It's the team suit from Ben Sherman that all the players got last year, I believe. Not sure if we are still with/ Sponsored by Ben Sherman though. It looks so nice is because our coach isn't wearing an adidas track suit to all the games, but an actual suit.
He also gets very slow passes from the GK, at weird times while he is already pressured. Saunders has a long way to go to become a passing GK if thats what Vieira is going to try to make him.
There is no doubt about that. If PV is insisting on playing possession within our own end, he needs to have a GK that is like an extended CB with their feet. Unfortunately Saunders just doesn't have a great leg and at this point in his career, it is what it is. But even still, I would make a point that next time you see Pirlo in the midfield, look at how many times he receives the ball form TMac or Mix and he sees nothing in front in terms of someone he can link up the play with, and instead of going back to Tmac or Mix, where you can clearly see they are expecting him to return the ball to them. He holds on to it for too long and gives it up.
I think there is also something to be said for the fact that, for those years at Juventus, he was playing on a team that was generally meaningfully more talented than its opponent - a talent gap that his skills then helped accentuate because he had time.
Good point Gator. As you said , this underscores his need to get the ball out quicker.
Yes there are a number of places RBNJ went years without winning away, Chicago being one of them, Toronto another. As you said, winning in general, much less away in MLS, you take it how you can get them. It is very hard to win in this league.
Well, I feel better know that I'm not the only one that couldn't figure out the final touch. Either way, though, I thought this play, and his play generally, was a meaningful net positive. There was another point earlier in the game where he drew a foul in a semi-dangerous spot by running at defenders. Khiry is a one of a kind on our team in that we don't have any other players like him and so it is huge to me if he steps up, even if it isn't always particularly pretty.Here's the Khiry goal: Great speed, horrendous first touch, incredible second touch. I'll leave you to decide on the final kick. Looks like stumbling to me, and based on his previous attempts at goal, I'm not ready to give the benefit of the doubt. Hope I'm proved wrong
I agree wholeheartedly. We were getting overrun, something that stopped once Lopez came on. Pirlo wasn't being used anyway as we played up the wings.
