Away - March 1 - Columbus (Postmatch)

[QuigrNYCFC]

Sure, but it all started from Columbus Mitrita and gaining their attacking phase of play leading to the goal. VAR should have looked at it and overturned it.

hah what?

 

[moogoo]

Sure, but it all started from Columbus [fouling] Mitrita [when he tried to dribble too much] and gaining their attacking phase of play leading to the goal. VAR should have looked at it and overturned it.

fixed it!

 

[adam]

If we keep this up, we're going to finish the season with 0 points and a -34 GD. What happened to this team???

 

[Ulrich]

If we keep this up, we're going to finish the season with 0 points and a -34 GD. What happened to this team???

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Focusing on two trophies from tournaments and the hell with league matches

 

[mgarbowski]

If we keep this up, we're going to finish the season with 0 points and a -34 GD. What happened to this team???

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It's also impossible already for us to reach 100 points. After just one game. Such a disappointment

 

[The Toe]

I still thought we looked better than anticipated given being down a man, which makes me optimistic. Probably due to our talent level, but we could have had a goal or two in this game if passing was a bit more crisp.

 

[LionNYC]

It's also impossible already for us to reach 100 points. After just one game. Such a disappointment

I was so ready to sing

100 points, 100 points, New York City
100 points, 100 points, I say
100 points, 100 Points, New York
Playing the Ronny Delia way

 

[moogoo]

is it me... or does Ronny want nothing to do with Porter here?

 

[Gotham Gator]

is it me... or does Ronny want nothing to do with Porter here?

He's just following Pep's lead.

 

[gbservis]

As a side note I didn't realize how many former Portland players are on Columbus. Porter appears to subscribe to the Jason Kries "I need my guys even if they are well past their prime" team building philosophy.

 

[Christopher Jee]

just watched the replay again. not sure how you mean he was out of position? it was a clean through ball and velarayan was quick to turn Ring and get the shot off. could mata have possibly stuck a foot out to block the pass and maybe tried a bit harder to make a tackle before the shot? sure. but no doubt he was tired as was everyone at that point. it was coming and this particular goal wasn't a direct result of his play. mitri could have tracked back to put pressure on afful before he made the pass. lots of things could have happened, but i think at that point we were pretty tired and maybe switched off a bit.

Can Mitri actually track back tho?

 

[moogoo]

Can Mitri actually track back tho?

was this a sarcastic question?

 

[Ulrich]

was this a sarcastic question?

He’s not known for putting in defensive effort and somehow gets a pass for it.

 

[moogoo]

He’s not known for putting in defensive effort and somehow gets a pass for it.

who here is giving him a pass for it? i'm certainly not. his lack of work ethic on the defensive side and winning back balls that he lost are one of the biggest things i dislike about him as a player.

i just wondered if christopher jee was asking sarcastically referring to his lack of defensive effort or if he noticed something in the play that would have made it a poor decision for mitri to track back and pressure afful.

 

[Christopher Jee]

i just wondered if christopher jee was asking sarcastically referring to his lack of defensive effort or if he noticed something in the play that would have made it a poor decision for mitri to track back and pressure afful.

Lol, yeah. You said:

mitri could have tracked back to put pressure on afful before he made the pass.

I knew you didn’t mean “could” as in “has the ability to”, but I was trying to flip it that way to gripe about Mitri’s defensive effort in a broader sense than just that play. There were countless times during the game where Maxi was yelling at him and gesticulating wildly to try and get him into the right spaces defensively. Exasperated by a defensive shape that invited pressure, combined with a lack of coordination on our counterattacks, I was able to find this more comical than frustrating.

RE: defensive shape that invites pressure + an abundance of coordination on our counterattacks, Michael Cox described Watford’s preparatory master-class well, I thought, in their victory over Liverpool: https://theathletic.com/1645925/2020/03/02/watford-liverpool-sarr-michael-cox-how-tactics/

 

[Ulrich]

who here is giving him a pass for it? i'm certainly not. his lack of work ethic on the defensive side and winning back balls that he lost are one of the biggest things i dislike about him as a player.

i just wondered if christopher jee was asking sarcastically referring to his lack of defensive effort or if he noticed something in the play that would have made it a poor decision for mitri to track back and pressure afful.

The coaching staff.

If he was a young domestic player failing to play defense, or even show consistent effort at it, he'd have already been traded.

 

[mgarbowski]

Stupid title and concept, but the breakdown of our breakdown that led to the red card is solid, featuring a nice video using the advanced player tracking system. Callens got pulled far out of position, Chanot drifts away from his man to cover Zardes who got behind Sands, and Room sees the opening and hits a perfect long pass.

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