Cosmos postgame
- Thread starter Tom in Fairfield CT
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I'm glad Lampard got the night off he'll need that rest for his EURO broadcast.
Wtf is all this talk about resting players when they have been off for two weeks? You mean to tell me our starters couldnt play a full 90 tonight and a full 90 on saturday after two weeks off?
Get the eff out! These guys play soccer for a fucking living, this is their job wtf do you mean rest players? Did the redbulls rest their players? What about skc? What about philly?
Its getting real tough supporting this team real tough. I feel like I am living the early stages of the redbull take over again unbelievable!
Get the eff out! These guys play soccer for a fucking living, this is their job wtf do you mean rest players? Did the redbulls rest their players? What about skc? What about philly?
Its getting real tough supporting this team real tough. I feel like I am living the early stages of the redbull take over again unbelievable!
Wow I just saw some of the highlights wow Mullins is an absolute disgrace to all pro soccer players. After listening to PV at half time and during his post game BS speak he was very clear he was dissappinted in Mullins. I dont think we see much of Mullins the rest of the way. He is done for good I feel. He does suck so I am ok with it but PV was pissed at his play.
I didn't watch the post game, but at the half I thought PV mostly blamed Shelton and Poku for leaving Mullins alone in the box too much. Mullins got some blame as well but not as much as those two. I could also understand why PV might shift that after the full game, but really, none of them shone last night.
We saw some fucking wanna bes act like they were too good to fucking play in that game last night. Poku at least gave effort. Mullins, Mix, Shelton were so pathetic it fucking pisses me off to no end.
You know, for all the bitching, if they go out and win on Saturday, win all of their remaining games and sweep the playoffs on the way to winning the MLS Cup, I'll bet all the complainers will forget about this game.
Amirite?
Amirite?
Stay with us in the world of reality. What you described is at this point a big fantasy based on current play. I'd also love my job a hell of a lot more than I already do if I walked in today and had my salary tripled - but that's just fantasy talking.
It was the perfect opportunity for the players who were selected to (1) play a big game in a big game, (2) take advantage of a weaker opponent, and (3) seize an opportunity to shine as a starter. Any one of these independently should have been enough. Instead, some of these guys were plainly awful. That’s a really bad sign. Shelton and Mullins were abysmal. They need to be on nothing more than the periphery going forward. Mix was only ok, and mostly just proficient at making high probability passes. He needed to be a difference maker, whether it was connecting on that corner kick volley, putting the ball on goal when the keeper was out of position, or doing something better than ordinary. Man, I didn’t think the night’s television viewing could have gotten worse after an episode of Caillou.
On April 17th, 2016 I said:
"I was talking with people at the watch party and I notice an unintentional culture developing around this club. It HAS to be nipped in the bud quickly! There is an aura around the club, from business to sporting, of things almost being there but not working all the time. Way too many "small" errors that are having a big effect on the identity of this organization. It's maddening to watch."
...and here we are again.
"I was talking with people at the watch party and I notice an unintentional culture developing around this club. It HAS to be nipped in the bud quickly! There is an aura around the club, from business to sporting, of things almost being there but not working all the time. Way too many "small" errors that are having a big effect on the identity of this organization. It's maddening to watch."
...and here we are again.
During the Halftime chat with the announcers, Janish whatever his name is, sounded confident and said to PV, " I think Mullins is having a tremendous half etc etc" Something alone those lines, and PV quickly stated the opposite saying that he thought Mullins needs to do better and should do better etc. So from there I thought WOW, PV actually saying that about one of his players without kid gloves, he really must have pissed PV off with his play. I look at the highlight, and the easy goal we could have had, had he seen Poku, I am thinking to myself, this kid just plainly sucks. We can't expect anything out of him really.
When my girls were of an age to watch Caillou, I always thought of it as the tragic, unspoken story of cancer boy. I mean, the kid is about 4-years old and has no hair, and nobody ever mentions it. There has to be a story there. I filled in the gaps and it made the story much more moving. Plus, Canadians are insane. Try it.
Right on ROx. I am nowhere near as close to the action as you but as I said last night. We have to admit what really is the problem with this club, and the least of it are the players. It trickles down. Like I said, I have seen this way too much with the red bulls and it is amazing to me how we are doing the same exact (WRONG) things as they did in their early years. Not until the Redbulls started to get MLS folks involved did they start to turn it around for good with (petke, marsche, curtis)...Reyna is not an MLS guy, obviously neither is PV, Kreis was and we all know how that ended because of CFG having their hands in on everything. I really don't know what to say. It is disheartening. We are going down the wrong path.
Shelton just doesn't get it.... he never has.... it's a loss and the reaction shouldn't be how to mellow his mood - it should be something exactly like Mikey's tweet. This entire fcking team needs to watch Money Ball, especially the scene where Billy Bean goes ballistic on them after a loss.
And what did Bean do after that scene.... he cleaned house. Fck it - it's time to make a point and cut players even if we get zero cap relief and have to eat it this season. Mullins - gone. Shelton - gone (what a waste of a #2 pick!). Can we then trade half our team to Wilmington - they had a defender that could Ball-out and those guys were pumped to play in the Cup.
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remember when people were talking about Shelton being USMNT quality and worrying about Poku getting snatched up by Europe? *giggles*
I will do you one better. At some point in the off season Ian Joy said that Poku has the talent to play with a team like Barcelona, and he followed that up by saying "he is that good.."...ahhh how quickly the world turns. Really Poku has talent no doubt, but he has regressed big time. Shelton on the other hand has had two good games with us. TWO that I remember. The first game vs the Fire this year, and the game vs Orlando at home. Unacceptable.
Putting a B Team in was the right decision. We have another game on 2 days rest that is much more important.
Further, the bench players should have been highly motivated to play since this was a rare opportunity to get on the pitch and prove themselves to the coach. Sadly, too many seemed to be going through the motions and not playing with passion and maximum effort.
The team seemed to really struggle with the turf - high bounces, balls coming in faster than normal. It threw off the team's rhythm quite a bit and turned simple touches into an adventure.
Poku was strong last night. Maybe best on the team at dribbling at people. His work rate was much better in both phases, I thought. I believe he has earned the right to be an offensive sub off the bench if we need one.
Mix was not/is not "terrible". He is a good player for us, but he is not producing in line with his salary, and it is something we need to figure out. He also plays the most redundant position on the team, with $12 million sitting in front of his $700K on the depth chart. It may be the better thing for both sides for him to just move on, and I really hate saying that because he is one of my favorite guys.
I also think Mix is one of the guys that needed to work harder last night. I wonder if his situation here is getting to him.
I am sick of all the hate on Khiry. He is fine. No, it was not a strong night for him, but he is a project playing what is effectively his first season. He is getting better and just needs time and support.
I thought Ballouchy played a good game up until his bad judgment sprung the counter that lost the game. That goal is mostly on him...
... And on Ethan White, who lost track of his end of the defense and gave up the cross. His bad positioning has cost us 4-6 points in MLS and now put us out of the US Open Cup. I don't want him anywhere near the 18 anymore.
That was some pretty bad soccer last night. Too bad, as the crowd was good, and the Club set things up as well as it could. The turf was bad, but everything else about the venue was great.
Further, the bench players should have been highly motivated to play since this was a rare opportunity to get on the pitch and prove themselves to the coach. Sadly, too many seemed to be going through the motions and not playing with passion and maximum effort.
The team seemed to really struggle with the turf - high bounces, balls coming in faster than normal. It threw off the team's rhythm quite a bit and turned simple touches into an adventure.
Poku was strong last night. Maybe best on the team at dribbling at people. His work rate was much better in both phases, I thought. I believe he has earned the right to be an offensive sub off the bench if we need one.
Mix was not/is not "terrible". He is a good player for us, but he is not producing in line with his salary, and it is something we need to figure out. He also plays the most redundant position on the team, with $12 million sitting in front of his $700K on the depth chart. It may be the better thing for both sides for him to just move on, and I really hate saying that because he is one of my favorite guys.
I also think Mix is one of the guys that needed to work harder last night. I wonder if his situation here is getting to him.
I am sick of all the hate on Khiry. He is fine. No, it was not a strong night for him, but he is a project playing what is effectively his first season. He is getting better and just needs time and support.
I thought Ballouchy played a good game up until his bad judgment sprung the counter that lost the game. That goal is mostly on him...
... And on Ethan White, who lost track of his end of the defense and gave up the cross. His bad positioning has cost us 4-6 points in MLS and now put us out of the US Open Cup. I don't want him anywhere near the 18 anymore.
That was some pretty bad soccer last night. Too bad, as the crowd was good, and the Club set things up as well as it could. The turf was bad, but everything else about the venue was great.
Could be changes to the starting 11 during the transfer, according to Vieira via Soccer in the City podcast interview w/Roberto Abramowitz (around 9:45).
