Questions For Kreis, Reyna, Pernetti - Lunch

[Steven]

BTW, how did you get in in the first five? Did you wait outside?

Yeah, the store opened at 8am. The first guy in line waited all night, but I got there at 7am and was still 2nd. Then at around 7:30am the 3rd person showed up, and I have no idea who numbers 4 and 5 are... Tim was there to hand us our envelopes with the details.

 

[einwindir]

Yeah, the store opened at 8am. The first guy in line waited all night, but I got there at 7am and was still 2nd. Then at around 7:30am the 3rd person showed up, and I have no idea who numbers 4 and 5 are... Tim was there to hand us our envelopes with the details.

That's awesome....and also sucks for the guy who was there all night. Must've been so cold and lonely. He could've just come at 6:55AM.

 

[quesadiaz]

Maybe ask the guys who they are looking at in terms of the third designated player?

 

[Falastur]

Maybe ask the guys who they are looking at in terms of the third designated player?

He could ask, but they wouldn't be likely to say. Stuff like this tends to be bound in confidentiality clauses, and publicly discussing your transfer strategy also tends to attract the interest of other clubs who want to steal the player from under your nose. It's why you rarely hear more than "Player Name is someone we like, but we have a lot of options" and so on.

 

[grandsolo]

Just let them know that the hysteria in the FL situation came from the fact that they seemed "weak" during these last few weeks. Since most NYCers relationship with CFG is so recent, we need our guys (Jason and Claudio) to look like they're fully in charge.

Jason answers to Claudio, Claudio answers to Ferran

 

[D_RoyJenkins]

Ask them about the stadium situation.

 

[LostAnvil]

Maybe ask them who they're looking forward to playing this season the most. They might have an idea as to who they'll match up well against, even with an incomplete roster.

 

[Section1Guy]

The guy who waited all night was tweeting out pictures and stuff through the night. It was pretty cool.

 

[Steven]

So, as expected, the lunch was great, but not too much information could be gathered that we don't already know. Here's a list of highlights:

• Intro:
  • I had the steak..
    
  • Tim couldn't make it, so just Claudio and Jason were in attendance with 4/5 contest winners.
• Stadium:
  • A whole lot of stadium talk happened. One of the other winners is a huge Pier 40 activist who wants nothing more than to revive the entire Pier with a soccer arena. He knew a lot about the ins and outs of the politics surrounding the site and educated Claudio and Jason, seemingly grasping their interest and attention.
  • When asked what his ideal stadium site would be Jason pointed out that the ideal sites are not the possible ones. He turned the question around and asked what our ideal sites are. Discussion flowed and nothing new was revealed.
    
  • I asked Jason about cup matches at Yankee Stadium. He admitted that YS would definitely not work and that they're still working out where they'll play these matches. No solid plans yet.
• Priorities:
  • Claudio explained NYCFC's progress as "leaps" instead of "steps" and that right now the Starting 11 is the priority. Academy and youth development is down the road, but not the highest priority at the moment.
• Expansion Draft:
  • When the Expansion Draft was brought up, Jason said he couldn't be happier. Also mentioned that a lot of behind-the-scenes politics were involved with deals between teams regarding player protection or player selection.
• Frank Lampard:
  • I asked about Lampard, phrasing it in terms of "When will we hear news?" and Jason responded that he thought news should've broken by now. Take that as you will.
• Home Jersey:
  • I also asked about the home jersey fan reactions. Claudio seemed to agree with my personal view of "What did you expect?". He is very adamant about the fact that we are a part of City Football Group and MCFC, NYCFC, and Melbourne City are all part of this collective identity. He's a fan of the sky blue color but also said that there will definitely be room to grow and change it up in the future. He's glad the club had a larger role in designing the away kit.
• First Game:
  • When I asked Jason what he thought about playing Orlando City in the 1st game of the league, he said he was happy about it. He actually does expect them to sell-out or close-to-sell-out their stadium for the opener. He also mentioned that he preferred that we didn't play them at the Charleston Battery Challenge Cup, but that regardless of what people say, NYCFC's first game will be the league match in Orlando, not anything played before then.
• MCFC Academy:
  • We'll likely get only 1 player this season, if any.

That's all I've got. If I remember anything else I'll edit my post, but thanks for your help in thinking up questions! Hope you enjoy the write-up.

 

[Gene]

Sounded like it was a great afternoon with a lot of straight talk and no bull spit. Thanks for sharing.

 

[franchise646]

So, as expected, the lunch was great, but not too much information could be gathered that we don't already know. Here's a list of highlights:

• Intro:
  • I had the steak..
    
  • Tim couldn't make it, so just Claudio and Jason were in attendance with 4/5 contest winners.
• Stadium:
  • A whole lot of stadium talk happened. One of the other winners is a huge Pier 40 activist who wants nothing more than to revive the entire Pier with a soccer arena. He knew a lot about the ins and outs of the politics surrounding the site and educated Claudio and Jason, seemingly grasping their interest and attention.
  • When asked what his ideal stadium site would be Jason pointed out that the ideal sites are not the possible ones. He turned the question around and asked what our ideal sites are. Discussion flowed and nothing new was revealed.
    
  • I asked Jason about cup matches at Yankee Stadium. He admitted that YS would definitely not work and that they're still working out where they'll play these matches. No solid plans yet.
• Priorities:
  • Claudio explained NYCFC's progress as "leaps" instead of "steps" and that right now the Starting 11 is the priority. Academy and youth development is down the road, but not the highest priority at the moment.
• Expansion Draft:
  • When the Expansion Draft was brought up, Jason said he couldn't be happier. Also mentioned that a lot of behind-the-scenes politics were involved with deals between teams regarding player protection or player selection.
• Frank Lampard:
  • I asked about Lampard, phrasing it in terms of "When will we hear news?" and Jason responded that he thought news should've broken by now. Take that as you will.
• Home Jersey:
  • I also asked about the home jersey fan reactions. Claudio seemed to agree with my personal view of "What did you expect?". He is very adamant about the fact that we are a part of City Football Group and MCFC, NYCFC, and Melbourne City are all part of this collective identity. He's a fan of the sky blue color but also said that there will definitely be room to grow and change it up in the future. He's glad the club had a larger role in designing the away kit.
• First Game:
  • When I asked Jason what he thought about playing Orlando City in the 1st game of the league, he said he was happy about it. He actually does expect them to sell-out or close-to-sell-out their stadium for the opener. He also mentioned that he preferred that we didn't play them at the Charleston Battery Challenge Cup, but that regardless of what people say, NYCFC's first game will be the league match in Orlando, not anything played before then.
• MCFC Academy:
  • We'll likely get only 1 player this season, if any.

That's all I've got. If I remember anything else I'll edit my post, but thanks for your help in thinking up questions! Hope you enjoy the write-up.

Fantastic thanks I'm also a big advocate for pier 40 and I'm cool with maybe only 1 player form MCFC academy. Give a shot to get other young S.Amercians that we can keep on the team for a while.

 

[MikeDatTiger]

Wait, only 1 player from the Academy if any? That's enormously disappointing.

 

[Goodfella]

Wait, only 1 player from the Academy if any? That's enormously disappointing.

Some of that may have to do with them taking up International spots. just a thought

 

[MikeDatTiger]

Some of that may have to do with them taking up International spots. just a thought

But we have those a plenty at the moment.

 

[Goodfella]

I think each club has 8 but you can trade for more. In the future, as MLS and NYCFC further develop, you'll see more but at the moment their academy players are probably better off over there for development purposes

 

[SFphoto]

Sounds like an awesome time.

But I have to agree with above: only one MCFC academy player is a disappointment. Especially after Reyna is playing up the CFG partnership.

 

[einwindir]

So, as expected, the lunch was great, but not too much information could be gathered that we don't already know. Here's a list of highlights:

• Intro:
  • I had the steak..
    
  • Tim couldn't make it, so just Claudio and Jason were in attendance with 4/5 contest winners.
• Stadium:
  • A whole lot of stadium talk happened. One of the other winners is a huge Pier 40 activist who wants nothing more than to revive the entire Pier with a soccer arena. He knew a lot about the ins and outs of the politics surrounding the site and educated Claudio and Jason, seemingly grasping their interest and attention.
  • When asked what his ideal stadium site would be Jason pointed out that the ideal sites are not the possible ones. He turned the question around and asked what our ideal sites are. Discussion flowed and nothing new was revealed.
    
  • I asked Jason about cup matches at Yankee Stadium. He admitted that YS would definitely not work and that they're still working out where they'll play these matches. No solid plans yet.
• Priorities:
  • Claudio explained NYCFC's progress as "leaps" instead of "steps" and that right now the Starting 11 is the priority. Academy and youth development is down the road, but not the highest priority at the moment.
• Expansion Draft:
  • When the Expansion Draft was brought up, Jason said he couldn't be happier. Also mentioned that a lot of behind-the-scenes politics were involved with deals between teams regarding player protection or player selection.
• Frank Lampard:
  • I asked about Lampard, phrasing it in terms of "When will we hear news?" and Jason responded that he thought news should've broken by now. Take that as you will.
• Home Jersey:
  • I also asked about the home jersey fan reactions. Claudio seemed to agree with my personal view of "What did you expect?". He is very adamant about the fact that we are a part of City Football Group and MCFC, NYCFC, and Melbourne City are all part of this collective identity. He's a fan of the sky blue color but also said that there will definitely be room to grow and change it up in the future. He's glad the club had a larger role in designing the away kit.
• First Game:
  • When I asked Jason what he thought about playing Orlando City in the 1st game of the league, he said he was happy about it. He actually does expect them to sell-out or close-to-sell-out their stadium for the opener. He also mentioned that he preferred that we didn't play them at the Charleston Battery Challenge Cup, but that regardless of what people say, NYCFC's first game will be the league match in Orlando, not anything played before then.
• MCFC Academy:
  • We'll likely get only 1 player this season, if any.

That's all I've got. If I remember anything else I'll edit my post, but thanks for your help in thinking up questions! Hope you enjoy the write-up.

Thanks for the update!