NYCFC in the Media Thread - 2023
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not sure what people expecting from the FO. They are not going to say hey we looking for a 10/ a striker/ a midfielder. nor will they really say, he we didnt want to give DP to callens/ Johnson. The generic comments are the norm with them.
i thought it was "all" but you may be right. still i dont expect much to be revealed in the nycfc ones.
I think that's a widespread MLS problem.
As MLS expands, local coverage and connection with fans shrinks
Many MLS fans won't have the benefit of local coverage with the new Apple TV deal and shuttering of SB Nation MLS sites.
awfulannouncing.com
Article doesn't quite deliver the goods in terms of hard facts league-wide, but if the Crew are losing ground on coverage in Columbus, with just one other pro team (which the article oddly ignores), I think it's probably an issue in most cities, with a few exceptions.
Once Manchester City’s sibling, NYC FC is now more like a distant cousin
MLS franchise once helped itself to some of the Premier League side’s best young players. Those days are over, although that’s not necessarily a negative
Once Manchester City’s sibling, NYC FC is now more like a distant cousin
MLS franchise once helped itself to some of the Premier League side’s best young players. Those days are over, although that’s not necessarily a negativewww.theguardian.com
This is a little funny to me. I feel like the majority of our fanbase wants us to operate as independently as possible from Man City. This article makes it sound terrible we aren't getting the Shay Faceys, high schooler Angelinos, and super raw Yangel Herreras anymore. I think we are much better without them.
There's no doubt it's tough to lose the Tatys and Callenses to Girona. But let's be honest -- they were moving on to bigger leagues whether we were a CFG team or not.
For the others that have left -- that's just professional sports. It's not fun, but I think the doom and gloom around this team right now is certainly premature.
As someone else pointed out, we have a pretty good starting XI if the season started right now. It's just our backups (other than lb... heh...) that would be a problem.
Once Manchester City’s sibling, NYC FC is now more like a distant cousin
MLS franchise once helped itself to some of the Premier League side’s best young players. Those days are over, although that’s not necessarily a negative
So going into our 9th season and having Angelino and Herrera on our roster is helping ourselves to some of MCFC best young players?
Gabriel Jesus and Iheanacho were some of MCFC best young players. . . . .Shay Facey and Eirik Johansen, not so much.
Another press conference coming in 25 minutes. Cushing, Haak, and Alfredo.
I'm guessing this will also be unstreamed and we'll get updates on twitter?
If only the league had some type of outlet to stream these types of things to it's paying fanbase.
Last week the club tweeted out items from the event which preempted third parties. Maybe even they were told not to. This week the club isn't tweeting and they're letting the tird parties handle, which is nice, except if you read the stream of tweets that mention "nycfc" you see the same exact info repeated 4 times, then the next item 4 times, etc.
we doin new yawk act-cents again?
Not a whole ton of takeaways but here are a few that I had, in case some folks didn't see them on twitter, or if they weren't covered there:
- Cushing mentioned several times that they will be bringing in multiple players at multiple positions. Didn't mention specific names (would not address anything regarding James Sands potentially returning) and wouldn't mention specific positions, though he did note (paraphrasing) "you guys see what positions have left the club". He mentioned the roster not being complete on several occasions and in response to multiple questions. Mentioned being in discussions with David, the assistant coaches, and even Brad on this.
- Cushing also mentioned the team playing a 4-2-3-1 and then the 3-4-3 last year and mentioned adding a 4-3-3 this year
- Haak mentioned he's been at the 6 for most of the offseason, a little at the 8, can play CB if needed. This reminds me somewhat of Keaton's response where we now have some more clarity of where not to expect him to play where he does have versatility (ie, Haak not at CB, Keaton not at the 10)
Adding on this, some clarity in terms of players that we can expect to be at certain positions:
- Keaton at the 6/8, not at the 10 (from Keaton)
- Haak at the 6, a little at the 8, likely not at CB except in a pinch (from Haak)
- Pelligrini on the wing (from Cushing)
- Tayvon as RB or CB, but likely moreso RB (from Cushing)
- Talles at the 9 (from Cushing)
Tayvon's position I think could be more impacted by a change to 3 ATB and he moves to RCB or CCB. But it seems like with NYC playing 4 ATB, Cushing sees him more as a RB.
Great stuff. Thanks for the update. Twitter was not playing nice for me. Appreciate these posts
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