100%. The front office doesn't give an ounce of their time for the supporters who have been with the club since the beginning. They only care about attracting new fans to the new stadium. Fans who know nothing about the trials and tribulations of this roster construction since 2022. Fans who aren't posting on any message board or social media.
If the intent is to sell premium seating 4X pricier than the current pricing, the team is certainly taking, shall we say, a unique approach.
Now I'm really depressed.
How'd your squad do on Matchday 7?
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Between last week's surrender and this week's debacle, I'm at a loss for words. I didn't expect us to be good until we got reinforcements. But I thought we'd have enough to stay above the line until they got here.
I think part of the issue is that most other teams in MLS have really improved and the median level of the league has raised quite clearly since 2021, while we've been tinkering and failing. So we don't have any glaringly sub-par players in our preferred XI, when we can field it, but we don't have anybody who is truly truly elite. Keaton, Freese and Alonso are very good. Martins is close, and has irreplaceable speed. Maxi is 38. Everybody else is filler IMHO.
Unfortunately, there's a lot of truth to this, although filler might be a little strong. Then again, until someone proves otherwise, it's hard to argue, especially since we're sitting in 11th place in the East right now.
I'll go further back and say that they've been consistently overestimating roster quality since the start of 2023. They absolutely did not expect to go into the Leagues Cup break with 1.08 PPG and 25 goals in 24 games. They thought Talles would accept his new role and step up, that Santi would work well as a 10, and Pereira, Pellegrini and Ledezma would round out a competent front line that could keep things afloat until the summer window.
I'll go further back and say that they've been consistently overestimating roster quality since the start of 2023. They absolutely did not expect to go into the Leagues Cup break with 1.08 PPG and 25 goals in 24 games. They thought Talles would accept his new role and step up, that Santi would work well as a 10, and Pereira, Pellegrini and Ledezma would round out a competent front line that could keep things afloat until the summer window.
Last year they expected that Bakrar's 2023 failure was a small sample fluke, and that one or more of Fernandez, Ojeda and Jovan would be at least regular late game contributors.
This year is the most perplexing. They added nobody on offense, while losing Santi, loaning Jovan, and facing an extended Malachi absence. 2023 was an understandable one-off mistake. 2024 represented overconfidence in unproven acquisitions. The confidence they are showing in this front line in 2025 is just inexplicable. I'm disappointed but not at all surprised how this team is performing.
Meanwhile this guy has to be feeling smug. Pascal is an upgrade, but Cushing took the fall for a multi-year roster fail. Managers can't perform fecking magic David. A lot of people convinced themselves otherwise.
Of all the things to be ... dismayed ... about, this one bothers me the most. If your strategy is to develop and sell (and I think it's a smart strategy, from a business perspective), how can you not have a roster of acquisition targets 10-deep at every position?
As much as I hate to say it, I can't argue with either of these. Especially the part about delay leading to better outcomes.
All true.Game sucked but hey, I got to try legends for the first time. Thanks Mark
Two moments of the game were when Mark shwafta'd it by saying we'd miss the penalty (though tbh we all felt it) and the second was when Mark goes "unless there's some miracle..." Just as our goal goes in. Just great timing lmao
