hawkfan68
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What happened to Roman Torres? Is he injured? Couldn’t find anything on his status. Kim Kee-hee is a huge liability. Less Kim plays the better.
Torres has a hamstring issue and is most likely out until after the WC. Kee Hee was one of Seattle's better players today. This team is desperately in need of a true striker and a winger with speed.hawkfan68":r5hdkk9j said:What happened to Roman Torres? Is he injured? Couldn’t find anything on his status. Kim Kee-hee is a huge liability. Less Kim plays the better.
SeatownJay":2s1lq5rc said:Torres has a hamstring issue and is most likely out until after the WC. Kee Hee was one of Seattle's better players today. This team is desperately in need of a true striker and a winger with speed.hawkfan68":2s1lq5rc said:What happened to Roman Torres? Is he injured? Couldn’t find anything on his status. Kim Kee-hee is a huge liability. Less Kim plays the better.
SeatownJay":2vjvoss6 said:The draw for the 4th round of the US Open cup took place today. Sounders will play at Sacramento Republic on June 6.
Glasgow Seahawk":3r3jlmu6 said:Fans deserve better. Its been brutal this year. Rsl are bad this year. Dempsey has also clearly lost a step. I know we've struggled without Lodeiro but it shows the lack of quality in the squad.
JustTheTip":sansez55 said:Glasgow Seahawk":sansez55 said:Fans deserve better. Its been brutal this year. Rsl are bad this year. Dempsey has also clearly lost a step. I know we've struggled without Lodeiro but it shows the lack of quality in the squad.
So Dempsey is standing around and trotting at a slower pace than he was before?
Smurf":1ngvb70g said:WE HAVE SCORED 7 GOALS IN 10 GAMES. FEWEST IN THE LEAGUE. AND ITS NOT CLOSE.
I'm a pretty optimistic person...but Unless this team signs a MASSIVE striker in the summer window....We'll miss the playoffs for the first time ever. I mean, we're gonna have to sign a player that makes everyone else around him better. Like Oba did, like a young Clint Dempsey did...like Carlos Vela is doing for LAFC.
I hear Javier Hernandez and Ronaldo are looking for moves away from their clubs...make the signing Garth. I dare you.
Uncle Si":yrofbnwj said:Smurf":yrofbnwj said:WE HAVE SCORED 7 GOALS IN 10 GAMES. FEWEST IN THE LEAGUE. AND ITS NOT CLOSE.
I'm a pretty optimistic person...but Unless this team signs a MASSIVE striker in the summer window....We'll miss the playoffs for the first time ever. I mean, we're gonna have to sign a player that makes everyone else around him better. Like Oba did, like a young Clint Dempsey did...like Carlos Vela is doing for LAFC.
I hear Javier Hernandez and Ronaldo are looking for moves away from their clubs...make the signing Garth. I dare you.
I heard this refrain from a handful of people over the weekend. But honestly, top attacking players are not choosing the MLS anytime soon. The payday (Gio in Toronto makes 130K a week, tops in MLS with Kaka) is nothing compared to what they get overseas
The only way the MLS will be able to start to attract top tier attacking players is to stop wasting all that money on older ex-stars and start giving it to young and developing potential. Until then you're hoping aging internationals some how solve goal scoring issues.
Hernandez is on 93K/week. Lodeiro, top earner in Seattle this year, is on 45K/week.
I dont think there is an easy fix.
Sgt. Largent":mivps1ew said:Uncle Si":mivps1ew said:Smurf":mivps1ew said:WE HAVE SCORED 7 GOALS IN 10 GAMES. FEWEST IN THE LEAGUE. AND ITS NOT CLOSE.
I'm a pretty optimistic person...but Unless this team signs a MASSIVE striker in the summer window....We'll miss the playoffs for the first time ever. I mean, we're gonna have to sign a player that makes everyone else around him better. Like Oba did, like a young Clint Dempsey did...like Carlos Vela is doing for LAFC.
I hear Javier Hernandez and Ronaldo are looking for moves away from their clubs...make the signing Garth. I dare you.
I heard this refrain from a handful of people over the weekend. But honestly, top attacking players are not choosing the MLS anytime soon. The payday (Gio in Toronto makes 130K a week, tops in MLS with Kaka) is nothing compared to what they get overseas
The only way the MLS will be able to start to attract top tier attacking players is to stop wasting all that money on older ex-stars and start giving it to young and developing potential. Until then you're hoping aging internationals some how solve goal scoring issues.
Hernandez is on 93K/week. Lodeiro, top earner in Seattle this year, is on 45K/week.
I dont think there is an easy fix.
It's not an either or thing, the MLS is trying to attract the younger stars, thus the under 24 DP rule where only 350k of the under 24 DP counts against the cap............but it's an uphill battle, because every big league on the planet wants these young stars, and the MLS knows if they do get one, it'll be short lived, so it's hard for a club to commit that kind of salary for one year, maybe two tops.
IMO the MLS is fine, it's thriving and expanding as any young league should. Good mix of well known stars, younger stars and homegrown players.
The Sounders just got caught with their pants down after Morris got hurt. There was no forward depth on the roster to pick up the slack, and now they're paying the price until the summer transfer window opens. It's only been compounded with Lodeiro being gone and V-Rod being hurt in perpetuity.
Uncle Si":2x4hz0i1 said:It will be an either/or thing very soon. the MLS is not "thriving." It is expanding, which will only make things more difficult in terms of finding these types of players to help the league. How many of these players do you think there are out there? It will not be able to continue to throw money at some of these players and try and attract and keep up and coming talent.
the sounders did not get caught with their pants down by one injury. They got caught by having an unbalanced roster. Morris' injury has exacerbated that.
The Summer transfer window will be interesting. Because again, what will the Sounders be able to attract to actually help goal scoring? What will they be able to offer in terms of wages? And is that player (Has Ibra changed the Galaxy's fortunes on the field) be worth the cost?
It might be best to pretend you are starting over, really. Look where Atlanta and LAFC are in the standings
Glasgow Seahawk":1n1foq82 said:What makes MLS exciting is also its weakness. I love the fact it incorporates salary caps and drafts to make it competitive like other north American sports. Smaller franchises have a chance to be champions.
European competition is becoming boring and predictable. Basically- Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Juventus and a sugar daddy team like Man City, Chelsea, PSG.
On the flip side due to the low salary cap in comparison to other leagues it hinders what players the league can attract and effs over the Sounders, Atlanta etc who get big crowds. If MLS could attract America's best athletes from a young age, the US would be world cup favorites. The likes of LeBron James and many NFL players are athletic freaks that would probably be good at any sport if they had played it from a young enough age. The issue is the money is not there to attract them. Soccer is also a very much a middle class sport in the US and only attracts a specific part of the population. It isn't necessarily in other parts of the world, although in Europe i'd say its gentrifying.
Sgt. Largent":1aahfz9o said:Uncle Si":1aahfz9o said:It will be an either/or thing very soon. the MLS is not "thriving." It is expanding, which will only make things more difficult in terms of finding these types of players to help the league. How many of these players do you think there are out there? It will not be able to continue to throw money at some of these players and try and attract and keep up and coming talent.
the sounders did not get caught with their pants down by one injury. They got caught by having an unbalanced roster. Morris' injury has exacerbated that.
The Summer transfer window will be interesting. Because again, what will the Sounders be able to attract to actually help goal scoring? What will they be able to offer in terms of wages? And is that player (Has Ibra changed the Galaxy's fortunes on the field) be worth the cost?
It might be best to pretend you are starting over, really. Look where Atlanta and LAFC are in the standings
it used to be an either/or thing, but it has changed over the past 5-6 years. Much bigger influx of younger stars and homegrown talent. Almost double the numbers from even 5 years ago.
btw, expansion IS thriving when you're a niche league that makes it's money on expansion fees and attendance.
If you're comparing MLS to the top leagues as a barometer, you'll never be happy with what the league is doing. That'll never happen, because we'll never have the national sports fan interest in order to push the league's TV ratings to the point of massive TV contracts and profitability.
And that's just fine, it's a great soccer product for a 4M salary cap and 3 DP slots, that now routinely challenges the bigger Mexican Primera clubs in CONCACAF, with five times the payroll.
Certainly not perfect, lots of things to work on. But the antiquated criticism of MLS just being a retirement home for Euro stars is stale, old and flat out wrong. Those DP's make up a fraction of the players now.
Glasgow Seahawk":11bbclvs said:What makes MLS exciting is also its weakness. I love the fact it incorporates salary caps and drafts to make it competitive like other north American sports. Smaller franchises have a chance to be champions.
European competition is becoming boring and predictable. Basically- Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Juventus and a sugar daddy team like Man City, Chelsea, PSG.
On the flip side due to the low salary cap in comparison to other leagues it hinders what players the league can attract and effs over the Sounders, Atlanta etc who get big crowds. If MLS could attract America's best athletes from a young age, the US would be world cup favorites. The likes of LeBron James and many NFL players are athletic freaks that would probably be good at any sport if they had played it from a young enough age. The issue is the money is not there to attract them. Soccer is also a very much a middle class sport in the US and only attracts a specific part of the population. It isn't necessarily in other parts of the world, although in Europe i'd say its gentrifying.