4. We don't have a number 10. No one's running at the opposition defense in the middle.
5. We only have 1 DP player
Use the once a year cut on Maxi. We can do better.
4. We don't have a number 10. No one's running at the opposition defense in the middle.
5. We only have 1 DP player
Wow. Extra time.One year and one week ago today, at Yankee Stadium, presented without comment
I think it is concerning that so many guys had their worst game today. I'm taking about SJ, Callens, Maxi, Ring, Harrison... Your best players have to step up in the postseason. Not step IN it.
I want Viera back and some good aggressive signings in the winter. We have one more year with villa playing at such a high level (I hope)
There's an actual market for him though. I'd rather sell him than waste it.Use the once a year cut on Maxi. We can do better.
Like most of the team, Maxi was not at his best today. Far too conservative and seemed to lack vision to unlock them with a thru ball. That said, he was still one of our performers.There's an actual market for him though. I'd rather sell him than waste it.
Pretty fucking disastrous night, and I'm completely devastated, but the pearl-clutching is already in overdrive (cut Maxi? Really? Maybe tell him to shoot every now and again). For the record, I only think you're entitled to call for Vieira's sacking if you can spell his name right.
I don't want to sound like a broken record on VAR, but when you're dealing with the kind of caliber refs you get in MLS, it's only ever going to be bad news. Thinking that MLS refs are going to do a better job if you give them more technology is like saying a troupe of chimps will do a better job of the Super Bowl halftime show if you give them a confetti cannon and 20 minutes instead of 10. Or maybe that playoff game was improved by three minutes of watching the ref watching a screen and then still making a dubious decision. Whatever floats your boat.
Anyway, it was a ridiculously open game that realistically could have gone either way until the sending off. For about 10 minutes we were completely at sea, Vieira had no clue what shape we needed to shore things up, Ring was a bombscare waiting to happen at CB and no-one on the field stepped up to martial the team. Add in a brainfart by Special Guest GK Josh Saunders and a bizarre meltdown at the end and we are where we are. If we'd kept it even to 3-1 I'd be pretty confident going into Sunday. As it is I'm annoyed that I finally came up with a good Mataritta song and I probably won't even get to use it.
Random aside - was there a minute's silence before the game? Not that I care, but I didn't see one on the pregame show, and it seems fairly strange on a day like today.
I'm eating quite a lot of Halloween candy now.
There's an actual market for him though. I'd rather sell him than waste it.
There's an actual market for him though. I'd rather sell him than waste it.
Well, he's been a pro for 10 years. Not sure he's going to change at this point.Stop it with buying out maxi. What I would bust him on is his want to play slow. This league is built on scoring on turnovers. You see Higuain pull the ball back tonight? Nope, putting it forward (and 2 assists).
I didn't say I wanted to buy him out. I was just saying it's stupid to do so when we can sell him.Maxi didn’t have a great game, I get it. Love it or hate it, but he’s one of the top 20 players in league via Audi player Index (and I know, we can shit on the methodology in a different thread, but you look at the names on that top 20 list and they are generally top MLS players). He needs to start shooting the ball but his work rate and passing are quality in general.
Stop it with buying out maxi. What I would bust him on is his want to play slow. This league is built on scoring on turnovers. You see Higuain pull the ball back tonight? Nope, putting it forward (and 2 assists).
Would another team in the world pay $2mm p/a for him? Idk... if you can sell do it, he’s not a DP in this league. Especially at the 10 spot. If not cut him. It’s only money and it’s not ours.
Would another team in the world pay $2mm p/a for him? Idk... if you can sell do it, he’s not a DP in this league. Especially at the 10 spot. If not cut him. It’s only money and it’s not ours.
Take Vasquez’s salary and discount it 30% and that is what Maxi is worth. Maybe $500-$700K tops. He’s a TAM player, not a DP. And that’s the problem.