2017 SuperDraft - NYCFC Thread

[Ulrich]

I'm of the opinion we should have. That was a sarcastic remark, as I'm known to make from time to time.



Exactly. Responding to Ulrich 's comment that early picks grab the GAs.

I fully believe that if you don't have the #1 or #2 picks to get the guy that fits your system, you definitely take the best GA on the boards. If none are left, and nobody looks like a sure system fit, trade the pick and get something useful beit Garber $$ or picks for the following year. The draft should be all about Cap-friendly players.

 

[Kjbert]

Sean Johnson was apparently a GA that fell to the 4th Round?

 

[LionNYC]

Would NYCFC being the favorite team among combine players give us leverage in trade for picks/players?

https://twitter.com/x/status/818841966083473408

 

[Ulrich]

Would NYCFC being the favorite team among combine players give us leverage in trade for picks/players?

https://twitter.com/x/status/818841966083473408

Possibly if top players made it clear they aren't interested in certain teams. Happens in the NFL, but usually just top picks. Anybody else runs the risk of being labeled problematic and being blacklisted/dropping down the draft order which affects their contract. It's a big risk for a player looking for a job to stick their neck out.

 

[mgarbowski]

Any time you poll 63 people and offer 22 choices, you can't really draw solid conclusions, but I find this interesting anyway. After NYCFC comes Philly, followed by a tie among Columbus, Toronto and Orlando. That's a real mix of city sizes and climates, but they are uniformly East teams. The next 5 are all western, and we don't get the rest of the list, but I wonder if the East/West preference at the top is random or if more prospects are from this side of the country, or what.

 

[roxfontaine]

Would NYCFC being the favorite team among combine players give us leverage in trade for picks/players?

Certainly leverage with the players and their agents.

 

[LionNYC]

The MLS combine players said NYCFC was their favorite team with 17% of the ballot. 17% was also the first place for their most interesting coach, Vieira.

http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/...urvey-favorite-stadium-most-interesting-coach

 

[LionNYC]

Here's my prediction for tomorrow:

NYCFC trade GAM and/or TAM and player to be named later to Atlanta for the 2nd pick and take Miles Robinson, CB from Syracuse (New York's college team, lol) and member of Generation Adidas.

That played to be named later is Josh Saunders (maybe).

Please...

 

[LionNYC]

Hmm, look like Atlanta will need a regular starter until Guzan finishes the Premier League season...Josh Saunders would fit that bill quite well.

http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/...y-have-wait-land-brad-guzan-draft-predictions

 

[Bane]

I get the sense this will be us tomorrow.

 

[LionNYC]

Odd setup. It looks like the team tables are off to the side. Where's the media table and where's the fan going to stand and cheer and boo?

https://twitter.com/x/status/819727260210995200

 

[Bane]

Odd setup. It looks like the team tables are off to the side. Where's the media table and where's the fan going to stand and cheer and boo?

https://twitter.com/x/status/819727260210995200

No need for a prototypical setup when the club will do nothing tomorrow.

 

[Sabo]

Does anybody remember what we got in exchange for trading our 1st round pick to Seattle? I was curious but the MLS link didn't work.

 

[mgarbowski]

Does anybody remember what we got in exchange for trading our 1st round pick to Seattle? I was curious but the MLS link didn't work.

Poku. They had his rights before we signed him. The pick was conditional, and only went to Seattle when we sold him for an amount over a certain threshold.

 

[Sabo]

Poku. They had his rights before we signed him. The pick was conditional, and only went to Seattle when we sold him for an amount over a certain threshold.

Credit to the FO for that trade

 

[Tom in Fairfield CT]

Not as exciting as last two years.

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

Not as exciting as last two years.

Merged with the existing thread. It moved the poll into this one.

 

[LionNYC]

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Claudio Reyna, take my energy and get us a higher draft pick... ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

 

[LionNYC]

UNDER AN HOUR AWAY.

Twitter reports say three teams are confirmed interested in trading for the number one pick while others are looking to trade up.

Who says the SuperDraft isn't exciting?

 

[mgarbowski]

Who says the SuperDraft isn't exciting?

I'm sticking to my position. I might be willing to grant interesting.
Might.