It's a sign of a good lawyer that you can construct a cogent argument around moving the best player in the league out of his best position for an important match.
Still insanity though.
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Still insanity though.
To be honest, if it weren't RBNJ, I would be in your camp. The high press makes me think we should risk it, though, because I think our odds to win go down significantly with the TMac Experience. Their RB will be all up in our grill at the midfield stripe with him on.
That arrangement of Villa and Okoli would work, too, so long as they move like last time.
Villa always plays like some combination of striker/wherever the hell he wants anyway, so if he wants to be written down as a striker, fine. Vieira can tell ESPN to show it as a 442. Just make damn sure Okoli knows his role. And Villa can just go on doing Villa things.
But our wingers drop back and help on defense, which means you either slide Herrera more to the left side to cover, or you are asking Villa to do a whole lot of sideline running. And while he has shown an ability to run and stay active for 90 minutes, do we really want him to have to split his energy?
That's why the presence of two strikers is key.
And also, the next move that RBNJ constructs from sustained possession in the final third will be damn near the first one. So I don't see it being too much of a detriment on that front.
Our boy Ian Joy is getting the call up to big FOX...
Theres this whole narrative that pirlo is a defensive liability but weve give up more goals per game without Pirlo than we have with Pirlo.
The Villa Okoli Wallace experiment worked pretty well last game with Okoli getting quite a few good opportunities from either setup or pressing/stealing the ball. He was just undone by the field conditions scuffing the ball with his shots - the best example was when he shot, was saved, he shot the rebound, saved, Wallace shot that rebound, saved. None of them got a clean cut on the ball and GK/defenders had Matrix limbs out there blocking everything. If was unreal how everything was saved. But the point still stands - they were creating.
We also have had no Herrera or Mataritta in most if not all of that time frame. Not buying it. Also allowed Brillant to give up a couple goals.
Loosing mataritta for Ben Sweat probably has more to do with that then the Pirlo situation. Excepting our first game against Atlanta we've been a compromised team the entire season.
Comedy option. Sands has been training with the first team for three weeks now, what if PV gives him the runout this weekend?
You dont think Mata is a defensive liability? Great winger but he is not a good defender.
I don't think the argument is Pirlo was part of the reason we conceded fewer goals previously. I think the argument is the data doesn't support the idea that Pirlo is the liability some people think.
Yeah, buddy. We looked stellar when he was on against RSL. And by on against RSL, I mean having a horror show in Sandy, and by stellar I mean like absolute shit.
Would love to have the abililty to "sim" a game like that. But comedy aside, I think the article said he isn't available for selection to the 18 until 7/1.
Fine. But that's also why we can't score as often with him. I posted this elsewhere and multiple times, but when he's on, the entire team has to bend to his playing style. He doesn't fit.
Shit. He was a great player. Why would you guys want him even out there getting embarassed? At RSL, he looked a decrepit old man. Show some respect and let him bow out gracefully.
He won Man of the Match vs RSL... they gave him nothing to work with
Basically by definition anyone who plays an attacking wingback role is going to be a defensive liability.
Mataritta at least busts his butt to get back and try to help with defensive cover. Ben Sweat just stays up there with the forwards and jogs back slower than Villa half the time.
I don't necessarily disagree. Do I think he's the defensive liability some claim? No. Do I think he's been productive offensively this year. Definitely no. You're right, his style just doesn't fit this team. And that is unfortunate because despite his limitations I think he still has something to offer... just not in NYC any longer.
Did you and Angela decide that? The first half was arguably the worst 45 I've ever witnessed by a professional player.
Before then, he was doing okay. Not a good fit, but okay. Then, it was like he died. That's why I refer to him as Zombie Pirlo now.
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