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I know lol. I'm really worried about sticker shock in the new stadium. Ticket prices are not going to be fun.
2025 Roster and Transfer Discussion Thread
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The lack of roster improvement signings is frustrating but it's understandable that they need to give Pascal some time with the team. What bothers me more is the lack of basic depth signings. Are we really going to start the season without a backup LB when they have known the date McFarlane was leaving for over 2 years at this point? Can they ever address things proactively?
yea we really need a second LB. otoole can't get run into the ground and having some competition will up his game too.
perhaps they are waiting for jansen to decide who he wants to sign since LB is an important position depending on how he wants to attack.
definitely cutting things close but with a new coach who kinda just arrived, i suppose it's inevitable that signings will be late in the window.
I think there are two plausible reasons for the delay. This (play style) is one. The other could be consulting with Jansen on whether he wants a backup LB or if he wants a stud there to push KOT to backup.
Agree that it would be nice to see something proactive. But I could buy either of those explanations.
i think those are kind of one and the same. it all depends on his attack style. if he wants wing backs bombing down the wings then he'll want quality there. whether or not otoole meets his definition of quality, we dont' know yet. if he doesn't want attacking wingbacks then it's less of a priority to get an impact signing there but definitely need a rotation/depth piece.
The European window has closed. We buy better from the scrap heap than we do from South America.
This roster is MEANINGFULLY WORSE today than it was in November. We buy Biotech Stocks. For every Taty and Santi, there are a dozen complete failures.
No. It is not understandable. It’s frankly a dereliction of duty. They were late in signing a manager. Ok. Fine. I can actuslly live with that.
David Lee has been here a decade. He’s a cog in the CFG Machine. He knows what he’s looking for. He knows what he is allowed to spend. He should know the weak spots all over the pitch and the issues we’ve faced post Taty.
So no. It’s not understandable.
I am more concerned with the magnitude of what the signings will be rather than the lateness this year. If we have three spots, two of those should be U22/DP replacing Talles and Jovan and the other should be a big money TAM player replacing Sands.
We need to give it some time given the open questions. Not a lot. But until we get blooded in real action Pascal isn't going to be entirely sure what he's working with.
TAM, U22 and DP -- that's a good pile of dry powder. We don't want to waste it. Lee and Pascal need some space to make a comprehensive and complete evaluation of the roster and make the most of it.
Given the type of players we have signed so far with U22 slots, I could care less if we use them because these players have done nothing to improve our roster.
Which full-season player would you rather:
Player X - 21 games played, 3 goals, 1 assist, 800 min
2024 Ojeda - 22 games, 3 goals, 0 assists, 922 min
2024 Fernandez - 22 games, 2 goals, 3 assists, 667 min
Player X is 2023 Andres Jason, who cost us nothing, was close to the minimum salary and got shipped out because we needed to make playing time for Ojeda and Ferenadez because we paid $12.5M for them combined.
We could get lucky and hit another gabby. Immediate impact, exciting player.
But given the trends, it's hard to imagine Lee finding someone who is proven to be immediate impact. We are definitely going the gamble route with "Jansen is here to develop talent" pitch. I think we just have to accept this is the way until the stadium opens and they need that name player to raise the excitement.
The u22 signings are inherently risky. More players, more chances one hits. Plus if Lee signs 4 U22s and hits none of them, the team needs a new GM.
That's definitely the business model now: youth and development. I suspect this will be the way from now on, but that certainly doesn't preclude us signing name players. I'd be surprised if we sign anyone well north of 30 years old, but there's no saying that won't happen either, if it's the right guy.
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I think this is right. Just as the front office/CFG didn't want to see the stagnation we fell into at times last year, they will not sit idly by while every U22 and DP signing misses. We spend so much money on those players, some of them need to hit. U-22 signings are always going to be risky because of how young they are, but if this pattern of failed signings continue Lee is absolutely in trouble.
Well, Magno was a U22 player before they called it that. I also think Bakara is a U22 player. So unless Bakrar, Ojeda or Fernandez become impact players this season Lee is already 0-5 on U22 signings by my count (Magno, Bakrar, Fernandez, Ojeda, Jovan). How many more multimillion-dollar whiffs does this guy get?
can't mention magno without including gabby. so 1 out of 6? the question is whether that is a good enough success rate. I would say magno started out as a SOLID signing but then fell apart due to failings at replacing taty and his injury.
edit: forgot about andrade.. so 1 out of 7? 1.5 if you value magno's initial quality before being failing to meet expectations
That's fair we can give him credit on Gabby but the Mango at ST situation that halted his development was 100% Lee's fault. He took two years to replace Taty and gave an interview saying it took so long because roster rules in the MLS make misses on players very costly so they wanted to take their time to make sure they got the right player. The player that took 2 years: Bakrar, followed by Jovan. Lee should have been out the door right alongside Cushing. The fact that Lee is going to be the guy to pick a Sands replacement, a Jovan replacement, and possibly a Santi replacement is terrifying given his track record.
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Potential Sands replacement here? 32 year old Ligue 1 midfielder who's out of the rotation at his current team.
Don't know anything about him, but 32 seems a bit old for a sands replacement. If he can still get around the field then i'm cool with it. but since he's not playing or even making the bench... hard to tell what we would be getting.
This would be a fantastic acquisition IMO. Very intelligent, experienced, solid d-mid. Good passer. Unless his form/fitness has fallen off a cliff recently, this is a no brainer if he wants to come here.
