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[NYCFC_Dan]

Next game is a home game against the Whitecaps.

Kickoff 4pm Saturday
I'll actually be able to watch this one. I don't know if that's a good thing tho. Watched some of first half yesterday and damn is it tough.
My biggest gripe is that we lack movement off the ball. When a player has the ball in the midfield or one of the forwards they're forced to do so much on their own. I'd like to see some movement from the other players. Come forward into space and create a passing lane. Make the pass and then run off into space.

Call me crazy but any European leagues I've watched this is the case. Players are constantly moving off the ball and creating passing lanes to limit pressure. This way if a defenders steps up you make the pass into space.
With us it's so stagnant and we resort to a lot of poor passes into marked players that turn into turnovers.

 

[Gene]

Waston picked up a couple of yellow cards last night, so that should help the cause Saturday.

See yuse guys in Section 206! Chic-ken Buck-et!

 

[Ulrich]

Next game is a home game against the Whitecaps.

Kickoff 4pm Saturday
I'll actually be able to watch this one. I don't know if that's a good thing tho. Watched some of first half yesterday and damn is it tough.
My biggest gripe is that we lack movement off the ball. When a player has the ball in the midfield or one of the forwards they're forced to do so much on their own. I'd like to see some movement from the other players. Come forward into space and create a passing lane. Make the pass and then run off into space.

Call me crazy but any European leagues I've watched this is the case. Players are constantly moving off the ball and creating passing lanes to limit pressure. This way if a defenders steps up you make the pass into space.
With us it's so stagnant and we resort to a lot of poor passes into marked players that turn into turnovers.

You're crazy. This is MLS - players don't move unless they have the ball.... it's Section 82 Part 15 Subset B Paragraph 5 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement: Unless said player currently is in possession of the ball at their feet, they are not required to expend any extra energy than they deem necessary to receive the pass.

 

[Taurus]

Last night I corralled around the Batter's Eyes bar before kick-off. I agree with many on here that those seats are great to watch the game. We got there early and the seats were empty, so we plotted down in hopes of watching from there. Unfortunately for me, a staff member came by a few minutes later to verify tickets, so no luck there.

I'll be at the game again Saturday and will most likely go to the Batter's eyes section again before kick-off for a beer.

Let's go NYCFC.

 

[Goodfella]

Can we agree that this is a MUST WIN game?

 

[Lasker]

Next game is a home game against the Whitecaps.

Kickoff 4pm Saturday
I'll actually be able to watch this one. I don't know if that's a good thing tho. Watched some of first half yesterday and damn is it tough.
My biggest gripe is that we lack movement off the ball. When a player has the ball in the midfield or one of the forwards they're forced to do so much on their own. I'd like to see some movement from the other players. Come forward into space and create a passing lane. Make the pass and then run off into space.

Call me crazy but any European leagues I've watched this is the case. Players are constantly moving off the ball and creating passing lanes to limit pressure. This way if a defenders steps up you make the pass into space.
With us it's so stagnant and we resort to a lot of poor passes into marked players that turn into turnovers.

As much as I agree with this, I thought we showed improvement in exactly that aspect of the game last night, especially in the second half. TMac and Mendoza seem to be starting to get the idea. I said it in chat but Shelton needs to start running everytime Pirlo gets the ball in space. That *should* be a deadly combo, but so far it isn't really happening.

 

[Tom in Fairfield CT]

Can we agree that this is a MUST WIN game?

When a win could put you in 4th place, its not exactly must win time.

 

[Goodfella]

When a win could put you in 4th place, its not exactly must win time.

being winless in 5 at home and already falling out of the playoff picture heading out on a 3 game road swing. I feel we have to take 3 on Saturday

 

[NYCFCfan]

Last year our record at home was
6 wins
7 losses
4 draws

This year our home record is
0 wins
1 loss
4 draws

If we go 6-6 the rest of the year at home, we'll be as bad as we were last year. Who can honestly see us winning more than 6 of our home games?

 

[413Blue]

EJ
Brillant Hernandez Mata
Bravo Mix
Shelton Pirlo TMac
Villa Mullins/Taylor

I like the 3-5-2. We have so many mids that we need to play with 5, obviously the mids need to support the backline, but this is our best possible lineup. Once Lampard (if ever) and Harrison are healthy, we will really have no choice but to play this formation, maybe a 4-5-1, but I think 3-5-2 will have more success in this league.

 

[gbservis]

The biggest question is, will we see AJ?

 

[Viewfrom226]

The biggest question is, will we see AJ?

I had listened to a few Whitecaps podcasts earlier in the season and he was getting high marks, particularly for some of his work covering as a CB. Maybe we should have tried him there!

 

[EganSoccerWords]

being winless in 5 at home and already falling out of the playoff picture heading out on a 3 game road swing. I feel we have to take 3 on Saturday

There are only 3 teams with over 10 points after 7 games in the Eastern Conference. We are not already falling out of the playoff race.

 

[LionNYC]

Josh Saunders jævla suger og må være på benken. Eirik Johansen fortjener en mulighet til å starte i mål for dette laget. #BegynneEirik

 

[hiller87]

I want to Viera to try something like this:

Mata-Villa-Shelton (or Mendoza)

Mix-Poku

Pirlo-Bravo

Mena-Brillant-White

Johansen

 

[Tony L]

With us it's so stagnant and we resort to a lot of poor passes into marked players that turn into turnovers

YES

being winless in 5 at home and already falling out of the playoff picture heading out on a 3 game road swing. I feel we have to take 3 on Saturday

And YES!

 

[mgarbowski]

4-game winning streak starts here.

 

[Ulrich]

4-game winning streak starts here.

For us or Vancouver?

 

[Vito]

https://twitter.com/x/status/725981963190935553

 

[FootyLovin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/725981963190935553

How do people know this kind of stuff?