Ring was playing 1 v 2 defensively in the midfield. Don't fault him for that.
Maxi needs to bury his chances.
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Ring was playing 1 v 2 defensively in the midfield. Don't fault him for that.
Maxi needs to bury his chances.
Of the 6 NYCFC players in the box when Villa struck the ball, TMac was the only one heading for goal looking for a rebound. Fortune favors the prepared.
Dallas is the best team in the league, no doubt.
Thinking more about it, I wonder if Pirlo would have been amazing there. Just about everyone on that team plays at a high speed and with a high soccer IQ. And they have the physicality in the midfield and stoutness in defense to "hide" Pirlo a bit. Now imagine Dallas with Pirlo and Villa. Yikes!
Simon Borg doesn't think the handball is the box should be called a penalty because the defender slipped and his arm is in a natural position. Simon Borg is just rioting up fans to post comments.
Reaching behind you to grab the ball is a natural position?
I guess if you're moving in that direction, slipping, and falling down, your hands are likely to be in the position where the Dallas' defender's hands were at the time.
So we blame the grounds crew?
That's utter BS and the armchair twit knows it but is looking for clickbait. If he really wants to get technical, the player saw the ball was being passed behind him and in an effort to stop/change direction, his feet slipped from the momentum and his sudden movement. The hand going down is not a natural movement as he's eying the ball and his arm going out as a result of the initial attempt to change direction/play the ball (I.e if he didn't try to stop for the ball then he never would have slid)
The natural position argument and the ball to hand argument does not apply here. That only comes into play if you have no time to react, ie the ball is kicked at your arm, from two feet away.
In this case, the ball travels what eight meters from pass to hand?
You have an obligation to move your hand, it's clear handball. MLS referees are worse than most.
In this case, the ball travels what eight meters from pass to hand?
You have an obligation to move your hand, it's clear handball. MLS referees are worse than most.
Interesting that they weren't wearing their GPS/tracker vests. Would think this was a game you especially want to see info about the players just to see how much they exerted themselves, and if that influences anything for RSL
My take is both teams played great. I mean maybe not Real Barca great but what did that game not have? Crazy, supernatural saves - check. Fluid, vertical possession - check. Epic defending in the clutch - check. Two teams that know how to defend in shape, concussion protocol drama, alternating spells of dominance, skill, heart, pace and a brass section - you get the picture. I said it in the shout box already, but that was a thoroughly entertaining game.
Also agree to disagree on Maxi.
Also we are agreeing on the value of Pirlo? Pinch me.
Agree on Maxi.
I said Pirlo should play last night before the game. Nothing changed my mind. He would have been a huge improvement to the cause over Tommy.
I don't give a good fuck what anyone here says about Tommy. I have seen enough of him to say with absolute, unwavering authority that he is worth a half a rat shit in midfield. Completely useless unless unmarked around the box.
Triple U Mac is his new name. Useless unless unmarked.
TUM for short.
I almost agree. But there is an art to being unmarked. Particularly when one is slow, rotund and otherwise extremely markable.
Can we just call him Tummy?
I particularly like how "concussion protocol drama" and "a brass section" figure in.
Is that the same brass section that played the same song over and over and over again in a match before this season?
Yes, but Pirlo is unlikely to play all three games this week, so if you are going to sit him, this is the game.
Not to position myself as some kind of soccer-brass subgenre expert, but from memory that was Houston :/
Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon!
Word. The best academy in the US by far (until we fully spin up).
Yep. Had that conversation with some Dallas fans the night before. We pretty much unanimously called it an ugly game and a draw; a 2-1 either way at best.
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