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OK, so I don't get this.
Berget has been talked about as a guy who can play on the wings, because we here on the board are trying to make him fit there to get him on the pitch with Villa. His main position is as CF and thats what he played at Malmo.
I'd like to think if he was unavailable today, that he would have been the replacement for Villa.
I could see reason for us having another striker on this team, yes, but I'm not sure how we go about getting a talented one on here. We've already convinced Berget to come here, who was quite productive at Swedish champ Malmo, and he's going to spend most of his time on the bench. When Villa is at CF, Berget is almost certainly on the bench, save for us chasing a goal.
How would we convince a talented young striker to come here to sit behind both Villa AND Berget? I don't see how that works.
Watching TMac play the last two years has always been like watching nepotism at the office - there’s no valid reason for why the person holds their position and yet they get tasked with decisions that affect everybody else while being wholly unqualified.
I don't think he spends most if his time on the bench. He'll probably be first choice backup on the wings and at striker which should give him more than enough game time.
Ok, but then is there any playing time available to entice a young, talented striker to come to NYCFC?
I don't think so.
I'm happy many are on the Maxi train. He has been our engine thus far and his work rate is still through the roof at 31 --team MVP, for sure, yet this defensive organization is amazing and deserves a ton of credit. 0.67 goals a game, three games in against a leader in the West, and 2 playoff teams is pretty impressive. Don't really know who gets credit for all of this, but SJ, Chanot and Callens seem to have everyone together and communication appears flawless. Not to mention their skill on the ball. Our back 5 make other teams' midfields look incompetent.
It’s a tossup right now between Ring and Maxi for MVP with Callens in third only because he’s had less to do this year because the midfield has been so dominant. And no disrespect to Maxi, but I’d tip it to Ring because he’s playing like a dmid possessed- very likely the most dominant dmid MLS has ever seen by a wide margin.
This is why I argued we needed a DP who could play anywhere in the front 4 and become our new 9.
But that's hard to do. And it is hard to find .and people have to grow into it .
Medina may just have it, though . A little surprised he wasn't our 9 today .I begged for us to sign a Firmino type as a DP . Given how smart it looks like Medina plays, we may have inadvertently done it . Let him fill out and find his goal scoring form, and we'll be good there. Makings of a great 9.5 seem to be there.
Maxi has been our MVP this year. But Ring is the more important player. No Ring and you don't have the luxury of a player like Maxi to pull the strings.
From today's play, I think Medina is actually the better #10.
You know what I want to see this year against one of these crap, park the bus teams? Go 4-3-3 with Medina AND Maxi underneath Villa like City play. Ring holds. Tinnerholm and Mata at the FB. Lewis and Tajouri wide. Bring the house.
From today's play, I think Medina is actually the better #10.
You know what I want to see this year against one of these crap, park the bus teams? Go 4-3-3 with Medina AND Maxi underneath Villa like City play. Ring holds. Tinnerholm and Mata at the FB. Lewis and Tajouri wide. Bring the house.
I think this is why we need a USL side that we can develop our own academy talent or plop a superdraft pick in to get minutes and be able to call a guy up in an emergency like this.
Screw that. I want to see 1 defender. Klopp pulled it out earlier and I freaking loved it. roll out 3 atb with Callens in the middle and two midfielders by him .
Shit is amazing. and I wish more managers would do it more often. I think defending is overrated, so long as you play good, smart players . #hot take
Eta: FYI, the reason Callens and Chanot and exponentially different but stylistically similar Virgil are so valued is that you get 2 or 3 players in one .You don't need a Pirlo when you have center backs who complete 60% of their diagonals and play balls to the feet of forwards.
The Germans are dominating because they are cool with trying new shit. I'm all for pushing the envelope .
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He apparently grew into it, but there were 2-3 distinct instances in the first 20 minutes when he had no awareness of Meram and even a mediocre cross would have led to an embarrassing sitter. He did a little too much ball watching for my taste in the first half whe he was right in front of me. If he doesn’t improve on that he’s going to get embarrassed sooner or later. Luckily Orlando didn’t have the quality to exploit it and then their genius manager switched Meram to the right.
He certainly has more upside than anyone who came before him, but in terms of positional awareness he is way behind Tinnerholm (and I’d argue, somewhat behind his less talented, more experienced predecessors). Luckily he’s young and athletic.
Two things:
1. I slept through most of the first half.
2. No way he’s less postionally aware than RJ Allen and Ethan White. Literally, not possible. He’s both more talented and more experienced and just way the fuck better than either.
And bonus:
I clearly have said Tinny is better. That’s not an argument. But SAS Woukd be the best RB we’ve ever seen suit up if it weren’t that he joined with Tinny.
Thrilled with 3 wins in a row !!!! It was an entertaining game, defense was solid, Not much challenges for our goalie. Even Tio Palo ( in colloquial Ecuadorian Spanish futbol term,) we call the post" Uncle Post" for helping in blocking potential goals.
Morales was a Maximo 10! I missed Capt, Villa,with him I really think the score would had been a potential 3-0
Morales was a Maximo 10! I missed Capt, Villa,with him I really think the score would had been a potential 3-0
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To be fair, the game wasn't really calling out for Lewis. The first sub was for Matarrita, who apparently is being tried out as a winger, now? When he got hurt, we needed a player with a little more defensive sensibilities than Lewis brings, and that's McNamara. Granted Tommy isn't very good, but Patrick probably didn't want a guy running around like a chicken with his head cut off, he wanted a guy that would put in a professional shift helping to kill the game off. If you had to choose between Tommy and Lewis in that role, you'd choose Tommy.
Now personally, I probably would have put Ofori on in that spot, but I actually give PV credit for not changing the formation in the last 20 minutes, because when we did that last week it was a fire drill trying to see it out.
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