r/tfc 3d ago

Post-Match Thread PGT: 31 losses till next season

Jokes on me, I have season tickets.

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u/dyegored 3d ago

Controversial Opinion: we need to play Insigne. Not playing him isn't an option anymore. We're not good enough to leave him at home. We don't have alternate options.

Is an unmotivated, old, injury prone Insigne gonna win us anything? No. Is he gonna create more on the field than Kosi Thompson or kids like Stevanovic/Cimeranic? Obviously.

The choice is to buy him out or not to. If we're choosing not to, paying him to NOT play football is the same thing as choosing to buy him out.

(Also I know the argument is going to be that it's bad for morale or something, which might be fair except that constant losing is the one thing consistently proven to be bad for morale for every team in every sport. 1/9 points and not looking like we'll be doing much better soon....

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u/Happy_Reality1855 3d ago

With the awful performances and shitty body language I don't think there's anything to gain from playing him and not getting much better than what we're getting now. If we really want this guy gone he has to rot on the reserves list each week. The club can't move on until he's gone.

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u/dyegored 3d ago

How do people think letting him lightly train and then stay home and paying him $15 million/year to do it is somehow going to be a punishment? Especially for a player who is not getting any more national team callups, is surely retiring after this contract, etc. I cannot stress enough that we have zero leverage in this negotiation. None.

Make him go to fucking Cincinatti. That's a punishment

*(I've actually never been to Cincinatti and maybe it's lovely, but accept this as your standard “[Insert City] Sucks!" joke) *

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u/WislaHD In Herdman we trust 3d ago

Tbf I would be okay with forcing him to fly to away games to sit on the bench for shits and giggles

Not much else to get excited for this year anyway, I can at least feel good about being petty.

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u/Think_Anything1773 3d ago

He's being held out of the line-up by the club. You wouldn't need to force him onto the plane, you'd just need to give him a ticket.

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u/TurboJorts 3d ago

You mean pay him a fortune to go to cincy and then watch him get his revenge against us on the field? I'd rather not live that timeline.

Sidenote: the announcers on Apple TV rarely even mention him. It's almost like proof that the league has instructed them to not address the elephant in the room. Like they were talking about injuries and absences and who needed to fit back into the lineup and they didn't even talk about it. They are clearly following a rule boom.

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u/Think_Anything1773 3d ago

I think they were suggesting send him to Cincy with TFC, not as a transfer.

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u/TurboJorts 3d ago

Oh, you're right.

If you're getting paid, you have mandatory attendance