2023 Roster and Transfer Discussion Thread

[mgarbowski]

Holes filled in last 1.5 years:
Callens/Martins
Johnson/Freese
Medina/Pellegrini
Sands/Haak
Shradi/Pereira
Thorarinsson/Cufre and O'Toole
Tinnerholm/Ilenic

A hole can be filled before the player leaves (eg Callens), and they're not necessarily like for like quality.

Holes open
Acevedo
Castellanos
Heber
Ibeagha
Latinovich
Moralez
Rocha
Rodriguez
Zelalem

Talles is outside the timeframe, but I think the club believes he is the Taty replacement. Plus several current trialists can fill the Zelalem role, whatever that was.

That still leaves 3-ish starters to replace (Acevedo, Morales and Rodriguez). Plus 1 spot starter CF, 2 backup CBs, and 1 all-purpose fill-in midfielder. Plus maybe you want one of the backup CBs to be starter quality depending on Chanot durability. No matter how you allocate who replaces whom though, we have at least 7 meaningful roster slots to replace. Of those maybe the new Rocha and 1 backup CB can also come from trialists. So at a minimum, we probably still need 5 significant acquisitions, counting everything in the most generous and optimistic way possible.

 

[NYCFCFAN99]

Holes filled in last 1.5 years:
Callens/Martins
Johnson/Freese
Medina/Pellegrini
Sands/Haak
Shradi/Pereira
Thorarinsson/Cufre and O'Toole
Tinnerholm/Ilenic

A hole can be filled before the player leaves (eg Callens), and they're not necessarily like for like quality.

Holes open
Acevedo
Castellanos
Heber
Ibeagha
Latinovich
Moralez
Rocha
Rodriguez
Zelalem

Talles is outside the timeframe, but I think the club believes he is the Taty replacement. Plus several current trialists can fill the Zelalem role, whatever that was.

That still leaves 3-ish starters to replace (Acevedo, Morales and Rodriguez). Plus 1 spot starter CF, 2 backup CBs, and 1 all-purpose fill-in midfielder. Plus maybe you want one of the backup CBs to be starter quality depending on Chanot durability. No matter how you allocate who replaces whom though, we have at least 7 meaningful roster slots to replace. Of those maybe the new Rocha and 1 backup CB can also come from trialists. So at a minimum, we probably still need 5 significant acquisitions, counting everything in the most generous and optimistic way possible.

Do we have any trialists this preseason besides Turnbull? I may have missed that announcement sorry!

 

[mgarbowski]

Do we have any trialists this preseason besides Turnbull? I may have missed that announcement sorry!

I'm using trialist in a non-specific sense to maean all of the players in column 3 of this post:

2023 Roster and Transfer Discussion Thread

How did we get caught unprepared on a renewal visa for Pereira? There was never any question he was coming back. I get that new visa timelines can be unpredictable. He had a work visa for the same employer last year. Which intern screwed this up? Related: it appears that unless we sign a bunch...

nycfcforums.com

 

[BC19]

As per Bogert we are trying to get Richie Ledezma on loan from PSV. Interesting move, wouldn’t need a visa. There’s a decent player in him but he cannot stay healthy

 

[Fantazma]

As per Bogert we are trying to get Richie Ledezma on loan from PSV. Interesting move, wouldn’t need a visa. There’s a decent player in him but he cannot stay healthy

i think he has not been injured for a few months now. he is just not getting minutes.

 

[LionNYC]

As referenced above

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624076982785921025

 

[CCMore]

Having an injury prone 10 on the roster is better than having no 10 on the roster

 

[mgarbowski]

This is the sort of nonsense rumor talk we've been waiting for.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624086073054834717

 

[LionNYC]

Santi back?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624093824153792515

 

[Revfugee]

Holes filled in last 1.5 years:
Callens/Martins
Johnson/Freese
Medina/Pellegrini
Sands/Haak
Shradi/Pereira
Thorarinsson/Cufre and O'Toole
Tinnerholm/Ilenic

A hole can be filled before the player leaves (eg Callens), and they're not necessarily like for like quality.

Holes open
Acevedo
Castellanos
Heber
Ibeagha
Latinovich
Moralez
Rocha
Rodriguez
Zelalem

Talles is outside the timeframe, but I think the club believes he is the Taty replacement. Plus several current trialists can fill the Zelalem role, whatever that was.

That still leaves 3-ish starters to replace (Acevedo, Morales and Rodriguez). Plus 1 spot starter CF, 2 backup CBs, and 1 all-purpose fill-in midfielder. Plus maybe you want one of the backup CBs to be starter quality depending on Chanot durability. No matter how you allocate who replaces whom though, we have at least 7 meaningful roster slots to replace. Of those maybe the new Rocha and 1 backup CB can also come from trialists. So at a minimum, we probably still need 5 significant acquisitions, counting everything in the most generous and optimistic way possible.

By your logic, Alfaro replaces either Ibby or Vuk.

 

[mgarbowski]

By your logic, Alfaro replaces either Ibby or Vuk.

Who's Alfaro?

ETA: Found him You're right. I completely forgot about him. Probably is a backup CB piece.

 

[TheWritingGuyInBlue]

First this

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624076982785921025

THEN THIS!!!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624093824153792515

IN THE SPAN OF AN HOUR!

 

[Gotham Gator]

Santi at 10 with Richie L. as the backup works.

 

[canchon]

First this

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624076982785921025

THEN THIS!!!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624093824153792515

IN THE SPAN OF AN HOUR!

(Said in most interesting man in the world voice) - I don’t usually go shopping for attacking midfielders, but when I do, I do it all in ONE DAY

 

[TheWritingGuyInBlue]

I still have questions about LCB. But if the Santi news is true and we bring in Ledezma for competition, this team just went from one that would've squeaked into the playoffs to an MLS Cup contender. In a span of 90 minutes, I went from unsure about 2023 to about as optimistic as one can be. Still more work to be done, but this day has been by far the best of the offseason sans the stadium announcement.

 

[413Blue]

I still have questions about LCB. But if the Santi news is true and we bring in Ledezma for competition, this team just went from one that would've squeaked into the playoffs to an MLS Cup contender. In a span of 90 minutes, I went from unsure about 2023 to about as optimistic as one can be. Still more work to be done, but this day has been by far the best of the offseason sans the stadium announcement.

Of course, that's assuming that Santi does in fact come back AND all parties are committed to the FULL season. Hopefully it's not one of those "we'll keep you/I'll stay here and see how the market is this summer" type of situations.

 

[moogoo]

if santi really is coming back with a long term contract, that's exciting. i guess with callens and johnson not in the picture, they could afford to give santi more money.

our midfield and attack is looking pretty good though some more depth pieces are needed. still a bit thin on defense (except for LWB where we are overloaded)

 

[Fantazma]

Santi back?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624093824153792515

CLMERLO is like Fabrizio of latin america so its like 99.9% legit.

huge to get him back. i am curious what type contract they got him on.

 

[Gotham Gator]

Here are the big priorities for me, in order.

1. CAM - starter (news today is good!)
2. CB - starting quality CB to slot into a rotation with Chanot and Martins
3. CM - starting quality CM to slot into a rotation with Parks and Morales
4. Winger - solid backup winger - preferably left footed to fill in behind Gabby
5. Striker - backup behind Talles Magno
6. CAM - backup (news today is good!)
7. CM - 1-2 more for depth behind Haak

I note that if Sands comes back, he alone could knock out 2 and 3.

 

[Fantazma]

Here are the big priorities for me, in order.

1. Striker - backup behind Talles Magno

that is probably Segal.