News/Rumor: 2023 Chicago Fire Roster Speculation

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  1. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Point is, we signed him during the transfer window, regardless of when he arrived. He was not in the "marketplace" in May.

    If we sign a star player who cannot arrive until May, I doubt many people would be concerned.

    If we wait until the summer transfer window to even locate and sign a player, that is a concern.
     
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  2. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Do we even have four players who play as forwards? [emoji50]
     
  3. Jiggly_333

    Jiggly_333 Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 8, 2015
    Corner of Bedlam and Squalor (It's that way ->)
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    Ezra promised a striker who could score 15 goals a season.
    Antonio has barely made it to 10 most of his career.
    Only made it over 10 in a single season in the Championship. Was not his only season in a lower division, all his others he finished below 10 goals.

    We need someone who puts the ball in the back of the net, not someone who "does other things." We have enough guys who do other things and not enough guys who score goals. We need someone who scores goals.
     
  4. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
    What Jiggly said…

    The new DP needs to be in the running for the golden boot.
     
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  5. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
    Statistically it will be almost impossible for anyone on our team to challenge for the golden boot with our tactics.
     
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  6. schroncar

    schroncar Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 2, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I am taking your response as a U22 striker within 30 days, followed shortly by a medium TAM LB and then by the DP striker. Thank you. Others Ideas?
     
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  7. schroncar

    schroncar Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 2, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Agree that the time period between signing and fielding a player able to contribute is important and can vary substantially.
     
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  8. harrylee773

    harrylee773 Member+

    Jul 28, 2004
    Chicago
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    Chicago Fire
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    United States
    If Durán’s minutes last season were stretched out over a full season, he gets within sniffing distance- it’s a question of talent more than tactics.
     
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  9. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
    Bullish!t…it simply requires Shaqiri to step up and a striker scoring 20+
     
  10. der sting

    der sting Member

    Oct 1, 2014
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Same shit, different season
     
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  11. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
    The problem now is we’ve replaced a two-way RB with a one-way RB. I said it earlier but while we might increase our conversion rate, we might also reduce our opportunities.
     
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  12. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
    Might, but don’t have enough to know one way or another.

    Do you think the Cbus & Sounders teams playing 4-2-3-1 (when Ezra was on staff) strictly/only attacked with 4?
     
  13. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Not a single signing overnight.

    How depressing.

    I was hoping to wake up and have it like Christmas morning, with a Designated Player and a few other players as Joe's present to us long suffering Fire fans.

    Oh, wait, I really didn't get anything for Christmas, either.

    Oh, and I have to take down the Christmas tree this weekend (I was going to take it down three weeks ago but my partner wanted to leave it up a while longer).
     
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  14. splunge63

    splunge63 Member+

    Mar 30, 2014
    west burbs
    Club:
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    Mixed feelings about the Antonio rumors. The range is tear it up to a slightly less flaccid version of Kasper. I fully get that there's gonna be a level of uncertainty, but Antonio's projected performance could be virtually anything.

    Am typically not concerned by age when a player turns 30. But Antonio's body type suggests a more rapid drop-off could be in the cards than players with more normal football physiques.

    It's difficult to weigh an Antonio acquisition when you don't know who else can be had. That said, Heitz will really be rolling the bones if this comes to fruition.
     
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  15. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
    Right. That’s why I said “might”, because we don’t know. This is the speculation thread.
     
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  16. milicz

    milicz Member+

    Dec 2, 2001
    Club:
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    Poland
    Polish media reporting NYRB wants to dump Klimala. He was very good against us last year.
     
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  17. pena pirata

    pena pirata Member+

    Sep 28, 2013
    Batavia
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    Too be fair, alot of players were very good against us last year.
     
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  18. milicz

    milicz Member+

    Dec 2, 2001
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    True, but I think I recall him scoring on us twice, which is why I remember. Am i remembering that right?
     
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  19. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
    Yes AND....
    He scored a brace in the April match after we scored first...we lost 1-2
    And he scored the 91st min goal of the May match to tie, two minutes after we had taken the lead.
     
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  20. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
     
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  21. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
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    That's strange as Notts Forest just bought him for 4 million € in August, and then loaned him out. Selling him makes little sense, but there are rumors about the Fire, Minnesota, LAFC and Portland expressing interest.

    Don't really know much about him.
     
  22. Mac97

    Mac97 Member+

    Jul 15, 2014
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Looking at Tranfermrkt, it looks like an apt description of this guy would be "meh".

    Ezra's goal of a 15 goal DP striker?
    Not impossible, but I would not put $5 bucks on it happening.

    This would be making "little plans", and hoping for the best.
     
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  23. Jiggly_333

    Jiggly_333 Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 8, 2015
    Corner of Bedlam and Squalor (It's that way ->)
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    Let's just say there were two highly rated Korean strikers on the market this winter.
    He is neither of them.
     
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  24. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
    It’s certainly not ‘a bigger signing than Shaqiri’…which is my hope, because we can clearly afford to go bigger.

    That said, for those that want a DP9 signed before the season starts…we could do worse. His stats don’t knock your socks off, but his highlight reels show good movement and finishing.

    Trying to decipher if his 10G/year at Bordeaux translates to 15+ in the MLS…
     
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  25. schroncar

    schroncar Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 2, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
     

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