Right from the horse’s mouth…

By: jon | November 3rd, 2007

From Kevin Payne’s mouth to God’s ears….

Payne said he, General Manager Dave Kasper and Coach Tom Soehn began discussing the club’s future moves late Thursday night and that the club may very well finally utilize MLS’s designated player rule, a year-old innovation that allows teams to sign a high-priced marquee player along the lines of Beckham (Los Angeles), Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Chicago) or Juan Pablo Angel (New York).

“Certainly you have got to think about, ‘Do we need more leadership and someone who has been through the big battles?’ ” Payne said. “And it’s likely you are only going to find a player like that through a designated player.”

Snap. Veron? Riquelme (I wish)? Sheva? Let’s make the front page of the papers, gentlemen.

Also, Payne called out Mr. Boswell…

He then placed some blame on the back line. “There are some individuals who have to question how they prepare themselves,” Payne said. “We had several breakdowns in the back in critical situations in big games this year. They should have been harmless but became critical in the way they were handled.”

I, like many others, left Mr. Boswell comments on his online presence after the game. While I admit, we were all a little fired up, and some had more tact than others, I was a little surprised to check back the next day. All the comments that weren’t “I LOVE BOBBY LOL!!!” were deleted. I made a post stating this. That was deleted.

Toughen up, Bobby. Sometimes, people play like shit. When that happens, the people the spend their money and time caring about a game will tell you that you played like shit. When that happens, deal with it. And maybe it was “the management” that censored the comments, but if you can’t take criticism from your own club’s fans in the MLS, you think you can hack it in Europe? Please.