Yordy Reyna Bought Out

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[tecc86]

Sad to see but kind of expected it considering how little playing time he got at the end of last season.

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Should mean more minutes for Vargas who has looked really good in preseason. It’s also time for Jozwiak to earn his keep.

[WarHeel]

Someone with more futbol knowledge than me tell me why someone as catalytic as Reyna saw fewer and fewer minutes as the season went on. I feel like every time he was on the field he was making plays. What gives?

[DeSim]

9 hours ago, WarHeel said:

Someone with more futbol knowledge than me tell me why someone as catalytic as Reyna saw fewer and fewer minutes as the season went on. I feel like every time he was on the field he was making plays. What gives?

He was, his playmaking skills were pretty good.  What made him the odd man out was that he was a liability on defense and his fitness was always lacking.  He would never be able to go a full 90 minutes.  That’s always been the case with him, notorious for that when he’s played national games for Peru.  He wouldn’t even get close, around 60 minutes you could notice it, even when was younger.  I’m Peruvian so I’ve been able to watch him closely for a long time now.

Also, they have Vargas, who’s 8 years younger and towards the end of the season showed flashes of being able to be regular in the starting 11.  Plus Adam Armour who’s also 8 years younger, definitely not better on offense than Reyna, but for sure is on defense. 

You also have other wingers that are younger, like Jozwiak, Shinyashiki, Gaines, who are all arguably better than Reyna.  Reyna was just the odd man out in possibly the strongest group of the team. 

Age and defense liability were the biggest factors in my opinion. 

Edited February 18, 2023 by DeSim

[MtnJax]

On 2/18/2023 at 7:35 AM, DeSim said:

He was, his playmaking skills were pretty good.  What made him the odd man out was that he was a liability on defense and his fitness was always lacking.  He would never be able to go a full 90 minutes.  That’s always been the case with him, notorious for that when he’s played national games for Peru.  He wouldn’t even get close, around 60 minutes you could notice it, even when was younger.  I’m Peruvian so I’ve been able to watch him closely for a long time now.

Also, they have Vargas, who’s 8 years younger and towards the end of the season showed flashes of being able to be regular in the starting 11.  Plus Adam Armour who’s also 8 years younger, definitely not better on offense than Reyna, but for sure is on defense. 

You also have other wingers that are younger, like Jozwiak, Shinyashiki, Gaines, who are all arguably better than Reyna.  Reyna was just the odd man out in possibly the strongest group of the team. 

Age and defense liability were the biggest factors in my opinion. 

He was also one of, if not the highest paid non-DP player I believe. I think it kind of shows this was the right move considering we got nothing done with him in the January window.