I'm generally in line with you. I wanted to get into more of the knock-on effects, but would have run too long then.Nice analysis of Matarrita being out. I think you are right that figuring out how to adjust to losing what he brings defensively is key. I had been thinking that if Vieira trusts Martinez, then we end up with 4 at the back, and if he doesn't, we stick with the W-M. However, you make a good point that without Matarrita, we may not have the wide ranging defenseman necessary to play 3 in the back, so perhaps we revert to a 4-3-3.
The question in a 4-3-3- is whether we play Bravo alongside Pirlo or go with two more offensively focused CMs. My guess is that if we go 4-3-3, we pair Bravo and Pirlo and play either MacNaMullet or Lamp in a more advanced position. Of course, we might also stick with 3 in the back and just have Bravo play even more defensively. Tough decisions.
saw you guys at halftime for the trivia question, recognition obtained for you and your daughter
I'm annoyed I missed you guys doing the quiz. I now sit right under the screenand have to turn around to see it. It's visible, but I only bother for big replays etc. It never occurred to me that I (sort of) knew the people doing the quiz so I didn't look, and didn't recognize the voices. But glad you had the opportunity and won .
I saw it as well, and couldn't have been any more certain that it was going to be a question answered correctly! Two ringers!
What!? I hate that I missed that. I was walking to another section when I heard the quiz. It was a question about Mix, right?
Ha! I couldn't have shown my face here again if we had whiffed on it! As far as I know, we were picked at random. The guy who hosts was standing outside 226 when we got to the game and asked if we wanted to do it. It was way before the match and there weren't that many people around yet. Leah has wanted to be on the Jumbotron since the first match last year, so she was very excited. I was mostly just worried that I'd muff it and get booed. The beauty of YouTube is that, other than the occasional nasty comment, you generally don't know if people think you suck.
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Fair enough, though he was playing it very cool if that's the case as he gave no indication he knew who we were and actually asked for our names a couple of times. Either way, it was fun and the fact that a bunch of you noticed is very cool and much appreciated.does not sound so "random" to me ....i mean the dude was standing there waiting...lol
Fair enough, though he was playing it very cool if that's the case as he gave no indication he knew who we were and actually asked for our names a couple of times. Either way, it was fun and the fact that a bunch of you noticed is very cool and much appreciated.