Shaka to TFC to open a SI spot AND free up cap space for Denilson?? http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/TorontoFC/2007/07/26/4369796-sun.html "The immediate concern for Johnston is to find a starter for the playoff-contending team. TFC signed Canadian Srdjan Djekanovic from the Vancouver Whitecaps earlier this season to back up Sutton, but the 23-year-old had never started a regular-season game prior to subbing this past month. "Djekanovic has done a good job for us," Johnston said. "But he doesn't have the experience we will need going down the road.""
Dude, I came up with this genius idea months ago. I don't think TFC wants to spend cash on a keeper, though. Plus, Shaka has his green card, so he's not an SI.
Dude, a month ago it was not known that Sutton would be out for the season with a concussion. Now TFC, Mo Johnston, wants an upgrade in their keeper position. A month ago TFC did not think they would need to make this upgrade. My bad on Shaka's SI status. Still would clear a lot of cap space and Shaka would be a good upgrade for TFC.
True, but he was going away to the Gold Cup for 3 weeks and their backup had ZERO experience. If they were going to pull the trigger on a keeper trade, it woudl have been then. I think the league now knows that Shaka is old and broke and that he's not an upgrade to anything other than an even older keeper.
The article clearly states they would like to upgrade NOW. Twice recently TFC started a keeper from the MLS pool that last year was a backup in the USL that got zero minutes in league play. Shaka would be an upgrade for TFC right now, question is while they pay the price. Probably not, but it sure would be nice.
I think the difference is that the gold cup was a brief spell, this is the remainder of the season + playoffs. Maybe a package of shaka & saragosa for picks or something, with dallas paying a portion of his salary?
I am in favor of Shaka being traded but this made me think of another deal? Say Sala and Burse get dinged up (pls don't let this happen) but anyways whom on the team is the "emergency keeper? Goodson I assume but don't really know I know it would depend on whoever is on the field at that moment but best case (out of a worst case here)?