The Bieler addition I believe is also meant to address the same issue by increasing conversion percentage. For all the chances that Sporting created last year with just a little more finishing ability they could have had 5 to 10 more goals. That could have been enough, especially in the playoffs to push them over the top.

For SKC your Convey point is key in my opinion. What many don’t realize is that with all that SKC accomplished last year they did it mostly without what I believe was a key piece for them in Convey. It is clear that the technical staff believed he was. His ability to come back along with the development of a couple of other very promising midfield pieces in Peterson Joseph and Oriol Rosell will be important to whether or not SKC can become even better this year than they were the last two.

Peter Vermes seems to have a knack for developing young talent so while the possibility that Kamara might be leaving before the start of the season is a wildcard that is hard to assess it wouldn’t be the end of the team’s chances in 2013. In fact with an ownership group with deep pockets and a commitment to winning I think it would all but assure that a DP would be on the way in the summer transfer window.