My teacher, had connections and brought him in to spanish class, I had to ask questions in Spanish to get that information out of him
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My teacher, had connections and brought him in to spanish class, I had to ask questions in Spanish to get that information out of him
What was actually awesome was to see the people interested, in my small school of about a 100 per grade, id say 15 kids came up to the classroom to meet him, neat to see how the club has expanded.
Was it difficult to tell him apart from the other kids?
You should’ve seen me next to him, he brought along Edgar Barreto as well if y’all are interested.
Not a bad name to keep in mind. Paraguay NT regular for a long time, Serie A starter, not too old for a couple years, good ball skills, defensive mid with a lot of experience. TAM level
So after your sass, I found some stuff to watch today after work. Not surprising the amount of overlap in tactics. This was the playlist I found no clue if accurate:
- The only really big difference seems like we run overlapping rather than inverted fullbacks.
- Villa seems like the perfect player for these tactics as a False 9 or whether out on the wing.
- I will preemptively groan for all future people bitching and moaning about Maxi not playing the 10 and interchanging with the other midfield positions.
- I don't know if Ofori fits the 8-10 model, but he might fit the left inverted fullback role better than Mataritta or Sweat. Might be better than where we have been playing him currently, but our lack of depth probably prevents that. I don't trust either Mata or Sweat to be able to play intelligently centrally. This is probably a position someone like Fuchs could play well?
- I think we need more midfield depth. I think Maxi plays a great 8-10, but we need another quality midfielder next to him. There's no one that can play the single pivot except Ring right now, and he seems like the ideal Pep 6. Maybe Sands gets some run but we need another vet. I have a troubling feeling Ring is going to go to a higher league sooner than later.
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I was thinking about Ofori for LB but he's not really all that quick or effective in the tackle.
The overlapping vs inverted full backs thing is huge because it allows you to play the two playmakers instead of more defensively constrained box to box midfielders. It also leaves you less susceptible to having your full backs far out of position if you turn the ball over deep in the opponent's half. In general the amount of ground that needs to be covered between attacking and defending phases is much smaller, which feels positionally advantageous.
Apart from that I think we are mostly on the same page. Interesting times.
Offensively, City ends up in some sort of a 2-2-3-3? Is that right?
2 CBS stay. Delph inverts alongside Fernandinho. Walker flies up the pitch with KDB and Silva. And the Front 3 play as a Front 3
2 CBS stay. Delph inverts alongside Fernandinho. Walker flies up the pitch with KDB and Silva. And the Front 3 play as a Front 3
We should make a play for Daniel Podence. Switch him to a DP next year when we roll off one of the others. He can play the 2nd half of the season as a TAM guy.
Yeah, doesn't help our midfield, but who cares. He's free right now.
Yeah, doesn't help our midfield, but who cares. He's free right now.
It is really crazy also because they didn't do particularly bad in league play. They finished 3rd, and considering Portugal also has Benfica and Porto, it is a perfectly acceptable result. Eliminated by Atletico Madrid in European competition, also expected. But now the president has alienated the whole team, and the ultras have attacked them physically, and that's it, the club where Ronaldo and many other greats started is on the verge of imploding big time.
He shoulda maybe said “Fam, I’m excited to be an NYCFC fan working for CFG in the US”
Out of NYCFC’s 200 goals, 1 was an owngoal. That has to me among the worst owngoal/total goal ratio in the league.
Some could be explained by our style of play, we don't send a lot of long passes or crosses into the box, but I agree still seems low.
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