2018 Expansion Draft Thread - LAFC Selections

[EganSoccerWords]

Worth clarifying the official rules now that we know them.

• Each team may protect 11 players.
• Homegrown players and Generation Adidas players who have not graduated from that program are automatically protected and do not count against the 11.
• Clubs must protect at least 3 of their international players.

The rules are basically the same as what derek_villa posted at the top of the thread, except that I think he was mistaken in how the international players are treated. The rules say the most international players that a team can make available equals that team's total number of international players minus three. That's a more confusing way of saying each team needs to protect at least 3 international players.

Reading that sentence again made my brain hurt.

 

[Christopher Jee]

Here is my Protection List

1. David Villa
2. Maxi Moralez
3. Jack Harrison (assumes he is graduated from GA)
4. Alexander Ring
5. Sean Johnson
6. Alexander Callens
7. Maxime Chanot
8. Ronald Matarrita
9. Ben Sweat
10. Andraz Struna
11. Yangel Herrera (if he's coming back, otherwise, Ethan White)

Automatically protected: Lewis and Sands

This leaves the following players exposed.

1. Allen
2. Awuah
3. Brillant
4. Camargo
5. Gomez
6. Johansen
7. Lopez
8. Mena
9. Okoli
10. Rawls
11. Shelton
12. Stertzer
13. Wallace
14. White (or Herrera)

Would only swap Wallace for Maxi. I love Maxi, I just think we have a better chance of making more out of a DP slot / 2M than we do of finding better value than Rodney at 220K. That depends a lot on what we are planning to add in 2018 though.

 

[EganSoccerWords]

Would only swap Wallace for Maxi. I love Maxi, I just think we have a better chance of making more out of a DP slot / 2M than we do of finding better value than Rodney at 220K. That depends a lot on what we are planning to add in 2018 though.

Struna makes the most sense to leave unprotected IMHO. He likely goes unpicked and he's on an option year. Since FIFA, doesn't recognize options, he can walk if picked. I don't know if he is the solution at RB or worth 150k either.

 

[Christopher Jee]

Struna makes the most sense to leave unprotected IMHO. He likely goes unpicked and he's on an option year. Since FIFA, doesn't recognize options, he can walk if picked. I don't know if he is the solution at RB or worth 150k either.

I'm pretty impressed so far, on limited playing time to build fluency. I just don't know who else we could get. Not very attuned to those markets. Maybe we have some FM18 experts out there who can chime in. But I expect they tend to spend most of their time on FM.

 

[Gotham Gator]

It would also leave our Tummy exposed

Yep. Was working from derek_villa ’s original lists, from which he is also missing. Have fixed it.

Tummy is exposed.

 

[Kjbert]

You absolutely have to leave Maxi and Struna unprotected.

I'm not entirely convinced he's that much better than RJ Allen in the limited amount we've seen him. He's an international player and he's replacement level.

Maxi won't be picked by LAFC because they have plans for 3 DPs. It's a waste to protect him.

 

[mgarbowski]

You absolutely have to leave Maxi and Struna unprotected.

I'm not entirely convinced he's that much better than RJ Allen in the limited amount we've seen him. He's an international player and he's replacement level.

Maxi won't be picked by LAFC because they have plans for 3 DPs. It's a waste to protect him.

Do we know whether Maxi has a no-trade clause. I expect he does but don't think we know. If he does, he is automatically protected and counts as one of the 11.

 

[adam]

Do we know whether Maxi has a no-trade clause. I expect he does but don't think we know. If he does, he is automatically protected and counts as one of the 11.

And if not, then K Kjbert is correct. The proper strategy is to leave him unprotected, since we know LAFC won’t use a DP on him. I mean who could be so foolish to sign him for $2mm in a capped league?

 

[EganSoccerWords]

There are other lockerroom factors you have to think about as well. Regardless of what you feel about Maxi's contract situation, he is going to be on the team next year and we need him to perform. Not protecting him so you can protect a bench player who also will not get picked, doesn't seem like a great move for me.

 

[Kjbert]

There are other lockerroom factors you have to think about as well. Regardless of what you feel about Maxi's contract situation, he is going to be on the team next year and we need him to perform. Not protecting him so you can protect a bench player who also will not get picked, doesn't seem like a great move for me.

If he's not professional enough to take his overpaid contract and suck it up, they should get rid of him anyway

 

[EganSoccerWords]

If he's not professional enough to take his overpaid contract and suck it up, they should get rid of him anyway

Unforunately, if you have ever managed people, thats not how people work.

 

[Kjbert]

Unforunately, if you have ever managed people, thats not how people work.

In my world, if you are my second highest paid employee and my 7th most productive employee, you're probably going to get fired

 

[The Toe]

I think we'd be foolish to leave Struna unprotected. He's a UEFA starting RB who had 2 months to get into the system without our a bunch of our best defensive players.

 

[EganSoccerWords]

In my world, if you are my second highest paid employee and my 7th most productive employee, you're probably going to get fired

Yeah but he's not.

 

[EganSoccerWords]

I think we'd be foolish to leave Struna unprotected. He's a UEFA starting RB who had 2 months to get into the system without our a bunch of our best defensive players.

By UEFA you mean Scottish Premier League RB whose team was not Celtic and decided to not resign him.

 

[Kjbert]

Yeah but he's not.

Yes. He is.

 

[EganSoccerWords]

Yes. He is.

He's not getting fired.

LAFC also just signed a RB on loan from FC Basel with an option to buy : https://www.kingfut.com/2017/11/18/exclusive-omar-gaber-heading-mls/

 

[Kjbert]

He's not getting fired.

LAFC also just signed a RB on loan from FC Basel with an option to buy : https://www.kingfut.com/2017/11/18/exclusive-omar-gaber-heading-mls/

I thought you were saying he wasn't our second most expensive player

 

[SoupInNYC]

I thought you were saying he wasn't our second most expensive player

He wasn't.

 

[Kjbert]

He wasn't.

One player makes more than Maxi does at the moment. For now