How many goals did we give up as a direct result of an inability to pass the ball to our midfield?
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In fairness, Josh made a lot of saves after he gave the ball away!
He probably can if he's comfortable doing so. Depends on how he likes to receive the ball and distribute. A lot of players can/will be played on a particular side depending on how the coach wants crosses and shots to be sent in to the box. Take Dempsey (right-footed) as a prime example. On the left he cuts to the center and can curl a shot/cross in to the goal mouth whereas on the right his shots/crosses are pulled away from the goal and he can drive all the way to the end line. With Mullins, is left-footed and last season he showed a propensity to cut in to the center from the right side to fire his shots since doing that opened up more of the goal.
It feels, to me, like that would lessen the value of the things he brings that Villa does not, namely physicality in the box, a target man, etc. I guess my other question is whether Mullins could bring the defensive value on the LW that some people worry would be missing with Villa out there. Mullins works extremely hard, but I'm not sure what his pure defensive skills are.
I probably lean more towards having Mullins up top with Villa on the LW and then a left back that actually stays at home for the most part rather than bombing forward all of the time (though I already miss Angelino).
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The one time NYCFC played a 4-3-3, Mullins was fantastic as the CF - either turning and driving at goal, or flicking/passing to a winger.
MagnusPax
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Have Villa play LW, have Mullins up top.
How many times a game do you see Villa on the left side of the box trying to penetrate a 1v1 situation? Pretty much every game. So he is already playing a LF role, move him out a little wider and let Mullins hold and look for a rebound. Villa is going to try to dribble through 3 defenders before he even thinks about centering.
I think it's a moot point. I don't think we have the pieces to play with wingers and we don't have a good defensive midfield. We have to play 4 or better yet, 5 in the middle. I think the only way you can make 3 up top work is go false 9 without a real striker.
Does anyone have an idea of Vieira's perferred formation?
Good point. Forgot about the field size. Stack the midfield at YS and open it up on the road with a 4-3-3.
has he played this season? i havent followed Serie A this season but i kept reading he was injured.
No. He played like 30 games last year, had surgery and hasn't seen the pitch this year. I think he is healthy enough to play though. He never was as good with Inter as he was with Manchester. He went in to the dog house. For the right price and if healthy, it's an interesting option.
dannd23
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He is going to the Fire, unfortunately. Twellman just tweeted it.
Zero chance of MLS this year and even less chance he ends up at NYCFC this year. Also, wrong thread for this.