The tears of The Ruckus taste so sweet.
Orlando - Postmatch
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They showed the game on YES this morning (randomly discovered) so I watched it and cataloged all his touches they showed on screen:
2 - pressured defenders in Orlando third
6 - involved in brief interception in Orlando 18
10 - heads away Klestjan corner
11- steals ball away from Klestjan in midfield
- two other plays at 12 13
15 clears dangerous ball out for corner (could’ve let it go to Johnson though)
21 two good midfield touches
23 great challenge as last man back against Colmán
25 pressured short corner passes
27 pressured defender trying to get ball out of their end
28 good one-touch to advancing player
29 clears ball under pressure after Colmán hits the post
33 random good pass in midfield
Goal! (not by McNamara, of course)
after the goal several involvements in defending - no specific touches that they showed on TV though
Seems like he does a little bit more than he generally gets credit for.
Personally my belief is that we should have our best players in the starting XI. Whatever formation that means we need to have, that's the formation we should have. Maximize your talent with the look that gives it the best chance for success. That's the coach I want.
I mean, yes and no. The problem's that your best formation is the one that accommodates your best players, but your best players are whoever's most effective in your chosen formation. And it's important that your team train and play a consistent lineup in a familiar formation, except when the opponent dictates that another formation with a different lineup would be better. It turns out that soccer is actually pretty complicated, and in the end it's hard to say anything categorical about how NYCFC's starting eleven should look except that it doesn't involve Tommy McNamara.
Hopefully, we will have lots of practice as the season rolls along.
Seems like it anyway.
I would never have bothered to try to explain this but I truly thank you for actually watching the game. Respect.
Two quick non-game related thoughts:
- The coloring of the seats in the away section was a great gesture by the club
- Supporters Section was a ton of fun, and the new chant rocked. I was flipping through channels yesterday and decided to catch the end of a replay on YES and man was it loud. Also great to see the clapping to Come on New York throughout the whole stadium at one point.
Agree big time on the seats.
I could only watch on TV, but you are correct that the crowd sounded great.
This completely. He does good linkup work, but people just choose not to see it. Someone at the game said to me at about 30 mins they hadn't even seen him touch the ball yet.... People see what they want to see!
He does make mistakes too and those get pulled up far more than other people's mistakes. If Villa loses the ball twice and Tommy does the same thing, Tommy gets far more abuse for it.
I didn't think he was bad enough on Saturday to merit being hooked at half time, but that seemed more like a formation change than anything else and he was the most expendable.
Don't get me wrong - he has his moments (was like playing a man down against Houston) and is generally a skill level or two below most of our other starters - but the level of criticism he comes in for when he hasn't done much wrong, or not much more than others, is crazy.
Come On City Boys.
Making Some Fucking Noise.
We'll go Willllddddd, Willlldddddd, Willlldddd.
Willllddddd, Willlldddddd, Willlldddd.
I thought this might be it. I heard it on the TV and it did sound very good.
There is the you shit bastard chant that also starts with an ehh crescendo.
^The very detailed description of the puto chant and etymological breakdown of such were probably the comic highlights of an article that I thought worked really hard to illustrate bad faith interpretations of fairly benign statements.
It was only sung once, earlier in the match. I was in 237 as well and I do remember singing it, a few minutes before losing most of my voice.
Thanks
SoupInNYC and
Christopher Jee. I wasn't at the game and appreciate the feedback.
I don't remember hearing it at the previous home game (Colorado), but it definitely has continued to pop up this year.
SoupInNYC and
Christopher Jee. I wasn't at the game and appreciate the feedback.I don't remember hearing it at the previous home game (Colorado), but it definitely has continued to pop up this year.
I am familiar with this and agree that it wouldn't be confused for p*.
Not really sure what this is referring to
