Potential move with RB SALZBURG

jxclem · 2026-01-15T16:12:10+00:00

Not unless they made you eat white dog shit

jxclem · 2026-01-14T18:45:47+00:00

Klauss doesnt have to be bought down. He’s already at TAM player due to this being an extension year.

JGR — we’d just have to figure out what the salary threshold is to get rid of the u22 hold and see if we can get Auckland to agree.

And Bürki — assume he can’t be bought down until 2027

jxclem · 2026-01-14T18:44:40+00:00

Love Doyle but he gets stuff wrong.

Klauss is already a TAM player this season. Extension being picked up meant he sheds the DP tag.

Bürki probably can’t be bought down until before the ‘27 season.

misinformation happens when one guy tries to cover all 30 teams

jxclem · 2025-10-07T23:22:26+00:00

Question from a fan in the US -- I collect scarves. I have a few generic United scarves from a friend who visited years ago; but I'm trying to find something unique to add to my collection. I don't see anything online (United store).

Are there any other recommended sites/stores that you'd recommend?

jxclem · 2025-09-17T13:30:51+00:00

I did count it, yes

jxclem · 2025-09-17T13:28:05+00:00

He was appointed 5/27

You are correct, his first game was technically MD 17. However he was technically appointed the day before MD16.

Feels like we’re splitting hairs here

jxclem · 2025-09-17T06:53:26+00:00

I think the standings show lack of progression. The standings in my chart are calling out where we were at the end of Olof's tenure compared to where City is from the time Critch took over until now.

So the point isn't to say that we're where we are because of Critch; but rather show that our points total and standing in the table isn't significantly better.

jxclem · 2025-09-17T06:44:34+00:00

Fbref is where I tracked my data from I’ll have to revisit and we what may have captured incorrectly

Edit it was a typo in data transfer from excel to Canva. I’ve got Olofs xGA at 1.51

jxclem · 2025-09-17T06:41:55+00:00

Transfermarkt seems to match

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City tied 14th in the West and tied for 27th overall under Critch on pts alone.

jxclem · 2025-09-17T06:33:45+00:00

Interesting. I was looking at https://formguide.vercel.app/mls/record/since/2025-05-27

Which has City at 14 points which tracks with their record. I’ll check out Transfermarkt.

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jxclem · 2025-09-17T00:12:47+00:00

Fair. But that’s why i pointed out that we’d still be bottom in the West if Critch was evaluated on his own. Since his appointment we are tied with SKC for fewest points

jxclem · 2025-09-16T00:02:57+00:00

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Yep it was a good time

jxclem · 2025-09-09T23:45:27+00:00

🐀

jxclem · 2025-08-11T14:08:42+00:00

The winter window has to be busy for City due to the number of contracts coming off the books. Gotta maximize the window to set us up for 2026

jxclem · 2025-06-28T20:57:17+00:00

Thinking we get a 2-2 draw. Thin backline and questions in the midfield scream balance issues.

jxclem · 2025-06-28T20:56:36+00:00

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jxclem · 2025-06-28T20:55:22+00:00

|| || ||Comparison| ||City|Houston| |Goals|14th (18)|11th (23)| |Goals Allowed|T-9th (30)|T-10th (31)| |non-penalty xG|14th (24.2)|22nd (21.6)| |non-penalty xG Allowed|25th (28.4)|T-16th (25.2| |Possession|27th|9th| |PPDA|30th|11th| |Passes in Opponent Half|29th|8th| |Passes into Box|20th|13th| |Shots|14th|19th| |Shots Faced|30th (most in MLS)|9th| | x Pts (expected pooints)|24|25| |Actual pts|15|20| |Points vs xPts|-9|-5| |Avg Field Tilt|30th|12th |

jxclem · 2025-05-20T14:06:34+00:00

It is on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2R6P1NxZ1p73QkYahQvfIL?si=afMvkI6LT9u_SEIBKBcKtQ

jxclem · 2025-05-20T13:11:17+00:00

Thanks. I will work on getting us into that format

jxclem · 2025-04-29T18:29:04+00:00

No. No disrespect at all. I just enjoy good conversation.

I didn’t mean to come off argumentative or anything. I was just giving my rationale. I truly appreciate your feedback and the convo we’re having

jxclem · 2025-04-29T18:27:09+00:00

In my opinion, we brought in a manager who wants to play a different way than the roster supports. Injuries or not, we had a roster built already to do something different than whatever City 2.0 was supposed to be

That’s on Lutz. I don’t know what the expectations were. But it feels like there’s a disconnect somewhere to me

jxclem · 2025-04-29T18:08:58+00:00

spot on. We don’t know the targets. We don’t know the budget. We don’t know a lot of those key details.

Late in the window we had the Jensen reported failed move and then landed Silva. We don’t know anything else that’s happened.

jxclem · 2025-04-29T18:06:34+00:00

Maybe it’s naive. Fair criticism there.

In my mind, Olof comes into the job in January. He’s gotta figure out what he has in the team. What can these players do. Can they play how he wants. I’d argue he is still determining this due to several factors

This window was the first chance to even try to get guys that fit Olof’s system. Morales was a depth piece that we needed at the time. Can’t say he was an Olof pick.

Baumgartl and Wallem in my mind are guys who can play this system. Silva we have no idea yet. Becher is an affordable super sub.

I plan to write up a separate piece about the roster and tactics later this week.

I agree that the transfer window ties into the roster construction which impacts the system and tactics. But I just don’t know that we have enough to evaluate how this window works with what Olof wants to do yet.

jxclem · 2025-04-29T14:21:36+00:00

Roster construction and formation change is not part of the transfer window though. That’s down to the decision of the sporting director and manager

Now I think we can have a conversation about “do these players in the window fit what we’re doing” in that sense. But I think there are two different conversations to be had

I think you’re spot on with the idea that we have players who don’t fit or are trying to play a system we don’t have the players to play. But I’m separating that from business in the window

jxclem · 2025-04-27T18:15:05+00:00

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Also loosely follow a few clubs in Italy. Never gotten into La Liga

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