Just thinking, Eddie Lewis on the left side putting in great crosses to TT and Noonan? I believe we need a #10 more but Eddie would make the Revs awfully tough! I realize that he will definitely not make the Revs any younger but its a thought. Any opinions on this?
on one hand Eddie Lewis would arguably be the best left mid if he came back to MLS. On the other hand, you are bringing in a guy that would might only be able to give you two good seasons because of his age. Eddie has one heck of a cross be he is no speed demon either. I think if the situation presented itself, Nicol would be nuts not to take a chance at adding Eddie
Bobby Convey's going to be available soon (speculation, not fact.) Maybe he could be our new "foreign player". It would be worth it just to read the howling on the DCU board.
It's something of a moot point since any of these players would be made available to those clubs being first in line with an allocation in their possession, and we're sufficiently far enough down the list that the odds of us getting him are between slim and none.
Plus he'd be an expensive pickup in regards to cap space. MLS would make an exception for a DP, not Lewis. Besides, why would we want a League One caliber player? Now that he holds the record for most top flight championships in England, the Revs should set their sights on Ryan Giggs. He'd solve a lot of our problems on the left.
I think Eddie would do just fine and would be a great pickup for the Revs. Not sure it will ever happen, but he would certainly offer more on a consistent basis than our current first choice - Khano Smith. Not sure that he would be the 'missing piece' that would then launch us to an MLS Cup title, but he would certainly help a lot.
I think he'd be a fine addition, but I dunno if he'd be the missing piece. I haven't seen him play in a while. I'm not sure, and it probably won't happen. I'd be absolutely shocked if there are any substantial additions to the roster this year.
No. Eddie Lewis in '99 would be the missing piece. Eddie Lewis of '07 would be the missing piece for our reserve squad.
Thats the first thing I thought as well...but really, despite all the "Ralston is getting old" talk, I think he is having a decent year so far. And you could say that Eddie Lewis is at or above Ralston's level, I'd take skill over speed any day, so what if we have a fast winger, if he can't cross, then he's useless. Eddie Lewis would be an amazing acquisition for the Revs, especially for that weak left mid position.
That'd be the day huh, any lineup with Giggs would probably instantly be a title contender...except TFC that is...
I'd much rather invest the time in letting Smith develop into a consistent, outstanding player that I think he can be. Yesterday was a good example of how he can open up a defense like few others can. Acquiring an expensive player at the end of his career in order to push a young and improving player to the bench is the wrong way to go IMO.
Besides the Toronto game against a side that was completely out of whack, Smith has looked shakey at best this year. He looked outplayed yesterday until late in the game when he finally started to find space. I'm tired of having left midfield as an achilles heel. A proven LM would put the onus on Smith to up his game or look for lower middle class income elsewhere. I'm not really big on giving inferior players vasts amounts of first team time to gain "experience".
some how I don't think acquiring a 33 year old Colaship player will break the bank for the revs. Eddie might be the type of guy that takes Khano or Wells under his wings and say "this is how you play the left mid boys"
I guess I just don't understand how the allocation thing works. We lose Dempsey, the mos valuable player last year in MLS ($$$ trade wise) and somehow we get some cash but don't get an allocation? Can someone explain how and when your actually get allocations? I'm beginning to think that allocations are for teams other then New England
This is how they work: We get allocations and either we don't use them or we give them away for something we don't need. It's a great system that the Revs are using to their best ability.
Not even close. Convey's just returned to Reading after surgery/injury rehab and will be sitting out the summer tournaments in order to get back into the Royals lineup. He ain't going anywhere. Further corrected for this situation.
We'll see. Hunt appears to have to first team job sown up, but we'll see if Convey can win it back this summer.
Eddie Lewis wouldn't be the missing piece, but he'd be a very valuable addition to any MLS club as a short-term fix for the next 2 seasons, and would probably be the best LM in the league if he were to come back over the pond. I'd be willing to bet he'd pile on a load of assists with his accurate crossing into the box. Imagine how gawdy Taylor Twellman's scoring statistics would be with the two best crossers this country has IMO (Lewis and Steve Ralston) delivering service into the box. In another thead in the YA forum about the same topic, a poster had this to say which I think is spot on: If I were an MLS coach without a proven, consistent player already on the left wing, I'd try to sign Lewis in a heart beat. Khano Smith is young, and it wouldn't kill his development to learn from Lewis for 2 more seasons off the bench as a substitute. Sorry, but Eddie Lewis is not slow. If you've watched him at all with the Nats in the last 2 years, you'd see that his pace is solid. He's not a burner by any stretch, but he's far from slow and he's much faster than Steve Ralston.
Agree on the first point; I'd take you up on the second one though... I'll ask Stevie if they ever had a race in the Nats camp and let you know.
Exactly. Eddie Lewis is the kind of signing that MLS would have made prior to the DP rule. He'd be in the 250-300k range, if that. Sure that's a lot of room under the salary cap but it's not the DP slot or anything. He can't be making that much at Leeds, can he (I mean more than 300k because that's only 150k pounds but not that much more)?