His cap hit is only 200K to be fair. It makes the assessment criteria slightly different in a way I am not ready to articulate because of rather extreme inebriation at time of writing.
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His Cap hit is $200k with a giant asterisk. He uses one of three DP spots for that so it’s not really just $200k
The asterisk is the part I'm not ready to articulate.
Eta - well basically with his potential I'd take him over an equivalent 200K player, and he's getting paid way more than that without using TAM or GAM. The real comparison is Medina at 200K cap hit over 3 years plus the rest of the squad vs. a full DP over 3 years plus the rest of the squad we could afford with that extra 200K+ of AM / cap space.
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Or.... a third option:
A $200k youth DP that is certified at this point - not a kid we’re taking a flier on that may/may not pan out. Spend $5-10m and bring in a budding star that wants minutes now before going to a top team. Based on how Medina currently plays, I’m not sure he has a future on a top team unless he miraculously improves.
What Ulrich said. If you watched Brazil-Serbia today, at around 75 min the Serbian coach started subbing in his starts of the future since they were going out of the WC anyway. 19, 20 and 20 if I remember correctly. Any of those guys.
They won't cost 5-10 million. Teams like Benefica had to take a flyer on them. They don't always pan out.
Or to continue on the same vein: the Australian winger Daniel Arzani, who was always subbed in at 70-75 min. He's 19 and plays for Melbourne City. He's being linked with the mothership but that may be premature.
Yes, with wife + son. Hoping to leave the stadium with hearing intact and all four limbs.
Typically when you’re snarky it’s because you have data to back it up, but this time not so much.....
See for reference Barco & Diego Rossi, and while Barco is on the high side of $15m Rossi has a minimal transfer of $4m.
Both are representative of the “unicorn” you think is impossible to find. And both would make our current team multiple times better than Medina.
Eta: RB also hit the jackpot with Kaku at $6m and has gotten 3G/10A
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You talking about your inebriation???
Yes, true, but when Medina was announced, comments were definitely not as high on him as the others. Everybody was hoping our scouts saw something to justify the flier on him.
I’m continuing my campaign to have Chanot back in the starting XI
Do we really know why he isn't? Or, rather, do we have any reason to think it is not still just an ongoing personal matter?
There is a chant with some fairly outlandish claims going around but it's wildly speculative.
For every Kaku, there is a Vernon. Nothing is a sure thing. To think that you can just pick a guy as "certified" for that price is incredibly naive. You have to roll the dice and you want to roll it with the best dice you can.
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