We've defending much defending much deeper than at the start of the year and we aren't getting beaten with the ball over the top. That's with Zavaleta who is slower than Molasses.Originally Posted by portu
We've defending much defending much deeper than at the start of the year and we aren't getting beaten with the ball over the top. That's with Zavaleta who is slower than Molasses.
If Zavaleta is slower than molasses than how slow is perquis
From some guy in Morocco on our potential new defender.
translates to
"Disciplined & good defender. Hes an international and played next to Benatia (Scheisse Bayern) on National team"
Sounds like the kind of CB we need to pair up with Perquis. Also, for the point of him being a Moroccan international, I'll point out that a European that's capped by Morocco is about as impressive as a European capped by the United States MNT. If they can cap you, they will cap you.
More impressive is that he played for awhile, not just one tourney. Less impressive is a defender no longer on the NT after the age of 27.
Mind you, experience playing in the qualifiers in the African Nations might be useful - gotta be a little bit like playing against less technical MLS forwards trying to jump all over your feet (go see the stomp by Connor Casey in today's USOC).
Nothing makes me tear my hair out more than our neverending lack of interest in this proven strategy.
Why would you spend 900K on 3 french internationals when you can spend $400K on 3 latin americans, and are very likely to get similar outcomes?
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Ive only seen a bit of Techera, hes been decent but not sure he'd fit into our current system. Dunno about the other guys, have they played much? Have they been effective in a positive manner? Dont really feel like Montreal has the best defense... I agree id love to have some cheap effective guys but lets see how our potential guy pans out
I wasn't saying get those particular players, my point was more that they are cheap and out performing their contracts atm.
Bez knows there is value in SA. He's scouted there and put guys on the discovery list from there. Gotta think Vanneys french fetish is getting the better of him.
Watch your grammar, it's Scheiss Bayern (or Scheiß Bayern).
getting Cheyrou and perquis on 575k combined isn't so much a fetish as it is good business.
No I'm pretty sure he got it right the first timeWatch your grammar, it's Scheiss Bayern (or Scheiß Bayern).
Nor was I, just meant good examples provided they're are producing more than their worth, which I wasn't sure of as I haven't been paying attention to them
Watch your grammar, it's Scheiss Bayern (or Scheiß Bayern).hahahaha I honestly don't know which is correct my German has gotten worse without practice over the years, my written being the worst of the two. Just typed how I'd say it. Pretty sure the difference is one means to shit on Bayern which I ok with, the other means they are shit. I opted for what I believed to be the latter, although ill reiterate I'm ok with the formerNo I'm pretty sure he got it right the first time
Never mind, I'm exhausted. Meant one means to shit Bayern, the other Bayerm is shit. Either way I suspect Im wrong
Except we know that's not their actual salaries and they are being paid down from over max salary levels with allocation.
Techera has two goals in 12 games and Cabrera started in most of their CCL games and has logged 700mins in the league. That's excellent value for 60k each.
Any potential to see some new faces in the friendly tonight?
I guess there hasn't been any mention of any more trialists recently tho... Maybe that Moroccan ?
Not bad at all
Going by FM15 which by the way has one of the most impressive scouting systems around he looks good enough to be a okay CB in MLS. But yeah he is slow and doesn't have great anticipation which doesn't help.
Here is a screen (max stats 20 in each btw): http://postimg.org/image/s3y9qz8if/
This narrative is still going on? Salary numbers released by the union don't reflect allocation because the union isn't privy to that kind of information. And the numbers released are for the benefit of agents, so there's no reason to fudge numbers if they can avoid it
Narrative? It's fact.
If you really think Perquis and Cheyrou are only being paid 360 and 250k...
Getting guys from Latin America has it's own problems. Of the ones that we got the only one that was truely a stud cost a lot of money (Laba). Urrutti?? Bust. Techera? Other than a few runs per game hasnt' done much more than what you'd get out of Findlay.
Cabrera, Cigri?? meh again, I think these guys' roles can be filled by NA talent. I'd rather spend my money on guys with experience. Cheyrou and Perquis have been immense for us this year. 500k for those two was money very well spent. Adding another CB with Ligue 1 experience can only help.
Further to my last point... I see Cheyrou as a good comparison to Juninho with LA. He's making 100k less than Juninho but providing so much more value in experience and confidence to the younger generation.
Other than Findley, I have no issues with how management has allocated player salaries this season.
Chicago, Kansas City, LA and NYC all have four players with salaries officially listed above the DP limit of $436K. Why aren't the salaries of non-DPs like Diskerud ($700K) and Mike Magee ($467K) and Dom Dwyer ($518K) listed below the limit if the numbers include allocation usage?
These numbers are published by the players union. Publicly publishing artificially low salary figures does nothing to benefit the players.
Great job by Bez getting two quality starters so cheaply.
Remember those two centre back we got from SA when Winter was here? Aceval and ???. Yeah how did that turn out lol.
Laba aside the chance for success is extremely low, not to mention the many convoluted systems in place down there that makes it like going through a minefiled to get a player.
Didnt MLSE have to build a training facilty for Urruti's club?
Personally I think Africa is a much better place to find gems.
Ya, Geovanny Caicedo. Conceded a penalty in preseason and left before even playing an actual game for us. That's all I remember from him.
Submitted without comment: Aceval Goal vs. Santo Laguana
They don't.
There are also players listed as DPs with salarys in the union release less than the DP threshold.
Have a deleted tweet from Timbers owner Meritt Paulson on this...
@maofootball union #'s don't show portion ofsalary paid thru allocation, or cost to us, former team etc. a # of guys onmore than shown
Fri May 25 20:17:34 +0000 2012 -merrittpaulson
Source: http://www.tweetbunker.com/?action=search&username=%40merrittpaulson
Steven Goff @SoccerInsider
Exactly RT @kylejmccarthy: Best to treat #MLS wages as guide rather than gospel in terms of salary budget issues. Allocation $ plays role
Kyle McCarthy @kylejmccarthy
As always, it is worth noting that the MLSPU salary list is more of a guide than hard-and-fast truth. #mls
Kyle McCarthy @kylejmccarthy
Usual caveats about MLS Players Union salary numbers still apply: treat them as a rough guide, not incontrovertible truth. #mls
Have to disagree with this. Lots of clubs have gone down there and scooped talent. AW and PM clearly didn't know where to start. SA and Central America are still the primary feeders of intl players to MLS.
This club has simply never been able to successfully navigate that market, but that doesn't mean it's a bad place to look. Ignoring it would be criminal IMO.
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