Well the number of players depends on the salary. For example, so it could be they're going after 2 higher salary TAMs instead if 3 lower (ie. 2 at 1.5M instead of 3 at 1M).
Also, another angle could be the vDw situation. If we just released him and paid his salary, that could be using up some of the TAM funds, limiting the available space. Was there any official word if releasing him freed up any salary?
"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
"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
We got the Galaxy's 1st round pick in the next draft for the top allocation spot (which they have used to sign Gonzalez so we're back to #1).
Not bad, and extra incentive to cheer against the Galaxy. I like it.
must be a slow day when people are complaining about a 28yr year old good mls player getting another 2 years on his contract.btw we got a 1st rd pick from LA.
At least with the first rounder Cinci gets nothing.
DeLeon was a solid acquisition. Glad they locked him up for a few years.
For me - his presence on the team so far is reminiscent to what Beita was. He's going to give you a solid, no-nonsense performance. He won't flash the place up but he'll rarely Fuck up. The team will give him a job and he will do it. People need to chill out. Not ever player we sign is going to be Pozuelo.
I'll add, I don't love the DeLeon signing as it does feel premature to me as well, however I think it is a possibility that management is doing this mostly to lock him into a lower salary than he might have been able to negotiate at the end of the year if this trend continues and he plays significant minutes + does well. DeLeon might have traded some salary for the promise of a guaranteed multi-year contract.
Difference is that Zavaleta was never good. He was protected by two better CB’s and if you were really watching him, he was a poor 1v1 defender (Montreal series in 2016 was when I knew he was useless). DeLeon has shown he can start, be your 1st/2nd guy off the bench, and play multiple positions. DC fans were pretty much in unison that they all liked him, and would be a good player for us. The Beita comparison was actually pretty good.
Generally you want all your core players on multi-year contracts. Then they are an asset that can be traded & they are fully committed. I’d still like to see Bradley extended and his future locked down.
Just to clarify, yes we got LA's #1 draft pick, which is a dubious asset.
We also got the 2nd pick in the allocation, which means we are back at #1 for the allocation list.
Not a bad bit of business from Curtis. Well done.
when I heard the news about Deleon I assumed they extended him at a lower number to build cap space. Sounded like a good plan
"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
“There are 3-5 players we have a lot of interest in," Curtis told MLSsoccer.com on Thursday. "Some of them may not be available, we may not have the financial wherewithal to get a deal done, but we have a few players on that list that we think highly of.”
Najar, Green, Omar Gonzalez, Fabian Castillo, Fabian Johnson?
Gonzalez at TAM would be my preference.
Matt miazga is another name who should interest Curtis.
castillo and miazga are the only 2 i would be interested in.rollins seems to think it may be juilian green.