http://www.soccerbyives.net/2012/12/...n-lottery.html If we get this guy, do we keep the picks or trade 1st overall? UPDATE: TFC gets him. Thoughts?
http://www.soccerbyives.net/2012/12/...n-lottery.html If we get this guy, do we keep the picks or trade 1st overall? UPDATE: TFC gets him. Thoughts?
Last edited by AdamAM; 12-20-2012 at 04:02 PM. Reason: To TFC
looks like we got him....now what?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_Agbossoumonde
hmm he's listed in wikipedia as drafted with us
Gale and Henry = our future CB's.
TFC actually got something in a lottery? This must be a first.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
I haven't heard much about him. Whats he like? Any stats?
So how does this guy stack up against Andrew Farrell? We seem to be loading up on CB's, although Farrell can play DM as well. If we make a move on this guy then I wouldn't be surprised to see Henry picking up games as a full back. There's a lot of questions still...
This signing is fantastic! A few points though:
I've seen the kid play, what we will get with him is great athleticism. Extremely good acceleration for a tall guy, has a nice leap too. Sadly he has been injured outside of soccer too, can't remember for how long but he was out for a while in a vehicle accident (ala Lindsay) and I'm biting my nails just thinking what will happen once he needs to play on turf. Has glass legs this kid. I see him playing more like Wynne did at Colorado, can track back well even if he makes a positional mistake.
I don't know that I have ever heard of this lottery system and am confused by the weird teams in it, and the crazy lottery percentages
The Reds were one of six teams to participate in Thursday's lottery and held a 57.3 percent chance of acquiring Agbossoumonde. Dallas (25.9 percent), Houston (9.5 percent), Seattle (5.0 percent), Los Angeles (1.9 percent) and San Jose (0.04 percent) also entered into Thursday's lottery.
Anyone know the industrial logic of this? Did we use our allocation slot on him?
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
“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
http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/new...-agbossoumonde
good story on agbossoumonde. note to young players. don't sign with 3rd party agency
“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
from the article..."He's got international center-back height, he's physically imposing, he's athletic, he's powerful, he's got a level of quickness, and he can recover because he has good speed," said U-20 U.S. national team coach Thomas Rongen. "He's got all the physical attributes to be a very good player. If you look at his technical qualities, he can tackle, he can head a ball, he can play 1-v-1 defense. But he's pretty smart, as well, and he can give us an advantage in possession of the ball. He's very comfortable on the ball and a good passer. Fundamentally, technically, he's very sound."
Interesting, Rongen is valuable resource from his US team connections.
“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
This development makes me marginally less apprehensive about being a season seat holder next year. But only just.
There was a decent piece on ESPN a couple weeks ago that explained how/why 3rd party ownership happens and works. Still seems really odd to me... almost has the feel of them working for a temp agency and hoping to impress the boss enough to get hired on full-time.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/blog/_/...y-deal?cc=5901
Lotteries are a tax for the stupid or poor. We win!!
I heard that Boss was in some kind of accident some time ago, but couldn't find much info. Does anyone know the details?
“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