Agreed. It has to be a big time winger. You don't need to spend big on RB in this league. They got Afful for next to nothing from Tunisia.
F - Zardes (Nemeth/Adi/Hamilton/Berry) W - Santos (Etienne/Mokhtar/Boateng) W - Etienne (Diaz/Mokhtar/Boateng) M - Zelarayan (Santos) M - Artur (Morris/Berhalter/Alashe) M - Nagbe (Morris/Berhalter/Alashe) FB - Afful (Cadden/Jimenez) FB - Valenzuela (Francis/Jimenez) CB - Mensah (Williams/Keita/Lillard) CB - Woormgoor (Williams/Keita/Lillard) GK - Room (Bush/Tarbell/Lampson/Kempin)
Thanks. As I said we need a capable 10 back up. It's most glaring at moment. I liked the Nemeth pick up at the 9. Wonder if he sticks around. Guessing Adi and/or Hamilton are gone. We also need to think about not having some guys for NT duty. That could be any of the Ghanians, Gyassi, Morris (with YNT), Diaz, others?
https://www.columbuscrewsc.com/post...p-winning-columbus-crew-sc-roster-return-2021 "The Crew simultaneously announced that it has declined the contract options of goalkeeper Andrew Tarbell; midfielders Fatai Alashe, Emmanuel Boateng and Youness Mokhtar; along with forwards Jordan Hamilton and Krisztian Nemeth. Defender Waylon Francis, midfielder Hector Jimenez and forward Fanendo Adi are all out of contract. The Club will remain in dialogue with players out of contract." So they're just letting Tarbell walk I guess.
Yeah, well good luck with that. 10 shirts, even mediocre 10 shirts, don't grow on trees, they don't come cheap and they tend not to be happy spending the season on the bench and playing the last 15 minutes of already-decided games. Young ones don't have the experience to run an offense, and old ones just don't want to take a back seat; like Pipa, they aren't really hanging on for a paycheck, they are doing it because they want to play. Being a practice cone and watching from the bench aren't what guys like that are into.
The 2021 Roster thread is now open and stickied. Redirect discussions here: https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/2020-mls-cup-champions-2021-roster-thread.2112975/