http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/12/AR2007011201316.html Key Points: - DC near a deal with Luciano Emilio - Ruy deal dead - DC looking at other Argentine and Brazilian talent - Draft round up - DC Part of new US/Mexican Tournament No Big Head!? Doze
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead Tick tick tick tick. Time continues to run down on United without adding one player of import that is actually ready to play right now. Until someone has a signature on the dotted line, I'll believe that the team is headed for an early season disaster. No Ruy now? Good grief.
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead Solid news. I had figured that Ruy was going to be one of the 1-2 other South Americans. Now it appears in addition to Emilio, there could still be two others that we don't know about yet.
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead In the same vein of our European friends in the Beckham saga...screw Ruy, we don't want him, he's washed up anyways.
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead Damn, I was hoping to be first in line for Ruy bobble-head night!
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead Exactly. Almost half way thru January, no signed players, camp starting in 2 weeks, CCC coming up....
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead I wonder if they re-open negotiations with Donnet. I still think he could be a good player for us.
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead Wow that blows its like just when we think we've taken a step foward we take another back. So Ruy gone as well as Donnet (likely), and we MAY have gotten Luciano, I hope KP and TS have other options available hopefully were not left in the dark for too long.
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead In this morning's Post it looked like it was definite that he wasn't coming back.
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead Yeah, I know. Just wish our roster was set. I was planning on giving my liver a break before the season started. KP ain't helping much
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead Another thing, but why isn't camp starting a couple of weeks early this year, due to the CCC? This team is really going to sit around until February before showing up for camp? Didn't they start two weeks earlier in 2005, or was that the Galaxy who started 2 weeks early last year?
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead Whos Emilio? is he any good? i hope you guys get a good player from south america or somewhere...i'm sure something will happen since beckham came, meaning those players will want to join MLS...who knows what those guys think...
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead Oh, no, a deal fell though! And we only have two weeks before training begins!
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead He's definitely got the technical skills, but he really was pricey for an outside player in MLS. Obviously for him to come back I don't think DC would pay him $200,000 and you've got to wonder if he is willing to take much less than that.
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead Just told my daughter that "Big-headed Roy" is not coming to DCU. She said, "OK, United should be looking for 'normal headed' guys anyway."
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead not quite panic time yet, but this is starting to get really concerning...
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead If Ruy don't wanna be here....fine. Fuck him. Wanker. Bastard son of a ............(you get my point)
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead Good God man. Can you imagine? The promo that took out half the fans! We'd all have concussions!
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead Nervousness with some serious twitching and eye ticks like in the Pink Panther movies
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead I think my 14 year old daughter's comment above is her way of saying the same thing. Now, I'll say in my best adult voice, "Screw the bastard if he doesn't want to come, we don't need him!"
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead Seriously though I mean if DC had their eyes on "2 or 3" SA why haven't they just completed these moves already? Why wait till the last minute? I'm just hoping for a good winger, and possibly an AM.
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead As crazy as this sounds, I think there's a cycle to announcements coming out of MLS. First the sale, then Beckham, then maybe Davids, then another signing, sponsor deals...etc. It helps keep MLS current and on the front page. Or maybe I'm delusional, who the fck knows?
Re: Goff: Dc Close To Signing Emilio, Ruy Negotiations Dead I'll read the rumors like the rest of ya, but until these guys sign a contract, I ain't counting them in or out. I was pretty pleased by our draft performance, hopefully the oh so nervewracking game of signing international talent will go our way too. I think I'll follow Chico's lead and have a few drinks, it can't hurt at this point.