New York City FC vs. Toronto FC
Wednesday, September 23rd 7 PM ET
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Ronny is managing on novice while successful teams like the crew are being managed at pro levels.
Not at all picking on either of you but does this sort of sentiment remind anyone besides me of how "we" felt about Domè in the beginning? And by the time he left we all loved him and he was a great coach. Ronny is pretty new to the team still, and this season is so far from normal, that I'm completely willing to write off this entire year if necessary. Do I want the team to win? Sure. Of course. But I'm a whole year from Ronny Out probably. I mean, what happens if the team wins four and a row and are completely back in it? Are we all Ronny fans then? That's kind of what happened with Domè; it took a long while but he got things going the way he wanted eventually and "became" a really good coach for the team. By my thinking last year didn't count at all for Ronny and this year's totally a mess regardless of who's coaching. I'm good until maybe this time next year.thinking of Ronny at the helm drains me of anything approaching excitement.
Dome had some sort of enthusiasm in his press conferences.Not at all picking on either of you but does this sort of sentiment remind anyone besides me of how "we" felt about Domè in the beginning? And by the time he left we all loved him and he was a great coach. Ronny is pretty new to the team still, and this season is so far from normal, that I'm completely willing to write off this entire year if necessary. Do I want the team to win? Sure. Of course. But I'm a whole year from Ronny Out probably. I mean, what happens if the team wins four and a row and are completely back in it? Are we all Ronny fans then? That's kind of what happened with Domè; it took a long while but he got things going the way he wanted eventually and "became" a really good coach for the team. By my thinking last year didn't count at all for Ronny and this year's totally a mess regardless of who's coaching. I'm good until maybe this time next year.
Not at all picking on either of you but does this sort of sentiment remind anyone besides me of how "we" felt about Domè in the beginning? And by the time he left we all loved him and he was a great coach. Ronny is pretty new to the team still, and this season is so far from normal, that I'm completely willing to write off this entire year if necessary. Do I want the team to win? Sure. Of course. But I'm a whole year from Ronny Out probably. I mean, what happens if the team wins four and a row and are completely back in it? Are we all Ronny fans then? That's kind of what happened with Domè; it took a long while but he got things going the way he wanted eventually and "became" a really good coach for the team. By my thinking last year didn't count at all for Ronny and this year's totally a mess regardless of who's coaching. I'm good until maybe this time next year.
Dome struggled at the beginning but there was a clear foundation being worked on. There was something building that a savvy fan would notice.
Either Heber and taty need to start playing together or Heber needs to sit til he works on his finishing and touch. Both have been pretty horrible and not up to his standard set last year.
GMS is a stalwart in Ronny's starting xi and I see him there again vs Toronto. But there has to be a point where Gary needs a rest, no? Maybe that'll be when we see a taty Heber combo but probably won't. Ronny seems to think of taty and Heber as being straight swaps for each other. Another sign of his inability to understand his players, their relationships, and potential.
Ronny is managing on novice while successful teams like the crew are being managed at pro levels. The quality and determination of our guys are getting us through the season, but Ronny's ineptitude handicaps us severely.
I'm preparing myself for an embarrassing game on Wednesday. As much as I'd like to dominate the TFC again, I don't think it's going to happen without maxi pulling the strings.
Thankfully we'll have sands back, so maybe he can keep pozuelo and piatti under control.
So just watched Ronny's preview.. he was asked about playing taty and Heber together and be said he has played double striker before and we lost both games. But he's not against playing 2 strikers again in maybe a 4-4-2. He said he would like to play them together but it's about finding balance.
Those were his words. He's still unable to find balance with a true best xi of our best players. He simply doesn't understand our players. Plain and simple.
He also said he really prefers to play ring further up the field just because he wants to have parks and sands in the midfield and thinks ring is so good at getting around the pitch. Fair enough. But he also decreases our attack power (despite being our leading scorer).
The frustrating season continues...
He also said he really prefers to play ring further up the field just because he wants to have parks and sands in the midfield and thinks ring is so good at getting around the pitch. Fair enough. But he also decreases our attack power (despite being our leading scorer).
Surely Ring isn't a striker, and not particularly good winger either, but your logic leads to the thought, that if he'd been played deeper down the field, our better attacking players would have scored more than Ring now has. This is not meant as a straw man argument, but rather that Ring gives a strong option in any position (perhaps not as a goalie), and moving him anywhere will mean sacrificing something elsewhere. I wonder how "a team of Alex Rings" would really look like... My personal opinion is that he should play as a DM instead of Parks, whose concentration hasn't been the best recently.
I too would like to see ring play instead of parks. Parks has not given us much either direction on the pitch. At least ring would give us defense.
That being said.. we need a playmaker. We simply don't have one without maxi. Mitri has good vision but he's unable to hold the ball. Medina is average at best in both these categories. The club needs a playmaker and without Maxi, we are severely handicapped. I had hopes Parks would have stepped up to this role based on his playing last year, but he's been kind of disappointing this season with so many bad giveaways and unforced errors.
Lineup I'd like to see:
Mitri - Heber - Taty
Cacha - Jesus - Sands
Mata - Chanot - Callens - Tinnerholm
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to clarify, I mean Cacha and Sands behind Jesus in a 4-2-1-3 formation.
Yeah, where it could be either cacha or ring pairing up with sands in that pivot. Having that and then the fullbacks go forwards, you could almost have 4 in the back just with the two DM's and the two CB's moving wider a tiny bit, giving the wing backs more freedom. Sand's distribution over the line isn't the best, therefore allowing him to have a cacha / wing back / jesus in front of him to help distribute would also be great. Then, of course, you have the link-up to the front 3...That lineup doesn’t have Alex Ring high up the field.
cacha and sands as a double pivot is a spicy lineup.
Yeah, where it could be either cacha or ring pairing up with sands in that pivot. Having that and then the fullbacks go forwards, you could almost have 4 in the back just with the two DM's and the two CB's moving wider a tiny bit, giving the wing backs more freedom. Sand's distribution over the line isn't the best, therefore allowing him to have a cacha / wing back / jesus in front of him to help distribute would also be great. Then, of course, you have the link-up to the front 3...
That would be my ideal lineup with the current team we have. (I do usually when I play Football Manager prefer a 4-2-3-1, which is basically the same thing as a 4-2-1-3, lets be honest.)
Just about every team makes me nervous right now. There’s 11 teams that have scored twice as many goals as us.The ringleader would like a word with you..
Maxi, Gideon, tavvon confirmed to be out. Looks like mata will return this match. I'm guessing as a second half sub to slowly work his way back in. But who knows.
TFC always makes me nervous. Hope we thrash them before they thrash us..