quite a bit going on isn’t there?
got a call from a friend last night that reads this blog.
him “hey man, are you ok?”
me “yeah, why wouldn’t i be”
him “you never blog anymore, just wanted to make sure everything is fine”
me “i am fine”
good story eh?
well here is the deal, i knew i was slowing down on my entries a bit, but not until this morning did i realize that i have only posted 4 times this month. that is just a poor showing on my part. i have many blogs that i follow and it irks me when they aren’t updated at least every other day. so if i have irked you, my apologies. the reason for my poor attendance, if you care, falls into the “working all day at work, and then coming home and working until late late night on the house (painting, flooring, tile, etc) to get ready for the newborn that will come into this world via a stork on march 19th at the 22nd minute of our game against the red bulls no doubt. the stork will drop my new daughter from 100 meters high, montero will chest trap over to nyassi who will deftly chip a ball for nate to head in to the back of the net. don’t worry about any harm to my daughter though, schmid has been working on everyones “soft touch” that she hardly felt a thing. oh, and there is a bed of pillow and feathers at the back of the goal, so she will come out completely unharmed.
see what happens when i don’t write for a while?
now what was this blog about again? oh right, the sounders… let’s see… has anything happened lately?
well other than the rumors… ahem…. about chelsea coming in the summer, the one thing that has been dominating the headlines is the players that we have have been signed, or invited to try out. there have been a windfall of players, sometimes 2 a day.
- Taylor Graham, former USL defender for the sounders has signed.
- Fredy Montero, Columbian Striker is set to join from Deportivo Cali (more on him in a minute)
- Quavas Kirk, former DC and LA midfielder is on trial
- Patrick Ianni, defender from Houston was signed for our 3rd (possibly 2nd) pick in the 2010 superdraft depending on appearances.
- Osvaldo Alonso, USL rookie of the year with Charleston is a midfielder who put up 7 goals and 2 assists has been signed. interesting to note that he as one of those that defected in 2007 from Cuba if you remember that story.
our team is really starting to take shape and I am very pleased to see a few defenders in that list. after the expansion and superdraft, even though we had picked up some defenders, it still seemed that we were lacking in that area, at least in experience. In Ianni, we have a player on the cusp of international play for the US, and says the coach, <blockquote>He’s very strong in the air, which is something we need to add to our team right now.</blockquote>That type of endorsement makes it sound like he is very much being considered a starter. we have a pretty well known quantity in graham. he has been fantastic over the years, but you still don’t know how great he will be in the next level up. i wouldn’t expect him to do poorly, but sometimes, it is the smallest of skills that he may be lacking, that could get exposed at the highest level of the game in our country. at the very least, he is a solid back up no doubt. now if we can sign Parke, i will consider the center midfield position relatively strong. you can never know until you see them play together however, but it wouldn’t be a glaring hole no doubt.
now for mr montero…. what an interesting piece of business this is. if anyone has got the straight skinny on who owns what and how, why, where, i would appreciate you sending me a note. the best i can tell, we own 65% of the player (upon visa and paperwork being completed/approved). that 65% number appears to be valid b/c it comes straight from adrian, but everywhere i still look for info on this, nothing else is explained. my questions….
- who owns the other 35%, am assuming still deportivo cali
- why is he still consistently linked to this real betis move/loan. maybe this is residual from prior to our signing, but i still see loads of this talk going on.
and then the ultimate question…. how much did he cost? i got lambasted on this blog a few months back at the original news that we were about to spend a few million on this kid. i still can’t see this being in the millions. this must surely be why deportivo cali only would sell 65% of him b/c they want to see some profits in the future when he heads off to europe… come on, you know he will end up there if he lives up to his hype.
i am not a big fan of this partial ownership… it has a chance to get very messy, a la carlos tevez. but heck, if it gives us yet another goal scoring threat, and we can get 2-4 years out of him, bring it on i say.
anyway, i am sure the truth in all the ownership and price is out there. if you know for a fact how this is played out, please drop me a note.
so, with nyassi, ljungberg, le toux, montero, zakuani, and jacqua, there is no shortage of attacking options and that doesn’t even take into consideration the two fullback players that we picked in the draft that are both considered wide attacking minded threats.
this is all good and exciting if our defence can handle the counter attacks that we will surely have to endure when we leave ourselves open. so having those defender numbers increased helps calm my nerves a bit.
well there, i guess we have caught up to present day. i will do my best to keep up on my posts, at least better than i have been.
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