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Nothing against Fuchs but I wouldn’t mind seeing Sobocinski come on for him, Fuchs is just getting cooked tonight. If they don’t burn the last sub on the defense then they need to go ahead and get Jozwiak in for Gaines.

Shinyashiki coming on for Reyna… huge mistake here as Reyna has been controlling play and Gaines has been faltering. Alcivar also on for Bender.

Nearly 4-2… the back line has gone to poo and Fuchs is the main culprit right now.

Chicago has their their… Fuchs gets beat like a drum after a good ball from Shaqiri. Charlotte FC 2 - Chicago Fire 3

Derrick Jones comes on for Quinn McNeill at the start of the second.

A couple things here… Live look at the MLS table shows that Charlotte has momentarily jumped to sixth in the Eastern Conference. Secondly, I’d love to see what Shinyashiki can do in Gaines’ spot. Gaines’ speed is a huge asset but his quality in the final third is just poor.

Official MLS stats are currently awarding that dinker of a goal to Karol, they are not giving Bender the assist. Half Time Charlotte FC 2 - Chicago Fire 2 1’ Reyna (from Lindsey) 45’ Swiderski

Charlotte FC forced into an early substitution as Corujo has gone off injured. Mora comes in at LB, Fuchs shifts to LCB, and Walkes shifts to RCB.

And now Chicago scores on the half volley… Charlotte FC 1 - Chicago Fire 2

Chicago ties it. The Fire take a shot from outside the box that Kahlina parries right to Chicago’s striker who rockets it into the net. Charlotte FC 1 - Chicago Fire 1

What a fugging start… Lindsey with a beautiful ball that Reyna heads into the back of the net! Charlotte FC 1 - Chicago Fire 0 1’ Reyna (from Lindsey)

Good to see Lindsey back on the pitch tonight, he’s had a few rough games but he’s also had some good one’s, the up’s and down’s can be expected from a young player, hope he balls out tonight.

Showtime! GK - Kahlina RB - Lindsey RCB - Corujo LCB - Walkes LB - Fuchs CDM - Bronico RCM - McNeill LCM - Bender RW - Gaines ST - Swiderski LW - Reyna Subs - Marks, Afful, Sobocinski, Mora, Jones, Alcivar, Jozwiak, Shinyashiki, Rios Not Included - Sisniega, Vargas, Romero Not Available - Byrne, Malanda, Santos Injured - Armour, Mello Loaned - Zendejas (Independence), Santos (Independence), Hegardt (Independence) No Longer With The Team - Makoun, Franco, Ruiz, Ortiz

Here we go again… looks like lightning should be out of the way soon though.

So over the past couple of days it appears… 1) The Canes and Necas have agreed to a 2YR/$3M AAV deal 2) The Canes and Lajoie have settled and 3) The buyout window is open With Necas added, the Canes would be about $1.1M over the cap… Gardiner is officially on notice.

We certainly swapped weakness’s but we didn’t necessarily have to, we had more than enough cap space to bring back Reddick. We could have also gone the young route and brought in someone like Dorance Armstrong. The final option would have been to splurge on a one year contract for a guy like Clowney. We didn’t do either of things and now it’s looking like edge is going to be a major issue.

Don’t fault the Panthers for that, he got a very good contract from a team that’s projected to be much better than us. The Panthers would have had to pay Dunlap $10M for his services and while it probably would have only been a one year deal, eventually you have to tell a guy he ain’t worth that.

Not trying to bust your balls… but according to the data, he’s 100% right… we were the youngest team in the league last year and have only gotten younger. https://overthecap.com/2021-season-preview-the-nfls-youngest-and-oldest-rosters/amp We’ll have a max of maybe four players over 30 on the roster and potentially only two if Stanford and Roberts (both of which are bubble players) don’t make it.

Another big one and another must win tonight (since it’s at home). Depending on how other results go, Charlotte could potentially jump to fifth in the Eastern Conference table by nights end.

Odd that you say that, but I was wondering why the Panthers didn’t reach back out to Bouye with all the injuries that we’ve recently had at the CB position. Guy knows our team, how we operate, and had a decent year last year…. yet, the Panthers keep bringing in random ass kids from Pembroke and Appy.

I’m personally under the impression that all of the guys would be band-aids generally because I feel like if Rhule and Fitterer wanted to truly address the position then they’d have done it earlier… no idea why edge was neglected like this. Anywho, I suspect that anyone they bring in would be coming on a one year deal which matters neither here nor there in regards to the cap because 1) We have tons of cap space and 2) The deal would expire at the end of the season. The final option is to wait for cutdowns and hope that a Dwan Edwards (in regards to impact, not position) caliber player falls into our laps. Regardless, the position definitely needs to be addressed.

More options.

Lord I hope not… From a money ball perspective (assuming that Haynes will miss time), the Panthers are needing to replace 15.5 sacks (Reddick, Haynes, and Fox). You can’t factor in Smith or Barno because they are probably just special teams players at this point. So in reality, that’s 15.5 sacks being replaced by 3.5 sacks (Wilson and Littleton) and 3.0 of those sacks (Wilson) may or may not be eligible to play. It seems like the thought process was that Luvu, YGM, Haynes, and Wilson could collectively make up for the loss of Reddick. Now we are in a position where two of those guys might not be available. I’d get all three of the players listed above (McKinley, Flowers, and Nassib) plus Dee Ford (if he can walk without hurting his back) in for a visit. The Panthers have plenty of cap space and signing a guy to a one year deal isn’t going to jeopardize it for the future either.

According to Czech media, Necas has signed a 2YR/$3M AAV deal.