Revs Current Roster - A work in progress

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  1. firstshirt

    firstshirt Member+

    Bayern München
    United States
    Mar 1, 2000
    Ellington, CT / NK, RI
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Bye-bye Cochrane but I don't think Barnes is the answer at CB. I think he is a just a good backup
     
  2. firstshirt

    firstshirt Member+

    Bayern München
    United States
    Mar 1, 2000
    Ellington, CT / NK, RI
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    agreed, I would have liked to have seen more of him in the midfield
     
  3. NFLPatriot

    NFLPatriot Member+

    Jun 25, 2002
    Foxboro, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    27 players now under contract, 26 active:

    Goalkeepers (3): Tim Murray, Matt Reis, Bobby Shuttleworth

    Defenders (6): Kevin Alston, Darrius Barnes, Ryan Cochrane, Franco Coria, A.J. Soares, Otto Loewy

    Midfielders (12): Shalrie Joseph, Ryan Kinne, Kenny Mansally, Stephen McCarthy, Sainey Nyassi, Andrew Sousa, Pat Phelan, Chris Tierney, Benny Feilhaber, Diego Fagundez, Ryan Guy, Monsef Zerka

    Forwards (6): Zak Boggs, Kheli Dube, Alan Koger, Zack Schilawski, Rajko Lekic, Milton Caraglio

    Season-ending IR: Stephen McCarthy

    International slots(6 of 8): Coria, Nyassi, Lekic, Fagundez, Caraglio, Zerka

    Green Cards: Mansally, Dube, Loewy

    Potentially two spots to fill before the Sept 15th roster freeze.
     
  4. Argyle

    Argyle Member

    Jan 31, 2002
    Plymouth, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I disagree. Schilawski will be taken by Montreal in the expansion draft. He'll be traded, or released, and signed by Colorado as a backup striker.
    Then, due to injuries, he'll become a starter and finish the season with 10 goals.

    Giving Revs fans another reason to drink.
     
  5. Crooked

    Crooked Member+

    May 1, 2005
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    There's no way he'd ever see the field behind Casey, Cummings, Folan, and Akpan; but, I think I know what you're getting at...
     
  6. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Worse than Akpan? That's cold, man. Very cold.
     
  7. Crooked

    Crooked Member+

    May 1, 2005
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Lol, I think Schilawski is honestly that bad. I haven't been impressed by anything I've seen from him this year. I give him one more year on the team, if he doesn't get picked up in the expansion draft.
     
  8. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I would take Schilawski over Akpan, but that's not so much an endorsement of Zack as a condemnation of Andre. Anyway, I don't think he'll get picked in the expansion draft. We didn't lose anyone last time around and this year there will be only one team picking and two more teams from which to pick.
     
  9. Crooked

    Crooked Member+

    May 1, 2005
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    He's young and cheap, which makes him pretty attractive for an expansion team. Schil was protected last year, but I can't imagine we'd protect him this time around. I wouldn't be surprised if he were picked, although McCarthy would be another option if he were to be left unprotected.
     
  10. thebigfluff

    thebigfluff Member

    Jul 1, 2011
    Ipswich MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Schilawski has been utterly unimpressive in his time on the field. Perhaps he has something we haven't seen from him yet, but he isnt/going to get the playing time to show it. Leave him unprotected, let someone else take him and go after a more experienced player. (NO FROGGY RETIREMENT HOME CANDIDATES)
     
  11. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    There will be a lot of young and cheap players available, though, especially on deeper teams than the Revs. Expansion drafts are unpredictable because they are often about who other teams want (to be flipped in trades, etc), but I think there will be myriad alternatives to Schil.

    Also, I think it's a bit odd that you think Schilawski is a crap player who can't even help a crap team like the Revs and is even worse than Andre Akpan, but somehow other teams will want him.
     
  12. Crooked

    Crooked Member+

    May 1, 2005
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    He scored a hattrick last year which gained him a little PR around the league and finished the year with six goals in total. Six goals looks like decent production from a rookie who wasn't even a consistent starter. I'm guessing that his reputation might be a little higher with other teams who haven't seen him play as much, whereas I've watched him for two years and have come to the conclusion that he sucks.
     
  13. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You are operating under the assumption that other MLS teams do as little homework on a player as the Revs do.

    [/cheapshot]

    :)
     
  14. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He actually had 5 goals in league play last year and only one so far this year. In 2,288 minutes ... so basically take away the hattrick and he has 3 goals in the remaining almost 2,200 minutes, a goal every 8 games.
     
  15. Crooked

    Crooked Member+

    May 1, 2005
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    I'm not defending the guy, I think he's awful. I'm just saying that five goal isn't bad for a rookie and that another team could be mislead by his stats.
     
  16. firstshirt

    firstshirt Member+

    Bayern München
    United States
    Mar 1, 2000
    Ellington, CT / NK, RI
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hopefully they are and they will want him and give up more than he is worth
     
  17. Jon Martin

    Jon Martin Member+

    Apr 25, 2000
    SE Mass
    Awful? Sucks? Crap? I know this board doesn't go for shades of gray much, but I think this view of Schilawski is over the top. Most of the minutes he's played have been with teammates who couldn't string 3 passes together. How much has he played with Milton, not to mention with mids who could get him the ball? The kid's only 24, he has vastly better foot and heading skills than Lekic, and is tougher and faster than Lekic, and works harder. Schilawski: 6 goals in the run of play in 2288 minutes (per Monty) = 1 goal/381 minutes. Lekic 4 goals in the run of play in 1712 minutes = 1 goal/428 minutes with better teammates. I think giving Schilawski up for a bag of Doritos would be a huge error.
     
  18. RevsLiverpool

    RevsLiverpool Member+

    Nov 12, 2005
    Boston
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well put Jon. I'd at least hope we can at least negotiate some some cheese dip. ;)

    Agree with you re: Schil vs Lekic when the numbers beat it out. However, Schil's numbers are distorted by his hat trick. Taking away that aberration against a godawful TFC, Lekic is better.
     
  19. Jon Martin

    Jon Martin Member+

    Apr 25, 2000
    SE Mass
    It's still apples and oranges - You could just as easily say if Schilawski had the chance to play with Caraglio, Zerka, Feilhaber, Joseph and Tierney every week, he would be scoring more goals.
     
  20. RevsLiverpool

    RevsLiverpool Member+

    Nov 12, 2005
    Boston
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well it's academic since coach's decision has given Lekic that opportunity but after watching Schil last season, I really have my doubts he's going to turn into much more than what he was as a rookie for the Revs. He's not happy here, it's obvious, so a change of scenery may do wonders for his game.
     
  21. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Of course he's not happy here, he thought the Crew drafted him! ;)

    And I'll agree with your premise, he's not shown much here at all. I know there was a lot of talk about this last year but I believe almost every one of his goals last year were just sitter's ... the work had been done by someone else and all he had to do in most of those cases was touch the ball in. Yes, he fully gets credit for finding the net, I'm not taking that away, because we've seen how hard it has been for this team to actually find the damn net.
     
  22. RevsLiverpool

    RevsLiverpool Member+

    Nov 12, 2005
    Boston
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Agreed. I do remember some missed sitters by Schil that drove me absolutely crazy (on a team with Dube's knack for that). One that comes to mind was an in-close header he missed from less than 6 yds @Philly last year. He puts that away and maybe we walk out of there with 3 points instead of a 1-1 draw.

    Missed sitters add up over time and cost us in points and confidence. To me, poaching goals is sort of instinctual, you either have it or you don't. Twellman showed he had it as a rookie and it projected out as a great career. While I never expected Schil to be Taylor, I certainly expected more than he has been able to provide to-date. Then again, 10 goals his last year at Wake wasn't an exactly overwhelming number either.
     
  23. Kraft Out

    Kraft Out Member+

    Aug 2, 2010
    Boston
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    But he is young, and you have to give him the time to develop that he deserves.:rolleyes:
     
  24. Crooked

    Crooked Member+

    May 1, 2005
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    HA! I'm more than willing to write him off after watching him play professional soccer for more than two consecutive years. I think I've seen enough to determine that he's not worth our time, although he could improve in a different environement. It is worth noting that he hasn't gotten much run with our new and improved team, albeit deservingly so. I'd like to see him paired up top with Caraglio to better judge his potential. Playing up top with Dube, Mansally, etc. last year was a death wish.
     
  25. NFLPatriot

    NFLPatriot Member+

    Jun 25, 2002
    Foxboro, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Roster freeze was yesterday at 5pm. Did we fill our empty slots? No? Shocker!
     

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