Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread I thought Landin played very well today. More time with the team and he will shoe everyone why we brought him to Houston.
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread I thought so too. I laughed when he was about to go for a through ball but stopped and looked at the linesman and grinned because he KNEW he would have been offside.
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread He did play better today but we need this guy in shape to play 90 minutes. Hopefully he will work hard in the off season to get into shape. The real test for his commitment will be when he comes into preseason in February to see what kind of shape he will be in. We will see.
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread He is so solid on the ball. This is something that I don't recognize in MLS enough. Landin makes you comprehend how good he is on the ball.
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread Yea we saw that too. And toward the end of the game he was laughing a lot at other things too.
Luis Angel Landin What's up with this guy? Is he injured? Why didn't he play on Sunday? Will he be playing against the Galaxy on Friday?
Re: Luis Angel Landin I don't know you so I will be very kind when I say he indeed took the field Sunday Corky.
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread this article states that landin will be considered a DP due to salary next year. I thought the consensus was due to loan fees Landin was classified as a DP in 2009 but that his overall contract was not quite into the DP salary range for the upcoming season. http://www.socceramerica.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=35810 "...while striker Luis Angel Landin, whose salary next season will be high enough to make him a Designated Player, will be on loan to Houston until the end of 2010, after which he can be signed to a permanent contract or returned to Mexico."
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread That kind of makes it sound like he was bought on Amazon.com and can be returned for store credit
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread just dropping by showing you guys a link that I found to a spanish news stating that Veracruz who is in the the Liga de Acenso (Mexico's second division) where Blanco currently moved to is looking for the services of Landin http://www.elgolfo.info/elgolfo/nota/8189-Veracruz-buscará-los-servicios-de-Luís-Ángel-Landín/ there's also rumors that Morelia wants him back and Puebla is looking into Landin
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread Another mention about Landin's costs from Ridge Mahoney in the Soccer America Confidential email:
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread Wow, hopefully that will buy a dietician and conditioning coach. It will be very interesting to see what kind of fitness he brings in for the coming season. This will determine if he will have an opportunity to succeed next year.
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread alittle birdy told us that Landin is just sitting around getting fat on tamales de dulce and Miller lite.
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread its strange that ridge mahoney knows, but the 2 local guys (Bernardo & Glenn) don't. either mahoney is pulling it of his ass or bernardo/glenn are being shut out by the Dynamo for information. which one do you believe? the truth is that MLS is so secretive with this sht that we won't know for sure until the salaries come late in 2010, so as of now we're all just guessing. link?
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread in your nalgas.. this is a scoop.. no link required. This person checks his trash and reports back to us. Just stop by his condo in the Galleria and check him out yourself. I know Offy, Katy or Jeremiah can get you his address.
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread Wouldn't he be back in Mexico with his wife and new baby? Wasn't that one of the reasons the guy was not all there this year because he kept flying back to Mexico every week to check on his wife?
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread That's funny... I was talking with Abe Thompson at the award program, I was asking him where people live when they come in late in the season like he did. He told me the team arranges to get him an apartment, I was joking and asked if he shared one with Landín. He laughed and said Landín has his own condo in a high rise in the Galleria area. Not too shabby. But I hope they have a gym nearby....
Re: Luis Angel Landin Player Thread dude, i was joking. i know you got some dirt and you don't kid that why i was asking hence the smiley face. but by the way, i wouldn't hold it against a player for not training around this time regardless if he has fitness issues or not. a lot of players (most) use the offseason to have the recoup period that they do not get during the season. eat away Luis, because come January/February your fat ass is going to be running it off in camp.