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<\/a>Nicol knows his squad needs help. (Photo by Art Donahue\/artdonahue.com)<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cWe need some new faces, which we\u2019re trying to do,\u201d said Nicol after Sunday\u2019s 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Union.<\/p>\n
The Revs did bring in plenty of new faces heading into the season, but many of them ended up being busts. Newcomers Michael Augustine and Didier Domi have already been released from the team and Ousmane Dabo has barely played while struggling with injuries. Last season\u2019s midsummer signings Marko Perovic and Ilija Stolica are gone as well.<\/p>\n
Argentine defender Franco Coria and draft picks A.J. Soares and Stephen McCarthy have been the only relatively successful new additions to the squad this season and they haven\u2019t proven to be enough. The Revs need help across the field and there\u2019s little time left to get it.<\/p>\n
But, according to Nicol, the team is working to find those new faces. They\u2019re just not having any luck.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe made two offers over the weekend of which one we thought was done and the final hour we find out the player signed for someone else,\u201d said Nicol. \u201cThat\u2019s happened two or three occasions already over the course of the season \u2013 we\u2019ve made offers, of which players have asked for and we\u2019ve agreed to it, and the final minute they go somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n
That lack of successful signings is hurting the team in more ways than one. Not only does the team need more quality, but the current players are lacking the competition for spots to really push them to be their best in practice.<\/p>\n
With the team in such poor form, players should be looking to show their best to prove they belong on the field, but it doesn\u2019t seem to always be happening and it\u2019s a problem not lost on veteran \u2018keeper Matt Reis.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think everybody needs to realize that they\u2019re playing for their jobs,\u201d said Reis. \u201cIt\u2018s their livelihood. I think everyone is out here thinking everything is great and everything is fun but in the end if we keep sucking like this, then guys are going to be out of jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n
If this season\u2019s made one thing clear, it\u2019s that the Revs can\u2019t count on foreign players coming in to save the team. Big potential signings fell through in the preseason and continue to fall through now as the Revs desperately seek help.<\/p>\n
And whether or not help comes, the players that are here clearly need to be at their best if New England is to salvage something from this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re fighting for our lives at this point,\u201d said Chris Tierney. \u201cWe need three points and nothing less and we\u2019re not playing like it. I think we\u2019ve been getting on each other\u2019s case a little bit, there\u2019s frustration setting in, but at the end of the day we got to fight harder and work for each other and we seem to be doing the opposite right now. So, I think everyone needs to just take a long look in the mirror, including myself, keep plugging away and make it better.\u201d<\/p>\n
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