New England - Postmatch
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I just spent some time looking at the Opta Chalkboard on the MLS Gamecenter. The distribution chart for NYC is ridiculously dense. We attempted so many passes. We completed so many passes. It's just that so few of them went anywhere (which we already knew). Split it up between first half and second, and it looks like 2 different teams, too.
I think they were instructed to. They were certainly very flat.
I think that Ofori is the most naturally suited to drop deep, but he doesn't have the confidence yet. Herrera has the confidence but it isn't the game he's accustomed to. So probably a diffusion of responsibility thing.
We missed his tenacity, but his like-for-like replacement did have 2 goals, so IDK.....
Got stuck at work till 6 only saw the basic highlights. Mixed feelings as I think The Revs aren't very good but we were missing so many key players, it was on their awful turf, and we came back twice so....
Anyone else have the highlights button on their dvr?
Anyone else have the highlights button on their dvr?
The Revs may not be very good, but Freidel schooled PV in a lot of ways.
First video here is a good analysis of how the Rev's high press led to two goals, one for them on a turnover, one for us when we beat the press and put the defense on its heels.
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/03/25/armchair-analyst-balance-power-more-week-4
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/03/25/armchair-analyst-balance-power-more-week-4
Still can't get over how quick everyone was to pass backwards. We really missed not having Ring to receive the first pass from GK/CB and make the next pass forward.
Just an extremely 2016 game all around.
Just an extremely 2016 game all around.
For context, last year’s average of 18.64% would still be pushing the bottom of the league, so worse so far, but this is a thing we aren’t “good” at
Also, the total number matters because, for example, we've had 3 times as many total passes as COL, which means our 15% of passes in the attacking third would be, in terms of total number of passes in the attacking third, like 45% for them. Really the only teams that are close enough to us in total number of passes and higher enough in percentage of passes in the attacking third to have actually had more touches on the ball in the attacking third than us, are CLB, ATL and SKC. On the other hand, some teams have only had 3 or even 2 matches so far. So there may be a couple more.
This is a parity league, which means you won't be so superior to the rest that you can both keep 70% possession and keep the opposing team pinned back in its own half, like Manchester City would do to, say, Crystal Palace. If we're having 10 or 20% more passes than everybody else it's because we circulate the ball in our own half looking for an opening. Nothing wrong with that.
I'm not entirely convinced PV thinks any of this is a bad thing. I'm starting to think he sees possession as possession regardless of the location on the field we are maintaining it in. As long as the other team is tiring themselves out chasing he's fine with it.
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