For NE, when we have 3 starters missing...
Formation Speculation
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My questions on this is if Lamps is ready to go, and if PV is comfortable with White playing LB in the 3 man backline.For NE, when we have 3 starters missing...
I could see Martinez in White's spot here and potentially Poku where you have Lamps.
Can't argue with either of those.
There is also the possibility that we go 4 in back with Martinez and two CBs, which leaves Pirlo holding down the defensive midfield by himself, but a little less room for Martinez to cover on the wing.
Or we could go 4-3-3 with a midfield of Prilo, Bravo and TMAC or Lamps. Would be considerably more defensive than anything we have played all year but it would be interesting.
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Pirlo don't need no defensive help. He gonna break the MLS record for tackles in a game.
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Pirlo don't need no defensive help. He gonna break the MLS record for tackles in a game.
Nice job throwing in the third initial for Mendoza to make me look up his whole name.
But in seriousness, this is probably right or close to it.
As many have said, a 4-man back line makes sense without Mata to lock everything down. I think we are more likely to see Martinez than Mena, You have 3 regular center backs and I think White plays center and Martinez will be the LB.
I agree with everything else, including Poku's first appearance in 2016.
What has PV done that makes you think Hernandez will be pulled? In the first three games he has made one change per game. In this game he will be forced to make three changes. I suspect he will keep all others as consistent as possible. I suspect that means our backline will have Martinez and Iraola at LB/RB and Hernandez paired with whoever won the CB sweepstakes this week between Mena, Brillant and White.
Well, partly I was going off what NYC24 wrote and just adjusted what most jumped out at me. Hernandez does seem to have PVs favor and we have enough forced changes due to international call ups. If I had to defend this I'd say that maybe it's a courtesy to Puerto Rico since Hernandez is playing for them on Tuesday. Or maybe you're right.
Here's what I'd like to see. If Bravo can't play then you throw in Lopez for him. Poku likes to drift inside so he'll have plenty of room to do that and Mendoza and Poku can use their speed to help out Iraola on that side.
McNamara and Villa seem to link up well so I'll keep them together but having Mullins up top gives Pirlo a target to lob balls over the top to pick up on loose balls from David Villa's shots.
Though I don't think we'll see Poku or Johansen start
You have just lost all of your hard-earned credibility by describing Poku as having speed. Power, yes. Speed......???
Here's what I'd like to see. If Bravo can't play then you throw in Lopez for him. Poku likes to drift inside so he'll have plenty of room to do that and Mendoza and Poku can use their speed to help out Iraola on that side.
McNamara and Villa seem to link up well so I'll keep them together but having Mullins up top gives Pirlo a target to lob balls over the top to pick up on loose balls from David Villa's shots.
Though I don't think we'll see Poku or Johansen start
Now I'm just going to have to think of you as just another serial-tweeter..... [sigh]
I also liked how Vanney admitted to being perplexed by our shape against Toronto. We're shaking this league up!
I'm just waiting for the 3-3-4 or the 2-3-5 to roll out. That'll blow some people's minds.
Reverting the Pyramid.
Word. My only concern with PV is that he's trying to be too smart. His subs so far this year have been such contrarian subs. Maybe we won't see Poku until the fans stop chanting his name and reprise an old Vieira chant from his playing days. I'm half expecting that his quote this week about fielding players who haven't seen his field is a massive troll on our Poku-loving fans (not that they don't deserve it)...
You don't think he's fast? Yes he's strong but he's also fast, on breakaways he can just blow past people.
Not to mention that Pirlo and Poku linked up well last year.
Yeah, I think Poku has some fast top-line speed, he just doesn't necessarily accelerate all that quickly.
I think the strength of our team is david villa. Period. He's the best player in the league, and all our efforts need to be focused on getting him the ball with room to work. I think we saw that the response to our 343 is to clog the center of the pitch and forced us out wide, which is a major weakness since we have no one to connect on crosses. And really no one who puts in incredible crosses. For these reasons, I'd prefer to see a return to the 433. Gives us overlapping fullbacks for the wings to connect with, forcing more defenders wide and opening up the pitch for our Central players, villa and pirlo. I would go with:
---------Johansen
---mena-----brillant
Iraola_---------------Martinez
-------------pirlo---------------
------poku-----------tmac--------
Mendoza-----villa---Taylor
I'm not worried about new England attack. Need to take it to them. I hate the 343 against anyone except Toronto.
---------Johansen
---mena-----brillant
Iraola_---------------Martinez
-------------pirlo---------------
------poku-----------tmac--------
Mendoza-----villa---Taylor
I'm not worried about new England attack. Need to take it to them. I hate the 343 against anyone except Toronto.
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Poku also has shown some really good ball control. In preseason he dribbled out of a lot of 3 v. 1 midfield matchups (granted, not MLS players mostly), so I think he has the ability to be a great attacking mid in a WM. If he does go 3 at the back again tomorrow I wouldn't mind something like this:
Taylor-------Villa--------Mendoza
------TMac---------Poku--------
------Bravo---------Pirlo--------
White-----Mena/Bril------Iraola
---------Saund/Lurch-----------
CB's could be anyone really. I do think Hernandez looked okay against Orlando, might be pretty good this season if he can stop pulling on jerseys and holding people on sides. If Poku really can't make it through the 90 then let us score 7 goals then sub him out for Lopez, or Allen and revert to 4-3-3.
Taylor-------Villa--------Mendoza
------TMac---------Poku--------
------Bravo---------Pirlo--------
White-----Mena/Bril------Iraola
---------Saund/Lurch-----------
CB's could be anyone really. I do think Hernandez looked okay against Orlando, might be pretty good this season if he can stop pulling on jerseys and holding people on sides. If Poku really can't make it through the 90 then let us score 7 goals then sub him out for Lopez, or Allen and revert to 4-3-3.
Nope. I think he's incredibly strong with a ridiculously stable center of gravity and balance, but he's not fast in the TT/KS/SM mold of sprinter speed (this also doesn't mean he's Pirlo-brand slow). The deception lies in that defenders stab at & bounce off of him, so while they remain in essentially one "spot" he continues past them creating separation which give the impression that he's accelerating faster than they are.
Can I also say i am pissed off about Hernandez somehow becoming the #1 defender? We had like 14 corners last week and got diddly from all of them. Mena and brillant have both shown that they can get their head on the ball. The 343 doesn't work for our team for multiple reasons.
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