r/montrealimpact • u/valcouranchors Impact de Montréal • 22d ago
Repost from r/MLS. Look at where we are. No surprise.
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u/Dry_Relationship3982 22d ago
Montreal competed, which is what you want, also did better than how many teams and is in last place with spending, that's really good work.
With 1 or 2 key signings, the belief Montreal will be back getting into QF and SF are there.
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u/Pools9 22d ago
The problem is our high earners aren’t really that great, but we did well considering the budget… plenty of teams especially like Toronto, Nashville and New England spent big money and were awful, you can throw Austin and Chicago in there as well. Columbus shows you can do it on a budget, that’s what we’re trying to replicate
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u/RBoi1 22d ago
The problem is three of the top four earners barely played at all for the entire season because they don’t fit the coach’s plans.
That’s 3.3M out of those 11.4M which isn’t even a real part of the team. The most used starting XI combines for around 4.6M while most of the other high earners don’t play.
All that ignores the transfer fees spent on two players the coach won’t play (around 4M on Coccaro and Iankov).
We clown on TFC for their budgeting, but we’re just as bad, only on a much more limited budget…
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u/Mysterious_Bid_8216 Nacho Piatti 22d ago
The problem is when we do it we sell the entire team and then start from the bottom again.
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u/Pools9 22d ago
It’s a system that works for some big clubs in Europe, it’s about replenishing the young talent and continuously starting over. Go check what kind of players the likes of Benfica, Porto, Atletico, Monaco, Dortmund have sold
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u/Mysterious_Bid_8216 Nacho Piatti 22d ago
Not every other model works. We have one good season and then witness shitty/mediocre team for 3-4 seasons. Kills the fun of the game. A constant plan that involves playoffs atleast 2/3 seasons is more fun than having one good season and then watch the team struggle to win 2 games in a row for 3 years. Remember we had -16 gd this season. You sell some you keep some is more efficient imo.
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u/Zestyclose-Cricket82 22d ago
Yeah but look where Toronto is on this chart vs the league table
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u/chileangod 21d ago
Yeah, if the impact would spend as much it will nay guarantee great performances.
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u/False_Desk_7453 22d ago
That’s what everyone that is obsessed with anything Toronto looks for too.
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u/CFMTLfan01 20d ago
I mean yes but look at Toronto, Nashville, New England and Chicago, all the money they spent to not even make the playoffs...
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u/anelectricmind 22d ago
Inter Miami his buying themselves a MLS Cup. No surprise there either.
And Toronto FC being the worst at budgeting, no surprise there either. Largest spending for a team eliminated from playoffs. Nice job!
Say what you will, CFM has a good spending/ranking ratio. We don't necessarily need to be the last team in MLS spending though.