WOW, this is great stuff.... -I knew the players had to hate the move to Shitlake. -Poor Dalglish -Garber promising Pareja and Suarez a 22,000 seat stadium by 2005, nice. "95% done" good job 3rd degree, great stuff as usual. Look forward to us kicking ass in Chile and you covering it.
If have not read all the inside stuff Suarez wrote, you are way behind baby. This is not idle chatter, it's the real thing. Way to go 3rd Degree. -Stadium info -trialists -prospects for signing -how the team is playing -moving to southlake disclaimer: I used to be regular contributor, but now I cannot. But, if you are a Burn fan you should check it out.
In this case, I must give credit to Ryan for taking the time out to write something for the fans. As busy as he is, it says something he is willing to give us the Inside Stuff from Florida.
3rd Degree, Do you know what trialists (if any) are still with the Burn? In the same vein, does it look like the Burn will be making some roster cuts before they head down to Chile since next Monday is the day their roster must meet MLS regular season requirements (18 senior players, 6 developmental, etc)?
All the trialits have been sent home, Except one. Philip Slayer has been invited on the Chile trip. There are going to be several more trialists that will get a shot in Chile. But I don't have any names. Shavar Thomas and Andy Rosenband are the only Draft picks going to Chile as well.
Huh. I figured they'd be taking either Nagy or Comfort. I mean, if one of them is going to be on the roster, why not bring him? I guess this means that Rosenband has beaten out Tranchilla and that Bussey is fighting for his professional life vs. Salyer. Curious to read your observations on Shavar Thomas. Have fun in Chile.
If Andy is going, what does this say about Mike? Is McKeon still a possibility? Do you see Salyer and Thomas both making the team? In how much danger is Matt?
This is some great stuff. Good to have some honest answers like this straight up from a player himself. I know that I would be thrilled to see a lot more of this while 3rddegree has all that access down in Chile. On a side note, let's hope Ryan's professors that he spoke of aren't following his career too closely. His writing isn't exactly an advertisement for San Jose State . . .
Neither one is in the picture anymore. The Burn are "looking at other options" Yes to both, sort of. Rosenband has beaten Tranchilla. I think Marscalco will get another shot after he graduates. Salyer, if he signes with MLS, would have to go into a weighted lottery. He can't be a Doscovery signing as he is in the National Team Pool. I saw him for the first time today, and will have an instant scouting report up later tonight or tomorrow morning... Chile prepping is taking a precedence.
As mentioned above Tranchilla has been sent home. Yes, McKeon is still a possibility. I See this team carrying 7 or 8 defenders Right now Behncke and Thomas are your backup center defenders... with Bussey and Gbandi (for now) as your outside backups... For Slayer see above. It's still to early to tell on the rest. But all that will depend who they can find on the marquee side of things... trialists etc...
According to Chris Bergin, "Dallas is expected to get interesting over the next five day period." Maybe Chris is referring to the "several more trialists that will get a shot in Chile" that 3rd Degree mentions above.
Could it be that Cerritos might be staying? Does anyone think we keep Cerritos and still get another forward? I never expeced to see Cerritos back in camp at all, so I dont know whats going to happen.
Cerritos is close to re-signing. The Burn are still after another player... probably a forward. Does that mean they will enter the season with all those forwards? Who knows.
I wish I had the inside scoop as to Ronald's health. It would mean alot to me if I learned he's being signed because he's expected to be at 100%. Otherwise, I'd begrudgingly let him go... Certainly, if we're to get an impact forward. Actually, I'd let go a couple of forwards to get that one key player to put us over the 'scoring' top.