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Same here. He's a pretty good player who is in a pretty bad place right now

He also scored in Croatia, at a reasonable clip, in a pretty weak team that probably didn't generate many chances.

Also, he flourishes in CLB playing "the city way", because no team in MLS plays "the city way" more than this version of CLB. Nagbe is the ultimate city-style player at an MLS level. We don't even dominate possession anymore, and when we have it, we are plodding and don't know what to do with...

He's behaving like a guy with self-belief and an absolute pro (even while finishing like an amateur), and he has many good qualities, so hopefully he'll turn it around at least a bit.

It could have been worse. ATL had a number of clear chances, and we rarely put them against the ropes. For me, the Bakrar situation is more sad than infuriating, because he really works his ass off. He created several half-chances just out of sheer effort. Same for Santi. But the rest of the...

And if you put that together with his shipping out of Malte A. (who cost 1.3M, was sold at a loss to Columbus for 500K funny money and is now valued at 3M) it leaves us looking quite incompetent under Cushing, Lee et al. Just sayin'

Yeah, maybe it should be 10. My point is that there are a bunch of teams that are clearly heavy-hitters and are the ones that consistently get to WC and Euros and CopaAmerica finals and semifinals, plus other teams that fly truly high for a while like Croatia and Belgium in the last 10-15 years...

I would actually say the opposite. Quite often it is frustrating to watch the US against teams that are clearly inferior, the Honduras, Iran and Bolivia-level teams, because the talent gap is not as wide as we would like to think, and the US in general is not creative enough to break down a...

That truly depends on nationality and age. For me, Acosta and Orellanos were a cut above last night, but Argentina senior team will never call them. Our call ups were for low-rated national teams and juniors, and Bakrar, who is Gx elite but rarely scores

The effort was nice and there were no brain farts or embarrassing moments, but we didn't hang in there unless we were hanging for a 0-0. Cincy carried the initiative and had all the clear chances. I see their reported Gx as 1.2 and it seems low, I guess because the offside goal doesn't count as...

We're not good at parking the bus, but if we get a result tonight with such a reduced squad it'll be positively heroic

Since there seems to be no massive uproar from the fanbases, it looks quite likely that we'll spend several more weeks with the scab referees. MLS/PRO are not going to back down if they don't have to. As a negotiating tactic, doing a work stoppage and the realizing that you can be replaced with...

I was also puzzled by the 52 min offside call. There was only 1 camera angle, but he looked to be 2 yards behind the defender

Also, the bulk of what makes a 9 being truly elite is the chance creation because (correct me if I'm wrong) the Gx will not compute a promising cross that was blocked by a defender instead of headed or kicked by an offensive player. So a striker who tends to be nowhere near the crosses would not...

NYCFC had acquired Gabi for 5.5M and sold him for 10M barely a year later. It was the kind of profit they couldn't say no to. From Gabi's perspective his salary was probably also increased 2x or 3x so he would also be eager to go.

I was also puzzled by the argument that the turf was difficult to manage for our players. On the one hand there was the visual evidence: there were many instances of them under-hitting the ball, or being surprised by bounces, or by the way the ball was rolling, etc. OTOH, isn't it true that...

One of the Twitter posts had his stats from the Serbian league and it was like one goal or assist every 70 min, which for an 18 y.o is amazing, even in a subpar league. The YouTube highlights are also eye-popping. So let's be excited

I also wonder about the young guys who get transferred from MLS to Europe at 21 or 22 but don't succeed enough to warrant a long career at the top level, if they would consider coming back? For example, both Taty and Yangel are doing fine but not setting the world on fire. Neither will ever play...

This would be a very promising deal if it comes through. On the one hand he is extremely young but OTOH he is leading the line for a big local club in Serbia and has 1 goal or assist every 60 minutes, that's impressive in terms of potential and maturity.

We are generally aiming higher. There's an obviously higher ceiling for a 10+ million 18-year old (Mijatovic) than for a 2mill 22 year old (Bakrar). I find it exciting, but it's obviously unbalanced for the lack of more veteran leadership. Also, the whole league is investing more across the...