Comments on: FCD Passes on Szetela

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[...] to sign for DC United, should have secured something in return from United. He believes that Dallas should have taken a chance on the player (who, it seems, had his heart set on DC) or – at the very least – made some demands in [...]

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By: soccer goals

soccer goals — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:38:36 +0000

Thanks for the update.

By: Time for Oscar

Time for Oscar — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:11:53 +0000

Hey guys. If Buzz says they blew it, then they did. He knows what he’s talking about…

By: texgator

texgator — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:42:23 +0000

Na na na na….I was right……lol.

By: 3rd Degree » Archive » Hyndman on Szetela

3rd Degree » Archive » Hyndman on Szetela — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:26:45 +0000

[...] Yesterday I was fairly harsh on the decision to pass on Szetela without getting something from DC. I said, and I still think I’m right, that there had better be something we don’t know. Some consideration or some player set to come back that will make it worthwhile. [...]

By: ccart5

ccart5 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:36:39 +0000

Everyone take a breath… FCD did not blow this. Fact is Szetela was on the Crew squad for 3+ years during which he seldom ever played, not becasue he didn’t have talent, but because he’s a head case. If he doesn’t get treated just as he expects he sulks and pouts for weeks. Sigi Schmid ( late of Crew, not of Seattle) had his fill of this kid. And frankly, if
Sigi couldn’t get him to play hard, I’m not sure Hyndman would have any better luck. This kid will never reach his athletic potential . . . and it’s all in his head.

By: Moose McDowell

Moose McDowell — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:00:09 +0000

A bigger fish will rise to the surface in a week or so – I’m sure of it.

By: texgator

texgator — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:54:06 +0000

In order to criticize the FO you have to make the following assumptions.

1. That DCU wanted Szetela bad enough to trade something of value

2. That FCD doesn’t foresee something BETTER THAN WHAT DCU was willing to trade coming down the pipe.

I don’t know if you can say either of things with any degree of certainty. Just because DCU decided to use their allocation to get Szetela doesn’t mean they wanted him so much that they were willing to deal a lot in exchange. Now, let’s say they were willing to deal, there’s nothing to say that what they were offering was any better than what FCD sees coming down the pipe this summer in terms of returning Yanks. I think it’s a bit presumptious to assume the FO messed this one up…at this point. Personally, I can’t see DCU trading anything of value for a kid who couldn’t make his way to Brescia’s bench for the better part of last year.

By: Buzz Carrick

Buzz Carrick — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:18:40 +0000

I knew that. I think I brain farted the Colts cause I typed Baltimore right before that.