Damn that metric system!
2025 Roster and Transfer Discussion Thread
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Yeah I probably could have used a better metaphor, such as too many chefs in the kitchen, or something to better reflect the slow decision making of the organization.
I can't remember who made the complaint about waiting for decisions to be made in England, was it Dome?
I think so. And I must admit, I was clearly wrong in my estimation of how much autonomy Lee has had up to now. I thought we were essentially left to our own devices and CFG cared only about results, but now I think England is calling the shots to a much greater degree than I believed.
How much that affects our squad development, I do not know. How much heft Marcelo Claure will bring to our influence on the CFG board, and how much that will in turn affect our spending, is also an open question. But I'm more hesitant to criticize Lee than ever thanks to the feeling his hands are largely tied.
It was a good analogy, I remember hearing that about CFG before as well, I just can't pass on a Jovan joke when I get a chance.
Our roster last season was foundationally solid. It was like we were down 1 with runners in scoring position all Lee/CFG had to do was put the ball in play by signing some decently productive attackers, instead, they went out there and took wreckless home run swings and completely struck out.
Pretty sure every manager except for Cushing has complained about the lack of urgency of the front office.
In all fairness, a lot of clubs had Jovan on their board. Anyone might have gotten burned on that one.
Ojeda is going to be good, maybe really good. Julian has the physicality but he's raw. The flashes he shows are encouraging, though.
So, both of those may yet work out. But yeah, they weren't much help last season, for a lot of reasons.
doesn't matter how much flash fernandez shows if his brain can't keep up with the tactics and play style jansen or any other coach wants. if he doesn't improve on the mental side of the game, he won't go far.
Absolutely true. So far, he's been pretty lost out there. A lot of the problem seems to be his instincts, and that's troubling, to say the least. You can't refine what isn't there. And while he is still young, he should have a better feel for the game by now.
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Rumor -- unsure how legitimate the source is -- that we are interested in a Ukrainian No. 10 who plays for Genoa in Serie A.
Would be great if true. Between Maxi and Joseph Martinez there is a good track record of former Serie A players doing well in MLS.
Not related to this one, more in general but I always wonder how many of these are just fueled by agents trying to get leverage and we get tagged with them because of CFG. You better pay my client they have an offer for an MLS team.....oh yeah which one....the one owned by CFG and you know how rich they are so you better pay up!
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BTW -- that player is 31 years old, which would be our oldest DP since Maxi came over.
If tranfermarket.us is correct Genoa got him on loan from Marseille in Aug. 2023. His loan ended on Jan 31, 2024, and Genoa paid $7M to keep him. Seems odd to pay that much for a player only to part ways 3 months later.
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Looks like he had a broken leg that he's just made it back from. He's been on the bench their last couple games.
This account keeps putting names out there for nycfc and is the only one to seem to have these rumors.
Are we sure it’s not just nycfcsource kid again?
A 31 year old that I've never heard of (and I've watched a few Ukraine NT matches) AND he is coming back from a broken leg?
No thanks.
No thanks.
We must be able to do better than this.
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You may be right. But people said similar things about Maxi Moralez when he was brought in about how he was barely even a DP, was a "cheap" DP, etc. He turned into the best player in Club history. If this guy comes onboard, let's give him a chance.
The transfer fee won't be as significant as some of the other teams in MLS but we need a big, veteran No. 10. This guy would be that, and we'd be getting him not too far removed from being a capable player in a Big-5 league, similar to how we received Maxi.
This is New York. This club needs to stop acting like San José or Nashville. We need to go big. Columbus and Cincinnati are more aggressive than we are.
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We've spent a ton of money on players the last few years. The wrong players, but we spent over $20 million dollars last year on transfers. We can call the team misguided in their decisions, but we can not call them cheap.
And we're spending all that money while being one of the only MLS teams (the only team?) with virtually no stadium revenue. Cincy and Columbus have beautiful, new, moneymaking stadiums. We have to rent fields to play in. We're lucky the team spends as much as it does.
HUGE factor which I don't think we mention enough. I took a lot of heat on Twitter (when I was still on it) for saying we'd never truly thrive until we were in our own park. I think our historical record is remarkable considering our vagabond ways.
But that being said, I think we should be able to do better than a 30+ No. 10 coming off a serious injury.
