2018 Fire Roster Speculation

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  1. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Correct, and I pointed that out.
    Thank you for repeating what I said.
    Perhaps 'people will understand that a little better' after you reiterated it.

    The problem is that gets more and more difficult to sign European players after their window has closed, as teams close ranks heading into the end of their seasons.

    At best, we find a player who has become completely superfluous to the team's plan (which is how we signed Bastian, I suspect) and the team simply wants to shed a contract.
     
  2. rooked

    rooked Member+

    Jan 21, 2013
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    I know who I don't want to add - Alan Gordon!
     
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  3. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    His absence from any preseason game has been the best part of any preseason game so far.

    Why any team would sign a 36 year old Alan Gordon is beyond me.

    He has played in MLS since 2004 and, despite being a striker, he has ONE season where he has scored more than 5 league goals.
     
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  4. splunge63

    splunge63 Member+

    Mar 30, 2014
    west burbs
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    So, NRod's loading up! Shocking!
     
  5. lncolnpk

    lncolnpk Member+

    Mar 5, 2012
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sorry I have to do this but

    Guillermo Rivera @FireConf
    4h



    Alan Gordon is now camp with #cf97 as a trialist
     
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  6. lncolnpk

    lncolnpk Member+

    Mar 5, 2012
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    and another deal fell through

    Guillermo Rivera @FireConf
    48m
    Replying to @rog905

    Team wouldn't sell so they moved on. Fans will continue to ask those questions this season until the roster is completed. As I've said before, let's see where they are on May 1.
     
  7. Pennsylvania Dave

    Jul 31, 2012
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
  8. Pennsylvania Dave

    Jul 31, 2012
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    He was poisoned.
     
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  9. HeyFireGO

    HeyFireGO Member+

    May 12, 2007
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Bottom of the table team.
     
  10. chiladd

    chiladd Member+

    Mar 21, 1999
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Guillermo is one of the the worst team_coverage guys in the league.how he makes a salary as an MLS reporter boggles my mind.

     
  11. lethargytartare

    lethargytartare Member+

    Oct 2, 2000
    Magrathea, Horsehead Nebula
    Club:
    Yeovil Town FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Scotland
    this is, of course, one of the problems with the MLS playoff format, American sports in general, and the current braintrust at the Fire.

    Wait til May 1st? wtf?

    if all anyone cares about is getting a squad compiled in time to make a playoff run, what's my incentive to be a fan the remaining 6 months of the season?

    see you guys in August, I guess.
     
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  12. HerthaBerwyn

    HerthaBerwyn Member+

    May 24, 2003
    Chicago
    If Alan Gordon is signed he had better make a nice donation to Howard Brown PDQ.
     
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  13. rooked

    rooked Member+

    Jan 21, 2013
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Or better yet, don't sign him.
    Even better would have been don't consider him
     
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  14. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
    Do I have to start posting photos of Shep Messing around here?
     
  15. skinut

    skinut Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 25, 2000
    Castle Pines, CO (or often elsewhere on earth)
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That would just be cruel.
     
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  16. GHjelm

    GHjelm Member+

    Apr 23, 2008
    Batavia
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    I thought those had all been secreted away to a classified government storehouse, ark of the covenant-style. Why would you possibly do that to us?
     
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  17. Pennsylvania Dave

    Jul 31, 2012
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Guillermo tweeting Goosens is a trialist for an Eredevise team. I guess that answers that question. Also if I see one naked picture of Shep Messing I'm gonna post a dick pic of Pele and earn my first yellow card! Don't do it!
     
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  18. A yellow card here, from our ball sucking mods? No way!
     
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  19. chiladd

    chiladd Member+

    Mar 21, 1999
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Good for Goosens , he's a good guy with alot of bad luck. We all knew his injury bug was going to find him here - but wish he could've shown us more.

     
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  20. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Agree with all of this.
    He is on trial with ADO Den Haag.
     
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  21. rogerinIL3

    rogerinIL3 Member

    Feb 27, 2016
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    The Fire vs. Nashville(USL) was terrible. Fire struggled all day to work the ball out of the back and the attack was disjointed at best. Douglas was out of the game shortly after coming on at the beginning of the second half.

    The commentators said the Fire had been hit hard by injuries. No Pollster, no Dax. not sure I saw Lillard out there either. Basti was good, but Nikolic disappeared without service.
     
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  22. skinut

    skinut Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 25, 2000
    Castle Pines, CO (or often elsewhere on earth)
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Don't blame Canada. . . BLAME CAKES!
     
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  23. lncolnpk

    lncolnpk Member+

    Mar 5, 2012
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  24. GHjelm

    GHjelm Member+

    Apr 23, 2008
    Batavia
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Great. We can switch to a classic formation:

    4-2-2-0-2

    Two forwards with nobody to pass to them.
     
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  25. Pennsylvania Dave

    Jul 31, 2012
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    What about 10 holding mids? I guess that's a

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