Doubtful, however I know for certain my source got his information directly from Villa himself. Maybe it’s one sided and biased information.Funny if it's the same guy and neither of you know he's playing games.
Doubtful, however I know for certain my source got his information directly from Villa himself. Maybe it’s one sided and biased information.Funny if it's the same guy and neither of you know he's playing games.
I'm totally jokingDoubtful, however I know for certain my source got his information directly from Villa himself. Maybe it’s one sided and biased information.
Doubtful, however I know for certain my source got his information directly from Villa himself. Maybe it’s one sided and biased information.
I mean, in an ideal world, that would be the case. It's a salary cap league so it's hard to build a roster with large talent pools. Teams that are largely successful in this league have great academies and homegrown to supplement the bigger spending. We have two home grown players ever and only 1 has seen any sort of real time. They brought in some great caliber players in (ITS, Tinnerholm, Ring, Chanot, Callens) over the past few seasons but also have misses (Berget, Ofori, etc.) and in a salary cap league, you can't afford to have misses and with home grown players, the misses are fewer typically. Find me a DP worthy player who would of willingly came her last season that would of made our team better. My guess is that you'll struggle to find any realistic options that would genuinely improve the team. It sucks that they couldn't get him a Cup, but at the end of the day, the team went out and tried to win.
Just because you don’t like me doesn’t mean I’m wrongThere's a big difference between someone respected and with a prior foundation in this community, who has a track record of good insider knowledge, and you.
Reason I brought up DP slot was due to you bringing up Medina, so that's where the focus was on. In regards to the other players, Vela and Rossi are pretty much untouchables over there. Zlatan was always destined to go to LA and he would of been more of a headache than anything. Alessandrini who is always hurt? No thanks. Rooney is the only one that would intrigue me because he can play in a forward midfield role and help take stress off Maxi, but even then, NO ONE expected this level of production out of him. So out of all the players you listed, one was realistic possibly in Rooney.I'm not sure why you responded to a post focused on DP spending with the excuse that it's a salary capped league. That's exactly the point it's a capped league and there are only 3 slots where you can spend anything you like so they shouldn't be wasted. Anyway you cut it the team went cheap. DP spend has gone down each of the last three seasons with total DP salaries being approximately: Year 1+2: $18M, Year 3: $14M, $9M. They go super luckey with the Maxi signing considering they went cheap and he's played well beyond where any of his previous seasons would have projected him to be. So say we just look at year 4, you're telling me they couldn't have done better than medina if they kept the budget the same as year 1+2 and spent $6M on Villa, $2M on Maxi and the remaining $10M on a top flight talent? I'd bet it's pretty easy to find some realistic options for $10M.
As far as realistic talent we can find guys in the MLS that signed with other clubs that could have helped. How about Vela, Diego Rossi, Zlatan, Romain Alessandrini, even half a season of Rooney would have been better than what we got out of Villa. Sure, a number of those are old guys that are bad longer term signings up the window for Villa as now so who cares. I'm not saying they should be buying $50M players for NYCFC the way teams do in the EPL but if CFG want us to buy into all their global branding, deep pocket, superior scouting network, grand ambitions to win BS they better at least be spending and recruiting on par with the other elite teams in the league.
You're right, it doesn't mean you're wrong-- That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying you're untrustworthy and haven't established yourself.Just because you don’t like me doesn’t mean I’m wrong
Did I miss some fighting? I really gotta catch up on my unread threadsJust because you don’t like me doesn’t mean I’m wrong
Fair enough I supposeYou're right, it doesn't mean you're wrong-- That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying you're untrustworthy and haven't established yourself.
Not really, the TL;DR is Kjbert said his sources thing, dkalev2 asked for sources and basically it went from there as "how do we know Kjbert's sources are reliable" which we've already had this discussion time and time again about what is "reliable" etc. so you can imagine how this went.Did I miss some fighting? I really gotta catch up on my unread threads
Not exactly sure but it’s from his time at Moscow so anywhere from 20-22. What a studHow old is Maxi in your picture? He looks so... fresh!
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+does+tl;dr+stand+forWhat is tl dr
Holy smokes yeah! What a difference a few years makes. I wonder what I'll look like when I'm his age. Can't imagine...Not exactly sure but it’s from his time at Moscow so anywhere from 20-22. What a stud
Team approached him in the second half of the year and he asked that it be discussed at the end of the season. He went and found himself a new club in the interim.
Maybe he knew what the offer would look like and found himself a better one. Maybe he wanted to challenge himself again in a new country. But the team did approach him and he never engaged back.
Bobby Boucher was an unproven talent who was not trusted at the linebacker position as he was constantly overlooked and ridiculed...in the end he finished on topYou're right, it doesn't mean you're wrong-- That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying you're untrustworthy and haven't established yourself.
Bobby Boucher was an unproven talent who was not trusted at the linebacker position as he was constantly overlooked and ridiculed...in the end he finished on top
Bobby Boucher was an unproven talent who was not trusted at the linebacker position as he was constantly overlooked and ridiculed...in the end he finished on top
even half a season of Rooney would have been better than what we got out of Villa.
Rooney in 2018:
1641 minutes
12 goals
7 assists
Villa in 2018:
1754 minutes
14 goals
5 assists
Crazy to me how the conventional wisdom seems to be that Villa is cooked and was an albatross to this team, while Rooney is this magical talisman enjoying a rebirth of his career. Maybe if the front office wants to bring in someone who can put up Rooney-esque numbers they should try...David Villa?
I think it has to do with how Rooney turned the entire franchise around. Goals and assists don’t tell the whole story.