New Vanney evaluation thread

[ronzilla]

Vanneys test will come when Giovinco leaves for France.

[TheGoodson]

Vanneys test will come when Giovinco leaves for France.

I really don't see Conte calling out Seba... They have a lot of strikers with similar skill sets and the fact they are playing in Europe will give them the edge.

Also, Seba came is as a sub in the second of two friendlies, it is not like he started. I really don't see it happening

[Ultra & Proud]

Vanneys test will come when Giovinco leaves for France.

Even if he does, which I doubt, I think we will be okay. Last year we were in shoot outs and needed to be bailed out. When and if he goes to the Euros then I expect to see us playing a similar set up and style to what we've seen on the road. That type of play translates well when players are missing. Low scoring affairs and tight everywhere.

[jloome]

Even if he does, which I doubt, I think we will be okay. Last year we were in shoot outs and needed to be bailed out. When and if he goes to the Euros then I expect to see us playing a similar set up and style to what we've seen on the road. That type of play translates well when players are missing. Low scoring affairs and tight everywhere.

Playing it tight was key; I was thinking about how Vanney set up against Montreal, and it was still a first-and-foremost defensive look. Our two fullbacks pretty much stayed rooted to the backline for most of the night. There was no crossover, no attempt to push huge numbers forward. It was more like "they have specialists, we have specialists, so tonight everybody plays a role." Bradley was purely defensive, Johnson was two-way linkage and defending, Oso was one-way offensive, and the back was flat, which made it nearly impossible for Montreal to find space wide, which is where they normally start moves.