roster announcement-jeff, busch, cocis, ritter options declined by fire http://www.chicago-fire.com/post/2015/11/30/chicago-fire-soccer-club-exercises-options-four-players http://www.chicagonow.com/fire-conf...continue-9-player-options-declined-4-renewed/ http://windycitysoccer.net/Home/Entries/2015/11/30_Fire_Exercise_Options.html http://chicagolandsoccernews.com/teams/fire2.php?article_id=16720 http://sbisoccer.com/2015/11/mls-ticker-magee-set-for-free-agency-rsl-re-signs-olave-and-more crazy fire goals http://www.chicago-fire.com/post/2015/11/30/fire-archives-strange-goals?autoplay=true Napoli-inter milan http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/napoli-vs-internazionale/2120511/report
Judging byt the NR quote he must have read the carryover minutes research article. That is promising. In case anyone missed it the gist of the findings were basically: when players get used to playing with each othere they win more. Big surprise there...so blowing up the roster each year is...not...good.
That assumes all things are equal. The quality of our roster the last few years was definitely not equal to the mean of the league.
Yes I would rather have Messi and Ronaldo who have never played together on my team than mediocre players who have played together for years.