Hey maybe some other team can pick him up and we can trade Howard for him. ______________ From Bloomberg: The Los Angeles Galaxy has waived midfielder Winston Griffiths, it was announced by Galaxy VP/GM Doug Hamilton. The 23-year-old Griffiths joined the Los Angeles in a trade with MetroStars for a conditional SuperDraft pick on April 20. The move will open a senior roster spot and put the Galaxy below the league's 22-man limit, which includes 18 senior and four Developmental roster spots. "It is always a difficult decision to waive a player, but at this time we feel it is in our mutual best interest for Winston to move on and pursue opportunities with other teams," said Hamilton. "We want to thank him for all of his efforts as a member of the Galaxy organization and wish him the best of luck in the future." A native of Jamaica, Griffiths appeared in six games - four starts - with the Galaxy, compiling 310 minutes and a goal for two points on the season. Griffiths made his MLS debut as a substitute in the MetroStars' season opener on March 23, a 3-1 win over the New England Revolution. A left-sided midfielder, Griffiths has accumulated 26 international caps as a member of the Jamaican National Team, and has scored four goals for the "Reggae Boyz."
Whenever I hear his name, I get angry because we gave up DJ Countess for him. DJ must have been worth more then him.
Of course he's not useful if you're not going to play him. I do remember everyone who saw him in pre-season saying that he was good. That's just pre-season, but he really wasn't given any chance during the regular season. He didn't get playing time because Oz apparently felt he didn't warrent it. Whether that means anything or not...I'll leave to the beholder.
Wonder what this does to the condition of the conditional draft pick. If they waive him, could we not get a pick, or get a very low one (4th round)? It would really suck to find out in the end we traded an MLS all star goalie for the 8th pick in the 5th round of a sh!te draft.
If I remember correctly, during pre-season everyone was also saying Alvarez was really good and thought he might be a major contributor to the team. I would liked to have seen a little more of Griffiths before we shipped him away, I thought he could have been a useful player in the midfield. He had some speed and could control the ball a little, which is more than many MLS players can say.
Then maybe Zambrano needs to pick players not only on their skill, but also on the quality of their character. Serna, Comas, Diallo, etc. Not guys who I would want to meet.
Say what you will about the others but Diallo? The man busts his ass 90 minutes of every game that i have either viewed on the tube or at the stadium. As a paying customer and fan thats all that i can ask for. He has neither shot anyone nor held up a bank, just popped some way to full of themselves junk goalkeepers in the lip and introduced them to international football, big deal. Actually that was the same load of crap that i had always heard of andy williams and have yet to see. He is just the center of our offense right now along with diallo. Remove those two from our squad and we are in a world of hurt. As for the griffiths fiasco, does this mean that we lose whatever conditional draft pick tied into this mess?
It's not about who you want to meet. Its about results, and the last time I check Diallo has been putting the ball in the back of the net. I am sorry he is not up to your standards, but as for i am concern, he is ok. You mention character, do you know anything about Daillo other than what you see on the field?
Results? Hhahaha. Sure Comas and Valencia produced results two years ago. What happened last year? They lacked character. They were pieces of shti. They did nothing. Do I know about Diallo personally? All I know is that he was whining and bitching last year. Moaping around. Doing nothing. Sure he might be scoring goals right now, but if something doesn't go his way, he'll be the same as he was last year. So Serna is good too right? He scored 15 goals last year, but you guys still think he's cr*p. I thought results are all that count. This is ridiculous.