NYCFC in the Media Thread - 2017

[adam]

I don't know if there's a non-arbitrary line between 1.x and 2.x. I'm not going to argue against either position as long as it's reasonably clear which you use.

Well, you can surely make the case year 1 was v1. Let's go from there.

2015 - v1
2016 - PV takes over. You could say v2 starts, but many players from v1 remain. Style different.
2017 - few players from v1 remain. But 2 notable ones are DPs. The DPs play differently then from v1. And the team has gotten much younger. Is this the start of v2?
2018 - only one DP remains from v1. Maybe even fewer regular players. Completely different style integrated over 3 seasons of play. Has to be v2 at this point. If not v3 and v2 was the transitional period of 2016-2017.

And you know what? Who cares?

 

[Midas Mulligan]

So, this one will leave a mark on the red faces across the Hudson:
http://www.espnfc.com/major-league-...ow-far-theyve-come-despite-differing-fortunes

In New York, the most crowded sports market in the United States, NYCFC silenced doubters by finding immediate relevancy, something the New Jersey-based New York Red Bulls (nee MetroStars) have failed to achieve through their 21-year history.

 

[JayH]

http://nypost.com/2017/03/02/david-villa-on-lionel-messi-world-cup-why-hes-no-celebrity/

 

[The Toe]

Idk where else to put this, but today is #Dress4MLS, where you dress up in MLS gear at work and try not to get fired.

 

[JayH]

Idk where else to put this, but today is #Dress4MLS, where you dress up in MLS gear at work and try not to get fired.

Apparently you get bonus points if you slide tackle a coworker.

 

[Gotham Gator]

Idk where else to put this, but today is #Dress4MLS, where you dress up in MLS gear at work and try not to get fired.

Yes. This was much more publicized last year, but I remembered on my way out to work and sported the new City Member scarf on the way to the train.

 

[mgarbowski]

Today's NY Post

 

[SayWhat44]

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Today's NY Post

That's an awesome picture and I love that the post dedicated so much space for it.... Slow post news day with De Blasio out of town begging for money.

 

[mgarbowski]

Focus of the article is the roster turnover, with lots of foreign players and youth, and challenge of integrating them given many arrived late and speak different languages etc. It's a decent, solid overview. It also notes our traditional defensive issues and ties it into the main theme.

 

[Ulrich]

Focus of the article is the roster turnover, with lots of foreign players and youth, and challenge of integrating them given many arrived late and speak different languages etc. It's a decent, solid overview. It also notes our traditional defensive issues and ties it into the main theme.

We will always hear about our defensive problems until we start stringing together a bunch of shutouts within a long unbeaten streak.

 

[mgarbowski]

We will always hear about our defensive problems until we start stringing together a bunch of shutouts within a long unbeaten streak.

I think it's enough if we drop below top 10 in GA.

 

[SayWhat44]

I think it's enough if we drop below top 10 in GA.

That would be lovely

 

[mgarbowski]

That would be lovely

I'll personally be excited if we drop out of the top 5, but I think it takes getting below top 10 to drop the reputation.

 

[adam]

I'll personally be excited if we drop out of the top 5, but I think it takes getting below top 10 to drop the reputation.

Just remember, if you remove the 7-0 result we were not as bad as it seemed last season. And if you only count the second half of the season when we pulled it all together (it took time for PV to adapt to the league and for team to learn his system), we were even better still. And now we have more talent on the backline and in goal and speed in the midfield. I'm Wildly optimistic.

 

[NickA]

It's a decent, solid overview.

Thought so as well. It didn't seem like the ordinary, no-knowledge fluff piece.

 

[Midas Mulligan]

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I think this is the article in online form. (?)

http://nypost.com/2017/03/05/can-new-faces-take-new-york-city-fc-to-greater-heights/

 

[Midas Mulligan]

Idk where else to put this, but today is #Dress4MLS, where you dress up in MLS gear at work and try not to get fired.

I didn't even know about this, but I actually have participated almost daily for going on 3 years.

To JayH's point, I usually go for a shirt pull by the copier. exploit my upper body strength advantage over the programmers.

 

[mgarbowski]

I think this is the article in online form. (?)

http://nypost.com/2017/03/05/can-new-faces-take-new-york-city-fc-to-greater-heights/

That's the one.

 

[mgarbowski]

Just remember, if you remove the 7-0 result we were not as bad as it seemed last season. And if you only count the second half of the season when we pulled it all together (it took time for PV to adapt to the league and for team to learn his system), we were even better still. And now we have more talent on the backline and in goal and speed in the midfield. I'm Wildly optimistic.

One of my Wildcard make-your-own-prediction-subject predictions is based on exactly this reasoning.
http://nycfcforums.com/index.php?threads/2017-nyc-player-team-predictions.5324/#post-188446

 

[dannd23]

Just remember, if you remove the 7-0 result we were not as bad as it seemed last season. And if you only count the second half of the season when we pulled it all together (it took time for PV to adapt to the league and for team to learn his system), we were even better still. And now we have more talent on the backline and in goal and speed in the midfield. I'm Wildly optimistic.

Even if you're just counting post Red Wedding, we still gave up on average 1.65 goals a game which would be ranked 17th in the league last season