2012 Pre-season Thread I - the Quest for Quality [R's]

As a starter? No. As a backup? I wouldn't mind at all provided we see upgrades in other positions this offseason.

 

You need more than one, and I think Benny-Shalrie/quality Shalrie replacement-McCarthy-Tierney is not bad at all for a CM depth chart at the MLS level. IMO this is the only place on the roster that doesn't need too much work this offseason (unless Shalrie leaves obviously)

 

Davies is probably not going to stay at DCU (or Sochaux, for that matter). Thinking about a transfer to another club in MLS.

Do we make a bid?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-changs-plans/2011/10/23/gIQA6gDd8L_blog.html

 

I'd prefer a quality replacement, but think about it: as far as starting positions go besides CM, we need a striker, left wing, left back, center back, right back (unless you like Alston, I personally think he's not very good), and possibly even a keeper because neither Reis or Shuttleworth have looked very good. Realistically, we're not going to be able to replace everyone we have to, and I think Shalrie is the best of the players we'd like to replace if possible. He's much slower than he used to be, but still decent and worthy of starting for one more year if he decides to rejoin. I think we need to get Lekic, Tierney, Coria/Barnes/Cochrane, Guy (perfect player to go to off the bench), Alston, and even Reis/Shuttleworth out of the starting XI first.

 

I f***ing hate that scumbag

 

Overreact much?

 

You hear about the lawsuit he's filing?

 

Ha--just found out that Cory Gibbs won the Chicago Fire defensive player of the year award. Nice touch on top of Sinovic's year at KC.

We need to replace our entire defense except for Soares. GK included.

And Tierney, once and for all, is not a left back.

He's slow as molasses and can't defend. Just because he can cross isn't a reason to give up so much else defensively.

Did anyone in the league have a weaker set of CBs than us?

Soares-Coria-Barnes-Cochrane is laughable. The last three must go.

 

I'd keep Barnes for CB and LB depth unless we can trade him for something better

 

No, I haven't. Care to elaborate?

 

He filed a lawsuit against the club he was at in DC the night of his accident for $20 million in damages. He's claiming that the girl who has driving the car was overserved and that the club should be responsible. While I don't think he has much of a case I'm unsure of why the earlier poster is so upset and angered about this.

 

I don't usually go into politics in these threads. I'm a very political person, I work campaigns, and in my spare time me and my buddies talk about grassroots issue advocacy and ways to improve the system of drawing electoral districts, for instance. I feel these threads aren't an appropriate place to talk about politics. We're not Left Wing or Right Wing here, we're the voice of 143.

But god, do we need tort reform in this country or what?

 

haha you're a loser

 

If you mean, get rid of restrictions on tort lawsuits, I agree.

 

I support a more nuanced and global solution. Eliminate the caps but also reduce the truly frivolous

 

There's no way to do that that doesn't deny justice to those who aren't rich enough to pay their opponent's lawyers.

We're already in a justice only for the rich system though, so I guess it doesn't matter.

The poor can basically turn to James Sokolov or they can go without any chance in the civil courts.

 

So Charlie Davies suing a bar because some woman got drunk there is good for the country because...

 

Nicely misconstrued.

 

That's all the information I have about the case. If there is anything else, please keep me posted

 

If you can't see that you misconstrued Jeremy's point, then perhaps I can't help you.