jloome
09-30-2012, 04:14 PM
Hey all,
I'm gonna suggest there's a fair degree of likelihood our current manager, despite his own pedigree, can't tell an MLS-level player from one in the NCAA. WHo knows, maybe it's specifically because of the level he played at. Either way, he's demonstrated time and again that he thinks Aaron Maund has the positional, tactical and technical ability to start in MLS.
I'm going to propose that we have some decent players on this team. It's just hidden under a pile of steaming management horseshit. For example, I think this team would have been more competitive against NY, night and day:
----------Kocic--------------
Eckersley--Cann--O'Dea-Pasher
Dunfield---Stinson---Morgan
---------Johnson------------
-----Lambe---Silva---------
A diamond plays to our strengths: Johnson is good at holding up the ball and can create space, and has awicked shot from outside the box. Lambe can finish and is hard to strip, and Silva combines elements of the two. All three are better playing inside than out, and are far and away our most talented offensive players (with Hassli and Koervermans out).
Meanwhile, Pasher showed against Liverpool that he can play left back at this level, and morgan will both give us a bit of width when needed and some speedl; Dunfield and Stinson can concentrate on sitting back and defending, with one of them coming forward as needed to support the attack at the top of the box.
In defence, Cann's biggest problem has been he needs a solid tackler next to him because even though he has some technique, he's got slow feet. But he's good in the air and marks OK; with O'Dea to rein him in, he'd be fine.
I would give dollars to donuts this is a much more competitive team than the one we fielded, with just a couple of changes.
I'm gonna suggest there's a fair degree of likelihood our current manager, despite his own pedigree, can't tell an MLS-level player from one in the NCAA. WHo knows, maybe it's specifically because of the level he played at. Either way, he's demonstrated time and again that he thinks Aaron Maund has the positional, tactical and technical ability to start in MLS.
I'm going to propose that we have some decent players on this team. It's just hidden under a pile of steaming management horseshit. For example, I think this team would have been more competitive against NY, night and day:
----------Kocic--------------
Eckersley--Cann--O'Dea-Pasher
Dunfield---Stinson---Morgan
---------Johnson------------
-----Lambe---Silva---------
A diamond plays to our strengths: Johnson is good at holding up the ball and can create space, and has awicked shot from outside the box. Lambe can finish and is hard to strip, and Silva combines elements of the two. All three are better playing inside than out, and are far and away our most talented offensive players (with Hassli and Koervermans out).
Meanwhile, Pasher showed against Liverpool that he can play left back at this level, and morgan will both give us a bit of width when needed and some speedl; Dunfield and Stinson can concentrate on sitting back and defending, with one of them coming forward as needed to support the attack at the top of the box.
In defence, Cann's biggest problem has been he needs a solid tackler next to him because even though he has some technique, he's got slow feet. But he's good in the air and marks OK; with O'Dea to rein him in, he'd be fine.
I would give dollars to donuts this is a much more competitive team than the one we fielded, with just a couple of changes.