Originally Posted by
DigzTFC!
I did (hahaha), but I figured Ricketts has been the only one really worth the money.
While I like our ambition to get players with "names" from other leagues, I think this approach is very Leaf-esque. We're doing patch work right now. Dickov (possible), Robert, Tebily, Robinson...these guys are not a long term solution. With all of these guys leaving soon or within a year, it makes it hard to build a core improving towards a championship.
Good MLS teams scout young players and build through the draft. Instead we buy aged EPLers that strain our cap position. If you look at the salaries of each team you see the good teams have a lot of 100-200k salaries with very few 350ks.
Much as Edu has been aweful this year, he should be our starting DM to develop the core of the team more and Robinson should have returned to Wales to be with his wife.
Older players are stagnating development with mediocre results......does this sound familiar to anyone?