He's young and likely inexpensive. River Plate is also a solid club to come from.
Nycfc Sign Diego Martinez
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This signing is giving me international spot anxiety.
I think this is a signal that Wingert is mainly going to be used as a CB not going to play LB anymore.
I look at this similar to Ethan White. Good player who can play when needed, but most times won't be a starter. An upgrade from Wingert and Kwame that's for certain.
More than anything, I like the fact we are creating some competition and battles for starting positions on the pitch
With all our attacking fullbacks and midfield options, I really want a 4-3-1-2 even more. Pack the midfield with our four guys, give Villa a strike partner, and let Iraola, Matarrita, and Martinez bomb up the sides.
I can't comment on someone I've never seen play. The club will know better than me, so I'll trust they know what they're doing.
Ugh.... Wingert was absolutely lost as a CB......
I still believe that we have 2 international spots left. MLS has updated our roster to include Martinez and Matarrita. It says we have 8 international players. Jack Harrison is only listed as a GA.
I like the signing a young player you can develop by the youtube highlights he looks to have very good ball skills, good passing ability and closing speed. I also like that he is coming from River Plate who has on the best academy's in the world and have developed some of the best players in the world.
Well that's no fun!! Don't you know how these interwebz work?????
Just to provide some additional context around this, as I didn't know much about River Plate and their development of players, but here is a list of the top 10 products that have come out of River Plate (don't believe they are in any particular order):
1) Pablo Aimar
2) Javier Saviola
3) Javier Mascherano
4) Erik Lamela
5) Martin Demichelis
6) Fernando Cavenaghi
7) Radamel Falcao
8) Andres D'Alessandro
9) Gonzalo Higuain
10) Manuel Lanzini
http://outsideoftheboot.com/2015/11...ducts-saviola-mascherano-and-higuain-feature/
It is a factory to be sure. If I had to guess, though, nearly all of those guys actually starred or at least featured prominently at River before going on to bigger and better things. The fact that Martinez seems to have played a bit for River and was then loaned out has to temper expectations as a bit. All that being said, even if it is just a depth play, I like it because I think we were one FB short assuming you don't want Wingert playing meaningful minutes there.
This. I was excited to see Lampard play as an 8 in our exhibition game. I would prefer to have Mix as the other guy next to Pirlo and Poku as the "1" in that formation. We actually have the right players to play that way. Our link up play could be beautiful. Play Shelton next to Villa and utilize their speed. Just hope Shelton can finish!
Ugh I cant take it anymore, start the season! I wanna see how this shakes out.
Is there anyway we can fool another MLS club into trading Wingert for a couple of young unproven talents?
Our best bet would be to trade him and allocation money to offload his contract.
