I think something would have leaked a while ago if it was Drogba and the announcement is about to happen.
Or anyone big for that matter
I think something would have leaked a while ago if it was Drogba and the announcement is about to happen.
Or anyone big for that matter
I don't know who it is .. but the source said NOT a MAJOR African DP. I'd put Drogba in that MAJOR category... He did say used to be a MAJOR playerOriginally Posted by jloome
Looks like this guy to NYRBhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Sekagya
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Shit the Red Bulls are getting Ibra?
Now its a non DP http://www.kickoff.com/news/35644/fo...-york-red-bull-
If it wasn't clear that Eckersley and O'Dea were too much of a cap hit vs their production I think Nelsen made it VERY clear to the media today.
Kurtis Larson @KurtLarSUN 37m Nelsen: "We’ll get two or three more players this window, we’ll slowly get better. Next year there’s quite a bit more relief on the cap."
Kurtis Larson @KurtLarSUN 33m Nelsen on cap issues: "You can’t spend a certain amount of money on certain positions...The team’s been spending for the sake of spending."
Spending over 600k on LB and RB just isn't something that can be done in a 3m cap world unless you have cheap talent in other key areas.
Never heard of him.
My bet is they try to renegotiate Ecks contract then get his residency so he is a domestic. As for Odea, I think he probably goes back to Europe.
ya after that teaser tweet, it is a letdown
The article in the physical Globe today said over $700,000 and 1/4 of the salary cap go to O'Dea and Eckersley.
I was just going off of the last salary numbers I could remember for them... either way it isn't smart to do that, if you are going to put 25% of your cap into 2 positions left and right back are probably the last 2 on the list.
Absolutely. In fact, MLS teams tend to go cheap on these two positions and get away with less skilled players there.
My understanding, though, is that Eckersley at least has another year. I think O'Dea as well. Or is that just an option? Nelsen makes it sound like their contracts are done at the end of this year.
Major League Soccer @MLS7mLots of moves happening right now. Stay tuned.
Hard to be very enthusiastic if they don't involve us.
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WOW. That's unbelievable. That by itself is enough proof that Mariner had no clue what he was doing. In MLS you just can't spend that much money on two defenders. What makes it worse is that they are at best slightly above average.
Kurtis Larson @KurtLarSUN3h Nelsen: "If we bring in a player right now and the foundation isn’t there to facilitate a player of a certain caliber then it’s a waste.
- Nelsen: We have to get the squad right - the salary cap right … We’ve got to get everything sorted out. The foundation has to be right."
So WTF does that mean? We wait and not bring in a DP this transfer window while he "gets the foundation right?" Or that a big-name DP is coming and the only way he'll make an impact is if those around him provide service/general quality? I don't like either interpretation, but prefer the latter. We need help YESTERDAY.
Meanwhile Chris Klute (anyone heard of him), signed a permanent deal with Colorado today. Has five assists in 17 games since starting with Colorado. Don't know his new salary but he was paid $46,500 up to now.
Still shaking my head over letting Silva go if replacements weren't imminent. Sure could have used him, even on the bench, for this weekend.
Who knows. Maybe paperwork is in. I would imagine that the MLS HQ's system is a convoluted mess and since everything is bogged down with allocation and whatnot I guess things don't happen as fast as in other sports.
@torontofc Kevin Payne: we will not discuss players on contract with other clubs
(Except for that one person in marketing...she can talk about people...but she's Paul's issue so wtf do I care)
Apparently Clint Dempsey is for sale at Spurs. Bring him back to MLS as a DP?
She can but the big question is; is she still employed?
KP interview.
"My sense was that the clubs philosophy was to go after some talented younger players...."
In walks 40 kids out behind Payne
"That is still part of our philosophy.."
What a bummer this week has been - started out with such optimism regarding that G&M piece and other arrivals. Now, there is no clear estimated time of arrival for these new players, and we actually let a player in the first XI go. But, patience, patience...
Questioner: "Can you characterise what the state of the salary cap was when you took over?"
KP: "Disastrous"
"We were significantly over the cap and significantly under the number of players on our roster when I got here."
"Basically the house was on fire."
wow, a lot to digest in that interview :S
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I don't see how we are going to fit 3-4 good players in this window considering the cap situation he alludes to. He also mentions a wide defender, I'm thinking they have no confidence in Ashton going forward.
Aren't O'Dea and Eckersley's deals through at least the end of next year? Those two contracts are a real albatross. I'd like to know how we have so much more flexibility next year.
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