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How do you guys see us lining up for this one?
Villa hurt with a tie injury... Might not be playing?
Perhaps a lone striker with an extra mid or is Kreis going to stick to the same formation?
Villa hurt with a tie injury... Might not be playing?
Perhaps a lone striker with an extra mid or is Kreis going to stick to the same formation?
If we are playing the guys that finished last game I could see this as our lineup. Mix may not start and could be a second half sub along with Calle
Calle participated in full training Monday and will likely play Wed, but Kreis said he would cap his play at 30 minutes (per Stefan Bondy)
No poku? And Belleza playing DM? I am really hoping they give Brandt a 60 minute run, I think he has a lot of promise. remember, he was a LM up until the combine, when they switched him to LB. He could be a very nice attacking threat if he can get the defensive parts down.
Poku hasn't started a game yet. I don't know why. I'm hoping he's kind of a 2nd half secret weapon during preseason and a starter in the regular season.
I put Mendoza there because of his size. He's started every game and I don't see that changing. Where would you put Poku and who would you start in place of Mendoza?
I put Mendoza there because of his size. He's started every game and I don't see that changing. Where would you put Poku and who would you start in place of Mendoza?
Just based on Kreis comments that he is going to start the guys who finished last game, i think Poku will start there. And it looks like he will not play the diamond tomorrow. Mendoza at DM might be an interesting experiment, though. He likes to roam from his CB spot, so DM might work, I don't know if he's played there before.
EDIT: tomorrow? game is tonight!
Will this be live broadcast here at 4pm? Im trying to watch this in the library before classes. Or even better any bars broadcasting it in manhattan?
what I would love to see- I would love to see a 4-3-3 this game with some speedy guy splaying on both side of villa. Houston pushes up relatively far up the pitch so catching them on the counter would be awesome.
---Taylor----------Villa-------------Shelton
--------------------Mix---------------------
---------Poku--------------Jacobson------
Wingert-------------------------------Williams
------------Mendoza------Facey-------------
--------------------Saunders-----------------
Predicted scoreline- 3-0 nycfc
Villa with 2 and mix with 1.
---Taylor----------Villa-------------Shelton
--------------------Mix---------------------
---------Poku--------------Jacobson------
Wingert-------------------------------Williams
------------Mendoza------Facey-------------
--------------------Saunders-----------------
Predicted scoreline- 3-0 nycfc
Villa with 2 and mix with 1.
Interesting. And unfortunate that we don't have the squad we hoped we would. We are going to have some growing pains this season, I fear.
If we want our best players on the field, that will probably mean a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3, to give Shelton and Taylor more playing time over some of our very average midfielders. We have depth at midfield, but aside from Mix and Grabavoy, they've looked a little shaky and unreliable. Calle is the big wildcard.
Villa, Shelton, Taylor, and Calle can all play on the wing, maybe Velasquez too. Villa, Shelton, Nemec, and Mullins can all play a center forward role. We can play two holding mids from the group of Mix, Grabavoy, Jacobson and Poku. Finally, Mix and Velasquez can play attacking mid, and maybe McNamara for depth. Seems like our roster is perfect for the 4-2-3-1.
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I'm hoping the new formation will be a 433 based on our personnel, maybe diamond will work better with Frank
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