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Thank you for your usual diligence, Robin.

Well clearly the man is finished.

It's possible Bradley accepts that he was a little screened on the Salter goal in Halifax, and may appreciate how vastly superior his distribution is.

My take would be less "does/doesn't belong" and more "is a capable backup" versus "is still a project."

Nelson is 19. His speed and technique aren't at issue, really, it's his intelligence and...

Think Bb is a continuity guy and the club sees the significant value in the CCL now.
so we'll be full strength.

Nah more fiction.

His agent told The Guardian a few days ago it's total nonsense.

It was ridiculous from second one. They're not giving a near-retirement player hundreds of millions of asset...

I think what appeared to be a tactic involving holding the ball at the midpoint yesterday by the wingbacks was .... a tactic.

They were lined up as wingbacks but effectively played as fullbacks....

Stan the man? Your musical choices never cease to surprise and delight, Og.

This now reeks of bullshit. (I mean, it always did. He's 37 and LA already has five centre backs.)

He agreed on a contract with LA before even getting an okay from his family to move there? I find...

Take that and head home.

Good homestand coming up.

Fuck me the young guys pass backward a
lot.

As usual by the time we get it into the box they have nine men back

I swear Vic went to the Shatner School of Broadcasting.

We look asleep and overwhelmed.

Kids are just so nervy.

Anyone actually seen Laxalt play? He’s never managed an average rating above 7 in a decade and multiple leagues.

also his stats very much suggest a fullback, not a wingback.

Plus he's coming from a Russian League team. The complications are potentially endless.
Do we even know if he's out of contract or is this a release because
of sanctions or at his request due to...

Waking the Red had an analysis the other day suggesting we have about $2.8M free, so this guy should be affordable.

Add a right wing back, a DM and we’ll be rounding into something.

From his comments this week it feels like we’re going to see a 3-4-1-2, with Pozuelo in the hole, Ayo and Jesus up top, two mids in front of the back line.

Super central formation. Maybe...

Yeah, that. The change in position has really hurt him. He was clipping along pretty nicely when in the middle of the park.

I also noticed that Pozuelo’s rating dropped over the two games Osorio was out. Prior to that, he’d been above seven — usually well above, among the league leaders — for all nine of our games.
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I suspect their lack of speed is making all three central midfielders look ineffective. Every team in the league is moving to pressing, quick transition football, Gegenpress stuff.

We just keep...

I think the fact that he has scored so much better on average rating when playing as a central midfield than when playing as a wide right forward (a 7.21 average versus 5.88) suggests he could adapt...

It’s really not fair, on evidence, to call the guy finished.

In 11 appearances, he has two goals, two assists and a 7.21 average rating on whoscored which pretty objective.

He’s not finished,...

It may still matter in that case. The $2.3M quoted as this year’s salary hit may be well higher than the averaged salary that determines he’s a DP.

If the latter number is substantially lower,...

Old defenders never work out in this league. I don’t think signing him will answer anything.

Plus, our defensive problems begin because we’re easily knocked off the ball and have poor midfield...