Reaction from DC United fans on bigsoccer.commontjoyOh, joy, red cards.
JeremyEritreaWTF kind of stupid ass move is this? Avery John sucks!
Eastern BearWell, this is a wasted draft pick whatever it is.
Marco10Avery John is a much tougher, more instictually defensive minded, and more vesatile defender overall, version of Marc Burch. Why exactly is this a bad thing? Seriously, I understand the angst as John was a bit of a hack in NE. BUt I seem to recall them having a hack named Aunger, who was universally decried when he came here as a stop gap measure, but magically became a fan favorite and extremely useful player.
Not saying the guy is actually as good as the baby faced assasin, nor will he ever skip away from carnage so elegantly, no one could. But, the dude has some serious skills that DC United currently lacks. Most among them is a committment to actually defending with some heavy artillery. It's nice to have slap happy whiners with tremendous skills, but having a guy who lets his shin pads do the talking is very important commodity. Plus, he allows DC to play a 3-5-2or 4-4-2 even if both starting central players are hurt. That's a lot of flexibilitly.
Just sayin' give this guy a chance before hammering him out of hand. The doctor was never going to play much this year anyway now that Pontius is obviously so superior.
URwormfoodMR. John is a hard-ass.....ROCK-EM!
Good choice!
La Barra BlondeKnowing nothing about Mr. Avery except his age, if he comes in, DCU would have 5 starters on the field over the age of 30.
Is anyone else worried about this?