Originally Posted by
barticusz
What were our biggest areas of need this offseason? GK, D, LB? Management addressed all of those first and foremost. They then stepped up to trade a guy that could be scoring goals for us (Jimenez) for midfield help, which was our next biggest need. Unfortunatley MLS works under the god forsaken salary cap structure that can suffocate you if you have any number of bad contracts and we had a LOT of those to work out of. Do we need more depth at DM, for sure but to think that they're purposefully avoiding that just to allow MB to play is complete nonsense.
It's too easy to pin this all on one player or coach. This is a broader team disfunction at this time. Kaye's horrendous passes, no youth stepping up, Oso not living up to his contract, Bernie not playing defense, Akinola not being a threat (let alone TAM level striker). The best part of the team this year has been the area's of the field that they prioritized and addressed in the window, D and GK. The existing guys need to wake up and start competing for each other.