And I assumed 10 bc of that highlight you included. All these spots will probably be juggled when we get to see them line up.
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And I assumed 10 bc of that highlight you included. All these spots will probably be juggled when we get to see them line up.
Good for us, bad for Sands. Ofori slots in with Ring and Herrera in that deeper midfield rotation.
I wonder if there is a $750,000 buy clause at the end of the loan...
I wonder if there is a $750,000 buy clause at the end of the loan...
Ofori but the soccer gods like to be funny to watch it be Ring
I thought PV said in an interview that Sands will be used at both DMid and CB. He’ll get minutes between the two.
First person to provide insight into why Ofori wasn't getting playing time at Stuttgart wins. Ready, go!
EDIT: Encouraging that he remained the starter for the Ghanian National Team during the last year even though he got little time for Stuttgart. He did this last summer:
I loved his profile last year when we were rumored after him, still hopeful he wins a starting spot. Love the competition we have now.
EDIT: Encouraging that he remained the starter for the Ghanian National Team during the last year even though he got little time for Stuttgart. He did this last summer:
I loved his profile last year when we were rumored after him, still hopeful he wins a starting spot. Love the competition we have now.
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After NYCFC lost 4-1 to Columbus, Warshaw went on his old podcast (The Play) with this same bullshit - NYCFC lost because they needed an “American” CB to calm down and deal with the emotion. His examples: Bobby Boswell and *cough* Chris Wingert.
No international player has ever played a knockout tournament? Or went down a man? This is fucking insulting to Callens and Chanot, that they can’t play because they aren’t domestic. Now I know why Mascherano didn’t come to MLS - only an “American” CB can perform! Insulting.
Warshaw used to be good but he’s now just trying to say contrarian shit. He’s awful on the MLS podcast and it’s funny to hear the other guys reaction to his crap.
No one is ever going to convince me that Atlanta's CB pair of LGP and Parkhurst is better for a playoff run then Chanot and Callens.
I feel like this is a example where correlation does not mean causation.
Domestic players are more common at CB because it's a position that the US has generally developed well, and MLS teams have more often focused on spending money on the offensive side of the ball.
And bullshit that Chanot and Callens lack "steel"
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Depends on which player plays the most. During his first season at Kaiserslautern, Ring played in a more attacking position and still didn't score once. In his second season he played as the deepest defensive midfielder and scored six in only 24 appearances. Scoring goals is a matter of self-confidence, and once a player hits the net, he's bound to score more.
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For what it's worth, here's what one Stuttgart fan told me:
"Seems like he wasn't ready for Bundesliga football. Made a horrible pass that cost us the game against Frankfurt. Never made it onto the pitch after that. Looked solid in the second division. Great control of the ball and overall fine technique."
Honestly, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Ring bags 3. He did have some bad shots last year, but he put himself in some really good positions and we saw that he has the ability to shoot with some class as noted by his FK goal for Finland last year.
He also had a few shots from the top of the box that were either deflected or had a nice save. I get why he gets ragged for this as he had quite a few shots that really sailed, but I want him to keep shooting as I don't think he's as terrible a shooter as made out to be.
I'm guessing Ofori is our plan to deal with Herrera leaving. Its been reported Herrera is here on a 2 year loan, if he's gone after this season, would be a great way to just go ahead and plug Ofori in at that spot.
Well, Ofori would be a loan as well, but perhaps the intent is to buy at the end of the year if things work out.
He had a good half season last spring when he helped Stuttgart achieve promotion, but has done nothing since they joined the Bundesliga. He had one appearance for 9 minutes against Frankfurt that is described as a disaster. He seems to be viewed as having given up the winning goal in stoppage time. From what I can tell, he committed a foul that led to a set piece from which they scored. But from watching the video the set piece only succeeded because of a poor clearance followed by poor marking, neither of which he was involved in.
All that is a way of evaluating Stuttgart's intent. They may be looking to get him some minutes somewhere in the hope he will develop further for them, but it might also be that they believe things aren't working out and are looking at this as the first step in a permanent transfer.
Yup, all MLS loans have buy clauses in them.
I'm assuming that there is a much higher intent to buy with Ofori than there is with Herrera. (and that has nothing to do with we wouldn't want to buy Herrera, but CFG wants him back in Europe somewhere)
Also, this is completely unrelated to this thread, but I wanted to touch on this more....
You rightfully pointed out that he wasn't involved in the poor clearance after poor marking so those pieces aren't his fault. But also, I feel like people are often doling out too much blame to the player who fouls in these cases, and the blame really only gets cast out if the set piece results in a goal. This is very revisionist thinking IMO as that same blame isn't cast around if the FK goes into the wall, is saved, skies over the bar, etc. (and just to be clear, I'm not saying that you are doing this yourself).
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