“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
The front two would normally be described as a duo, not him offset, as he doesn't drop into the hole constantly, he plays high up more often and gets the ball in the wide channel between the mid and winger. So it's a 4-1-3-2.
I personally think it's more a 4-1-2-1-2, a diamond. Giovinco doesn't drop that often.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
They're unbeaten at home this season though. It's going to be very difficult.
I hope Aparicio gets to make a sub debut soon.
Even though he wouldn't be starting I miss Silva.
Aparicio is the guy that's down on loan at TFC II for the season. He can't be re-called.
Chris Rolfe may very well end up suspended for a kick out he gave a player on the weekend with his studs that was not caught by the ref. You never know if the disciplinary committee will step in on that one. He may just get one game though which would be their weekday game. Maybe they will add to your list on Wednesday. Who knows. I think we have a decent shot though at the game on the weekend even with Bradley away.
So in essence he's rested for us. Oh well....
Steven Goff @SoccerInsider 3m3 minutes ago
Espindola & Silva training full out, Olsen says. Return to active duty soon. Kemp out 7-10 days. Farfan longer term
John Molinaro @JohnMolinaro 14m14 minutes ago
Vanney says Bloom and Bendik available for selection on Saturday. Warner questionabl
Keep Konopka in there. Don't mess with a winning streak.
Never thought I'd say this, but I'd rather we stick with the winning formula. Morgan at LB and Morrow at RB, with Konopka in net.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Konopka stays in net.
I hate to see a guy lose his spot to injury but Konopka has played really well and the team is starting to really gel. I say keep Konopka in net.
Am I the only one that sees this... Bendik sucks at a lot of things as a goal keeper. He does not commad his box very well, cant kick the ball for shit and is shorter than Konopka Konopka should be #1 he's way better than Bendik period.
I don't think Bendik sucks, not for this league anyway. He has good concentration and can regularly come through with some good reaction saves. He might not save points for us as regularly as some of the better keepers in this league do, but he won't outright have major blunder the same way even guys like Hamid, Johnson and Robles will every few games.
Small sample size but I think Konopka is better too. above average in this league at a number of things.
yeah that's tough, but not like the first time it happened here.....Frei losing out to Bendik, ironically......
no a few here see it the same way......although he was quite rusty in his first game, I saw things in Konopka straight away that to me Bendik didn't offer......
fair enough, but the number of times that say a keeper will need to claim a ball in the box off a cross/corner or challenge a shooter by coming off the line in a game (something Konopka is waaaaay better at imo) should be more than the number of times they need to make a save.......and imo Konopka is no better/worse at that........besides, I don't really qualify "good shot stopper" as a characteristic for a good keeper......to me that is the minimum requirement......to be able to make a save.....otherwise why are they playing keeper?.......
I'm kind of glad that this is an away game. Wouldn't be able to attend it due to a wedding I gotta go to. Let's go REDS!!!
Nobody is guaranteed a starting position and there's always someone else competing for your spot. That's just the way it goes with this sport and many others.
lol yeah!!! good strategy!!!