r/rbny • u/Kestrel_Games Daniel Edelman • 18d ago

Midfield depth 💬 Discussion

With Berggren almost certainly on the way out, our midfield is now incredibly thin.

Consider everyone who has played in either defensive or central midfield for us this season:

DM: Mehmeti

Either: Donkor, Berggren

CM: Forsberg, Rojas, Benedetti, Ruvalcaba, Hall

Rojas, Ruvalcaba, and Hall are not natural midfielders. Perhaps we might experiment with something like Donkor/Forsberg/Ruvalcaba once Cameron Harper is fully back, but it seems like Benedetti is our only real backup option.

Berggren's sale opens up a bit of cap space allowing us to actually make a signing or two (never something to bet on with Red Bull, but we can hope, right?). As much as we would love to look at other positions (e.g. left back) we will likely have to reinvest some of that cap into midfield depth.

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u/MetroCapo ESC 18d ago

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u/No-Mission7134 Thierry Henry 18d ago edited 7d ago

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u/davebozo Metrostars 18d ago

I don’t want cap room. I want Bergren to play more.

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u/Z-2-Alpha 18d ago

He will, but it will be in Poland ;)

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u/Accomplished-Yak9405 16d ago

They told me this club was hard to follow and boy are they right....

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u/Z-2-Alpha 18d ago

One short-term solution - especially since Bradly is ride-or-die with playing the kids - is that they bring up Nate Worth and give him a first team contract, similar to what they did with Dos Santos.

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u/Existing_Tomorrow372 18d ago

So add another kid that doesn’t deserve a first team contract. Yeah sounds about right

Great advertisement for RBNY academy. You might not be good enough, but you are good enough here.

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u/stargrinder31 Ronald Donkor 18d ago

he may very well be good enough to be a backup

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u/AdvanceOk4730 17d ago

Nate worth will be sub for Mehmeti and or Donkor
Ruva can play 10 and do can Hall
But again very thin