Revs Current Roster - A work in progress

Looked on the roster rules on the MLS site and didn't see anything but do remember hearing something like that...

 

Ok so the question is do we have 18 senior spots filled... if not then it would appear we are being fined

 

Monty, I think it has been a while since people on this board have been saying management has things under control. The Revs organization has now had last winter and this summer to bring in new players with a fairly open (by MLS standards) amount of money. They have failed miserably. They truly su*&.

I am still rooting for the Revs as much as ever and I'll always like Steve Nicol, but there is no defense anymore for what is happening.

 

Clearly you don't understand the complications of Revs salaries. Burns assured us before the season started that they are not wasting cap space.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

I agree it appears we have a lot of cap space going unused.

But with Perovic, I think the explanation was he asked for a significant raise, and the team declined. It is sort of odd for a player coming off ACL surgery to ask for a big raise, so if that's what happened then it wasn't necessarily a mistake to let him go.

I'm not defending FO's performance with the available cap space -- just saying that the Perovic departure might actually make sense from a management point of view -- course you then have to go out and use the money you decided not to pay him. . .

 

There is a difference between leaving a Dev Roster spot open (another Otto Loewy is not going to save our season) and a Senior Roster spot open.

The problem is, there is no reliable way of telling which players are on the Dev Roster.

Based on who they have let go since July 1st (Domi, Dabo), and who they have brought in (Caraglio), it is safe to assume they have at least one Senior Roster spot open.

Not filling it by the close of the transfer window is bad.

Not filling it by the September roster freeze is unforgivable.

The other sad thing is, they have at least 10 players* that are Dev Roster eligible (based on salary and age), so they either have multiple Senior Roster spots open, or some of these players are on the Senior Roster.

* = Ryan Guy status/salary still unknown

 

I read somewhere (can't find it at the moment) that both Soares and McCarthy signed on with GA at the last minute before the SuperDraft.

EDIT: Here is one link saying Soares is GA, however it must be an error, because he was a senior, and I think only underclassmen can sign with GA.

My guess is both Soares and McCarthy signed MLS contracts before the SuperDraft, and some writers assumed that meant GA.

 

I vote this thread be "unstuck" since, clearly, the Rev roster is decidedly not a work in progress

 

+1.

 

Since the Revs roster demonstrates rampant fiscal irresponsibility, consistently poor results, fools for decision makers and pro is the opposite of con, perhaps it's a work in congress instead?

 

Revs Publica

 

McCarthy is a keeper.
He's young. He's demonstrated an ability to score, and size is important in MLS.
On the other hand, Phelan?

I would hope the Zerka signing brought a close to the Zak Boggs era.
Dube will be in the USL next year.
Schilawski, also.

A legitimate left-back is imperative.
Move Barnes to the center, and bye-bye Cochrane.

 

Agree except re Schilawski who I think is a reasonable 4th striker who can also play on the wing. We need depth

 

Agree with George re: schilawski, and would add that I was intrigued by Dube playing CM in the reserve game, and would give him a chance to hang on in that position if he does well. That is also a position where we need depth.