interesting to see what goes on in the minds of other teams: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=503146&root=mls&cc=5901
I wouldn't call anyone they signed other than Gallardo reputable. They signed a backup keeper, a player who has scored like 3 goals in 20 games for a bad Argentine team and a couple of defenders.
Thanks Theo for answering my question. Well that's too bad that this team doesn't want a true striker which is what Martin is. A pure striker doesn't have to be creative that's what the playmaker is for. Well this league is going to be very boring for me if there aren't any #9 strikers like Christian Vieri, Fernando Morientes or Martin Palermo playing.Lol
I was just speculating. You don't have to be an ass**** about it! I won't bother asking questions again.
he's a Fire fan and his comment was nothing but trolling. I'd have deleted it if someone had reported it or I'd actually been reading this thread. ignore him and go on about your business.
You said it. That bears repeating. That is precisely one of the biggest needs we have had on this team. Someone to create out of a central role to link w/ the forwards. Cristian Gomez and Amado Guevara are two guys that could fill these roles. But, I believe our coach has a different philosophy on how you advance the ball as you get near the goal. That difference of philosophy greatly frustrates me as an FCD fan, and is the cause of many conflicts on this board.
Gomez would do decently. but his form is declining and he wants way too much money. Guevara wouldn't do a thing for us. he has the ability to do decently, but he would inevitably clash with coaching and management and permanently cease production. it would be an embarrassing bust, since several other teams are aware of his MO. the midfield should gel more this season, and Toja could well fill this playmaker role.
I think Toja works his arse off. Does he have the field vision to be a creative playmaker? I don't believe so. Still, most MLS teams don't have this position taken care of either, I'm not overly concerned with that. We can create scoring chances by moving the ball around and spreading the field more than we have previously.
I've heard a rumour that Vieri might be interested in MLS but he is 33-34 and and seemingly changes teams every year. Kind of think his day has passed unless you pair him with a Donovan type and he isn't DP money.
what about Damani Ralph? this wikipedia bio has him nearing the end of a 3-yr contract with a team in Russia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damani_Ralph
Since he's earning some pretty nice coin, I'm not entirely sure what the point would be in getting rid of Ruiz if you'd be bringing in Razov.
well it's less than Ruiz, but I didn't want to move Ruiz only cause of the money. There were several other more important reasons.
And those reasons would be? Honestly, outside of a cheaper price, I'm not seeing that Razov brings anything to the table that Ruiz didn't already bring.
I don't want to get into Ruiz here as I'm probably going write something about it in the next week or two. I'm not advocating Razov specifically, was just floating his name as an idea to see what else people thought about him. I would take him over Ruiz for sure.
Tease. My stance is "you're either getting better or you're getting worse." I don't think that trading Ruiz and bringing in Razov falls under the heading of "you're getting better."
With a few exceptions, the rest of MLS is getting better, too. Even if Morrow is just too stubborn to move to a two-striker formation, he should've at least found one true winger to compliment Cooper.
as I've said before that depends on how you value Ruiz compared to others. In my book getting Razov for Ruiz would be getting better.
I agree with Buzz. Razov was MVP quality for most of last season. He is an injury risk, but was fantastic. He has finally learned how to pass and is much more unselfish than he was before. The FCD coaching staff I have talked to indicated that they couldn't stand the Ruiz post up game. They want motion, movement up top, players who are good on the run. Razov worked extremely hard all last season, he was all over the place for Chivas, and set up Galindo on numerous ocasions. I think he would be an upgrade from Ruiz, but I think that he paired well with Galindo becuase of the speed/veteran combo. I don't know if Cooper has the speed to make the other team give the forward line space to work in.
Good info. I, for one, feel better knowing this was a tactical decision more than just a financial. Bad news is that a post-up striker is a necessity without a possession/playmaking MF. And, of course, that still doesn't do much for finding a replacement. Oduro/Rico/AA could be the speed guy in a pairing with Cooper. I'd just as soon try that and bring in a playmaking MF than bring in Razov who, as you mention, is an injury-risk and a marginal improvement over Ruiz (maybe even the same quality, slightly different style). It would be an interesting experiment to see how a motion and movement forward could do without MF service also...but my hypothesis is, well, not good.