Sources in Munich say he wants to come back and the team is looking to cut costs...Portland have dibs on him....He's certainly not worth DP cash but around $300K....
Kenny Cooper Back in MLS
Sources in Munich say he wants to come back and the team is looking to cut costs...Portland have dibs on him....He's certainly not worth DP cash but around $300K....
Well done Portland.
God damn Portland.
They can pass. It's just they have the 1st spot. How does the list look right now? which spot do we have?
he might pass too and demand a trade, great signing tho
I don't pass if I'm Portland, he had a pretty dirty strike rate for MLS (40 goals over 3 years, 90 appearances).
Imagine if he went back to Dallas. Ferreira/Cooper combo would be just as great as Cummings/Casey comboOriginally Posted by Ossington Mental Youth
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
I would pay DP money for him, particullalry for TFC, he is the kid of CF that could anchor a 4-3-3, playing with to quicker SS/AM/FW types on each side of him.
and noone at their games to enjoy it
Yup. And if Toronto would want to attract him, that is exactly what they'd have to pay, a DP salary.
well, it was the source of Cooper's dispute with Dallas/MLS FO
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
id gladly pay dp for that dude, oh how we can dream
I'd trade them Dero for his rights.
I would like to see it happen. If we are going to play three forwards, we need more, he is as good as it gets in this league.
I met him...he's imposing. Big guy.
I'd love to see him play a role like Danny.
he's big, but not really an aerial guy. likes to play the ball with his feet, running towards through balls. kinda plays like Henry/Villa, slashing from the flanks
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Haha Portland does have his rights... but if we managed to keep Dero happy a front three of
Santos - Cooper - Dero
looks nice in my head.
That is exaclty what I was thinking.
DeRo for Cooper!
Make it happen.
But from what I have seen he playes "big" physicaly, and uses stengh to make space to make space, turn and shot. Creates space for other players. Has quick powerfull shot.
Now I have only seen him against TFC, I have a limited picture.
He's got an incredible scoring rate against us.
I'd rather have him play for us than against us.
Not only that, but he is very mobile for a big guy. He can pull the CB's all over the place.
I'd pay him DP money, without question.
He is my least hated player in MLS and hence my favourite non tfc player to ever play in MLS.
Cooper has all the attributes to be one of the best strikers in MLS history. Physical, strong, out muscle, out work opponents, can shoot off the turn, head the ball in and a draw double coverage in every situation. This guy is the complete MLS package. If we kept DeRo behind him that would be great. But id trade DeRo for Cooper straight up all day.
He's the striker we always needed and never had.
I'd pay Cooper DP money. He's a guy to build your team around for the next five years.
yep. i meant to say he doesn't play like traditional CF a la Dichio. he moves around a lot and looks for space. can head the ball pretty well too
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
It's a trade that obviously won't happen though, Cooper has demonstrated that he can score at Dero's level or above, is six years younger and not (so far) in a major contract dispute with the club that owns his rights.
Not straight up like that it wont.. so i agree with you there.
Now for some alloc $$ and/or draft pick combo, then sure.... would it not be feasible to lose that and get him into the fold here?
these are questions best left for more learned minds than mine
barrett for his rights.
Sounds like not enough, but if Cooper wants to work with Mariner again maybe the league could force it through.
Chad gets to go home and we get an awesome striker
Man, I just went back for fun to look at Dero's stats to compare... for his MLS career he's averaging a .32 strike rate, BUT broken down to time spent with a particular organization, he's averaging:
SJ (5 seasons): 108 apps, 27 goals = .25
Houston (3 seasons): 78 apps, 24 goals = .31
TFC (2 seasons): 55 apps, 26 goals = .47
He's getting better with age! By the time he's 40 he should be up to a goal a game! We should lock him down long term.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
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