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2002 Polls

 

Which Burn player will be the next to get a Senior International Cap?
1 Antonio Martinez 21%
2 Ryan Suarez 20%
3 Jason Thompson 17%
– Brad Davis 17%
5 Joselito Vaca 8%
6 Chris Gbandi 5%
– Ed Johnson 5%
8 DJ Countess 4%
9 Toni Nhleko 2%
10 Philip Salyer 1%
 

Who should start at forward next to Jason Kreis?
1 Percy Olivares 32%
2 Ed Johnson 29%
3 Bobby Rhine 16%
4 Ronnie O’Brien 12%
5 Matt Behncke 4%
6 Carl Bussey 2%
- Matt Jordan 2%
- Antonio Martinez 2%
9 Paul Broome 1%
10 Joselito Vaca 0%

 

What trophy or silverware will the Burn win next?
1 Brimstone Cup (Series vs Chicago) 47%
4 Lamar Hunt Trophy (US Open Cup) 21%
2 MLS Cup (MLS Playoff Champion) 16%
3 Supporters Shield (MLS Regular Season Champion) 13%
6 none 3%
5 Republic Cup (Series vs Houston MLS Team) 0%

 

What should the Burn do next?
1 Trade for LA’s Allocation to get Earnie Stewart. 21%
2 Nothing. MLS Cup 2002 here we come! 17%
3 Dump the horse for a traditional logo. 16%
4 Do better in the US Open Cup. 12%
5 Take on Lamar Hunt as owner. 10%
– Take on someone else as owner. 10%
7 Win the Brimstone Cup. 7%
8 Find some defensive depth. 3%
9 Trade for a current MLS player. 2%
– Sign another wide player. 2%

 

The Brimstone Cup starts this weekend, what do you think of Chicago Fire?
1 Hate ‘em: why the heck did MLS move them out of our division. 29%
2 Hate ‘em: would love for the Burn to knock them out of 1st place. 13%
3 Hate ‘em: They are whinny little brats 10%
– Hate ‘em: Bocanegra is a punk. 10%
– Hate ‘em: for breaking Brandon Pollard’s leg 10%
– Who? 10%
7 Hate ‘em: They suck. 6%
– Hate ‘em: they don’t need to go anywhere, Chicago is H*ll 6%
9 Hate ‘em: They should go to H*ll 3%
– Hate ‘em: they dive too much. 3%

 

Who would you be willing to give up to get Earnie Stewart?
1 Cerritos and a #1 Pick 32%
2 Pareja and Rhine 21%
3 Jason Kreis 14%
4 Gbandi and a #1 Pick 7%
5 T-Bone and Chivas 6%
6 Joselito Vaca 5%
– Ryan Suarez and a #2 Pick 5%
8 Eddie Johnson 4%
– Broome and Zarco 4%
– Morrow and Chivas 4%

 

Is it Good or Bad there are no Burn players in the World Cup?
1 Bad: no talent worth taking. 35%
2 Good: Burn keep team in place. 29%
3 Good: oponents will be weaker. 19%
4 Bad: Burn players get screwed by the higher powers. 16%

 

What would you most like to see next to improve the Burn?
1 Zarco play defense 32%
2 Ed Johnson start 19%
3 Chris Gbandi be healthy 18%
4 Sign or trade for a Senior International 13%
5 Chad Deering start 7%
6 Lee Morrison Start 5%
7 Paul Broome start at left mid 4%
8 Carl Bussey start 1%
- Richard Farrer start at left back 1%
10 DJ Countess start 0%

 

With McKinney out, where do you want a Burn Stadium to be located?
1 Downtown Dallas 26%
2 Plano 20%
3 35-635 Interchange 14%
4 Arlington (near Ballpark in A.) 10%
5 Fair Park (Not Cotton Bowl) 8%
6 Cotton Bowl 7%
7 Irving (Near Texas Stadium) 7%
8 Addison 3%
9 Carrollton 2%
10 Hyland Park 2%

 

Who will not make the Burn Roster in 2002?
1 Josue Mayard 50%
2 Richard Farrer 13%
3 Antonio “Chivas” Martinez 9%
4 Lee Morrison 8%
- Chad Deering 8%
6 Hamisi Amani-Dove 5%
- Carl Bussey 5%
8 Paul Broome 2%
9 Chris Gbandi 0%
10 Matt Jordan 0%

 

Which change are you most excited about?
1 Stadium progress 40%
2 Graziani for Cerritos 18%
3 Drafting Chris Gbandi 14%
4 Swtich to 4-4-2 11%
5 Steve Morrow signing 7%
6 Zarco in midfield 6%
7 Kubik retires 4%
8 T-Bone (Tenywa Bonseu) 1%
9 Contraction of Miami and Tampa Bay 0%
– Developmental squads 0%

 
What defender would you like to see the Burn acquire?
  1 Steve Morrow (N. Ireland Int) 20%
  - Ted Chronopoulos (New England)  20%
  3 Ricardo Iribarren (Former Burn Defender) 16%
  - Birch Wylie (PDL Defender of the Year)  16%
  4 Chris Gbandi (UConn, 2000 Herman)  12%
  5 Rick Titus (Vancouver, A-L Def of the Year) 4%
  - Philip Salyer (Maryland, U-20) 4%
  - Carl Bussey (SMU) 4%
  - Alexander Yi (UCLA, U-20) 4%
  10 Joard Odera (Spurs Defender) 0%
 
Which former Burn player do you want back?
1 Dante Washington 18%
2 Brandon Pollard 15%
3 Sergi Daniv 13%
- Ricardo Iribarren 13%
5 Leonel Alvarez 12%
6 Ted Eck 9%
7 Lazo Alavanja 7%
8 Zak Ibsen 4%
- Diego Sonora 4%
10 Jeff Cassar 0%
 
What willl happen to the Burn this year.
1 Get an owner 30%
2 get a stadium deal 20%
3 Play a Mexican team in a Exhibition 16%
4 Find a backup for Jordan 10%
5 Win MLS Cup 6%
6 Trade Jason Kreis 6%
7 Be Dissolved by MLS 6%
8 Draft Carl Bussey 4%
9 Sign Raul 2%
10 Win US Open Cup 0%
 
Which Burn player should be gone in 2002?
1 Lubos Kubik 37%
2 Miles Joseph 17%
3 Richard Farrer 13%
4 other 7%
5 Jason Kreis 6%
6 Aleksey Korol 5%
7 Chad Deering 4%
8 Ariel Graziani 4%
9 Hamisi Amani-Dove 1%
10 Matt Jordan 1%
 
Who do you want the Burn to Draft
1 Chris Gbandi (UConn) 61%
2 Brad Davis (St Louis) 14%
3 Justin Mapp (U-17) 8%
4 Carl Bussey (SMU) 4%
– Craig Capano (U-17) 4%
– Mohamed Fahim (SMU) 4%
– Lee Morrison (Stanford) 4%
8 Kyle Martino (Virginia) 2%
9 Kelly Gray (Portland) 0%
– Phillip Salyer (Maryland) 0%
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