The Retweet, Volume 3: An EXTRA long look at the last off-season week in Quakesland
In The Retweet, Volume 3, Lisa Erickson takes a look at the comments and conversations going on over at Twitter as we wind down the last week of the offseason and get ready for Earthquakes training camp to begin. Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, sometimes informative — The Retweet promises to highlight tweets from in and around the San Jose Earthquakes and Center Line Soccer family.
The Players:
I made it! I just pulled into San Jose with a UHaul, @JulieSSalinas, and two cats. Now I need to find a place to live. #wheressalinas
— Shea Salinas (@SalinasWC22) January 13, 2012
Congrats to Jake Hustedt and Chris Blais for getting picked up by San Jose! Let’s do this boys! Blais well done sir! #adipuremates
— Sam Garza (@SamGarza19) January 12, 2012
@samgarza8 @SJEarthquakes welcome to the team. Lookin forward to seein u out there on r way to the playoffs and MLS cup #thinkBig
— Chris Wondolowski (@ChrisWondo) January 12, 2012
Cant wait to meet all the great people and fans in San Jose!!! Should be there soon!!! #quakes
— Chris Blais (@CBLAIS2323) January 12, 2012
San Jose Earthquakes here I come! Cant wait to get started with my new family! Wondo I can’t wait. Ampai where you at son? #EarthquakeMania
— Sam Garza (@SamGarza19) January 12, 2012
Scariest day to b a player. Congrats to the ones drafted good luck to the ones traded #hopei‘mnottraded #turningoffmyphone
— Chris Wondolowski (@ChrisWondo) January 12, 2012
Off to San Fran … Busy day in the Bay
— Anthony Ampai (@AnthonyAmpai) January 11, 2012
Last day in Seattle…back to the bay tomorrow…#bittersweet
— Ellis McLoughlin (@EMacMac25) January 11, 2012
The Dearly Departed:
@SJEarthquakes @samgarza8 @cblais2323 good luck fellas, enjoy the ride, your joining a great club#HardWorkStartsHere
— Darren Huckerby (@hucks6dh6) January 12, 2012
Doing Kareoke in Vegas in honor of my Norwich boy @hucks6dh6 . Miss ya pal. #hungrylikethewolf
— Joe Cannon (@JoeCannonGK1) January 5, 2012
Can you call it a “super” draft when some picks end up making less $ than working in the real world on a starting salary???#$hitaintright
— Joe Cannon (@JoeCannonGK1) January 12, 2012
Moving and signing day…Ready or not here I come…
— Ryan Cochrane (@RyanTCochrane) January 10, 2012
That moment when you know you left something at home when heading to the airport packed and ready. #shucks
— Bobby Burling (@bobbyburling) January 5, 2012
Those Crazy Reporter Types:
@robertjonas Bingham taught Tim Howard everything he knows.
— Chris Ballard (@chrisjballard) January 6, 2012
… because, as Yallop put it: “There was no (defender) available (at No. 33) that we felt would help us right now.” #SJEarthquakes
— Geoff Lepper (@sjquakes) January 12, 2012
Lastly: David Bingham’s injury, which forced him off this month’s US U-23 squad, is a pulled quad, not something more serious #SJEarthquakes
— Geoff Lepper (@sjquakes) January 12, 2012
Potential bad news for #SJEarthquakes: Tottenham hasn’t finalized Simon Dawkins loan deal. Spurs might keep 24yo after successful MLS debut.
— Geoff Lepper (@sjquakes) January 12, 2012
Also on Tottenham-#SJEarthquakes front: rumored John Bostock move is “off the table,” per Yallop. “That’s probably a dead deal.”
— Geoff Lepper (@sjquakes) January 12, 2012
It’s official: as we mentioned yesterday, forward Alan Gordon has been signed by the @SJEarthquakes.
— Robert Jonas (@robertjonas) January 11, 2012
OptaNerd: 58 – Percentage (15/26) of midfielders on the #SJEarthquakes current roster.Crammed.@lafemmeloca @ultras_mel
— Nerdy Gales (@NerdyGales) January 13, 2012
Unless we are going with a 1-8-1 formation next season.@lafemmeloca
— Nerdy Gales (@NerdyGales) January 12, 2012
The Front “Officials”:
@NerdyGales he has been 8 since he was young.Rich Mulrooney had it in Houston and ribiero in SJ but when he finally got 8 he started scoring
— Stephen Wondolowski (@sjwondolowski) January 11, 2012
Our #SuperDraft Recap: Garza, Husted, Blais coming to San Jose sjearthquakes.com/news/2012/01/q…
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) January 12, 2012
What’s it like behind the scenes in the PR room at the #SuperDraft? twitpic.com/86gic6
— Frank Stranzl (@frankstranzl) January 12, 2012
Just spoke with Sam Garza – says he’s excited to get to work and learn what he can from @ChrisWondo #SuperDraft
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) January 12, 2012
The True Fanatics:
@ultras_mel @lafemmeloca @nerdygales I think there’s some fat to be trimmed from our midfield, to make way for central mid upgrades.
— Mike Gonos (@MGQuakesFan) January 13, 2012
@m1spike @ElliottAlmond @robertjonas Not so sure.What’s not to like about having THREE speedy, goal scoring wingers? Garza pick fine by me
— MichaelSF (@mpotepan) January 12, 2012
the @SJEarthquakes are looking to pick up bubble wrap for their entire back line since they are missing depth & can’t afford injury. #MLS
— Lisa Erickson (@lafemmeloca) January 12, 2012
@Farhadio @lafemmeloca Good part is that (except for D) we’ve got some depth to play with. Just need the center 2 have all the pieces.
— Mike Gonos (@MGQuakesFan) January 12, 2012
“@apatel17: ESPN lists Scott Sealy as a key loss for us…” @lafemmeloca
— Mel (@ultras_mel) January 12, 2012
Simon Dawkins, we hardly knew ye. Really hope you’ll stay, but it doesn’t look like Spurs will let you go again (via @sjquakes).
— Stowaway S.G. (@StowawaySG) January 12, 2012
Okay I’m making it official: trips to LA, PDX and SEA for me this year. #CuzTwitterMakesEverythingOfficial #SJEarthquakes2012
— Brian Hoovler (@BHoovler7) January 10, 2012
#icareaboutmls because there’s nothing like cheering w/the @1906Ultras for @ChrisWondo & the @SJEarthquakes. The beautiful game in my city!
— Edgar Nunez (@edgartronic) January 10, 2012
Around The League:
It’s fair to expect @RyanTCochrane to sign with @TimbersFC for his mustache growing ability alone, right? Replace Horst on two levels.
— mao (@maofootball) January 10, 2012
Tim Howard: “I can’t take credit for that goal. The wind helped it in. Manchester City are reportedly preparing a£45million bid for the wind
— Ryan Gordon (@IIRyanGordon) January 5, 2012
Lisa – This feature is SO convenient, It’s great to have you cull out the best Earthquakes tweets from the many thousands in Twitterland. Thanks so much for all your work on this.
Thanks so much for commenting and keep up the tweeting about Quakes so I can have more fodder. :)
Great reading! This should be a regular feature throughout the season…
This is going to be done Weekly :) so keep on looking for it! :)
Lisa this is a great idea, love it, thank you. It’s very helpful to us few who still don’t have a twitter account. There were two things I took away from this week:
1. How great is it that Hucks welcomed the new kids to San Jose! What a thrill for them. Class guy all around who’s time in SJ was way too short.
2. It doesn’t sound too promising about Dawkins and Bostock according to Mr. Lepper. Do you or Robert have any more information on these two? I thought it was pretty much a done deal that they both would be in SJ for 2012.
Thank You
Mike
So far nothing official. Bostock has fallen through (from the last I heard) but Dawkins seems like we are waiting for the transfer window to close and then see if we get him on loan. So we’ll know more in February.
We shall see… :)
And your welcome. This should come out every week (next one scheduled for tomorrow) and we might make them all in a drop down for easy access.
Cheers!
Lisa