Cunning Cunningham Arrives, Pesky Esky Departs

By: Sam | May 23rd, 2007

That Mo Johnston really digs trades. The latest, as you may have heard on Ian’s , is one hell of a big one that sends fan favourite Alecko Eskandarian and a first-round draft pick to Salt “Party Central” Lake in exchange for last year’s Golden Boot winner Jeff Cunningham.

What do I think of this trade? I think it’s good. It’s definitely a shame to see Esky go, especially after he scored his first goal last week, but in return, Jeff Cunningham is very, very good as well. What’s more, with stats like sixteen goals and eleven assists last year, as well as three already this year, it’s hard to say you’re opposed to acquiring this guy.

Mo shares the same opinion as I, saying that it was in no way because of Esky’s play that he was traded, but simply a business decision. Esky, on the other hand, was disappointed to be traded, he said he was fitting in quite well.

Category: Player News, Team News, Toronto FC, Transfers & Rumours

Tags: Alecko Eskandarian, Jeff Cunningham, Player News, Real Salt Lake, SuperDraft, Team News, Toronto FC, Trade, Transfers -amp; Rumours

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• soze |  May 24th, 2007 at 6:12 am

  
  
  

  Last night Mo stated in his press conference that Esky was traded because of his playing. 7 games, 1 goal….not good enough.

  He also stated that he doesen’t care that Esky was a fan favourite, the trade was done because “we felt we were getting a better player in Cunningham’. The truth comes out.

  Posted from Canada

  

• Wiz |  May 24th, 2007 at 7:19 am

  
  
  

  I hope you guys enjoy Cunningham. We did while he scored goals but you will soon see why Kries let him go: terrible in the air, doesn’t play well with his back to the goal, has to have near perfect service to his feet or can’t do anything with it but turn it over, doesn’t run at defenders and is caught offsides when his midfield wins the ball back and he is still walking back to get onsides and shows a general lack of hustle. I am sure that his first few matches he will be showing why he was the Golden Boot winner but just wait…there is a reason why he has bounced around.

  Now Sam, I will let your attempt at humor/sarcasm about Salt”party central”Lake pass as just that because at best it shows your ignorance at worst it shows your underlying bigotry…and I like to give people the benefit of the doubt.

  Posted from United States

  

• Sofia |  May 24th, 2007 at 11:43 am

  
  
  

  ok completely off topic but i heard that Juventus is coming to T.O for a friendly aginst TFC

  http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.corriere.com/viewstory.php%3Fstoryid%3D62463%26page%3D1&prev=/search%3Fq%3Djuventus%2BLibero%2Bblog%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den

  i dont know how true it is and that is google translated so its kinda hard to follow but if you wanna take a look…there it is

  Posted from Canada

  

• Sam |  May 24th, 2007 at 12:03 pm

  
  
  

  soze - Of course, Mo is going to go on and say that Cunningham is better, what else can he say? I still think he was fond of Esky, like us all.

  Wiz - Who’s ignorant? The one who makes a quick joke about some of Utah’s self-restriciting and entertainment-denying residents (and don’t think that I’m intolerant and am aiming this towards Mormons) or the one who declares someone a bigot based on two written words?

  Sofia - I tried to read to the best of my abilites that article, but I don’t know how reliable that source is. Of course, that would be awesome, and I will look out for more on that. Thanks for the tip.

  Posted from Canada

  

• Sofia |  May 24th, 2007 at 12:36 pm

  
  
  

  i dont know the reputability of this source either but if it did happen that would be awesome and i would sooo be there haha….

  Posted from Canada

  

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