We're probably going to have to agree to disagree but I have to say I love your profile picture. Mad respect for everything your club and it's supporters did for Bradley.
Jersey postmatch
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wasn't just our club mate, the whole footballing world was incredible towards him. he's an proper legend round our parts now. good to know that people that side of the pond even recognise him!
Yeah. Definitley a little classless from Fox for staying on him for so long.
Thank you so so much for this info!! Unfortunately got in late from a flight and couldn't go to the match, will be nice to actually see the game and dissect it.
Mad to have missed such an awesome Derby win.
I wonder if they held off because they knew VAR was in place? Of course they'll never admit to that, but its possible. Before VAR, the linesman, if unsure, may have just raised the flag as it was close and Villa was 1v1 with Robles. But now, they know if they let it go, VAR can wave off the goal if he was offsides, but can't correct it being blown dead.
How did you pronounce derby when you wrote it?
I was yelling at him to kick it out of bounds, because I did NOT trust him in that moment. Full marks to him for icing the game.
LMAO I was actually thinking about writing "DArby" for the hell of it but didn't know if I wanted to deal with that considering the jet lag I have.
I said it in my head with both pronunciations a few times.
Let us know which stats sources are acceptable for you. I thought you were an opta fan. That's all Audi Index is, anyway.
BTW, whoscored had the teams rated mostly even, with NYC slightly ahead in the final ratings and throughout most of the match (RBNJ ahead only from around 61' to The Goal from Villa.).
For me, it's not a dive if there's a foul. Refs tend to not call it if the player doesn't go down, which I find infuriating.
Sometimes, players need to sell a very real foul because #refs.
I hope you are right. I think, strategically, we've played below my expectations for 5 games in a row now, excepting the force of will vs Chicago that tells us nothing about our game plan.
The audi index is some crazy mashup of numbers that they don't disclose their formula. I'll take anything that makes sense
What did everyone think of the subs? Very little commentary on them.
I thought PV had a good not great gameplan, and I liked the fact that he doubled down on it when we were losing. The strategy was to play the long ball and let them overpress. We weren't winning those balls in the first half, so bringing in Shelton and Okoli to bring them down and hold up play helped to alleviate the constant pressure we were under in the first 30 minutes.
I'm optimistic that this is a breakthru game for our squad's Plan B. Recess the wings, let Maxi high press instead, in a 4-5-1 or 4-4-2 type look. Bring in our big bench options (Okoli, Shelton) if needed.
I thought PV had a good not great gameplan, and I liked the fact that he doubled down on it when we were losing. The strategy was to play the long ball and let them overpress. We weren't winning those balls in the first half, so bringing in Shelton and Okoli to bring them down and hold up play helped to alleviate the constant pressure we were under in the first 30 minutes.
I'm optimistic that this is a breakthru game for our squad's Plan B. Recess the wings, let Maxi high press instead, in a 4-5-1 or 4-4-2 type look. Bring in our big bench options (Okoli, Shelton) if needed.
I thought both of the box "takedowns" were pretty weak and would be pretty upset if they were called against us. And the reffing last night was one of the best of the season IMO. Really the only thing I didn't agree with was Maxi's yellow, which seemed to have come out of frustration.
Okoli looked like a man that had been spoken to about effort.
Two salient facts about the subs was that they included Shelton and did not include TMac. I like that because to show your first touch has not improved you at least have to get to the ball. Hence, Shelton preferable to TMac.
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