Really seems like they're scraping to find anyone? I guess that's what an NTRP is...?
Not a starter at Santa Clara when she was there and Chris Henderson's system doesn't seem to value her very highly. 0.23 is pretty insignificant if you know what a better players' numbers look like. Looks like she's a central midfielder...I'd hope for an…
Really seems like they're scraping to find anyone? I guess that's what an NTRP is...?
Not a starter at Santa Clara when she was there and Chris Henderson's system doesn't seem to value her very highly. 0.23 is pretty insignificant if you know what a better players' numbers look like. Looks like she's a central midfielder...I'd hope for an 8? Maybe she's better than Porter, so Sam can move back to the 6. Anyone know anything about her? This was posted back in June:
"NWSL Draft Board Update
From RPI #26 - Santa Clara
5YR MF (MC) #7 (Tier B) - Isabel Dehakiz
PEGASUS Rating - 0.23 (4YR, 2022)
[Signed with Deportivo Cali]"
Meanwhile, Gotham signed veteran striker Katie Stengel and Spanish midfielder Maintane Lopez, both of whom have already been with the team practicing. At this rate, maybe we'll have another forward or midfielder by August after we've lost all of our games lol. :)
And we can't even do that before the window starts...Even Orlando out here upstaging us lol.
Lol, it wouldn't be a Thorns acquisition if it wasn't getting a player just to put them in a different position than their natural one! Maybe she'll actually be playing forward lol.
I have figured it might be a pointless WC break. Can the full team recover enough to be a shield contender? The only thing helping is the other top teams have challenging matches and might not fare much better during this break.
Yeah, just really frustrating when you're seeing all the other teams who lost a lot (and even not!) pulling in decent NTRP's. There's also been a ton of int'l signings in the last week, of course, some of whom won't be with their new teams until after the WC, but some of whom are joining their teams. With how close the table is and going into this window on top, it's just more frustration that there seems to be no real effort to actually strengthen the roster during this period...and really, they can't even get the filler players over the line in time either. After this upcoming weekend game, we'll have already played 2 league games, and arguably one of the more important CC group games because of where we were in the standings and who it was (if you're a player you do care about those, regardless of how little they might mean to us.) I look at Gotham's roster, and unfortunately, I don't think we get a W this weekend either. If I were to guess, I'd say it'd be another L. At least most of the top teams dropped points this past weekend...that makes it a little better.
Just don't understand how they looked at our F line of Weaver, Betfort, Beckman, Vasconcelos, and D'Aquila and thought that would get the job done, especially since 3/5 of them have hardly played (or haven't at all.) Would've taken a Katie Stengel here!
One suspects this was Xeno's cheeky response to his kids during all those summer family chariot rides when they kept asking "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"
I've always appreciated the Ancient Greek philosophers for giving us gems that parents misuse to this day, such as "Because some things just are," "All explanations must end somewhere," "Everything is; nothing is not."
Socrates missed his calling; he should have written a self-help book on fatherhood. =)
Does anybody know what the NTRP salary rules are? Is this a cap issue? Are we all filled up with big contracts so that we have no money for NTRPs? Because what the actual hell? At this point, Karina has shown absolutely ZERO ability as a GM.
NTRP salary does not count toward the salary cap. So, this is definitely either a GM issue or a Merritt doesn't want to pay extra money into a team he's selling issue.
Really seems like they're scraping to find anyone? I guess that's what an NTRP is...?
Not a starter at Santa Clara when she was there and Chris Henderson's system doesn't seem to value her very highly. 0.23 is pretty insignificant if you know what a better players' numbers look like. Looks like she's a central midfielder...I'd hope for an 8? Maybe she's better than Porter, so Sam can move back to the 6. Anyone know anything about her? This was posted back in June:
"NWSL Draft Board Update
From RPI #26 - Santa Clara
5YR MF (MC) #7 (Tier B) - Isabel Dehakiz
PEGASUS Rating - 0.23 (4YR, 2022)
[Signed with Deportivo Cali]"
Meanwhile, Gotham signed veteran striker Katie Stengel and Spanish midfielder Maintane Lopez, both of whom have already been with the team practicing. At this rate, maybe we'll have another forward or midfielder by August after we've lost all of our games lol. :)
Gotham out there signing players from Liverpool and Atletico Madrid and we're out there signing players nobody has heard of...
At Deportivo Cali, for what it is worth Dehakiz is rostered as a defender... Gotta get them all, lol!
And we can't even do that before the window starts...Even Orlando out here upstaging us lol.
Lol, it wouldn't be a Thorns acquisition if it wasn't getting a player just to put them in a different position than their natural one! Maybe she'll actually be playing forward lol.
I have figured it might be a pointless WC break. Can the full team recover enough to be a shield contender? The only thing helping is the other top teams have challenging matches and might not fare much better during this break.
Yeah, just really frustrating when you're seeing all the other teams who lost a lot (and even not!) pulling in decent NTRP's. There's also been a ton of int'l signings in the last week, of course, some of whom won't be with their new teams until after the WC, but some of whom are joining their teams. With how close the table is and going into this window on top, it's just more frustration that there seems to be no real effort to actually strengthen the roster during this period...and really, they can't even get the filler players over the line in time either. After this upcoming weekend game, we'll have already played 2 league games, and arguably one of the more important CC group games because of where we were in the standings and who it was (if you're a player you do care about those, regardless of how little they might mean to us.) I look at Gotham's roster, and unfortunately, I don't think we get a W this weekend either. If I were to guess, I'd say it'd be another L. At least most of the top teams dropped points this past weekend...that makes it a little better.
Just don't understand how they looked at our F line of Weaver, Betfort, Beckman, Vasconcelos, and D'Aquila and thought that would get the job done, especially since 3/5 of them have hardly played (or haven't at all.) Would've taken a Katie Stengel here!
Yeah, Stengel would have been an upgrade on Betfort, no doubt.
I'm telling myself the lack of spending is Merritt's way of telling us that the sale is getting close.
Counterpoint: a sign the contract is further away than ever. Xeno's pair o' docs.
One suspects this was Xeno's cheeky response to his kids during all those summer family chariot rides when they kept asking "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"
I've always appreciated the Ancient Greek philosophers for giving us gems that parents misuse to this day, such as "Because some things just are," "All explanations must end somewhere," "Everything is; nothing is not."
Socrates missed his calling; he should have written a self-help book on fatherhood. =)
Sigh. I hope so. Doesn't explain why they didn't have it done last week, though. Kinda like a day late, a dollar short.
I did ask Ryan on twitter if he knew about any other signings. Nothing yet lol.
Does anybody know what the NTRP salary rules are? Is this a cap issue? Are we all filled up with big contracts so that we have no money for NTRPs? Because what the actual hell? At this point, Karina has shown absolutely ZERO ability as a GM.
NTRP salary does not count toward the salary cap. So, this is definitely either a GM issue or a Merritt doesn't want to pay extra money into a team he's selling issue.