What can Atlanta United win during the next 18 months of the Paraguayan’s contract? If the answer is nothing, then moving on now is the first step on the path to improvement.
Really need the team to break ties with Sportsology…feel like we have enough evidence that the methodology the scouting department adopted from them has been a resounding failure
My problem with Almiron isn't that he's a slowing player on an exceedingly slow team. My issue with him is that he doesn't SEE! LL's positioning is often trash, but he and a few others do make good breaks on occasion. Unfortunately, Almiron goes head-down instead of passing, and I slump back in my seat to complain, "There he goes again!" And off he goes on another mazey dribble. He hasn't been an effective winger, striker, or playmaker so outside of his history and massive cost, there would be no debate about what needs to be done.
He can’t play a good ball in the final third and he can’t shoot. That’s not even close to good enough for a DP. For the same transfer fee, we could have Evander … who has legitimate game changing quality on the ball. Off the ball, I’d take Galarza over Miggy for a lot less money.
The front office thinking too much about how fans will perceive personnel decisions has contributed meaningfully to digging the deep, dark hole the club find itself in.
My only reason against is that it serves no purpose to bring in a new DP now. Even a solid one wouldn’t drastically change our fortunes in the next 18 months, and then they would be halfway ready to leave by the time we could possibly turn things around.
We’re constantly limited in roster flexibility. It feels like the quickest way to contention is to align a bunch of exits to significantly turn over the roster at one time (or within 1-2 windows).
Really need the team to break ties with Sportsology…feel like we have enough evidence that the methodology the scouting department adopted from them has been a resounding failure
Couldn’t agree more with all of that. I would buy out LL AND Almiron though.
My problem with Almiron isn't that he's a slowing player on an exceedingly slow team. My issue with him is that he doesn't SEE! LL's positioning is often trash, but he and a few others do make good breaks on occasion. Unfortunately, Almiron goes head-down instead of passing, and I slump back in my seat to complain, "There he goes again!" And off he goes on another mazey dribble. He hasn't been an effective winger, striker, or playmaker so outside of his history and massive cost, there would be no debate about what needs to be done.
He can’t play a good ball in the final third and he can’t shoot. That’s not even close to good enough for a DP. For the same transfer fee, we could have Evander … who has legitimate game changing quality on the ball. Off the ball, I’d take Galarza over Miggy for a lot less money.
The front office thinking too much about how fans will perceive personnel decisions has contributed meaningfully to digging the deep, dark hole the club find itself in.
What a cluster.
My only reason against is that it serves no purpose to bring in a new DP now. Even a solid one wouldn’t drastically change our fortunes in the next 18 months, and then they would be halfway ready to leave by the time we could possibly turn things around.
We’re constantly limited in roster flexibility. It feels like the quickest way to contention is to align a bunch of exits to significantly turn over the roster at one time (or within 1-2 windows).