hawkfan68
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All the concerns I had about Evans as the CB came to fruition last night. He's playing out of position. Hopefully that gets fixed.
Smurf":3pfcuse8 said:As for Brad Evans at Centerback. Its been 2 matches. Yes. He made 3 big mistakes that DIRECTLY led to goals. I know it. You know it. Brad knows it. That was about as close to a 0/10 performance as you can get. That said...its been 2 matches, with only a handful more from preseason. He is still adjusting. I think anyone to judge the experiment as a failure is a little quick on the trigger. Let him work into the role. If we see no improvement after the next 2 or 3 matches, then maybe it time to consider the experiment over.
Smurf":1onbq492 said:Correct, i thought everyone understood it was promotion for MN United, why i cited fan support as a factor (they have a good core group there).
As for the Sounders.
We attempted to sign a CB during the window but the ones we wanted either werent available or out of our budget, which with the cba was a big factor.
Uncle Si":3w4qay0k said:Didn't they draft a UW guy to play CB?
Sgt. Largent":3dostfnd said:Uncle Si":3dostfnd said:Didn't they draft a UW guy to play CB?
Roldan came in for Mears Saturday when he got hurt, but he's listed as a midfielder. So not sure he's the solution at CB.
But hell, can't get any worse than Evans performance, why not see what he can do.
Uncle Si":3hvtlf9g said:Sgt. Largent":3hvtlf9g said:Uncle Si":3hvtlf9g said:Didn't they draft a UW guy to play CB?
Roldan came in for Mears Saturday when he got hurt, but he's listed as a midfielder. So not sure he's the solution at CB.
But hell, can't get any worse than Evans performance, why not see what he can do.
No, he wasn't the one I was thinking of. I like that kid though. Good attacking talent.
Bit short for a CBack if I remember.
Sgt. Largent":1ul30v9y said:Well summed up Smurf.
I think this year's lack of signings was probably due to the transition between Hanauer and Lagerwey. Adrian's ALWAYS preached scouting every corner of the globe for young talent, and this is the first year we haven't had a young exciting player like Montero, Flacco, Ozzie or Yedlin to get excited over and breath some youth and energy into the starting 11.
I just fear as our FO transition, this will also be a transition year on the pitch where it's just one big struggle with old players getting injured and trying to hold this club together with band aids.
Smurf":2ec6esli said:Anywho, back to expansion for a second:
http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/soun ... minnesota/
Biggest take away from that: "Soccer Specific Stadium." I think that is the single, and only difference between the two groups.
Uncle Si":34pbkd4h said:Smurf":34pbkd4h said:Anywho, back to expansion for a second:
http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/soun ... minnesota/
Biggest take away from that: "Soccer Specific Stadium." I think that is the single, and only difference between the two groups.
Bit bigger than Smurf, but thats more for the locals. The Pohlad group already has a soccer leadership group in place (the current MN United). Big question here is if that group is promoted as well, and if so, can they run an MLS club. Editing out details because these are good people, but just not sure if they are experienced for the next level.
Seahawks1983":180gf7ou said:Uncle Si":180gf7ou said:Smurf":180gf7ou said:Anywho, back to expansion for a second:
http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/soun ... minnesota/
Biggest take away from that: "Soccer Specific Stadium." I think that is the single, and only difference between the two groups.
Bit bigger than Smurf, but thats more for the locals. The Pohlad group already has a soccer leadership group in place (the current MN United). Big question here is if that group is promoted as well, and if so, can they run an MLS club. Editing out details because these are good people, but just not sure if they are experienced for the next level.
One group was dedicated to running a soccer franchise in the city and the other was dedicated to filling dates in a billion dollar stadium. Pretty easy decision for Garber, IMO.
I think his name was Apam, pretty sure he never fully recovered from a leg injury and was let go.hawkfan68":2kjmffgc said:The player's name escapes me but didn't the Sounders pick up a defender from Ghana in last year's summer window? What happened to him?
knownone":dzi0rpdr said:I think his name was Apam, pretty sure he never fully recovered from a leg injury and was let go.hawkfan68":dzi0rpdr said:The player's name escapes me but didn't the Sounders pick up a defender from Ghana in last year's summer window? What happened to him?