....I suppose that was inevitable, and glad someone got it out of the way early.
Has to be an automatic from the PA guy the minute this guy makes his first appearance. It'd be a crime not to play it, actually.
This has me very intrigued: https://www.whitecapsfc.com/post/20...n-international-central-midfielder-aly-ghazal
Seems like a poor man's Atiba? Box-to-box guy, ball winner, but possesses it properly and transitions it forward (at least, as we can see from the 2 minute highlight reel package, all we need to know, right?). Solid pedigree in a tough league. If he can dominate a midfield anywhere near as well as Atiba, could be a great link-up man for Reyna and Montero. I see this as a potential move to unload Laba. AJ and Tchani should also be on notice, but of all three, I think Tchani and AJ have made good cases this season for staying on, while Laba's star seems to have burned out.
@Regs pointed it out at the time, moving Koffie would hurt us, but seemed to have hurt Laba the worse. Spent a season lost, and the the Caps realized (like the rest of us) that the hole Koffie left actually broke up the whole effing centre of the midfield. The Tchani move was specifically to address the hole Koffie left, Robo admitted as much.
This guy Ghazal definitely appears to be more box-to-box, and this is exactly what we've been missing. Should address the possession deficiencies.
I hope...
Should be Teibert that they unload, he has not kicked on to the next level and is not a good enough centre midfielder at this level...time for him to go.
I assume you are stating that based on depth at CB vs. LB, but they obviously had a replacement in the works for CBV, as well as possibly another in Straith, if they sign him for the remainder of the season. So...given all that moving Dean out makes perfect sense, given his contract I think on Gen Adidas is up this year.wasn't Minnesota sniffing about Teibert, but the Caps wanted, somehow, too much?
moving Dean out before Harvey is bizarre to me, but they're really just making it up as they go along anyway, so whatever...
Lamba out the season with a blown knee?