2017 Roster Discussion
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Just curious which players you would use the third DP spot on this window?
I remember when I was that ignorant of sports as a buisness.
CFG regard NYCFC as an investment, not as a money sink. Excluding the Mix move, the front office has proven to be very very savvy in basically all aspects of its operations.
In management's view its likely that they think NYCFC can scrape by enough wins in the first half of the season to not jepordize our chances at the playoffs, or we will be in that situation by the time the first game rolls around. The difference between purchasing in the summer and now is probably a few million dollars, which if we have learned anything from estimates of MLS clubs revenue streams is that a few million dollars is a lot of money.
Why should the owner be willing to splash cash Willy nilly if having a shot at the title means you just need to finish in the top half. While it's probably in our buisness plan to have one of the leagues highest payrolls, there is exactly zero reason to spend more now if it means we have to spend less later.
The MLS needs some time before most promising young kids from Europe are willing to give up their dreams of top tier European stardom for a move here. There may be exceptions. Down south is the better option. I think we will continue to explore that resource as we have done. We may have even gone bigger that way if Pirlo had decided to retire and we had two DP spots to play with.
Last season we spent 18 million on DPs. This season we are spending 12 million with only two DPs and that is probably more than what Atlanta is spending on transfer fees and salary per season on their two DPs.
Because the pats are dominating the steelers?
I'm a friendly guy.
Well, go ahead. But when you lie with dogs...
You can only splash cash on three players in MLS. And two of those players for us is Villa and Pirlo. We can't just spend like Man City on Jesus, Stones, and whoever else they pick up. MLS is tactical and strategic in its spending. When the front office finds the right guy, they'll go after that one guy.
But I agree, we need some more players on our roster to fill out positions and depth. But as previous seasons have told us, it's still early and there's still time to sign players.
How soon is soon? Jack Harrison and Frank Lampard soon? George John soon?
We can splash on our open dp spot I am very aware of the mls rules... plus we should have a lot of tam... only have 2 players on the roster as far as I know
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