I wonder if a lack of suitors is motivating him.
This all makes me sad. Last jersey I bought was a Mix for my wife.
Mix Gone?
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This all makes me sad. Last jersey I bought was a Mix for my wife.
That crying Mr. T gif is amazing. Remember his song "Mother, there ain't no other" Absolute Fire!!!
Keeper?
In before someone suggests that you buy her a Saunders jersey.
Nominated for post of the week!
Is he not playing because he devotes too much time to stuff like this, or does he do stuff like this because he's not playing.
It's a Sunday and he's on a soccer field, you have to think he's training. Or at least doing soccer related activities. Pirlo is relaxing in the sun.
Team had the day off. Mix was doing his own thing.
I'm wondering if at this point Mix is being kept around to start for Lamps and Pirlo when PV turns to the rotation he has been teasing. He doesn't think he's a good late game sub because he doesn't play a special late game role but is a logical starter fill in as a like for like insertion?
Honestly, I think any theory that Mix has a future on this team is wishful thinking at this point. There have been countless opportunities for PV to get him involved, and he just hasn't. Maybe Vieira surprises us with some unexpected masterplan to use Mix later in the year, but Occam's Razor suggests he just doesn't rate the guy, or want him on this team.
Or the other possibility is that he's not used this year as there's not really an open spot for him on the field but he'll play the Lampard role next year. Perhaps that's what Vieira said in their chat when he pulled him aside the other week. And it would also explain why Mix has been so cooperative and compliant about not really being on the team.
Just a theory.
Again, sorry to say - wishful thinking in my book.
No narratives, no hypotheticals, no speculation. Vieira gives game time to the players he likes, and benches the ones he doesn't.
I think there's a very good chance both you and Kjbert are correct. I still wonder if there is a possibility he can provide some value as a Lampard or Pirlo 2.0 and keep our stars rested for the important season without a huge dip in play or change in tactics. Just throwing it out there.
That makes sense until you realize that we do not have a fatiguing stretch run, with no mid-week triples and a couple of dead weekends.
I honestly think we either transfer him to Europe this summer or he is cut at season's end. Sad, as I like him and his game but sometimes that's the way the game goes.
You are likely right. I am just wondering what PV means when he has said over the last few weeks that he would rest and rotate some players down the stretch. If he sits Pirlo or Lamps, how does he tinker the lineup? It very well may be that he plays Bravo or Lopez, plays Taylor/Mendoza and drops Mac back or pushes Iraola up, gives Ballouchy a run, drops Jack back, etc. Though all of those sound less natural than just plugging in Mix. Again, I'm not saying it will happen - Mix may stay in street clothes for the rest of the season which is a strong favorite, but it seems like we could get some value out of his 750k if he was a plug-and-play for those two and gets them a little R&R.
We can avoid the Wednesday game if we finish top 2 in the conference.
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