I hope when Bakrar does finall score that it’s at a home game , it’s going to be one hell of a celebration
According to FotMob he has 22 goals in 104 matches, which likely includes tournaments in addition to league games. That's 1 goal every 4.75 appearances (not accounting or adjusting for minutes played). Detailed stats for his seasons in Algeria and even Croatia are scarce so we only know that in one season in Croatia he averaged a modest 0.43 G/90. For reference Heber scored 0.85 G/90 in 2 seasons in Croatia. In MLS play last year Bakrar had 0.36 G/90 which is down but within statistical noise for a very small 10 game sample. Add in this year's minutes and he's down to 0.19 G/90 over 1,416 minutes. He is currently on a 12 game scoreless streak dating back to September 20, 2023.I , again , hope you guys are all right and I’m wrong because it’s better for the team but it looks to me like at current his professional record is 20 goals scored in 88 matches . Not terrible but not really giving me the sense of optimism it’s giving the rest of you .
Not going to dispute any of your critique of the club, but I do think there is a case that this club is built to succeed with a 10 goal scorer at ST. Some teams need a talisman at that position. Others are built for more distributed scoring.Maybe he takes a big step up, but if not it is fair to conclude this club is aiming (or at least destined) for mediocrity.
That's a fair point I considered and can't fully discount. Just based on eyeballing the MLS tables over several years, the correlation between finishing 1-4 and having a top scorer with 14 or more is imperfect at best. For whatever reason, Western teams seem to finish near the top without a single strong scorer more than teams in the East do. That's just random I would guess, but it's a guess for sure.Not going to dispute any of your critique of the club, but I do think there is a case that this club is built to succeed with a 10 goal scorer at ST. Some teams need a talisman at that position. Others are built for more distributed scoring.
Santi certainly looks like he will hit 10, and maybe 15+, though he could revert to the mean as much as Bakrar could. Could Julian? Ojeda? What about when Magno returns?
Yeahhhh, what actual adult would use a 16 year old as an agent in the USL or anywhere? That’s just sounds so fake…Like all things NYCFC Source, that interview seems to be a a mix of fact and fantasy. I'd guess it is leaning heavier on the fantasy.
Like all things NYCFC Source, that interview seems to be a a mix of fact and fantasy. I'd guess it is leaning heavier on the fantasy.
I would say that because Risa is the CB on his side, his defensive vulnerability may tend to lead to more dangerous shooting chances for our rivals than Ilenic's vulnerability, because Thiago is a much stronger defender than Risa. There also may be some sunk cost fallacy operating there, in the sense that Ilenic cost a bit in transfer fee and is a very young prospect we expected much from, so we may tend to give him more leeway.Can we take a min to talk about Kevin O'toole, as I feel like he is wildly underrated by a large portion of the fanbase? He puts in a good cross, can dribble out of trouble, has good overlap play, has a high work rate, has gotten better every year, and is okay on defense. He misses some tackles but he's an attacking fullback, I really don't think he's worse on D than a typical MLS fullback. Attacking-focused fullbacks are shaky on D all over the world. This is also the MLS, if the guy could attack the way he does and then defend like a CB he wouldn't be in this league anymore.
I see very little difference between Illenic and O'toole. Illenic gets caught out and beat off the dribble just as often as O'toole but people seem to consistently praise Illenic while complaining about O'toole. O'toole is a super draft pick that worked out for us, costs next to nothing from a cap perspective, and reliably puts in a shift every game. I don't understand the general complaints about the guy from the fan base.
I should be used to it but it still befuddles me when someone points to the lowest salaried starting player on a team in MLS and think that suggesting the team get someone better at that position is a solid point.Can we take a min to talk about Kevin O'toole, as I feel like he is wildly underrated by a large portion of the fanbase? He puts in a good cross, can dribble out of trouble, has good overlap play, has a high work rate, has gotten better every year, and is okay on defense. He misses some tackles but he's an attacking fullback, I really don't think he's worse on D than a typical MLS fullback. Attacking-focused fullbacks are shaky on D all over the world. This is also the MLS, if the guy could attack the way he does and then defend like a CB he wouldn't be in this league anymore.
I see very little difference between Illenic and O'toole. Illenic gets caught out and beat off the dribble just as often as O'toole but people seem to consistently praise Illenic while complaining about O'toole. O'toole is a super draft pick that worked out for us, costs next to nothing from a cap perspective, and reliably puts in a shift every game. I don't understand the general complaints about the guy from the fan base.
Guilty as charged. I wasn't sure of him myself, but I was wrong.Can we take a min to talk about Kevin O'toole, as I feel like he is wildly underrated by a large portion of the fanbase? He puts in a good cross, can dribble out of trouble, has good overlap play, has a high work rate, has gotten better every year, and is okay on defense. He misses some tackles but he's an attacking fullback, I really don't think he's worse on D than a typical MLS fullback. Attacking-focused fullbacks are shaky on D all over the world. This is also the MLS, if the guy could attack the way he does and then defend like a CB he wouldn't be in this league anymore.
I see very little difference between Illenic and O'toole. Illenic gets caught out and beat off the dribble just as often as O'toole but people seem to consistently praise Illenic while complaining about O'toole. O'toole is a super draft pick that worked out for us, costs next to nothing from a cap perspective, and reliably puts in a shift every game. I don't understand the general complaints about the guy from the fan base.
Kevin, if you are reading this. I also give you props on your effort on the pitch. I was saying to myself a few years weeks back, self,”Me thinks Kevin O’Toole isn’t as bad as the collective seems to think.”
Not that it matters but,
It appears that my post may have stirred up a a feisty defense of K.O’.
Intentionally, it had nothing to do with Kevin other than he plays a position that seems to get mentioned all year round and I was really just making a bad joke about what seems to be the never ending Striker experiment post Taty.
My apologies to Kevin for an insensitivity.