One third of the season is over and we are in 9th place, 7 points out of the last play-off spot. The team has been decimated by injuries, and it seems that whenever we got someone back, someone else goes down. We've dropped a lot of points at home, and 7 of our next 9 games are away. We can't score goals and our best striker is away for at least another month.
So if you are Bez & company what do you do? Can we chalk this up to no more than injuries and bad luck, and wait it out hoping the situation corrects itself when everyone gets healthy? Do you try and make some roster changes during the summer transfer window? Given a lack of TAM and the fact that we already have the highest payroll in the league is this even possible? Are the current problems solely due to injuries or are there other issues as well? Last year we won absolutely everything so maybe the desire to do it again isn't as strong amongst the players as a year ago? Our star forward wants a multi-year extension but he is 31 years old and his scoring pace has dropped off from 2 years ago. Do you give in to his demands, or move him when he still could garner a good return? Our key core players are in their 30's with their best playing days probably behind them. Do we keep the same group for another couple of years, or is it time to re-build with younger players.
The Canadian Championship will be starting soon. Do we go all in so we can have another run at CCL next spring? If we believe that the cause of our current injury situation was the CCL run then do we take a pass and field TFC II so that we can focus on league play next season?
Given where we are now, what would you do?