Fladoodler's Figurings

 A New Central Midfielder on His Way? If you’ve been able to look at the transfer rumors over the last few days/weeks (there have been a lot of them) you may have seen the name Luis Otávio pop up. My point with this article is to introduce you to the player, go over some stats, and to talk about where he fits in. Transfer Rumor Before covering the player, let’s chat about the rumors first. On November 3rd, there was a rumor  saying that Orlando City sent a scout to Brazil to closely monitor Luis Otávio. When the club went down there the player didn’t play with the first team but it was rumored that Orlando City scouts stayed a bit longer to watch him practice and play in a scrimmage. The next day, there was a report that came out from Brazil that talked about Internacional, Luis Otávio's current club, saying that it was not only going through a relegation battle but was also coming on financial hard times. Due to the issues with their finances, the club was looking at certai...

Stars Aligning in Orlando? With Orlando City moving into the middle of their offseason (even though we have yet to get official roster decisions) there has been a flurry of rumors flying around, with most of them focused on some big stars across the globe. I don't mean to exclude Luis Otávio from Internacional, who has also been linked heavily to Orlando City (and don't worry I will be breaking him down shortly), but there appears to be a strategy-by the club or outside sources-for the Lions to get a big star to bolster their ranks.  I, for one, don't necessarily think that Orlando City needs to jump on a star right away. To me, it's all about whether or not it makes sense for the team to go in that direction with play on the field, being the first priority, and then star power as the second. But let's play out an exercise with both of the big stars connected to Orlando City to see if: Do either of them make sense for Orlando City at this time? Would there be...