Post by Yohan » Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:42 pm

SM wrote: Thanks for the updates Yohan.



He signed a contract with QPR and I would expect him to honour it. If he stays, then he will leave with my best wishes whether we stay up or go down at the end of the season.



For the record, I think he will do a great job for Toronto.

Unfortunately I don't have access to the main forum so I can't answer some questions directly but anyways.As a Toronto FC supporter, it's not ideal. Even if Ryan Nelsen joined Toronto right now, he'd be basically fed through a firehose as he learns the intricacies of MLS. MLS is a strange beast with complex set of rules and international coaches rarely do well. (Last international manager to win the MLS Cup is Gary Smith, now at Stevenage)There is a college draft coming up that is crucial next week. Right after around 20th or so, pre season starts with MLS season begins 2 March.But this season is expected to be a rebuilding season for TFC. We finished last previous season and it would be great to make the playoffs this season. We have couple of decent players (by MLS standards) in our books with Torsten Frings (retiring after this season), former Dutch international striker Danny Koevermans who is recovering from a serious injury right now, Eric Hassli who some of you may have seen scoring cracker of goals on youtube. Also Darren O'Dea, former Man U youth product Richard Eckersley, Ipswich town winger Reggie Lambe. Just haven't had the time for these lads to jell together as a team due to rather toxic situation in the front office.So the fact that Nelsen won't be joining TFC full time until May is not ideal, but it's not going to kill TFC.Anyways, best of luck on your relegation fight.PS: We still sing the Danny Dichio song on 23:13 mark of every home game. Danny Dichio is still a club legend in Toronto, and he currently coaches U18 youth team for TFC.