Revs Offseason 2016-2017

BrianLBI · Jan 31, 2017

I think there's a chance of picking up a player from another MLS team, but I think we're done from outside the league.

patfan1 · Jan 31, 2017

BrianLBI said: ↑

I think there's a chance of picking up a player from another MLS team, but I think we're done from outside the league.
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So we screwed the pooch on Brian Bilello's 3-5 TAM level players then?

goussoccer · Jan 31, 2017

patfan1 said: ↑

So we screwed the pooch on Brian Bilello's 3-5 TAM level players then?
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Well, at least before pre-Season Training started!

firstshirt · Jan 31, 2017

Crooked said: ↑

Yes. I'm assuming we'll sign one or two of the trialists with MLS experience and maybe a draft pick or two.
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not exactly the best group of Trialist they have ever brought in. Hopefully they will bring a few more in for a look and not settle

REV IT UP · Jan 31, 2017

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Didn't Heaps get skewered on BS for exactly this kind of lineup last season? Once we went with two forwards, and got Lee out of the ACM role and moved Aguedelo there things got better? I know I'm old and everything, but this lineup formation is exactly what hurt us last year. When the year ended I thought we were more of :

....................Goalie
............four across the back............
.........................Koffie.............................
Caldwell.....................................Fagundez/Rowe
.......................Aguedelo
............Kamara....................Nguyen

Lee was getting knocked off the ball too easily in the middle of the pitch, or dribbling into traffic. Out wide is better for him and for us.
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I'm very skeptical that a formation can single handily ruin a teams performance, versus other factors like players. It's a new season, with new players. Like I said before, our defensive spine is 100% new this season. Kouassi-Milner-Angoua will have a whopping total of 0 minutes of MLS and Revolution experience come March 4th.

Is Kouassi really going to anchor the central midfield with two new defenders behind him? I'd love for everything to just click right of the bat, but that would take a Mourinho/Ferguson/Wenger level of coaching to accomplish, not Heaps level. I just don't see that triangle being strong enough to support the diamond in the beginning of the season.

RevsLiverpool · Feb 2, 2017

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Kouassi-Milner-Angoua
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Wish it was James Milner! He's busy playing left back for Liverpool.

patfan1 · Feb 2, 2017

Thread at 500 ... feel free to use the Preseason thread.