Dallas - Postmatch
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From what I heard, he tweaked something in practice on Friday. So that may have something to do with it
Didn’t love the subs. But Wallace was necessary because you have CBA Sweat at left back.
Wish he’d get a lucky attacking contribution or something soon. I need some Novocain for suffering him in every other phase.
You can say what you want about Herrera. He is not a good passer and often times is too lackadaisical. HOWEVA. We are a better team with him in the lineup as displayed tonight and his absence vs Portland. He is a disruptor and his ability to draw fouls is so huge for us and he also really slows the game down whenever the other team gets the ball. He is a young player that will continue to get better. I think we forget he is only 20. If he improves his passing he will be elite in MLS.
Happy for Villa. Glad he found his form going into RB match.
Ibeagha has been so good for what we pay him. PV really knows how to get the most out of USL level players.
I want that to be our lineup against RB besides Chanot for Ibeagha. Against a team like RB, Sweat is the better option even though he continues to not do much.
Happy for Villa. Glad he found his form going into RB match.
Ibeagha has been so good for what we pay him. PV really knows how to get the most out of USL level players.
I want that to be our lineup against RB besides Chanot for Ibeagha. Against a team like RB, Sweat is the better option even though he continues to not do much.
Always harder to follow the small details of the game when sitting in the crowd but just some observations:
Herrera is not even a top 7 players on this team. I know he gets fouled a lot but he's a yellow card machine. He also passes for shit. Maybe he has potential but I don't see how a moves to a better league in Europe.
Berget looked pretty good again. He's an aerial threat but he's still not great with his feet. I thought the combo of Berget-Villa-Medina worked really well and I'd love to see it again.
Crowd was lively but I'm really looking forward to some warm weather so we can fill the stadium up.
Herrera is not even a top 7 players on this team. I know he gets fouled a lot but he's a yellow card machine. He also passes for shit. Maybe he has potential but I don't see how a moves to a better league in Europe.
Berget looked pretty good again. He's an aerial threat but he's still not great with his feet. I thought the combo of Berget-Villa-Medina worked really well and I'd love to see it again.
Crowd was lively but I'm really looking forward to some warm weather so we can fill the stadium up.
It wasn’t deflection, you just didn’t make your case by backing up what you think was so bad. The alternative to the person you think is so bad didn’t make the bench - that is a fact.
TBF he tweaked something in practice Friday. Even if he was 99% good to go, Mata is way too fragile to take a chance on.
I think Sweat will wilt under the pressure of RBNJ.
But I sure as hell hope he doesn’t.
Herrera just needs to cut out the stupid shit, and he’ll be fine.
He is great at getting himself between the attacker and the ball. Very deft in that scenario.
He’s often a bit lacking otherwise, though. He is young, has a great future, etc. All of that just makes it more frustrating when he loses the plot those few times per game.
What case is there to make? It’s all there on film.
He’s a hole in attack.
But you’re right that I can’t rate his defending based on such a small sample size. Of course, that ignores the fact that we lack samples because he’s pretty much never in position to make a challenge
Haha, and you claim I deflected? Nice.
That one goal was not Sweat’s fault. It’s a shutout otherwise.
Anyone know what the attendance was today? I never notice if they show the attendance in the match.
I don't understand all the Herrera hate. Seems like after every game he gets thrown under the bus on here.
Maybe he's slightly more error-prone/reckless and doesn't wow anyone with finesse, but that doesn't mean he's garbage by a long shot. His defensive positioning is great and he's a ball-winning machine - led the team with 8 (!) tackles. He's generally safe with the ball and had a passing rate (78) better than Maxi this game (72).
Ofori seems like a decent player, but Herrera and Ring set the tone of the game for us. Herrera is a big part of the high pressure and high activity soul of the team.
Maybe he's slightly more error-prone/reckless and doesn't wow anyone with finesse, but that doesn't mean he's garbage by a long shot. His defensive positioning is great and he's a ball-winning machine - led the team with 8 (!) tackles. He's generally safe with the ball and had a passing rate (78) better than Maxi this game (72).
Ofori seems like a decent player, but Herrera and Ring set the tone of the game for us. Herrera is a big part of the high pressure and high activity soul of the team.
I think that it's because he's one of few players who hasn't progressed. If anything, he's worse than last year, yet he seems / seemed to have the tools to kick on. Combine that with comments he makes to the press that would imply that he's not completely focused on being here, and I don't think the criticism is all that surprising.
Unfortunately, while Ofori is neater on the ball, he doesn't provide anywhere near as much defensive disruption, so it's a frustrating situation.
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