I personally don't see the Reyes at the six thing at all. I know she's done it in college blah blah, but nothing at all about her skillset screams "pro-level center midfielder" to me. At this point I don't really see a tremendous difference between her at LB and RB either, which is a credit to her. Müller's never played the six to my kno…
I personally don't see the Reyes at the six thing at all. I know she's done it in college blah blah, but nothing at all about her skillset screams "pro-level center midfielder" to me. At this point I don't really see a tremendous difference between her at LB and RB either, which is a credit to her. Müller's never played the six to my knowledge --she played on the wing on occasion for Freiburg-- but I'm sure she could probably do it.....but then Kling is at the other FB and I don't love that. I've seen Kling play well at the six and I know she *can* do it, so she'd be my choice, especially since the third midfielder is probably OWK and it would be nice to have a veteran presence next to her.
I'm sure Sinc will play, and probably play a lot. It sucks. There was a time (like, 2021) where I had some sympathy from a "respect for the declining club legend" perspective, but I've been on the angry side for a few years now. Idk if this is a hot take (and I'm not really a massive believer in Izzy's long term potential anyhow), but I think Sinc's presence *on the field* has had a legitimately detrimental impact on Izzy's growth over the last two seasons and it SUCKS. There's an argument the same is happening to Linnehan, and even Dias. Young players need minutes.
I was leaning towards waiting until the end of the year to make the coaching change unless they have a real plan to spend big this summer both because I don't really think a new coach is elevating *this* roster to a shield (probably already too far behind) or championship winning level, and because this team has had so much coaching turnover. Hearing from Phuoc that they expect to spend is really interesting. IF they make some real signings --and not just Payne/Obaze level signings, but a real attacking star-- then bringing in a new coach midseason makes a little more sense to me. I'd guess that if that happens, they're probably pretty close on a coach. Teams usually figure out ways to get around roster crunches- I wouldn't be surprised if they just buy out a few contracts if they end up making new signings (and yeah, they probably could do what you mention re: NTRPs if the bought out players cleared waivers after getting bought out).
I did see the Stroot thing, no idea why he'd go to United given the state of their women's side atm.
I personally don't see the Reyes at the six thing at all. I know she's done it in college blah blah, but nothing at all about her skillset screams "pro-level center midfielder" to me. At this point I don't really see a tremendous difference between her at LB and RB either, which is a credit to her. Müller's never played the six to my knowledge --she played on the wing on occasion for Freiburg-- but I'm sure she could probably do it.....but then Kling is at the other FB and I don't love that. I've seen Kling play well at the six and I know she *can* do it, so she'd be my choice, especially since the third midfielder is probably OWK and it would be nice to have a veteran presence next to her.
I'm sure Sinc will play, and probably play a lot. It sucks. There was a time (like, 2021) where I had some sympathy from a "respect for the declining club legend" perspective, but I've been on the angry side for a few years now. Idk if this is a hot take (and I'm not really a massive believer in Izzy's long term potential anyhow), but I think Sinc's presence *on the field* has had a legitimately detrimental impact on Izzy's growth over the last two seasons and it SUCKS. There's an argument the same is happening to Linnehan, and even Dias. Young players need minutes.
I was leaning towards waiting until the end of the year to make the coaching change unless they have a real plan to spend big this summer both because I don't really think a new coach is elevating *this* roster to a shield (probably already too far behind) or championship winning level, and because this team has had so much coaching turnover. Hearing from Phuoc that they expect to spend is really interesting. IF they make some real signings --and not just Payne/Obaze level signings, but a real attacking star-- then bringing in a new coach midseason makes a little more sense to me. I'd guess that if that happens, they're probably pretty close on a coach. Teams usually figure out ways to get around roster crunches- I wouldn't be surprised if they just buy out a few contracts if they end up making new signings (and yeah, they probably could do what you mention re: NTRPs if the bought out players cleared waivers after getting bought out).
I did see the Stroot thing, no idea why he'd go to United given the state of their women's side atm.