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Tuned into the first episode ExtraTime Radio of 2017 today. If you want an hour two guys positively shitting player
names on you, that’s your spot.
Then again, what else is going on
in Major League Soccer right now, but players scurrying to and fro. There’s a
bunch of new kids coming in as well, early as next Wednesday. Seems like a good
place to start…and so goddamn ready for this stuff to end, and for people to
start kicking balls in anger…
…the ball in anger. The right
ball. The one on the field. Felt like I should clarify that.
Mock Drafts, with a Little Scouting (Turtles? Srsly, what is a mock turtle?)
In all honesty, the most I get
out of mock drafts are passing introductions to a bunch of players I’ve never
heard of. As such, I’m sharing The Armchair Analyst’s mock draft because you
can’t get to know someone (or a player) till you meet him. And he lists a bunch
of names, gives brief bios, and talks upside/downside; it’s not first-hand observation
– always my preference (and even there, I’ll stick on “this player seems” as
opposed to “this player is” till I see a fair amount of any given player – but it
beats nothing. This year will be empirically-heavy.
Of note: See the guy at #5,
Jacori Hayes, who Matt “The Armchair Analyst” Doyle compares to one Darlington
Nagbe in a way that should gently trigger a specific sub-set of Portland
Timbers fans (or just me). Also, Doyle went a different player to Portland, a
defender named Lalas Abubakar. Also of note: he doesn’t give the kid a ringing
endorsement, which reads kind of funny so long as I keep hearing about how deep
this year’s SuperDraft is with defenders.
