News: Rev Roster 2018

Because, even though they aren't under contract with the Revs, the Revs still hold their MLS rights. LA2 could, in theory, select the rights to one of them in the expansion draft and then try to sign them.

 

You were correct about Nemeth, as Lemieux confirms:

 

I kind of figured. So LA2's going to pick Kouassi, he's going to sign with them, he's going to be a beast in the midfield for them, and we're going to wonder why we can't get players like that.

 

If that beast is a water buffalo, since that approximates Kouassi's lumbering first touch, lack of passing range and general lack of vision.

 

Report: Eric Lichaj targeted by New England Revolution, other MLS clubs

 

Obviously we disagree on Kouassi, but I'll just say that the first season back after an ACL replacement isn't the right window to evaluate a player.

I like this possibility, but wondering the cost. I wouldn't think it would be too hard to outbid Nottingham Forest (for an outside defender), but we'll see.

Does our spot in the allocation order matter here? That must be due to reset soon, so it would be nice to get something from that.

 

Per the MLS website
Once the club uses its allocation ranking to acquire a player, it drops to the bottom of the list. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is the other club’s ranking. At all times, each club is assigned one ranking. The rankings reset at the end of each MLS League season.

 

Not sure, but I think the League season ends right after MLS Cup.

So, the Revs only have a few days to use it or lose it.

 

Lichaj and Tinnerholm would be a pretty exciting turn of events. That would be the most organized plan the Revs have executed - one that promises a fairly exciting style of play - since Twellman and Rally came over in the winter of 2001-2.

 

Nevermind. Lichaj is not on the allocation list.

So, it's first come, first serve.

Also, from the comments section of the article above:

 

Gem of the day for #NERevs fans -

.@RobStoneONFOX speculating @GarethBale11 to the #NERevs. Order your jerseys now, folks! 😂 pic.twitter.com/YVyPN9G0lc

— Six States One Pod🎙 (@SixStatesOnePod) December 6, 2017

 

Yup, NE Revs will be right on top of the list when Bale's contract runs out in 2022. Lets see, Bales makes $25m a year. That works out to about $650k a week. Bale will be quite shocked to learn that the Revs were talking per season, not per week when they tried to sign him!

 

Come home Geoff Cameron ... pleeeeease.

 

He's never going to play for the revs. Or at least it would be highly unlikely.

 

Vancouver Whitecaps in talks for New England's Kei Kamara - report
http://www.espn.com/soccer/vancouve...rade-talks-for-new-englands-kei-kamara-report

 

Bale:Revs:: Messi:SKC

 

Trade him for whatever you can get plus a case of Harpoon

 

Draft picks. Very 1997 of the Revs.

 

The Kei trade is a done deal. 2019 1st round draft pick and a couple other MLS fake trinkets. No player, nothing for 18

 

Draft picks? Huh?

Maybe Friedel is "5 steps ahead" of everyone else, but if it is anything like Burns being "5 steps ahead".....well, not sure how getting rid of Kei truly positions Revs to improve their chances in 2018. No college draftees can make up the goals that left town with Kei. (Regardless of whether it is Friedel or Burns who is calling the personnel shots.)

I remain realistically pessimistic about this teams desire to and ability to attract proven talent; so, this trade clearly puts them deeper in an already-deep roster hole from which they seemingly already did not have the wherewithal to climb out of. It is fun to imagine that getting rid of Kei as a salary dump is a precursor to some "really big" and meaningful acquisition. But there isn't too much history to point at to make that seem a likely outcome.

If Kei was "just too expensive" - well, that's even more disappointing. He actually was a reasonably priced DP - at 35th place, he was well down the list of top salaries in MLS. Multiple other teams had two or more players paid higher than him.

 

Those Whacky Revs..... Party like it's 1999.

 

if the Revs have to end up paying any part of Kei's contract then the trade was a bust. Far as I am concern unless they plan to land a striker or a "name" DP this trade was just for the sake of making a move. Do they expect Nemeth to replace those 12 goals? Do they expect Agudelo to shoulder the load? That is a lot to expect. Again the Revs set themselves up to what looks like to the fans as a plan to make bold moves. whether they come thru or not is another story. Lets hope they don't wait until April to fill out there roster

 

I do admire your magic at conjuring hope [Hope!] from the smallest traces of stardust........while at the same time slyly admitting that there is dust in that there star...