Lampard To Nycfc

[Midas Mulligan]

He isn't John Terry

Sometimes, we have to take our victories wherever we can find them.

I fully understand that internet forums are largely a platform for people to bitch and moan. I'm just trying to express a dissenting opinion and make it clear to any guests viewers we might having that not all Americans or NYCFC supporters feel strongly opposed to Lampard and that I in fact guess it's a vocal minority .

If you look back at the thread, there was like a week where some of us bitched about it. It wasn't some crusade. The rest of the bitching, and it's more widespread if not a majority, is about the fact that people think he's well past his expiration date to be the most effective option for a club with NYCFC's ambition and in a league as physically demanding as MLS.

There aren't many midfielders in MLS who can get by without a killer work rate, and it would be practically unheard of for a club to be able to play two such MF players at the same time. Since I rate Xavi as the far better fit for the tactics I expect we'll see, I would rather spend the DP slot on another player.

If he's not going to be a DP, then that changes the calculus entirely.

 

[Paul]

If he's not going to be a DP, then that changes the calculus entirely.

I'm pretty new to the MLS scene and I'm seriously wondering how that would even be possible. Lampard would have to accept a HUGE cut in his previous wages to come in as a non-DP, right? I'd imagine that there must be some other club somewhere in the world offering him a stupid amount of money.

 

[Falastur]

I'm pretty new to the MLS scene and I'm seriously wondering how that would even be possible. Lampard would have to accept a HUGE cut in his previous wages to come in as a non-DP, right? I'd image that there must be some other club somewhere in the world offering him a stupid amount of money.

Yep. It would rely on him rejecting the pay cheque to buy into "the project" instead. Unlikely, though possible I guess.

 

[Drainyoo]

New info coming out of Goal UK:

Goal UK reports the 36-year-old will earn 90,000 pounds a week with the expansion MLS franchise, where he will join former Barcelona and Atletico Madrid star David Villa.

NYCFC will announce a "major player signing" during a press conference on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. ET.

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1110...-completes-new-york-city-fc-move?ICID=HP_HN_1

 

[Tom in Fairfield CT]

7 mil a year? Pretty cool, excited to have him, hope we have cash leftover for someone related to the MNT

 

[DiRoma]

New info coming out of Goal UK:

Goal UK reports the 36-year-old will earn 90,000 pounds a week with the expansion MLS franchise, where he will join former Barcelona and Atletico Madrid star David Villa.

NYCFC will announce a "major player signing" during a press conference on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. ET.

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1110...-completes-new-york-city-fc-move?ICID=HP_HN_1

so i guess hes DP2

 

[lawson]

Suuuper, super Frank!

 

[Brooooooklyn2015]

10:30 Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 5 is the player announcement. Kries and Reyna will be there....Whos going???? Ill see you there!

 

[Brooooooklyn2015]

Come to the player announcement( Most likely Frank Lampard) at Brooklyn Bridge Park at 10:30 am tomorrow. Kreis and Reyna will be there. Should be fun!!

 

[Vito]

 

[Drainyoo]

It would be hilarious if it's Xavi they're announcing and not Lampard.

 

[Vito]

It would be hilarious if it's Xavi they're announcing and not Lampard.

It would be even better if it was both

 

[BxLio91]

We need to go out there in numbers because the paranoid conspiracy theorist in me has a feeling that cows and cockroaches fans might try to ruin it.

 

[SebastianBlue]

It would be even better if it was both

I would still take Xavi and a decent American DP over Lampard.

I'll embrace the signing but I'm not in anyway excited about it, as I was with David Villa.

 

[lawson]

I would still take Xavi and a decent American DP over Lampard.

I'll embrace the signing but I'm not in anyway excited about it, as I was with David Villa.

Bah humbug

 

[Kjbert]

The guy is a legend and can still play. Don't undervalue how good the EPL is and don't overvalue how good MLS is.

 

[SebastianBlue]

The guy is a legend and can still play. Don't undervalue how good the EPL is and don't overvalue how good MLS is.

I don't think there is any danger of my doing either.

But his legs have already started to go and, unlike Xavi, his movement was more important to his ability to dictate midfield play. Not to mention he will be 7 or 8 months older by the time we begin play.

That said, I will support him and hope we can get the best out of him.

Bah humbug

I want nothing from you; I ask nothing of you; why cannot we be friends?

 

[Buckley]

7 mil a year? Pretty cool, excited to have him, hope we have cash leftover for someone related to the MNT

cash left over? man city has more money than they know what to do with....remember.. DP's don't take up cap space.

 

[Andy]

cash left over? man city has more money than they know what to do with....remember.. DP's don't take up cap space.

Man City have a budget restriction, CFG doesn´t luckily..

 

[BxLio91]

http://soccerly.com/article/dflores...est-bridges-to-build-as-lampard-arrives-to-ny

I'm still waiting to see evidence that this was more than being a drunk jackass at the wrong place/wrong time