NYCFC v Revolution Postmatch

[Albany_NYCFC]

Did I miss them or was Shitty Beats gloriously absent today???

 

[Christopher Jee]

I was pretty pleased by his performance too given that I really had no idea what to expect. He seemed to "play above his skills" if you will by being aggressive and generally looking like he knew how to play football. There were a couple of times where he misread situations including, if I recall, badly misplaying a long ball which let Bunbury get behind him right after he came on (the shot was, fortunately, put over the goal). But, on the whole, he seemed like a worthy depth piece behind Matarrita.

I was pretty pleased by his performance too given that I really had no idea what to expect. He seemed to "play above his skills" if you will by being aggressive and generally looking like he knew how to play football. There were a couple of times where he misread situations including, if I recall, badly misplaying a long ball which let Bunbury get behind him right after he came on (the shot was, fortunately, put over the goal). But, on the whole, he seemed like a worthy depth piece behind Matarrita.

Add to that, his actually-interesting performances in interviews: http://www.nycfc.com/post/2016/03/25/beyond-pitch-diego-martinez?autoplay=true. Footballers are usually mind-numbing in those situations. Could be that our media team is just killing it right now.

 

[JayH]

And someone deserves props for the surprisingly steady flow of Tribe songs throughout the day. RIP Malik

 

[Viewfrom226]

Was the Mena sub purely tactical or was there an injury?

I also would give Hernandez pretty high marks for the third match in a row. He's one of the last "unfashionable" guys left from last year, but has made a nice rebound after appearing to lose his job in preseason. Formation change helped him as he seems better in three at the back, but he was pretty good today even after they flipped it.

I still hope for Brillant or Mena to step up because they are higher upside guys, but Hernandez has been pretty good.

 

[PaddingtonB.]

Did I miss them or was Shitty Beats gloriously absent today???

No, they were there - just mercifully/surprisingly "quiet" for most of the match.

 

[Albany_NYCFC]

No, they were there - just mercifully/surprisingly "quiet" for most of the match.

I didn't see or hear them from 214A so all good as far as I'm concerned!!!

 

[ferrarinycfc]

Couldn't watch the game today and was just waiting to come here to see what happened.

Seriously we shouldn't be this bad, not with all the talent on show.

 

[Snuff]

Can someone recap the various signs, banners and tifos? Even better if you have pics. There were many, and props to all who did the work. I would try to describe them, but I could not make out all of them precisely from my spot.

Here are two I was able to get. One with the PEACE banner and one with the FCK ISIS banner.
http://imgur.com/a/1h1mt

Took over 500 photos at the game today. If anyone is interested in some of the better ones, I can post a few to this thread after I get through all of them.

 

[Tom in Fairfield CT]

What is the 343 supposed to accomplish? One CB? The formation and the lineup sucked. Poku is not a central midfielder, that's why we couldn't keep possession like we do with mix. Isn't pirlo supposed to be able to crack bunkered team? Does the maestro have any ideas other than soft lob to the other team? Mena not a full back, then Vieira blames him. Team looking a lot like last year. Not sure about the bravo boner either. He's fine defensively, but can't pass the ball. Pure shit. Hopefully klinsmann is done with mix and we won't lose him during the summer. Nice start to the season we can all choke on for two weeks now. Hope Vieira is massively pleased by his innovative formation that gives us a weak defense and no attack.

 

[Seth]

You may have to come up to the 2nd level - I'm not sure us Plebians are allowed to travel down without a passport. I'm in 228 and they just opened a grilled cheese/short rib stand (highly tasty) behind it, so you can kill two birds with one stone coming up.

Count me in, I'm in 224, top row. Grilled cheese sounds great.

 

[bigapplepie]

Middle of the day on a Saturday of Easter weekend = low attendance?

Last year in our 3rd home game of the season we drew 20,461 against Philly, so I'd say this was a big improvement.

 

[Viewfrom226]

Was the Mena sub purely tactical or was there an injury?

Replying to myself. Purely tactical per Vieira in his interview. Credit for not being stubborn mid-match I suppose, but as said above, weird to get that so wrong after trying Mena at that spot during training per reports earlier this week.

 

[Ulrich]

Last year in our 3rd home game of the season we drew 20,461 against Philly, so I'd say this was a big improvement.

Holiday weekend with chilly weather, 23k is solid. Curious to see the other numbers from around the league.

 

[Viewfrom226]

Add to that, his actually-interesting performances in interviews: http://www.nycfc.com/post/2016/03/25/beyond-pitch-diego-martinez?autoplay=true. Footballers are usually mind-numbing in those situations. Could be that our media team is just killing it right now.

On the topic of vapid footballer inteviews, Simon Kupor's The Football Men is a good read as he tries to go beyond what they say in public to crack the code on them personally after discussing how nothing they say in public is particularly enlightening in most cases.

http://www.amazon.com/Football-Men-...2-spell&keywords=simon+kupor+the+football+men

 

[Ulrich]

Replying to myself. Purely tactical per Vieira in his interview. Credit for not being stubborn mid-match I suppose, but as said above, weird to get that so wrong after trying Mena at that spot during training per reports earlier this week.

An outside marking back in a 3-man D is so different than a CB in a 4-man set. I'm surprised they tried him there to begin with. He doesn't have the pace to play sideline to box and cover a fast forwards burst in a man-marking way. Very odd. I can only imagine that with us missing 3 starters, he wanted to get as much pure talent on the field as possible - problem was Mena was a square peg in a round hole.

 

[S1ARK5]

I mean... I just said he was mediocre. Still think he was. Not good, but not awful (some bad plays/distribution by him and some decent). Just think that everyone blaming everything on Saunders every week is going a little too far. The team has other problems.

I love Poku when he's on the ball, but the Poku love is going too far as well. He was decent. As someone else said, he has a little bit of Shelton in him... Doesn't know what to do with it once he gets to where he was trying to go.

Still really early in the season. I think the team will be OK.

Ok today Saunders may not have cost us points but if he had better position and better reflexes he should have saved the Giovinco goal. 2 points gone right there. The first goal vs Orlando, all on him for misjudging the flight and misjudging his jump. 1 point right there. So we could have had total of 3 extra pointa if he just did his job a little better. We are not askin him to be buffon in his prime. Just read the play better, have better position, and distribute the ball better. Or better yet be better at 75% of your job. Not to much to ask right?

Yes this team has other problems, but make no mistake Saunders is a big part of what is wrong with this team.

 

[DarwinianWit]

Poku those first 10 minutes was why we love him. Afterwards...I know we switched to some weird 3-5-1-1 but he was consistently out of position, leaving huge gaps where passes and crosses just...dissapeared. It really killed the momentum after the first goal. And trust me, I love Poku, but we all have to be less first year expansion fans and more objective soccer fans.

Saunders was a hero last year. But if I have to watch him awkwardly pass to full backs to "play out of the back" but really into pressure that ends in a ball booted forward every time...where can rhythm come from?

Villa on the left is fun! If he had someone to play to anyways. That air juggle cross to Mendoza was god damn beautiful. But there was absolutely no synergy afterwards.

Just frustrating.

 

[northernburbs]

Was the Mena sub purely tactical or was there an injury?

I also would give Hernandez pretty high marks for the third match in a row. He's one of the last "unfashionable" guys left from last year, but has made a nice rebound after appearing to lose his job in preseason. Formation change helped him as he seems better in three at the back, but he was pretty good today even after they flipped it.

I still hope for Brillant or Mena to step up because they are higher upside guys, but Hernandez has been pretty good.

I think you have a better chance of Lampard being MVP than Brillant Stepping up. He sucks.

 

[Snuff]

20 of my favorite photos I was able to snap today.
http://imgur.com/a/OgMzL

 

[21Architect]

Say whaaaaaaaaaaat?

Remembering to clap the supporters section before and after the game does not equal a good performance.

It's been a fun ride for Josh, but a change is long overdue.

Saunders sucks. But in reference to TODAY'S match, he saved a goal and saved the team from a home loss.