Free a demoralising defeat, the best thing we can hope for is a strong performance and three points. Let's hope the team comes out fighting (and Sweat comes out of the line-up).
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Made much more difficult by being Ring-less. Does that mean a midfield of Lopez and TMac? Cause that is scary.
Play the starters, get 3 points
Hopefully Mata is back
Play the starters, get 3 points
Hopefully Mata is back
I'd drop Harrison to MF and bring on Lewis at RW
Is your last name by chance Richards?
Considering he hasn't even been making the 18, I can't imagine he starts. Not saying I think it's a bad idea, I just don't see it happening
Not disagreeing but without Ring & Hererra in the MF, the best person to move there is Jack. If Khiry is healthy, I could see PV put him in, or Camargo if he's not charged with marking on corners. I just really want to trust Jason Richards that Lewis looks good in practice.
Been thinking about our lack of Midfielders for this match and wonder if we can go with a modified 343, or more like the 3421 that Chelsea/Arsenal ran in the FA Cup:
-------------Villa-----------
------Wallace--Maxi------
Mata-Sterzer-Harrison-Khiry
--Callens--Chanot--White--
Can easily shift to 433 with same personnel. I'd be open for resting Callens for Brillant. If Lewis or Gomez look ready then one of them for Khiry. Or even Camargo for Stertzer with Maxi dropping next to Harrison. Really need to have the best ball handlers in the middle with a lot of speed because NE plays a direct counter system with a ton of pace flying through the middle.
-------------Villa-----------
------Wallace--Maxi------
Mata-Sterzer-Harrison-Khiry
--Callens--Chanot--White--
Can easily shift to 433 with same personnel. I'd be open for resting Callens for Brillant. If Lewis or Gomez look ready then one of them for Khiry. Or even Camargo for Stertzer with Maxi dropping next to Harrison. Really need to have the best ball handlers in the middle with a lot of speed because NE plays a direct counter system with a ton of pace flying through the middle.
Oh man. I'm only now coming to the realization how screwed we are for this match. We have no defensive midfielders of MLS quality.
To hell with it. Play your lineup and hope we win 4-3. Best thing going for us is NER are unlikely to press much. Worst thing going for us is the fact that Juan and Lee and Rowe and Fagundez can all be fairly creative, and we don't have anyone I trust to stop their interchanging just in front of our back line.
You see them as a counter team, but I actually think that against us, they will be just as dangerous when possessing in our final third.
I have been against the three man backline, but not much choice this game. Hope Patrick's got them up for it
You think there's any reasonable chance Mikey doesn't start with our depleted midfield? That would mean Vieira recognizes him as at best a complement to a rock solid anchor like Ring, but I'm just not sure that's the case. I suspect the only way Lopez doesn't see the starting 11 is if he's still working into fitness after the injury and can't go many minutes so soon after a full 90 on Sunday.
Gonna be rough in the trenches for sure and I don't think Mikey is enough of a DMid to play next to Harrison, and his lack of technical ability would hinder possession. Our best bet is to hold the ball as much as possible in the final third and pray we can limit their fast counters; NE was quite effective countering against RB the other night with Fagundez, Rowe, Kamara, and Nguyen running the break - they're fast as hell.
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mgarbowski i don't think Mikey is complete enough to play DMid - he's more of a chaos creator in front of the DMid. And it seems other teams try to choke passing options so the ball goes to Mikey - they know he isn't able to initiate attacks.
Thanks. No surprise you don't think he can handle it, but I wasn't so much asking what you think or stating what I think as wondering what PV thinks.-edit- to address
PV will obviously want him out there. He's shown time and again Mikey is a guy he leans on. With same logic, I think TMac could also get a nod.
No, I think you are right and have the take PV will have. I just think it's wrong.
kwame throw him in there....lewis better be ready i think he makes the 18.
thing about this team that kills me is the lack of consistency.....great game then a bad one....and its like they get overconfident or just do silly mistakes that cost the game. or complacency ( like the DC game)
thing about this team that kills me is the lack of consistency.....great game then a bad one....and its like they get overconfident or just do silly mistakes that cost the game. or complacency ( like the DC game)
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-----Wallace---Villa----Harrison------
-----------------Maxi--------------------
----------Awuah---Lopez---------------
-Mata---Callens-Chanot---White-----
--------------Johnson-------------------
Mata if he's healthy.
-----------------Maxi--------------------
----------Awuah---Lopez---------------
-Mata---Callens-Chanot---White-----
--------------Johnson-------------------
Mata if he's healthy.
The team was on an 10 AM-ish flight out of Atlanta, per Awuah's Instagram account. You have to think today is a day off and tomorrow is a light training/tactics session.
New England average 0.9 goals away from home. They also have never won on the road this season.
New England average 0.9 goals away from home. They also have never won on the road this season.
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Yeah. I would go:Yeah. To be clear, I don't want Lopez starting and potentially going 90 3 games in a row, or being made a lynchpin in any game, so I'd rather see something like theUlrich lineup.
Villa
Wallace Harrison
Mata Maxi Mikey Allen
Callens Chanot Brillant
If Mata isn't fit, drop Wallace to LWB and play Tommy next to Harrison. I'm not stoked about having Allen in there, but I have no idea where Lewis is in terms of readiness. Same thing with Mikey vs Kwame. Maxi may be a little surprising as a CDM but I think he is enough of a nuisance in defense and enough of a stabilizing influence on the ball to play it. Best option out of a poor set of options for me.
Unfortunately I don't think we have time to turn around and re-program the team for a 3-4-2-1 in basically one day of training. Also with NE full backs bombing down the wings and sending in crosses, it's a bad team to get that formation wrong against. Have to think we will go with a 4-3-3 again. My preferred lineup in that configuration would be:
Wallace Villa Harrison
Tommy
Maxi Mikey
Mata Brillant Chanot White
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