Egypt Last game played for Canada: April 24, 2001 vs Egypt (0-3) - LG Cup Last Shutout: November 15, 2000 vs Mexico (0-0) - World Cup Qualifying Semi-Final Round Last goal allowed: April 24, 2001 vs Egypt (0-3) - LG Cup Backed up Lars Hirschfeld against the United States on January 18, 2003 ... Backed up Lars Hirschfeld against Scotland on October 15, 2002 ... Named MVP of the Rochester Rhinos in 2002 ... Backed up Lars Hirschfeld against Switzerland on May 15, 2002 ... Backed up Craig Forrest at the Confederations Cup... Allowed three goals against Egypt on April 24... Earned his 15th shutout in a 0-0 draw with Mexico on November 15 ... Was the starting goalkeeper in all eight of Canada's WCQ games in 2000 ... Posted shutouts in both WCQ games against Cuba ... Played his first WCQ game on June 4 against Cuba, 48 hours after getting married ... Allowed a goal in a 2-1 win over Honduras on May 30 ... Backed up Forrest at the 2000 Gold Cup ... Is currently third in all-time appearances by a Canadian goalkeeper ... Has allowed 31 goals in 33 internationals and has posted 15 clean sheets (third best all-time) ... Played in nine of Canada's 10 games in 1999, posting a 5-3-1 record. I think this would be a great pick up.
No Walker, Tennyson? Much better than Jon Conway. I think we need to keep Jon as a sub, and get someone else in the goal.
It's official, Frank Yallop is on magic mushrooms. Pass on Walker for "wrong way" Conway? Discard Tennyson for...who? No Graziani up front. DeRo? A great sub but non productive as a starter. Levesque? Out for six months due to injury. Devin? Gone to DC in the trade. Ching? You have got to be kidding me, this guy would have been around when we got to our first pick any way. So we have Donovan and ? up front. Whoopee!
No Walker, Tennyson? Yesterday, it looked like this season was salvageable, now, if we don't get Walker and Tennyson...I'm back to not so sure. C'mon Frankie, time to pull some magic.
No Walker, Tennyson? maybe Claudio Caniggia? http://www.planetfootball.com/article.asp?id=132365&cpid=14&title=Caniggia+hints+at+USA+move
Re: No Walker, Tennyson? Somehow, I'm a little suspicious of this one. Also, according to the article, he has such wonderful things to say about MLS, like "However, I have a better offer in terms of the standard of football, so I may take that option."
Here's the link to the Mercury article today. I'm editing the thread title a little so that it indicates the Merc article's here and we don't need another thread specifically about that... http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/soccer/5162592.htm Note: the leadin blurb is about USA-Wales, but the rest is Quakes notes.
No Walker, Tennyson? i said maybe... seems like more and more players (Pires, Caniggia) are saying "maybe I will go to America" as their bargaining point.....
Questions I am new to big soccer, this is my first post so be gentle. I am really wondering what Frank is thinking. Letting go of the poacher Ariel to me was no big deal, when Landon came back they did not pair well at all. DeRois good, real good, but i agree he is a super sub, I can't see him with the pace that I always see in hime for 90 minutes, especially with a broken foot. Barcley, never really would have happened. Tennyson, hey, lets just hope that if we don't sign him ( 1: 1,000,000,000) that he ends up being like Agogo, just speed. One question though, lets just say that Alvarez turns out to be a God send, because he is a P-40 player, won't that limit his pitch time? I thought there was a rule somewhere.
So the Quakes have basically used an allocation to get Brian Ching and possibly a draft pick in two years. Great job guys!
Re: No Walker, Tennyson? There are no words, there are simply no words... I will hold out in the hope that this is all a massive smokescreen by Yallop, to both misdirect other MLS coaches from the players in which he is truly interested, and save cap room for those unbelievable discovery signings that are coming in. If not, put me in l_d_b's "visibly upset" camp.
One thing I can say with certainty: I'm soooooooo glad most BS regulars are not in the Quakes' management structure. Sure, Walker and Tennyson (especially the latter) might be able to help the team. But many posters here had these two making the team based on a pretty good performance against a PURE CRAP Shenhua side last Sunday. Regarding the keepers, I know a lot of you want Conway gone or at least kept on the bench. But it's not his fault he only had one chance the other day. To assume Walker is "better" because the Quakes let Shenhua get off a few shots in the second half is ludicrous. I was hoping Walker would stay around so he and Conway could duel throughout training camp and give Yallop a better idea who to start, but if this guy's attitude is even close to things I've heard, good riddance. I still think Yallop may be going after Tennyson. But if he doesn't, assume he knows what he's doing. Getting rid of Barclay was a good start, too. Frank will definitely be doing something with that supp draft pick. Hell, I would have traded Barclay for a six-pack of warm Coors and a torn up goal net.