He lives deep in the Jersey swamps, has had season tickets since their inception, but he may still come around.
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Spot on. TMac was great on both sides of the ball yesterday. Calle had a nice shift but no way he should take TMac's spot based on yesterday's game. Great assist to Calle on the nice one-two with Iraola and then a classy, composed, left footed finish for the eventual game winning goal. He also had perhaps the most crucial defensive clearance of the day in the 93rd minute. When Kaka's free kick caromed off the post back to the penalty spot it was TMac who headed it clear to the corner of the 18. Angelino works his ass off to get a touch, Mix goes off to the races with Poku and Villa and the three points are sealed.
On an unrelated note, does anyone else hear the Super Mario Brothers music in their head when Poku goes on one of his dribbling jaunts up the field? Orlando defenders were bouncing off of him like those stupid turtles yesterday. I know he needs to work on some of the other facets of his game, but this kid is an absolute beast going forward with the ball at his feet.
For anyone curious: Drogba still needs a Canadian work permit. Don't expect to see him unless they're desperate.
Why doesn't Drogba play on Saturday? Blame Canada.
Those Poku runs really do remind me of two things, the trademark Beast Mode Lynch run and YaYa power pinballing down the field. The latter had the potential early on of being a lazy and convenient comparison, but he really has proven to have that YaYa gear.
Poku has proven that he deserves to be on the field. He's also proven that his cult following is justified in cheering for him.
There are two, no three, things I want to see from this match...
1. NYCFC wins
2. Pirlo takes a free kick on goal
3. Poku gets a goal
Also the honorary Mix hat trick.
1. NYCFC wins
2. Pirlo takes a free kick on goal
3. Poku gets a goal
Also the honorary Mix hat trick.
Would be psyched if the temp dips below 90 on Sat but not looking good as of now.
High of 91, baby. Half hour earlier than yesterday, and 7 degrees hotter. Wonderful.
There's no reason why this game can't be played at 7 PM. I don't care about television, but it on YES 2 for all I care. It's a home game, anyone in the NY area that wants to watch this match would be at the stadium. Everyone else in the country can watch on MLS Live or streaming.
I'm going to bathe in sun screen before this match. God, please save me from skin cancer these past two games.
I don't understand how we can have a mid summer Saturday game at the height of the sun....we got lucky there was some clouds yesterday. What's the reasoning? TV? What casual fan is gonna watch this game smack in the middle of a Saturday. If this was a Sat night game the place would be rocking.
I think MLS likes to spread the games throughout the day. I like weekend afternoon sports (minority preference I realize) and appreciate this, although I do wish we had some of them in March. As an east coast team we'll always be a bit more likely to have the early game.
I'd prefer the other way around. West coast is watching our 2:30 game at 11:30. But as I get older, it's harder for me to watch their 7:30 games all the way through starting at 10:30 here
I admittedly have been in the small camp that didn't understand the Poku hype. Happy to admit I was wrong. He looked great this past weekend. He proved the fitness rumors wrong. His awareness and positioning have gotten better each game. I would still like to see a bit more effort on defense but he's gotten considerably better than his first few appearances. Hopefully we see him every game from here on out as either a starter or one of the first players off the bench.
Ballouchy is suspended I think. AJ will be interesting to see what happens with him. I think Mix and Pirlo both start.
I'm assuming that Poku, Calle start. Would Kreis play Mix deep like AJ does?
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