2015 Offseason Megathread

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sbrylski said:
It gets all our stars on the field, but I'm concerned with width in the 4-2-2-2. Look at your right side - if we rely on the fullback going forward to provide width, that side would get absolutely destroyed defensively. Often the attacking midfielders play wider in a 4-2-2-2 to the point they're quasi-wingers. But neither Lampard nor Poku are wide players.
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Bob Bradley had a ton of success with it at the Metrostars when Guevara (not known to play D) was teamed with Gavin (Not known to play D) and Lisi + R.Clark(?) behind them. None of those players are wide players and the outside defenders pushed forward. Not sure if it's the perfect formation, but it's a functional formation.
 
Ulrich said:
Bob Bradley had a ton of success with it at the Metrostars when Guevara (not known to play D) was teamed with Gavin (Not known to play D) and Lisi + R.Clark(?) behind them. None of those players are wide players and the outside defenders pushed forward. Not sure if it's the perfect formation, but it's a functional formation.
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Agreed, you can play the formation with two strong DM. But Pirlo isn't a DM, he's an AM that happens to play in the part of the field where DM's play. So if we bomb up our fullbacks for the width, we get destroyed defensively.
 
JCMore said:
Why couldn't we play a 4-2-2-2?
----Villa-----Mullins----
--lamps--------Poku----
--Mix----------Pirlo----
-4 smart athletic backs-
--------Saunders------
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First, I can't believe that no one has commented at the laughable notion of us having 4 smart athletic backs.

Okay, moving on. I actually think this does one really interesting thing. By adding Mullins to this group we now have (a) the five players we all most want to see on the field in 2016 and (b) the 5 players we may very well most want to see on the field in 2017. Giving Mullins, Villa, Poku, Mix and Pirlo all a season together now will teach them a lot about one another. Invest in the back line this year and let these 6 play up front.

Then in 2017 you can invest in a real CDM and the 5 players returning play in front of that new signee. They have a full year of learning each other's quirks. Meanwhile our "4 smart athletic backs" have also had a year to gel. Oh, and did I mention that we get to sign a new DP?

This I like.
 
Kjbert said:
last year of Lampard and Pirlo
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Did the club get that 3rd yr option for Pirlo? I can't recall if that ended up in the agreement or not. Now that I think about it, was it actually Pirlo's option for a 3rd yr?
 
sbrylski said:
Pirlo isn't a DM, he's an AM that happens to play in the part of the field where DM's play.
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Any time I saw him play before NYCFC he was always behind the midfield, often spending most of the time in his own half. Only rarely pushing up to the opposition half when the play was in their box. His biggest strength was being behind the play, able to ping passes about wherever he saw them. Someone who is an AM is a more athletic, runner arounder like Poku or Hazard or someone.
 
NYCFCfan said:
Ethan White (Philadelphia defender) to NYCFC, terms to be disclosed soon.
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I will fucking freak out if we sent our first super draft pick for that bum. This years draft is a good one.

EDIT: bum is a little harsh but he's not great.
 
NYCFCfan said:
Ethan White (Philadelphia defender) to NYCFC, terms to be disclosed soon.
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When terms are not disclosed, it's because the player being traded for the targeted player (Ethan White) has not been notified yet, and it'd be a bummer if they found out via social media rather than from a team rep or their agent. Somebody is headed out the door......
 
FootyLovin said:
First, I can't believe that no one has commented at the laughable notion of us having 4 smart athletic backs.

Okay, moving on. I actually think this does one really interesting thing. By adding Mullins to this group we now have (a) the five players we all most want to see on the field in 2016 and (b) the 5 players we may very well most want to see on the field in 2017. Giving Mullins, Villa, Poku, Mix and Pirlo all a season together now will teach them a lot about one another. Invest in the back line this year and let these 6 play up front.

Then in 2017 you can invest in a real CDM and the 5 players returning play in front of that new signee. They have a full year of learning each other's quirks. Meanwhile our "4 smart athletic backs" have also had a year to gel. Oh, and did I mention that we get to sign a new DP?

This I like.
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That team doesn't have any defense in the midfield.

Honestly, this team needs to sell Mix and get an Ozzie Alonso clone.

gbservis said:
4th round superdraft pick in 2017 sent.

http://www.nycfc.com/post/2015/12/10/new-york-city-fc-acquire-ethan-white-philadelphia
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I'm okay with that. That's not an unbelievably valuable pick, and the ownership group doesn't have a ton of faith in getting guys out of the Superdraft.

He's decent depth, doesn't cost much, and doesn't take up an international spot. If we're depending on him to be a starter, we're in trouble, but I'm fine with this for depth.
 
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