RSL finally loaned out Nik Besagno…a move about 15 months overdue in my book. Fortunately, Nik may well play another 10-12 years, because RSL wasted his first 3. I’m actually really happy for Nik, hopefully he uses this time in USL to improve his game in an environment with less pressure. I remember talking with some front office guys in 2005, telling them Ellinger was insane to pick a player who couldn’t possibly play efferctively at D-mid for another 3 years…Unfortunately, coaching, personnel and injury constraints now make that look like 2010 at the earliest. It was obvious in 2006 as Nik’s u-17 time dropped off and RSL started shifting him out of midfield to get use out of him that Nik wasn’t progressing quickly enough playing for RSL. After seeing no 1st team time all year, I’m glad they have loaned him out to a team he will have more freedom to make mistakes with.
Along with the exodus of Nik, RSL has brought in Sebastian Schindzierlorz on trial before the upcoming July transfer window. Schindzielorz hasn’t played in the Bundesliga since 2004, as near as I can tell only started 3 games for Levadiakos in Greece in the 2007-08 season. To me it looks like a fishing expedition, but only time will tell. What is clear is that RSL needs a real D-mid…even in their compressed center midfield. Getting Dema forward of D-mid will only help our weakened wing play. I guess we’ll have to wait and see whether you can adapt a German style of play to Kreis’ midfield strategy. Clearly this news isn’t the news everybody was hoping for in terms of acquiring a solid striker, but D-mid has been a bane of this team’s existence for as long as they’ve been extant, and with Sturgis’ long injury layoff, RSL could certainly use the depth. At least he’s 6′, which will make him our tallest midfielder by some margin if he works out.
I’ll see if I can’t get out to practice and see this guy for myself…if only Xango field wasn’t so ridiculously far away. In the interim, I’ll just hope for the best on Saturday
-Heretic
