I think that's true. But if the purchase option is at a number DC is highly unlikely to meet, then it's virtually meaningless. There doesn't have to be a reasonable purchase option.
2023 Roster and Transfer Discussion Thread
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I think that's true. But if the purchase option is at a number DC is highly unlikely to meet, then it's virtually meaningless. There doesn't have to be a reasonable purchase option.
I'd also think if option is an MLS requirement clubs on friendly terms could make handshake deals not to exercise.
The transfer fell through but he still hasn't played more than 45 minutes since October 3, 2022. Made a few appearances off the bench here and there and then hasn't even been in the squad since early January this year due to the transfer paperwork snafu. Probably DCU making sure the guy can actually play and then if he does well, potential to stay and play vs. riding the bench for NF.
Or make the fee so high it makes no sense to trigger.
OTOH I can't see the benefit of taking a loan in MLS from March to July unless there's some reasonable possibility of extending it.
I think that used to be the case but no longer is as of maybe 2 years ago or something.
I don't remember where I heard that from so could definitely be misremembering.
ah i confirmed what a comment reply said. This is from the "bring on houston" video on Apple TV. they focused on him for a good few seconds.
Then just sell to Stevie Cohen and call it a day. Retain like 25% interest so you can still use it as a farm system & charge him for the scouting. He’ll pay more than anyone else because of the Mets & his casino plan. And he’ll pay for players too.
Minor point is that Cohen is a lifelong Mets fan, as opposed to buying the team as a business thing. Not at all saying that negates your point, just not sure he has any interest in soccer the way he does with the Mets. But who knows, he might!
I would wager (at his new casino) that he knows next to nothing about soccer. But he likes to win. And it costs a whole lot less to win in the MLS than the MLB. A big DP signing won’t even make his radar and he won’t care about a $10mm profit on a YDP that takes 2-3 years to vest and offers little in the way of cap relief.
Fans generally get a bad rap. But we were right on with what our problem areas were.
The needs are obvious and something I think we all agree on. It's a question of how much patience we think the front office deserves when filling the glaring holes in the roster. That's where 90% of the different opinions will come from.
Will Sands, James Sands' twin brother got team of the week as their starting LB on columbus. Seems worthy of bringing up Paul Harvey and Justin Egan on twitter also noted something along the lines of "NYCFC having very little trust in players moving up the ranks" be it Joe Scally, Will Sands, current homegrowns. Opportunities and repeated exposure are the only way to unlock the next level in young players and this team does not seem to think the same at least in regards to homegrowns. I know that we are a winning team and thus have a higher barrier to game time than most but just something i found interesting.
And that's a bit of the roster conundrum. We want highly talented players to come in and win games but at the same time want these youngsters to get playing time so they can develop further and turn into solid lifers of the team of profitable sales overseas.
But those two "wants" conflict with each other quite often. Hopefully as NYCFC II matures, this problem becomes less of one, but it's still a tight line to walk from a roster construction perspective.
what i worry about are the players who get lost in no man's land between the two and ride the pine forever w/o seeing minutes for either squad.
II gives us no excuse to move players through now. Either we’re developing kids or we are not now.
Not to belittle a former academy player, but WSands was dogshit against Philly opening weekend and was awful against Red Bulls a few weeks later(like most of his team both games). I wouldn't put too much stock into a good performance against a depleted ATL team. (Although, I did watch the first two games, I didn't watch the ATL game)
His offensive ability certainly doesn't fit into what we are trying to do in possession and he's not at his brother's level defensively. It seems crystal clear why he's not on this roster.
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