2023 Roster and Transfer Discussion Thread

[Gene]

BLUE BALLS NYCFC: Gabby's back.

we’re gonna win the superbowl i mean cup pic.twitter.com/ickII81fih

— BLUE BALLS NYCFC (@BlueBallsPod) February 13, 2023

 

[Kjbert]

Santi had 13 assists last season, 6th most in MLS. He is absolutely worthy of being a DP. he put up Maxi Moralez-like numbers in 2022, and he wasn't even the starting No. 10.

I think we always think of DPs as players we have to add as DPs, not as players who can be promoted into DPs, but Santi is young and improving. Would not surprise me if he becomes a consistent 15-assist player for us.

Counter? We still haven't replaced Maxi or Taty. Santi just replaces Santi...at a terrible roster mechanism hit. So fine. But it is really difficult to replace your CF.

 

[Gotham Gator]

GP in the building 🇧🇷💙 pic.twitter.com/6doGo3KvuY

— New York City FC (@newyorkcityfc) February 13, 2023

 

[KevinJRogers]

GP in the building 🇧🇷💙 pic.twitter.com/6doGo3KvuY

— New York City FC (@newyorkcityfc) February 13, 2023

Great he's finally here. We're clearly building toward an extremely high level of tactical flexibility. I'm sure Nick is happy to have him in camp in time to get him fully integrated.

If we finally do bring Santi back from Montevideo, that might be it for this window. I don't think we'll sign a new out-and-out striker if Santi is a DP.

 

[Kjbert]

Do we think he’s match fit? Or doesn he need to until mid March before he can feature

 

[SoupInNYC]

Do we think he’s match fit? Or doesn he need to until mid March before he can feature

Will be a good question to ask Cushing whenever the next press conference is.

He's supposedly been training with Bahia so should have a somewhat decent level of fitness, but nobody really knows for sure.

 

[Gotham Gator]

Will be a good question to ask Cushing whenever the next press conference is.

He's supposedly been training with Bahia so should have a somewhat decent level of fitness, but nobody really knows for sure.

Yeah. No excuse to not be at least as match fit as everyone else.

 

[canchon]

GP in the building 🇧🇷💙 pic.twitter.com/6doGo3KvuY

— New York City FC (@newyorkcityfc) February 13, 2023

Excuse me while I troll all the Bahia fans on Twitter, they can keep their “next Neymar” lol

 

[LionNYC]

So I guess by end of week we’ll have Santi back. Here’s to another Suits cake.

🚨Más sobre la situación de Santiago Rodríguez: el uruguayo ya no se entrena en Montevideo City Torque.
*️⃣Se espera que en los próximos días viaje a Nueva York para realizarse los exámenes médicos y firmar su contrato. ⤵️ https://t.co/ozdlgaf0tG

— César Luis Merlo (@CLMerlo) February 13, 2023

 

[Shwafta]

what the hell is this off-season

 

[ZYanksRule]

what the hell is this off-season

An attack with Santi at the 10, Talles at the 9, Gabi and Thiago at the wings is pretty solid. Parks and Morales in D-mid is also very strong and maybe Sands comes back, too. Martins and Chanot are strong up the middle. Don't know what we get out of the fullbacks. We need a lot more depth, but for now our starting XI is very strong. Of course injuries/fixture congestion will eat into that.

We no longer have one of the top rosters in MLS, but I feel like we're a better team than the conventional wisdom from NYCFC fans thinks we are.

 

[LionNYC]

Estoy entrenando en @MvdCityTorque aún Cesar. Saludos!

— Santiago Rodriguez (@23SRodriguez) February 14, 2023

 

[canchon]

C’mon David Lee, bake that cake.

 

[Shwafta]

An attack with Santi at the 10, Talles at the 9, Gabi and Thiago at the wings is pretty solid. Parks and Morales in D-mid is also very strong and maybe Sands comes back, too. Martins and Chanot are strong up the middle. Don't know what we get out of the fullbacks. We need a lot more depth, but for now our starting XI is very strong. Of course injuries/fixture congestion will eat into that.

We no longer have one of the top rosters in MLS, but I feel like we're a better team than the conventional wisdom from NYCFC fans thinks we are.

Oh I just mean what a weird roller coaster, lol.

Estoy entrenando en @MvdCityTorque aún Cesar. Saludos!

— Santiago Rodriguez (@23SRodriguez) February 14, 2023

Does this squash the rumor? Or is he Patrick vieira'ing it?

 

[Kenny]

DON’T TOY WITH US SANTI

 

[Kjbert]

An attack with Santi at the 10, Talles at the 9, Gabi and Thiago at the wings is pretty solid. Parks and Morales in D-mid is also very strong and maybe Sands comes back, too. Martins and Chanot are strong up the middle. Don't know what we get out of the fullbacks. We need a lot more depth, but for now our starting XI is very strong. Of course injuries/fixture congestion will eat into that.

We no longer have one of the top rosters in MLS, but I feel like we're a better team than the conventional wisdom from NYCFC fans thinks we are.

Thiago Andrade is terrible and should probably try his hand at the 100 yard dash.

Assuming Santi comes back, you’re missing a True #9, a RB, a LB, a 2nd CB and depth all across the front.

If Sands returns, that’s great. But where are the goals and who is coming off the bench?

 

[Kjbert]

Estoy entrenando en @MvdCityTorque aún Cesar. Saludos!

— Santiago Rodriguez (@23SRodriguez) February 14, 2023

 

[Shwafta]

Estoy entrenando en @MvdCityTorque aún Cesar. Saludos!

— Santiago Rodriguez (@23SRodriguez) February 14, 2023

Estoy entrenando en @MvdCityTorque aún Cesar. Saludos!

— Santiago Rodriguez (@23SRodriguez) February 14, 2023

 

[adam]

Still training doesn’t mean he’s not coming, just correcting the original tweet that he stopped training w torque before transfer. Why wouldn’t NYCFC want him staying in shape at their sister club?

 

[ZYanksRule]

Oh I just mean what a weird roller coaster, lol.


Does this squash the rumor? Or is he Patrick vieira'ing it?

He's not squashing the rumor, he's just saying that he hasn't actually left Montevideo yet. If he was really trying to squash it, he'd have said something about how he's not going to NYCFC.