Fire Mo Johnston

You heard me. What too early? Hasn't even got more than two games into his second season in charge as the new General Manager? I don't care. He's failed already, and in the most important way possible for the supporters of Toronto FC: he didn't bring in one coherent addition (and yes, that includes you too Laruent Robert) to a team that seems to have as much depth as a creepy trailer park wading pool.

Last year at BMO Field, a stadium where Landon Donovan said he could not conceive a home team losing, you could at least leave post-defeat feeling secure that next year some of these assholes would be playing in the USL while we'll be shored up with the assured European quality Mo constantly hinted was on the way. A playmaker or two. A decent midfielder. Defenders with pace who knew how to hold their marker (see the 4-1 loss against DC United last night). A different team basically.

Certainly to some naive fans it looked as if Ronnie O'Brien's departure for allocation money last month, a move that could have only been described as drastic and risky unless Mo had some big name lined up to replace him which we now know he didn't, might bring new and better things. Ronnie was instrumental to our attacking buildup and was one of the few on the team that had both the pace and direction on the counter attack to produce the sort of bona fide chances that were rare for long stretches of last season.

But here we are at the kick-off and we have a bunch of no-name scrips and scraps (excepting Kevin Harmse who was sent off last night and yes, Laurent Robert) that, unless Mo is the Arsene Wenger of the MLS, don't exactly get the pulse racing.

And John Carver? Whose idea was this? When Derby county (!) releases a midfielder who came here specifically to play with Carver (Luton's part-timer, a name that is described in England as 'not highly rated' when it's even recognized at all), you have to wonder if not more is being done to raise our status abroad as a club in search of quality. DC United last were pacier, livelier, more intelligent on the ball. They had players who were able to sidestep our bedpost-like defenders with shocking ease, leading to a two-goal lead after five minutes that can only be described as embarrassing. Toronto FC could not close down, had no communication at the back, and could not even manage a simple one-two with the keeper to boot the ball up field but conceded on my count at least three needless corners, which of course Toronto could not defend. In short, Toronto FC looked like a League Two side playing a Championship team.

Unless the literally-corrupt MLSE is able to recognize we are in a league of talented South American and Mexican players who will eat up lower-tier English cast-offs with ease, this season will likely be much worse than last. And with TFC's new attention, much more embarrassing too...

POST SCRIPT -- Would anyone lead a petition to get Craig Forrest and Gerry Dobson off the RSN telecast? Their 'Captain Canada' routine with the embarrassing over-the-top reactions to every booking against TFC and less than condemnatory comments ("It's gone really bad for Toronto") about what was clearly a complete shambles last night needs to stop...