God Shave the Crew!

Bocanegra could be home quicker than anyone thought, maybe even as quick as next week.

Did you hear anything specific, or is that just a general "lol Rangers" observation? There was already a small Twitter campaign for the Fire to sign him, but he would be subject to the allocation draft. How much would it cost to get Boca anyway? Rangers paid $600k a year ago.

MLS transfer window is open until April 15, so the US is one of the few destinations he could go to on short notice.

Since you mentioned this here, I'll ask here. Are they being forced to sell everyone? Any idea if players on loan will return to their clubs?

yes, the likes of Bartley could be returned to their clubs and all of them could be for the chop any day now. some won't see next weekend as rangers players.

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Barry Robson should be a decent addition to your league, not seen much of him since he left Celtic but i doubt he is completely done already.

smart player, good dead-ball taker and likes a tackle, never had any speed to lose so the legs should be fine.

Interesting, rangers have three yanks iirc. I wonder if all could end up back in mls until the summer.

doubtful Edu goes home, he has some value. the other two might just be released for free/nominal fee.

have you spent the past week fist pumping? You must be loving life right now.

got **** faced drunk on Monday, spent Tuesday and half of Wednesday being sick and it has still been one the best weeks i can remember.

every day has brought more comedy than the last, yet the best is still to come..

Huge pressure on Eddie Johnson to be successful. If he is not, this trade might go down as one of the worst in MLS history. I see Neagle as somebody who will be an MLS all star in 2-3 years. He is a local boy too, so it really hurts to see him let go. I was really fond of Fucito too, so emotionally speaking this trade is a kick in the balls.

Emotions aside, from a football perspective this is still a risky move. Johnson has not been scoring a lot in the past four years. He has not even played full seasons worth of matches (80 matches in 2008-11 according to Wikipedia). If he starts scoring like he did in Dallas and Kansas City, stuff that got Fulham interested in him, then this might end up being a good deal, at least in short term. However, if that does not happen, then this move is going to be one that we regret over and over again.

Positionally speaking this makes some sense. If Johnson turns out to be a big upgrade over Fucito, then letting a winger go with the trade makes sense. One has to assume that the Sounders are confident with Zakuani coming back. Sivebaek is also somebody who can switch over to the left, and Sigi seems to have high expectations for him. Neagle might have had a hard time finding playing time this season.

Long story short: Eddie Johnson better start scoring a lot of goals. Somebody mentioned 20+ but that is way too much to expect. Get to 10 and I'll be happy. Nobody got close to 20 last season in the whole MLS (DeRo and Wondo got 16).

I really don't see this going down as the worse trade ever. Roy Lassiter for Roy Wegerle early in 1998 and more recently Kyle Beckerman for Mehdi Ballouchy are two that come to mind. Those will be pretty hard to top. Especially Beckerman for Ballouchy. I mean really, what the f#ck was Colorado thinking?

Anyone expecting, or demanding, 20+ goals is retarded. I agree that 10 would be solid, and it's a reasonable expectation.

Mexican International and former Chivas attacking mid Adolfo Bautista has reportedly signed with Chicago. He has 38 caps for Mexico with the last in 2010.

I think Seattle are being slightly risky assuming zakuani will perform to the same level as pre injury. It sounded like the healing process was really bad for him.

Not a Sounders fan obv, but this trade is the first **** up imo the front office has made.

agree. It's a complete head scratcher as johnson is such a wild card right now. Johnson only had two seasons where he scored over 10 goals in the MLS

Well, in Johnson's first scrimmage he scored a goal, set up another, and tweaked his hammy. Good stuff lol.

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