2019 Roster Discussion
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I’m just sad they didn’t include the prostate exam.
Well that’s a new and interesting level of fandom
ITS, Medina, and Taty all had injuries at various points last year. One more guy for depth purposes isn't going to hurt. I think bare minimum you need 7 guys on roster for the front 3 and we have 5 if Berget stays.
Look at Man city roster they have 2 strikers and 3 true wingers and a number of CM who can play wide and that’s why there able to get proper rotation out of there players. We already have 4 true wingers and Mata who can play wide. That’s 5 wide players for 2 spots. Again we don’t want a logjam of wide players again when we have other needs like another RB, a striker and maybe another CB/CM
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I’ve been thinking of USOC participation based on this roster. Villa never got a green card, so it always made it harder to field a team with a max of 5 INT players. Right now here’s our domestics and green card players.
Domestics:
F/W: Lewis.
MF: Keaton, Ring (GC), Sands, Haak?, Bedoya, Rocha
FB: Sweat, mata (GC), Scally
CB: Chanot (GC), Callens (GC), Ibeagha
K: Johnson, Stuver, Caldwell
INT players (max 5):
F/W: Berget?, Isi, castellanos, Medina
MF: Maxi
FB: Tin
CB: Hontoundji
K: N/A
Pretty weak at RB and F/W when it comes to domestics. But if you add Tin, Isi, Tati, Medina And Maxi, you can have all our starters our there.
Domestics:
F/W: Lewis.
MF: Keaton, Ring (GC), Sands, Haak?, Bedoya, Rocha
FB: Sweat, mata (GC), Scally
CB: Chanot (GC), Callens (GC), Ibeagha
K: Johnson, Stuver, Caldwell
INT players (max 5):
F/W: Berget?, Isi, castellanos, Medina
MF: Maxi
FB: Tin
CB: Hontoundji
K: N/A
Pretty weak at RB and F/W when it comes to domestics. But if you add Tin, Isi, Tati, Medina And Maxi, you can have all our starters our there.
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Not sure about the source. But reasonable hypothesis. Question then becomes do we want a disgruntled player here who wasn’t very good to begin with and costs $1mm vs the cap?
Judging by the grammatical skills of the author, can't give much credit to the source. Didn't read the whole thing because it hurt my head, but it seemed as though the guy was just throwing together an article based on various web sources and speculation on his part.
*I don't usually critique people's grammar, but it is fair to question an article based upon it.
I think he writes in another language and machine translates into English.
We don't have the type of players that Man City has that can give us that flexibility, nor do we have a reserve team that we can lean on for emergency. Mata is made of glass and we don't have a replacement for Maxi at the 10 if he plays the wing.
Can't you make the same arguement that you are making about signing a 3rd RB and a 5th CB?
OFF-SEASON ROSTER TRACKER
COMPLETED STORIES
1. Signing Keaton Parks (MF, 21, FIFA rating 69) on 1 year loan from Benfica
He was officially announced as a signing by the club (1/19)
2. Re-signing Yangel Herrera (MF, 21, FIFA rating 68)
It's confirmed that he has been transferred from ManCity to La Liga's Huesca (1/15)
3. NYCFC own the 19th pick in the MLS Super Draft tomorrow.
We traded away $75k in GAM to move up a few spots to take a backup keeper. (1/11)
4. Signing Kevin Quevedo (MF, 21, FIFA rating NA) from Alianza Lima
Kristan Dyer reported that NYCFC is no longer interested in him. Multiple sites report he's not going to MLS. (1/13)
5. Signing Lucas Venuto (F, 23, FIFA rating 70) from Vienna.
Rumored he would be signed by NYCFC. Today it was reported he is signed with Vancouver for 300k euros, I wonder if we were outbid (1/20)
OPEN STORIES
6. Releasing Jo Inge Berget (F, 28, FIFA rating 70)
It's been reported, but not confirmed. News was he is returning to Malmo. Someone tweeted a link that shows he's now listed as a player on the Malmo site, but we don't know if that means anything. The latest is he's been linked to Rosenberg, of Mix fame. Today there was a report we're keeping him because we can't find anyone else to replace him (1/20)
7. Signing Justin Haak (MF, 16, FIFA rating NA) to 1st squad contract.
Reyna mentioned there would be 2 more HG signing on his ETR interview. Haak has long believed to be one of them along with Kwaka Owusu (1/14)
8. Signing Gary Mackay-Steven (W, 28, FIFA rating 72) from Aberdeen
Latest article says he's still considering the move. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport...ws/transfer-news-live-celtic-rangers-13877769. He played today for Aberdeen and was subbed off (1/19)
9. Signing Hannes Van der Bruggen (MF, 25 FIFA rating 71) from KV Kortrijk.
There was a Belgian article that said he was considering a move to MLS (not necessarily NYC), but this is the type of move NYC makes more than any other club in the league. (1/18) https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nl/nie...staat-op-het-verlanglijstje-van-een-mls-ploeg
COMPLETED STORIES
1. Signing Keaton Parks (MF, 21, FIFA rating 69) on 1 year loan from Benfica
He was officially announced as a signing by the club (1/19)
2. Re-signing Yangel Herrera (MF, 21, FIFA rating 68)
It's confirmed that he has been transferred from ManCity to La Liga's Huesca (1/15)
3. NYCFC own the 19th pick in the MLS Super Draft tomorrow.
We traded away $75k in GAM to move up a few spots to take a backup keeper. (1/11)
4. Signing Kevin Quevedo (MF, 21, FIFA rating NA) from Alianza Lima
Kristan Dyer reported that NYCFC is no longer interested in him. Multiple sites report he's not going to MLS. (1/13)
5. Signing Lucas Venuto (F, 23, FIFA rating 70) from Vienna.
Rumored he would be signed by NYCFC. Today it was reported he is signed with Vancouver for 300k euros, I wonder if we were outbid (1/20)
OPEN STORIES
6. Releasing Jo Inge Berget (F, 28, FIFA rating 70)
It's been reported, but not confirmed. News was he is returning to Malmo. Someone tweeted a link that shows he's now listed as a player on the Malmo site, but we don't know if that means anything. The latest is he's been linked to Rosenberg, of Mix fame. Today there was a report we're keeping him because we can't find anyone else to replace him (1/20)
7. Signing Justin Haak (MF, 16, FIFA rating NA) to 1st squad contract.
Reyna mentioned there would be 2 more HG signing on his ETR interview. Haak has long believed to be one of them along with Kwaka Owusu (1/14)
8. Signing Gary Mackay-Steven (W, 28, FIFA rating 72) from Aberdeen
Latest article says he's still considering the move. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport...ws/transfer-news-live-celtic-rangers-13877769. He played today for Aberdeen and was subbed off (1/19)
9. Signing Hannes Van der Bruggen (MF, 25 FIFA rating 71) from KV Kortrijk.
There was a Belgian article that said he was considering a move to MLS (not necessarily NYC), but this is the type of move NYC makes more than any other club in the league. (1/18) https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nl/nie...staat-op-het-verlanglijstje-van-een-mls-ploeg
NYCFC DEPTH CHART
Striker/Wing: Berget, Tajouri-Shradi, Castellanos, Lewis
Wing/CAM: Moralez, Medina
CM: Ring, Parks, Sands, Bedoya, Rocha
RB: Tinnerholm, Abdul-Salaam, Scally
LB: Matarrita, Sweat
CB: Chanot, Callens, Ibeagha, Hountondji
GK: Johnson, Stuver, Caldwell, Barraza
Striker/Wing: Berget, Tajouri-Shradi, Castellanos, Lewis
Wing/CAM: Moralez, Medina
CM: Ring, Parks, Sands, Bedoya, Rocha
RB: Tinnerholm, Abdul-Salaam, Scally
LB: Matarrita, Sweat
CB: Chanot, Callens, Ibeagha, Hountondji
GK: Johnson, Stuver, Caldwell, Barraza
Out: Villa, Yangel, Wallace, Tmac, Ofori, Amagat, Rawls, Awuah
In: Parks, Rocha, Barraza
Yeesh
I guess if you take into account KJBert's and Reyna's "totally gonna happen soon" HG signings, it's more like:
Striker/Wing: Berget, Tajouri-Shradi, Castellanos, Lewis
Wing/CAM: Moralez, Medina
CM: Ring, Parks, Sands, Bedoya, Rocha, [Haak]
RB: Tinnerholm, Abdul-Salaam, Scally
LB: Matarrita, Sweat
CB: Chanot, Callens, Ibeagha, Hountondji, [Owusu]
GK: Johnson, Stuver, Caldwell, Barraza
...However on the NYCFC academy page it called Owusu a "field player" and I have no idea what that is...
http://nyfc.ussoccerda.com/sam/teams/index.php?team=1655947
So basically even WITH the homegrown signings, we don't fill any of the positions we need depth in, lol.
What do you guys think about the division between “striker/wing” and “wing/CAM”?
Frankly only one guy on the top line is a real striker, although I think those others could do it in a pinch.
Frankly only one guy on the top line is a real striker, although I think those others could do it in a pinch.
Villa back in NYC
ETA. Frank is supposed to get here around 10am, but don’t expect him till at least noon.
ETA. Frank is supposed to get here around 10am, but don’t expect him till at least noon.
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Really the two big losses have been Villa and Yangel, and you could say Parks is a step in replacing Yangel.
Striker and depth signings are what’s needed.
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