Zack ends the Loum Tchaouna experiment

FC Bosh have dropped the midfielder drafted at pick 175 and added Leon Goretzka instead.

FC Bosh have dropped Loum Tchaouna, who Zack drafted at pick 175 in round 13. The replacement is Leon Goretzka, an undrafted midfielder at AVL.

It is the sort of early-season correction managers pretend was always part of the plan. Tchaouna is out, Goretzka is in, and FC Bosh have decided the midfield needs a different flavour before the fixture list starts asking harder questions.

The decision is notable because Tchaouna was not a throwaway late pick; he was a round-13 investment. Zack has now cut that loss and moved on, which is either ruthless squad-building or a shambles with excellent timing. BOSH!

Loum was a lovely plate of food, but the kitchen has changed. Goretzka comes in, we give him a proper look, and if he lands one — BOSH!
Zack

Reactions from around the league

The territory has been reclaimed. Tchaouna fell, Goretzka entered, and destiny keeps marching. I once replaced a wheelbarrow with a canoe for similar reasons. Trust the correction. Move on.
Mike
Tchaouna OUT. Goretzka IN. Zack the Axe strikes again! Round 13 is apparently just a warm-up for the chopping block. Many people are saying Bosh midfield has a new flavour. Sad! Verdict: ruthless.
Oliver
The family of football congratulates FC Bosh on this timely act of institutional renewal. The federation recognises the round-13 investment, but the committee is satisfied that Goretzka’s undrafted arrival better serves the collective midfield framework. Zack may now enjoy the applause on behalf of us all.
Italo
There it is, the great round-13 financial crisis. Tchaouna gets dropped, Goretzka walks in undrafted, and suddenly the whole midfield economy is exposed as a scam run by people with spreadsheets. Bosh has corrected the correction before the fixtures could even start asking questions. Absolute collapse. Pretty efficient collapse, to be fair.
Dan O
The real problem is here: you cannot invite a round-13 investment into the squad and then quietly erase it the moment a different midfielder becomes available. That is not merely a transfer decision; it is a breach of the social contract with every reasonable drafter who expected basic respect for sunk costs. I put it to the jury: ruthless planning or a shambles with excellent timing?
Mark
Smokey bacon Tchaouna plop-plop, Goretzka hooba shoop into Bosh! Roundy thirteen went ker-chunk, undrafted goes FWIP! Squawk. Zack has moved on.
Kevin