Passing game fails Revolution Much is amiss in loss to Chivas By Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff | July 2, 2007 http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2007/07/02/passing_game_fails_revolution/ California sleepin’ by Revs By Joseph D’Hippolito, Boston Herald Monday, July 2, 2007 - Updated: 07:49 AM EST http://sports.bostonherald.com/soccer/view.bg?articleid=1009198 OPINION: July Madness By Emlyn Lewis, Soccer New England July 2, 2007 http://www.soccernewengland.com/articles/view_article.php?id=2627 An article of possible interest: Fowler waits for offers Robbie Fowler admits he has yet to receive any offers since being released by Liverpool. By Mark Buckingham - Created on 2 Jul 2007 Skysports.co.uk http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx...d=4163&title=Fowler+waits+for+offers&channel=
This may not have any actual Revelution connection, but it mentions New England as many times as the Fowler story does... Lisbie Leaves Charlton by Peter O'Rourke 06/30/2007 skysports.com Charlton have just released Kevin Lisbie, Jimmie Floyd Hasselbaink, Talel El Karkouri and Thomas Myhre. After being relegated, they're obviously trimming some the larger salaries off their rosters. None of those guys suck either.
I wonder if the Revs have offered him anything. If clubs don't want him, it makes the chances of him coming here even more greater.
I'm you're anxious to keep thinking about the Revs' loss to Chivas, Andrea Canales has some additional quotes from Nicol up on her blog.
Another name we've heard tossed around before... Teddy Sheringham Teddy Linked With States Move Carla Hilton 07/02/2007 skysports.com
Fowler remains free agent By Vicki Hodges and agencies, Daily Telegraph, UK Last Updated: 3:12pm BST 02/07/2007 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/07/02/ufnrup102.xml FWIW, here's a list (http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2116378,00.html) of Premiership players that are available on free transfers: Arsenal - Ryan Garry, Joseph O'Cearuill Aston Villa - Mark Delaney, Lee Hendrie, Chris Sutton Blackburn Rovers - Keith Barker, Michael Gray Bolton Wanderers - Quinton Fortune, Henrik Pedersen, David Thompson Charlton Athletic - Nathan Ashton, Rurik Gislason, Jimmy-Floyd Haselbaink, Talal El Karkouri, Kevin Lisbie, Thomas Mhyre, Alistair John, Myles Weston (Offered contract) James Walker Chelsea - Magnus Hedman, Juan Sebastian Veron Everton - Alan Kearney, Scott Phelan, Alessandro Pistone, Richard Wright Fulham - Claus Jensen, Mark Pembridge, Tomasz Radzinski Liverpool - Jerzy Dudek, Robbie Fowler, Boudewijn Zenden Manchester City - Stephen Jordan, Trevor Sinclair, Hatem Trabelsi (Offered contract) Michael Ball, Nicky Weaver Manchester United - Phil Marsh, Florent Ngalula, Daniel Rose Middlesbrough - Malcolm Christie Newcastle United - Olivier Bernard, Kris Gate, Craig Moore, Pavel Srnicek Portsmouth - Daryl Fordyce, Nwankwo Kanu (Offered contract) Svetoslav Todorov Reading - Jonathan Hayes (Offered contract) Aaron Brown, Simon Cox Sheffield United - Paul Gerrard, Rob Kozluk, Craig Short, Alan Wright (Offered contract) James Ashmore, Keith Gillespie, Chris Lucketti Tottenham Hotspur - Robert Burch Watford - Joel Grant, Albert Jarrett, Chris Powell West Ham United - Shaun Newton, Teddy Sheringham Wigan Athletic - John Filan, David Unsworth
sweet! a 41 year old European! NASL NASL NASL...hooray! he has to be good for the league, he is from EUROPE!
Posted this in the News section but here you go.... Just to get your blood pressure going, read this one from our local "alternative" weekly. The sports section is where the interest lies, read about how soccer and Europeans are somehow ruining the NBA. Boston Phoenix- "America Blows" I don't even know where to start....
yeah I just posted a blog about that (thanks for the link) nothing like some xenophobic racism to celebrate the 4th of July
Oh God..I would hope that Nicol isn't looking for more scorers! I would think of him as more intelligent than that!! Ok..We have a good record so far and we've scored goals..so I don't think an aging scorer is what we need. Give me an aging, slow midfielder with vision and I'll accept that...
It's basketball...Who cares? Watch the last 14.6 seconds of any game and there's your result. What does this have anything to do with Revs News??? Oh by the way...NFL Europe is dead...YippeeKayYAY!!!!!
I don't get this. And I've read it many many times over the last couple of weeks. Why not get another scorer? Does it somehow hurt the team? If you've got the options, yes, there's more important needs. But if the only real option winds up being a Fowler, you guys are nuts if you don't think he'd help this team.
We create lots of chances for our forwards but their converson rate is poor. If we can sign a forward who can score a significantly higher percentage of his chances--like FOWLER--this team would be verrrry hard to beat.
How about we try to try someone who is younger and actually wants to play in MLS rather than a Euro retread who seems to looking for a few extra bucks before he retires to the Liverpool supporter convention circuit.
I don't believe he'd help "this" team..IMHO As was stated before...Scoring and Finishing is not the biggest negative that this team has. As far as someone like Fowler being a marketing plus..I don't see that either. This team needs a left sided attacking mid. This team needs a field general with vision and skill. This team needs 1 or 2 more quick and positionally good defenders. This team needs a couple of multi faceted mids who can come off the bench in a pinch. This team does not need another forward...sorry..I just don't see that need, right now, this season!
I agree completely. IMO, what this team first is a left wing mid. Second (though not by much) would be a scorer - preferrably a forward. Cristman is doing great for a rookie - but he's not the man yet. Noonan isn't up to form yet - and may end up being more of a midfield option. Twellman is one of the top forwards in the league. They need another scorer. After that, I would say the team needs another holding mid option, since Joseph may be gone at some point, and we've seen how precarious the team's depth is at this position. Attacking mid? Sure, it would be nice. But I think experience has shown this doesn't necessarily fit in Nicol's overall vision. An aging slow midfielder? Fugetaboutit.
Oh that's wonderful... Most recent homestand. Score 3 goals vs. a very good KC defense...but allow 4 goals for a loss. RSL - score 0 allow 0 Columbus score 3 allow 3 Toronto score 3 allow 0... 9 goals scored 7 allowed...1 win 1 loss 2 ties... Yea..we need another forward! I hope that Steve is smarter than that..bolster the defense and midfield..leave the scoring machine alone. BTW: my wanting an attacking mid and left sided mid..may score a few goals while their at it also!
Robbie Fowler is one of the great goal poachers of all time. He can flat out finish as well as anyone I've ever seen. I wouldn't be so quick to write him off. He's gotten a bit slow for the pace of the EPL, but I think he'd absolutely clean up in MLS. He's better than Angel.
He's also one of most notorious bastards in the sport, with a a questionable work ethic and "me-first" attitude. His skill is undeniable, it's the extra baggage I question. Angel wanted to come to MLS. I get the impression Fowler wants to go someplace for an easy paycheck.