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Sanyang was partially at fault for Houston's goal but the biggest error by far was Preki. Every organized and smart team has a player on the far post when defending corners. That would have been an...

Just because he scored two goals doesn't not ensure an 8 rating. Took a silly long shot with better passing options, missed an easy free header from a great cross close to the net, late silly yellow...

Cronin is versatile, supports teammates both in attack and defense and has a tremendous work rate. What is his best position? Box to box central midfielder playing 4-4-2.

In the first half...

Cronin is a true box to box midfielder. IMO he was our best corner kicker and created many scoring opportunities even when playing as the ratter. Preki's failure to use one of our best young...

There is no question that TFC lacks speedy skilled true wingers so our players instincts are to play long balls down the middle. DeRo can't perform well under those conditions as a lone striker. ...

That field is fast soaked old fashioned crap non-soccer turf. Low shots into the corners are tough to save under those field conditions because the ball skids and does not decelerate. It annoys me...

Conceding late goals and inconsistent play has cursed TFC for three years. Garcia contributed to messing the playoff this year I'll agree to that. The dressing room mentality and club management...

Good article by Kristian and yes Mo is the problem. I disagree with several of his FACTS though. With no wingers, two slow central defenders (Garcia, Serioux), no effective lone striker, best...

Very interesting thread. He is my thinking. For three seasons this team has been conceding late goals and has been inconsistent. Several former players like Cummingham are performing far better...

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Convey lost his starting spot to the speedy Kebe. Convey had a long term knee injury similar to Hargreaves. Many of the supporters weren't happy to see Convey leave.

Reading are one of the few...

I have already sent a warning to Reading through the Hob Nob Anyone? website. RFC are really struggling right now they have lost all their key players from their league record 106 points team in...

Assassin, winger and leading centre half is good analysis of TFC squad imbalance.

OBW and Gerba will improve with a full pre-season fitness work but neither have the size and speed to be lone...

There are technical reasons why Serioux had his best game in a long time. He lacks the 1v1 defending and speed to be paired with Garcia and to deal with speedy wingers when moved to full back. ...

Competition for places is always good for the team and player development. Nobody could criticize CC for playing Edwards in the last game as he as certainly earned the roster spot. You can't bench...

This RPB forum may have won this game for TFC. :scarf:

Several of us have been saying that 3-5-2 seems to work best for this squads balance. We all wanted Garcia on the bench and Gomez back in...

Sure all points count for the same but lets give Edwards the kudos he deserves. He is under the most pressure these last two critical games with very little playing time previously this year.

CC...

I'll be honest I spoke out loud at the game cursing when CC brought on Vitti instead of Gomez or preferably Sanyang. Sure more risk of a dangerous free kick but do you remember how many stupid top...

Short cross makes it really tough for the keeper to make the decision to come for it and also communicate the intention quick enough that the defenders can understand it make a split second change. ...

Of all the coaching motivation strategies in the world playing time remains the primary one. Frie is an awesome shot stopper with superb quickness but late in the season he has been staying on the...

Hi Guys, great to wake up this morning after yesterday's sadness to read this thread. If it wasn't here I was going to start one. Edwards impressed the hell out of me. He has shown massive...

4-4-2 diamond takes a ton of training to be effective and the shuttlers (wide midfielders) need tremendous work rate, ball/passing skills and extreme soccer brains because you have to constantly be...

VPjr is on the right track but U13 is still too old. The golden years of youth development are 10-12. But power, speed, agility is where you can enhance their final potential (but still based on...

Decision making is the toughest part of being a keeper and coaching a young keeper. There is a reason that keepers don't peak until late 20's or 30's. Frei is a superb shot stopper and is very...

LA strategy has been for the last two years Beckham making great long passes to the speedy Donovan who times his runs very effectively. Very easy strategy to stop though. Put a speedy defender on...