Post-match: Give 'Em Hell (Is Real), Lads - Crew @ Cincinnati - '25 MLS Playoffs: Round 1, Game 3 - 11/8 6:00 PM

That second goal was all on Chambost.


So that.

 

There are three options with Gazdag:

Option 1: he stays on the Crew as a bench reserve, occupying a DP slot for each of the next two years, before the Crew can decline his club option in 2028 to free up that spot

Option 2: he is traded by the Crew but because of his depressed market value, the Crew must retain most of his salary which means he still counts as a DP for us for the next two years

Option 3: Jimmy writes a check to buy out his contract and the third DP spot is opened immediately to buy a new player

Jimmy is an unqualified meddler but at his core, he doesn't operate cheaply and he wants his teams to win. He also has a lot of financial incentives to not let this team go in the tank for multiple years.

 

I highly doubt Molino agreed to simply walk away from an 800k contract to go to the Trinidadian league and play for Defence Force. They can call it what they want, but practically it was a buyout.

Toronto called their buyouts of Insigne and Bernardeschi a mutual termination. The CBC said TFC used its two buyouts.

Unless you have information to the contrary, I feel confident it was a buyout.

 

I don't know how to respond to all the negativity in this thread. Everybody say one good thing about the 2025 Columbus Crew season. I'll go first:

Columbus is one of two MLS teams to reach 54 points each of the past three seasons.

 

Agreed, Chambost desperately poked the ball away from an attacker, right to another attacker, it's on him.... Gazdag was brought on to get us an equalizer after the gassed Chambost was removed. Gazdag did nothing to ignite a scoring attack, or get himself into a position to score, in 9 minutes of play.

 

I guess it doesnt matter what it is called. What Diaz, Molino, and Hinestroza show is we've been willing to cut our losses on some players. (I cant believe I forgot the whole hinestroza ordeal.)

 

Hey sunshine. Please keep adding to the list of positives. I read your post… and my mind went blank. SOS on positive things.

 

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It's over.

 

I don't know when we decided as a society to say withdrawal (a noun) instead of withdraw (the verb), but I'd like to go back and smash the keyboard of whichever person started this.

 

Bacause the team never caled it a buyout ? Also because Bez was quoted as saying that the situation re: Molino was odd in the way it played out. The implication was that Molino dragged his feet on what he wanted to do in 2024. In order to not lose his rights, they exercised his option by the deadline to do so. Molino then decided that he wanted to stay in T&T. Leading Bez to say: "After speaking with Kevin, we have agreed to allow him to pursue other opportunities." You don't excersize an option on a player then buy him out later that off-season. It makes no sense.

 

There was some speculation it was an option triggered by appearances or post season performance. Regardless, if i would have had read the whole article I cited (and was in a better mood this morning), this whole debate wouldnt have happened. Sorry. You are right.

 

I don't understand the people that think moving Gazdag to CM is an option. The dude is a penalty box predator, period. He's sort of like Rossi. Gazdag doesn't create, he's slow, and isn't a great passer. Why is he a fit at CM?

 

He's not, putting him in Nagbe's spot would be a disaster. He's also not a starter at forward (those starters would be Picard/Habroune, Rossi, and Abou Ali). So that makes him a bench reserve. You can't have a DP who's a bench reserve. It's even worse than just leaving a DP spot unused, because at least with the empty slot you have more flexibility for future signings. If they keep him, or trade him while retaining salary, the rebuild can't start until 2028.

 

I think that you responded to the wrong post?

 

The only way that he could be useful is as a second striker, but with Nancy's system that isn't possible.

 

If we played more of a diamond shape in CM, it makes sense as that was his role in Philly. CAM. Central attacking midfielder.

But he fails as a wide forward forcthe reasons you state. Playing underneath in a 3421 is what Nancy obviously had in mind. But since none of the other guys really create much with the ball, it just becomes toothless.

 

I had fun at the games, Excepting weather delays, but those were handled a bit better this season.

 

Lots of good info and opinions in here. However, what is most important at this point is, who do we want to win the series between Cincy and Inter Miami? Can we all just root for the earth to open up and swallow them all?

 

Cincy to win the next round then get eliminated the next round.

 

I'd like to see Cincinnati lose the ECF to Philly.

 

Cant risk Cincy making a final and getting lucky. Go Miami.

 

This is a double edged sword. I want both teams to fail miserably. I lean a little bit more towards Miami failing though. I feel like for the future of the league, it would be in every team’s interest for them to lose.

 

Usually, whoever beats the crew in the playoffs usually makes it to the finals.

 

I don't want Miami to win because they are league darlings and are seemingly immune to the same salary structure the rest of the league has to adhere to. When Messi is gone they will go back to sucking and I will not give them another thought.

I want Cincinnati to burn in hell. Beating both Columbus and Miami but then losing to Philly would be a hard pill for their fanbase to swallow, so that's what I want.