Barclay to DC... For the first pick in the upcoming supplemental draft, and a conditional pick in the 2005 draft.
Well that doesn't make much sense. I guess the supp draft will clarify this situation. I'm guessing it's essentially Barclay for Johnny Walker.
Barclay is a wing player correct? i saw him play one game on tv his rookie year and he absolutely shredded a team, had a goal and some very nice play. can he play anywhere but outside?
I'm a little bit surprised and confused about this trade. So now we'll lose an additional player for the U20 Youth Championships this year. Granted he doesn't count against the cap, but not sure how much help he will be. I would think that we would try and get some more experience up front.
True he doesn't help us with the U-20 thing but if Hudson does decide to put Convey in the middle at any time this year- and I'd say the odds are over 100% for that eventually happening then barclay will be looked at closely to see if he can handle the left winger spot.
Two thoughts on this... 1) SJ & DCU also switch picks in the upcoming supplemental draft. That sounds to me like SJ wanted to pick first in that thinking or knowing someone was going to be available and that they wanted them -- Walker will probably be distributed via the supplemental. 2) This moves Barclay back home more or less. Perhaps he's expressed some desire to do this.
The first thing I said when seeing this was "...why?" Barclay has done nothing to make him notable in his MLS career, and we gave up our good position in the supplemental draft to get him. I guess if he can show he's good enough to be a winger, it will be worthwhile since we have no depth there...otherwise we have 6 strikers now (Stewart, Quaranta, Eskandarian, Curtis, Quintanilla, and Barclay). One thing that has bothered me about his game in the past is that he has a huge distaste for any physical play whatsoever. How is he even going to survive our practices, with Reyes, Nelsen, Kovalenko, Ivanov, and Petke all out there? My first instinct is to not like this trade, but obviously we haven't seen if it makes a difference or not. If San Jose gets a quality player in the supplemental draft and we get someone like Cloutier, I would have to think Frank Yallop pulled one over on us.
forward? i could've sworn he played more on the flank, but i could be wrong. he looked awful bright that day though i lost track of him when he moved to sj. i recall him being fairly fast and athletic though i don't remember him having all that much ball skill. would barclay be subject to any youth call ups?
naw, i am sure it would have hurt more and i'd remember it more clearly, ah but who the hell knows, my memory is about as sharp as the US midfield was last saturday.
Nobody knows what he is. He has played both forward and right wing. He doesn't get much playing time in SJ. He is probably on his way to become the 2nd coming of Chris Albright.
Trust me, for Frank Yallop to get a shot at Tennyson or Walker in the supplemental draft, he would have traded his left nut and been happy about it. Both are immediate impact players and Barclay isn't but might shape up into one with a little time.
But Barclay is cap exempt. I don't see this affecting either Curtis or Swann. Now if we get Digi THEN we'll talk...