I don't disagree with this statement but we are really thin on players that have a proven record of scoring so getting rid of Vako without an equivalent replacement seems unfortunate.
Yeah maybe not Vako. At least not now. Maybe in November. It depends on if another DP comes in. I think Kashia will go if Vako leaves.
Well, the idea would be that you're bringing in a player that will be more valuable than Vako if you work a deal to trade/sell him. Given that Espinoza is a genuine scoring threat now, Vako's role on the team is diminished, so potentially, the team has already made up for those goals, and could stand to improve by adding a player that gets more time than Vako is getting and can score at a decent rate. No idea if that's on the horizon for the team, but if Vako's contract is up at the end of the year and he's not playing much, anyway, there isn't much of a loss there. That being said, I thought Vako had a lot of potential, most of which was squashed under Stahre. Almeyda likes to play with a single forward and the midfield is overloaded right now, so maybe they swap Vako for another forward in the mold of Hoesen (with the assumption that Wondolowski retires at the end of the season). Getting rid of players that are "good" isn't always a negative for a team if you don't have the means to play them regularly, which is where San Jose finds itself now. As such, Vako is a prime trade target and the team should at least be entertaining offers, if there are any.
curious if the likes of Vako (and others) who feel they don't fit Almeyda's system have asked for a trade/release.
I think Kashia will stay, because he's next in line to backup Flo. I would guess they would release Affolter to make space for another backup CB/FB. Affolter - there's no way he can play Almeyda style, right? Same with Vako, he just doesn't have the steam to play both ways. Felipe. He seems to be way down the totem pole. Partida is back at Reno and sat on the bench their last game. Maybe he's not recovering from that 2nd ACL?
The question is whether or not you can get value for either Kashia or Affolter. I don't really expect that they would release Affolter before his contract is up since the cap space, etc, is already settled. He very likely won't get a new contract, though. However, you trade whichever one you can. If Kashia has enough value to another team that they can trade or sell him, then you trade or sell him. If that's Affolter, then you make the deal for him. This also all relies upon whether or not they can even sign a new central defender for this year. Given how well Jungwirth has upped his game, especially, I imagine it would be quite painful to see the team sign a new player that is obviously going to replace you (you being Cummings or Jungwirth, given what we know).
I'm starting to think that this is one of those baseless memes that start because someone says something, a few more pick it up, and before you know it, it's become conventional wisdom. Unless there is some real information indicating they are being actively shopped, the mere fact that they're mostly sitting on the bench is not particularly compelling evidence to me that they'll be leaving in the next month or two. I believe they are both on contracts that extend at least through the end of this season, so they cannot simply be cut. Therefore, unless there is a trade involving one or both, or the Quakes decide it makes sense to 'eat' one of their contracts, I expect both to still be on the roster in October.
Having your most expensive player getting very limited minutes would seem to be bait for any team who sees value in him.
I'm not convinced that the world is knocking at the Quakes' door begging for the opportunity to buy him.
Wait a minute, i thought the whole point of this forum is to fuel idle speculation, cuz just going over and over the last game or the bad owner would get, you know, very boring and not stimulate our minds or conversation at all.
No, the point of this forum is to grouse, and if the results are too satisfactory, then we need to idly speculate, so we can grouse about that.
Both Vako and Guram were signed in summer windows so I assumed their contracts would expire in the summer as well. Vako likely expires this summer unless they stuck an extra half season on his contract for some reason.
They bought him in the summer because his euro contract was likely up then, I can't imagine MLS wouldn't have contracts that go to the end of the season.
Yeah, don't let some turkey make you chicken and quail when you want to grouse. Just give them the bird.
I'd imagine Kashia will get a run of games while Cummings is at the Gold Cup. Even if Panama doesn't make it past the group stage, I think they'd be gone for ~3 weeks (assuming they get released a week prior to the tournament).
Completely forgot about the Gold Cup. Interestingly, the Gold Cup starts about a month before the secondary transfer window opens. To purposefully add fuel to the baseless speculation fire, that opportunity might be a good way to show Kashia off in order to attract potential buyers. I'm not confident that he's going to look great in that opportunity, though. Although, honestly, if I'm another team, and wanted Kashia, I'd just wait for the contract to expire with the expectation that the Quakes don't re-sign him.
I think the same goes for Vako. Once again - I don't think that potential buyers are knocking on Jesse's door every day, and I will be somewhat surprised if both Kashia and Vako aren't still in San Jose in October. I would hope that if we sign another DP it would be at the expense of one of our players who doesn't even normally make the 18, and can be sent down to Reno (I am not 100% positive that is allowed, so correct me if that is not achievable.)
We have a DP spot, an international spot, a senior roster spot. We probably don't have the ~550k cap space needed for a DP though. Magnus would have been my obvious choice for a trade but he's on TAM now so I'm not sure that would even free up enough cap space. I think we have to get rid of Vako. Potential buyers aren't knocking on Jesse's door but hopefully Jesse is knocking on their doors - he should make them a deal they can't refuse. What difference does it make to us - Vako's contract is likely up at the end of the season. He hasn't been getting minutes. Very unlikely we would re-sign him. Why hold on to him for the rest of the year? He's a very good player - I'm sure a million teams would want him (for the right price). We just happen to be in a spot where we need someone even better than Vako and we need to clear his cap space.