2019 Roster Discussion
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Any reason why we would do this before the expansion draft? Wouldnt this have been an excellent contract to negotiate the day after Cincinnati picked? I can't imagine they would have wasted the pick on an international they have no guarantee would stay around.
It's probable that we already know what Cincinnati is doing, and this doesn't impact that.
I wonder if Ben Sweat has a Cincinnati based realtor yet.
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I think Lewis gets moved this offseason. I wonder if he goes to Cincy tomorrow during the half day trade window
Which is dumb because he can play and has no cap hit. But whatever, city will city. It’s the shitty way.
NYCFC DEPTH CHART: End of 2018 Season & after roster moves
Striker/Wing:Villa, Berget
Wing/CAM: Moralez, Medina, Tajouri-Shradi, Castellanos,Wallace, Lewis
CM: Ring,Herrera, Ofori, Amagat, Sands, McNamara, Awuah, Bedoya
RB: Tinnerholm, ?Abdul-Salaam?, Scally
LB: Matarrita, Sweat
CB: Chanot, Callens, Ibeagha, Hountondji, Owusu?
GK: Johnson, Stuver, Caldwell, Rawls
Striker/Wing:
Wing/CAM: Moralez, Medina, Tajouri-Shradi, Castellanos,
CM: Ring,
RB: Tinnerholm, ?Abdul-Salaam?, Scally
LB: Matarrita, Sweat
CB: Chanot, Callens, Ibeagha, Hountondji, Owusu?
GK: Johnson, Stuver, Caldwell
Possibly that too.
We’re going to be forced to leave some cheap players unprotected. The Chanot announcement yesterday was properly criticized for the timing. I just think they know who cincy is taking and/or have a deal in place.
I doubt anyone knows this due to MLS opacity, but...
Can we make an enforceable deal with Cincy before the trade window opens? To be specific, is it possible we had a deal with Cincinnati, announce Chanot, and then Cincinnati says the deal is off and we have to decide whether to protect him or someone else we didn't plan on?
An interesting question. I imagine it would not be a great way for them to introduce themselves to the league. Would be hard to transact with your fellow GMs after pulling a stunt like that.
Impossible to say. But even if a deal isn’t enforceable in a strict sense, there should be powerful incentive for the teams to deal honestly with each other. In a closed system, with the necessity of repeated dealing with the same parties over time (and not just in player transactions, but in all league business), reputation becomes a critical matter. Going back on a deal in that context in general would be highly irrational. I think it’s safe to assume that *if* any deal is in place, the parties are pretty likely to stick to it.
I agree that Cincy blows its trust capital with Reyna and NYCFC completely if they do this. I also think no other team will have our backs. Say Houston approaches Cincy with a better deal last night and to take it Cincy has to renege on NYC. Houston won't care. And the other 21 teams will probably think "they didn't break a promise to us." They might be more careful when dealing with Cincy in the future, but they won't punish them or refuse a good deal out of principle.
Whatever we do, I hope we can shorten the talent gap with ATL. It's been kind of a schadenfreude experience to see how they've flattened the NJ cows and the Timbers even more authoritatively than they did us. Yesterday's MLS Cup game was pretty one-sided.
Rumor this morning that Atlanta is shipping Garza to Vancouver. If Bello gets a starting spot I'm launching a GoFundMe to buy NYCFC a USL team.
Updated...
1. Sean Johnson
2. Anton Tinnerholm
3. Sebastien Ibeagha
4. Alex Callens
5. Ronald Matarrita
6. Ben Sweat
7. Alex Ring
8. Maxi Moralez
9. [Remove: Jesus Medina] Maxime Chanot
10. Valentine Castellanos
11. Ismael Tajouri-Shradi
Similarly to leaving Berget unprotected because of his salary, same tactic with Medina.
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