NYCFC in the Media Thread - 2019
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It's perfect how Ring teaches the guy to kick and he immediately starts shooting the ball over the net.
How NYCFC has perfected the tactical balance between structure and fluidity
NYCFC is among MLS's most dangerous teams in possession. Let's dive into why that is.
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Care to summarize? I’m podcasted out at the moment
actually listened to this and Sean doesn't even know they train in NY and not NJ. sad.
The story about playing Vieira at ping pong is absolutely hilarious. Starts about half an hour in.
Congrats to @thedummyrun on the new gig writing for StatsBomb!
https://statsbomb.com/2019/08/barcelonas-griezmann-signing-makes-no-damn-sense/
https://statsbomb.com/2019/08/barcelonas-griezmann-signing-makes-no-damn-sense/
Gave it a listen - so was the contract Johnson signed with Atlanta transferred to NYCFC? meaning his salary went unchanged? If so, I blame Atlanta for screwing Johnson by not giving him a living wage sufficient for NYC if they knew they were going to trade him - unless NYCFC approached Atlanta after the fact - regardless, dude got screwed
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From Thurso to the Big Apple, it hasn’t gone as expected for Gary Mackay-Steven but he’s enjoying the ride
The New York City and former Celtic player is hugely impressed by MLS so far...
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From Thurso to the Big Apple, it hasn’t gone as expected for Gary Mackay-Steven but he’s enjoying the ride
The New York City and former Celtic player is hugely impressed by MLS so far...
shame i am not a subscriber
From Thurso to the Big Apple, it hasn’t gone as expected for Gary Mackay-Steven but he’s enjoying the ride
The New York City and former Celtic player is hugely impressed by MLS so far...
shame i am not a subscriber
Other than that, it was mostly about how he's had to see former team mates like Andy Robertson go on to greater heights, but is just trying to stay positive, do the best with the hand he's been dealt (injuries etc.) and enjoy the ride.
Thanks for this.
Full fitness by end of august huh? Thing with GMS as a natural left winger is that's where Mitri likes to play, as I think SoupInNYC mentioned in his writeup. Out of the two, GMS visibly gives more effort pressuring the ball and making smart runs into space and behind the back line. If I'm Dome, I'm playing GMS on the left wing but I feel like Dome is still on the Mitri train. Let's hope his lack of performance is due to chemistry and playing on crappy turf vs grass. We have a string of home games til the end of the season so he has every opportunity to show his talents. I sincerely hope he does for the sake of the team!
GMS as LWB?
Considering we never saw Isi play there even after Dome said they had been experimenting with it, I doubt we'll see GMS at LWB this season. Maybe next season if they work on it and he's open to it.
Mitri saw some time out right in the game with GMS. I thought he looked pretty good. Was unable to do his usual thing. I think it would be good for him to grow his game out there. I'm also fine with dropping Mitri if Gaz has as much upside as I think he does.
HOT TAKE (so early).
not sure if this is sarcasm or a serious observation.
What if we never were sold on either to begin with?
And yet the club was into Mitri after GMS, and was so hell bent on him they went back the following transfer window, so what’s that say?
Like I said, I’m not sold on either, and extremely not fond of the idea the GMS has a rep of ghosting in games at times. Seems like Rev1.0 and Rev1.1 of the same player/tendencies, but GMS has a much more colorful bag of tricks & footwork to employ per his reel.
