2019 Roster Discussion

[The Toe]

So GMS is available on a free this summer. He’s being coy in his interviews which leads me to believe he wants to come here but is holding out for $.

Is everyone here cool with a guy like that joining in the summer so that we don’t have to pay a nominal fee for him?

We're flush with wingers at this point, but it'd be nice to have someone that plays a bit like Harrison come in. We've missed a lot of that individual skill on both sidelines. Isi was a pretty dependable scorer, but we need creators out there. We lacked that most of last year, especially when Dome forced the team wide. That said, if we can save cap space and stay in the top 4, it may be worth waiting for.

 

[Kjbert]

I’m getting the sense that some of our wingers may be midfielders this year.

 

[Christopher Jee]

I’m getting the sense that some of our wingers may be midfielders this year.

If that's just a sense, I agree. I think there's been a lot of chatter about Medina in the center.

Is it anything more than that though?

It's also interesting given how much we're stacking up in there. Maxi, Ring, Haak, Medina, Moralez, Ofori, Parks, Rocha, Sands makes 9 players potentially competing for 3 or 4 positions.

 

[Shwafta]

Remember when Dome says he likes playing with wingers? I don't think he meant wingers at winger position. I think he just meant he wants a full starting XI of wingers...

 

[Midas Mulligan]

Remember when Dome says he likes playing with wingers? I don't think he meant wingers at winger position. I think he just meant he wants a full starting XI of wingers...

I chuckled.

And then I sobbed uncontrollably. It’s one thing to move wide players central when they demonstrate a particular skill set (see, eg, all of Liverpool’s mids). It’s another to just cram them in there.

 

[LionNYC]

Who is GMS?

 

[BxLio91]

Mackay-Stevens

 

[D_RoyJenkins]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1088753411728781313

 

[mgarbowski]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1088753411728781313

Another young US national team midfielder. Midas Mulligan probably knows more than anyone

 

[Kjbert]

Why

 

[Shwafta]

Who is GMS?

See this is why adam 's post is so great, when people abbreviate shit you just go look at his "transfer rumors" post and deduce who 'GMS' could be.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1088753411728781313

midfielder. I mean, at this point let's just pile them on, why the f* not

 

[mgarbowski]

midfielder. I mean, at this point let's just pile them on, why the f* not

at least he's not a winger.

 

[dannd23]

Why

I get were flush at the position but he is a tremendously promising talent

 

[Shwafta]

I get were flush at the position but he is a tremendously promising talent

If a team has 50 promising midfielders but no one to give service to, is that really any helpful? Though, I guess you could use the barca argument

 

[Ulrich]

I guess we’ve officially transitioned to the youth movement.... loading up to win the u-23 US Open Cup.

 

[Kjbert]

I get were flush at the position but he is a tremendously promising talent

Is he?

Are we just compiling players to send to Louisville for 2019 and 2020?

 

[Gotham Gator]

Getting this guy would be a plus, no doubt about it.

Yes, it’s hard to see how he fits with Ofori, Parks, Ring and Sands already at the 6 and 8, but never complain about more talent coming onto the team.

 

[dummyrun]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1088753411728781313

Some reading on Torres:

http://americansoccernow.com/articles/juan-pablo-torres-seeing-action-at-sporting-lokeren

https://walowblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/27/player-interview-juan-pablo-torres/

 

[dannd23]

Is he?

Are we just compiling players to send to Louisville for 2019 and 2020?

He was the US U20s best midfielder at the CONCACAF championship that qualified them for the U20 World Cup. Which is a negative if we do sign him, we lose him for over a month to that

 

[Kjbert]

If this comes to fruition, I would be very unhappy if I was Mr and Mrs Haak