Alston get NT call up (NRC) or (SRC- sort of rev content??? )

before we know it he'll be leaving for a second division european team...

 

Have faith, he'll be playing top-flight Scandinavian football soon enough!

 

I think Alston, along with the possible return of Twellman are the only exciting things happening with this team this year. Alston is the real deal and won't be here long. I wonder if the peabrains in the front office have considered the fact that he might make the WC team? Do they know, that if that happen, he won't be able to play for the Revs for over a month? I'm not giving them any credit for putting that together. Maybe they should release an experienced backup defender to get cap room they'll never use and then be forced to play a college kid if everything falls in place

I'm about to start one of those yearly XXX days with no action posts to discuss everything the Revs are no doing while many teams are getting stronger. SN on yearly talent hunt in the Africa counts for nothing

 

I think Alston, along with the possible return of Twellman are the only exciting things happening with this team this year. I wonder if the peabrains in the front office have considered the fact that he might make the WC team? Do they know, that if that happen, he won't be able to play for the Revs for over a month? I'm not giving them any credit for putting that together. Maybe they should release an experienced backup defender to get cap room they'll never use and then be forced to play a college kid if everything falls in place

I'm about to start one of those yearly XXX days with no action posts to discuss everything the Revs are no doing while many teams are getting stronger. SN on yearly talent hunt in the Africa counts for nothing

 

bringing in a reinaldo navia = doing nothing. got it.

 

I think Alston, along with the possible return of Twellman are the only exciting things happening with this team this year. I wonder if the peabrains in the front office have considered the fact that he might make the WC team? Do they know, that if that happen, he won't be able to play for the Revs for over a month? I'm not giving them any credit for putting that together. Maybe they should release an experienced backup defender to get cap room they'll never use and then be forced to play a college kid if everything falls in place

I'm about to start one of those yearly XXX days with no action posts to discuss everything the Revs are no doing while many teams are getting stronger. SN on yearly talent hunt in the Africa counts for nothing

 

until Naiva does something for us I dont know why he would be viewed as anything other than Abundis v 2.0

 

Forget Abundis v2.0. Until he's signed, he's Jeremiah White v2.0.

 

Because his track record is very similar to Abundis, and many players of Abundis' ilk that have come to MLS. If the guy ends up being a good player, awesome, but right now I'm expecting him to do just about what Abundis did.

 

Hey, let's not pick on Abundis. He played pretty well when he was in there (in his brief time, he was by far the best holding forward the Revs have *ever* had).

There's not much he can do if the coach doesn't play him - which was what prevented him from making more of an impact - and why he left after the season.

 

Are you being serious?

Again, we're talking about Abundis. Are you serious?

 

Absolutely. From the first minute he got in, he showed that he could hold the ball much better than Twellman, much better than Noonan ... and I can't think of anyone who's been better at "holding" the ball so the midfield can get up to support the attack. Just talking about that one specific attribute.

And, FWIW, I think Dario Fabbro was the best "passing" forward we've ever had.

Yeah. He got in a couple of games when everyone was injured and then Noonan, I think, came back and Abundis was basically stuck on the bench for the duration. I remember that he was pretty baffled, wondering why they bothered signing him if they had no intentions of playing him. And he had an option for a 2nd year, but declined because he didn't want to spend another season sitting on the bench.

I'm not saying the guy was a superstar or anything, but you could see he had a lot of "class" in his game. This is a guy who scored over 100 goals in the Mexican League, had 40 caps for Mexico - and we played him in just 4 games.

 

I've got to go with RevsLiverpool here. Whatever his qualities were in the past, he was not good with the Revs. He looked terribly out of shape and old, and didn't show anything in the games that justified him being out there. I can't speak for how he practiced, but if it was anything like how he played, I understand why SN didn't play him.

And after he left the Revs, he went to a 2nd division Mexican club, only played 12 games, never scored, and then retired. Add to that the fact that he averaged just over 3 goals/year in the 6 years prior to joining the Revs and I think it's safe to say he was past his sell by date by the time the Revs got him.

 

Thank you.

Rkupp, that's an awful big conclusion to make in four games.

 

I could just see that he had the ability. He knew how to absorb the inevitable impact from the defender without letting the ball get knocked loose. Then he was able to shield it to protect it from the defender.

I don't think there's much competition for "best holder" among Rev forwards. Twellman isn't good at it (though clearly better than Dube, etc.). Jankauskus is probably the 2nd best. Going back further, I don't recall many who were even decent at holding up.

 

Not over Twellman, Joe-Max Moore, or Alberto Naveda just to name a few.

 

Has Twellman's name and the words "great passer" ever been mentioned in the same sentence?

 

Naveda was a midfielder.

 

Naveda was a forward when he came to us who we had to play in midfield because we stunk so bad. That's why he scored so many goals. So technically I was cheating a little with that example

 

Alston has been scratched - it's his hamstring again. At this point he should probably just shut it down for a month or so.