George John [Defender]

[mgarbowski]

https://twitter.com/x/status/673978750212505600

https://twitter.com/x/status/673977843009781760

There are a few more. HRB had kind of a mini-meltdown over this. Which I don't get at all. We've known since the Lampard thing blew up that CFG and MLS will together lie about player statuses and signings. MLS listed a transaction for Lampard in July 2014 when there was none. This is not news. That they did it again is not surprising. And this one seems to have been done for no nefarious reasons. In fact, I suspect it was done to help GJ. If he did recover and joined the team they might have credited him for the year of rehab for MLS years of service purposes.

 

[Gotham Gator]

But the only article mentioned in this thread is EOS and they seemed pretty upset by this news...

Just a suggestion, but if you put a link to the offensive tweet in the future, we can more easily rally around your post and decry HRB.

Fair enough. There were just a lot of them, and they were pretty silly.

 

[LionNYC]

I'm pretty sure George was part of CFG's Cityzens Giving charity efforts.

 

[Fantazma]

so did nycfc pay for the rehab? or was he paying that out of pocket?

 

[SayWhat44]

so did nycfc pay for the rehab? or was he paying that out of pocket?

NYCFC paid for his rehab and his housing.

 

[Fantazma]

NYCFC paid for his rehab and his housing.

soooo instead of talking about the goodwill from both parties, bloggers are saying shit like " why was he on the roster"? lol oh how dare he be on the roster while going thru rehab

 

[SayWhat44]

soooo instead of talking about the goodwill from both parties, bloggers are saying shit like " why was he on the roster"? lol oh how dare he be on the roster while going thru rehab

 

[MagnusPax]

soooo instead of talking about the goodwill from both parties, bloggers are saying shit like " why was he on the roster"? lol oh how dare he be on the roster while going thru rehab

It was pretty cool of NYCFC to take a chance and help at the same time. Sadly, my guess is the hope is gone. Best of luck George.

 

[franchise646]

It was pretty cool of NYCFC to take a chance and help at the same time. Sadly, my guess is the hope is gone. Best of luck George.

He isn't taking up a roster spot he has time to get right

 

[MagnusPax]

He isn't taking up a roster spot he has time to get right

You do realize he hasn't played now for over 2 years right?

 

[franchise646]

You do realize he hasn't played now for over 2 years right?

Yeah but I'm trying to be optimistic

 

[Goodfella]

Yeah but I'm trying to be optimistic

WE'LL HAVE NONE OF THAT AROUND HERE!

 

[franchise646]

WE'LL HAVE NONE OF THAT AROUND HERE!

I refuse to be Hudson River Blue (lol)

 

[MagnusPax]

If George ever plays pro soccer again, I will be shocked.

 

[JCMore]

So what is George's future? Do we still own his rights? Did we ever even own him? I read all of this and now my head is spinning.

 

[SoupInNYC]

I was bored today

https://twitter.com/x/status/1710399713332089033