2019 Roster Discussion

[JayH]

This could mean that our true striker is still coming this summer, and in the meantime we get a talented Brazilian who can play striker or wing. How do our coffers look for that?

 

[Ulrich]

This could mean that our true striker is still coming this summer, and in the meantime we get a talented Brazilian who can play striker or wing. How do our coffers look for that?

Better once Medina is sold for the GAM. I wonder if MCFC would pay a transfer fee to take Dome mid-contract?

 

[BxLio91]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1108155602830872577

 

[Midas Mulligan]

They go 4-2-3-1 and he's more like a wide left attacking mid and they also go 4-3-3 where he's more of a left winger but he tends to play like a left forward/ss at times making runs into the box. Maybe we need someone making that run, because there's no one up there besides Mitrita dribbling through 3 players. It's looking an awful like how Villa would play, but he ain't Villa. I'm trying to figure out where the help comes from. I don't see it. Unless Ring plays higher. That's all I got.

I mean, if they both start wide, wtf good does that do anyone? More people for Maxi to run into?

After 3 games, our most common attacking move is tripping one’s teammate.

 

[ZYanksRule]

My complaint isn't with the end result, I think the FO deserves credit for bringing in a number of high quality players. We have some misses but all teams do. My criticism is the timelines with which they do things for both player acquisition and even simple information dissemination seem to take considerably longer than other team in the MLS. At times it puts us at a competitive disadvantage like when we added Maxi late into camp or this year when we started the season without a single CF on the roster. If most other teams in the MLS can have their players signed and their rosters set earlier in the offseason preferably before the start of camp I think it's reasonable to question why our FO consistently fails to do the same. That's before we even touch the information piece where we seem to be last to release every piece of information that other mls teams seem to have no problem getting out well before us.

I would make the argument that their player acquisition and information release have nothing to do with each other. The way they delay announcements is frustrating, but that's a PR question vs a sporting question

 

[NickA]

I mean, if they both start wide, wtf good does that do anyone? More people for Maxi to run into?

After 3 games, our most common attacking move is tripping one’s teammate.

I'm advocating a Maxi departure

 

[NickA]

Pato anyone?

29 y/o announced he’s done in China... could be TAM contract

The more I think about this, the more I like it. He will be closer to home and still plays with the national team. Don't think we can swing it though.

 

[Kjbert]

No one is paying more than $4 million for Medina. There will be no GAM.

 

[Joe_Cos]

Is there someway to bring this rumor back to life? https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/08/17/report-patrick-vieiras-nice-make-bid-nycfcs-jesus-medina

 

[Christopher Jee]

Even Christopher Jee is starting to worry....

For some reason I mostly find it really funny.

Rumor comes in, everybody gets excited about the fact that they're taller than 5'5" and then we find out they're a left winger and not a striker. If anything he seems to play even deeper than Mitri.

At least we know he gets back on D.

 

[Midas Mulligan]

we know he gets back on D.

D is for drugs. And there’s never enough if you’re an NYCFC fan.

 

[Christopher Jee]

D is for drugs. And there’s never enough if you’re an NYCFC fan.

How is this compatible with your belief that one can't selectively numb emotion? I guess if your signature specifically refers to NYCFC fans.

 

[Midas Mulligan]

How is this compatible with your belief that one can't selectively numb emotion? I guess if your signature specifically refers to NYCFC fans.

How is it not compatible?

 

[Christopher Jee]

How is it not compatible?

Lol, it implies that drugs have some effect on selectively numbing emotion (granted my interpretation on the nature of the effect).

 

[Shwafta]

So isi posted pictures of him at camp on Instagram. If he really did hurt his ankle for Sunday, could it have healed that quickly? Or could it be some thing deeper and they just called it a "hurt ankle"?

 

[Kjbert]

Why isn’t Mitri lined up as a LS in a 4-4-2 formation? The dude isn’t asked to track back defensively anyway and he wants to drift left and cut in right.

 

[Christopher Jee]

Why isn’t Mitri lined up as a LS in a 4-4-2 formation? The dude isn’t asked to track back defensively anyway and he wants to drift left and cut in right.

Not really sure how that's substantively different to a 4-3-3 or even the 4-2-4-ish thing we've been playing then.

But yeah, I could see that working. Mitri picks up the ball deep on the LW and as he drives inwards, the CF drifts left and becomes either an option or a distraction to give Mitri more space to get off a shot.

 

[Kjbert]

Not really sure how that's substantively different to a 4-3-3 or even the 4-2-4-ish thing we've been playing then.

But yeah, I could see that working. Mitri picks up the ball deep on the LW and as he drives inwards, the CF drifts left and becomes either an option or a distraction to give Mitri more space to get off a shot.

It moves Maxi back to being an attacking midfielder. Then we don’t need a target striker.

 

[Fantazma]

So isi posted pictures of him at camp on Instagram. If he really did hurt his ankle for Sunday, could it have healed that quickly? Or could it be some thing deeper and they just called it a "hurt ankle"?

i figured he is not injured and not placed in 18 because dome thinks hes not "at the level" he wants him in.

 

[Christopher Jee]

i figured he is not injured and not placed in 18 because dome thinks hes not "at the level" he wants him in.

Possibly getting moved to make cap room?