OT: CF Montréal: L'Ère de Courtoisie
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Yes.
So that's potentially both Corbo and now Sosa who there are questionmarks as to whether they're coming back. They need to completely rework the defense in terms of personnel and tactics if they have any hopes of being moderately successful next year.
Pompeius Magnus
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Defense is an area where we can improve anyway, so I'm fine with this. We have solid enough depth on both wings now, we need to get the central defense up to par next. A guy like Alvarez should never be more than a sub, ditto Campbell.
Don't tell that to people that are drooling all over the place with regards to Alvarez. I'll be nice though because it can always be difficult as a young kid in their first year on a new team in a new country.
Campbell though needs the boot. He's the kid who doesn't know how to dribble which is why he needs to kick the ball 5 feet in front of him every time.
Having said that, I still blame the shitty defense on the system rather than the players.
As for the wings, I don't know how settled it is actually. For me, Pearce needs to start. Raheem was never consistently solid enough to warrant starting and Pearce is too good to not be a starter. So maybe one leaves and they bring in a younger player a la the left sides Bugaj who can spot start and gain experience to maybe one day take over.
On the right though, I can't help but agree with a lot of people who say that JMR isn't a wingback and will be much better suited somewhere more central so I can definitely see/hope that they bring two people in so that he can move more central but that also means you need a starter as Bugaj isn't ready.
Don't tell Joey though as he knows best and he's determined that MLS Next Pro isn't worth the investment.
I hated a lot on Campbell but during the last stretch of the season, he was solid. If he can stay at that level, he can be an asset. Since there will be a lot of movement already, I'd keep him for now.
They need a solid CB who will lead and organize the defense. Waterman has shown he's not that guy.
Pearce is definitely starting material. If Edwards can accept that he's the second option, I'd keep him. He's all heart, he leads by example. Yes, there's games where it seems every ball he touches, he loses it but else, he was quite reliable. Truth is, with the schedule, it's good to have depth at all positions. The second option will still have quite a bit of playing time. That said, there's still a salary cap, not sure what Edwards makes.
Pompeius Magnus
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I have Edwards/Pierce and Bugaj/JMR basically as a 4 man unit. They can split the time in half on each side and we'll always have a league average presence with fresh legs on the field, the way Courtois did in the second half of the season. I'm comfortable with these 4 guys and I don't see it as an area that needs improvement, baring injuries obviously. CB is where we could make some real gain IMO, especially if we don't want to spend much, which as we all know is this franchise's MO.
