What is Delgado doing, Jeez
What is Delgado doing, Jeez
Delgado is where every play goes to die this game it seems
Westberg has guts. Wow
Pozuelo looks gassed
It’s Ayo!Originally Posted by James17930
Good grief, Vanney really over thought that one bringing on Morgan.
We need goals Greg!
Bono would have let that one in.
Thank God he's coming out
Ito win you’d think we’d put out an attacker but it seems we are back to nondescript subs not early enough ....Akinola will come on but with no time remaining , this is my problem with unemotional Vanney . Go for it damn it .
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This sub should have happened about 10 mins ago.
Morrow hasn’t played particularly well.
He is trying to create width I assume. And Morrow is all we have.
Wow almost.
Defence is crud but all in all better then last year - a few good lessons learned in that game.
Fuck.
That stupid 3rd goal.
At this stage of MLS, he’s an emergency body, not too much more. Love the guy but it’s the truth.
Good effort today. We still need a handful of pieces but decent effort.
We are lacking width. We need those Tam players. Morrow doesnt give enough as a left winger against a good team.
damn, we lost
playing with Morgan on the field is like playing with 9 men
We came damn close to getting that draw despite our defensive frailty. Really good mentality, nothing like last year.
Sign a starting quality CB and we're a top 5 team guaranteed.
Keep starting Westberg also.
I'm relatively pleased with this performance.
I liked what I saw from Westberg. Other than that 3rd goal which maybe he could have stopped he had a good game.
agreed, lessons learned. you don't learn much playing Chicago, you learn a little but playing against Seattle you learn a lot!
Thoughts
Too many mistakes by Zavaleta & Ciman
Smith is a great pick up for Seattle
Despite the loss, I think we might have our new starting Keeper. Westberg is much better than Bono at the moment.
Pozo and Altidore are a great combo. Looking forward to seeing how it develops during the season.
Disappointing loss, TFC should not have given up that third goal.
Damn , hate Seattle , we had a good chance to win that but , our D , is simply average . Still if only Vanney when we are losing would pull out the stops sooner . I really think he feels happy that his formations were successful , regardless that we lose . No we lost , that’s the point . That’s why we play . Such a waste of an amazing Jody effort . Goal keepers aside his kicks were top grade . We give up superior reaction saves from Bono but this keepers distribution is professional . Considering it’s his first game , hopefully not his last .and again like last year why waste a highly paid Bradley too deep worrying about the D . That’s why we lost last year , wasted his talent.
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I can live with the result, away to Seattle.
Pozuelo with a couple of amazing passes, but he often looked out of sorts. Probably the plastic turf & long flight didn't help. Also, although there is some bad hacking in this league, you're not going to get a foul called every time somebody lightly presses you from behind.
Biggest issue for me is team mentality when things are going sideways, and learning from mistakes. I've said it often. Although Vanney has grown quite a bit, it's the same basic thing we saw in his first year, when we kept on giving up points when the other side went down a man. My guess, Vanney is a great teacher, but not a great motivator or disciplinarian. But that's not just on the coach; the players & leaders on the field have to be able to turn things around as well.
I'm also relatively pleased with the performance. And I liked the fight they showed for stretches. But the mentality was not good for significant portions of the game. Seattle could have easily scored a few more goals.
TFC is comparable to a dozen other MLS teams. Three very good players (Altidore, Poz, Mavinga), and a dozen very avg players. predicting a playoff run is a crap shoot, because any sustained injury to the aforementioned three, and the losses will pile up.
2017 Was essentially the same, except we had 4 very good players, and that made all the difference
Positive:.
Altidore is playing brilliantly.
Poz - also great we need to get him on the ball more. That’s Bradley’s job.
Westburg - excellent debut...should hold his spot.
Negatives:
Defence...Bradley on the 3rd goal.. CB’s watching esp Ciman. Wingers playing to far forward - the really hurts us attacking the LB and RB postions.
We need to use the TAM money on the best CB we can get. It was a crisis last year that when Moor and Mavinga were injured and we didn’t respond. It’s the single most important move we can make. Wingers will have to wait.
Overall an excellent performance. Seattle finished completely gassed and knowing they had played a very good team. Btw...we win that game if they had played mid week.
A very, very, disappointing result after what was a half decent performance against one of the league’s top sides. We really only have ourselves to blame. We got a fabulous start with a great combination from Pozuelo and Altidore, only to cough up the lead by allowing Seattle the cheapest of equalizer. That just about sums us up right now. We look great going forward but are an absolute disaster defensively. Vanney really needs to sort that out pronto or we’re going nowhere. In fact you can’t just blame the defence as there is no support from midfield. Our right flank was also a mess the entire game and Seattle cut down that side like a knife through butter. I’ve been pushing for a replacement for Séba (which I still feel is more important than a winger. God forbid Jozy gets hurt and we have to go with Hamilton or Boyd) however I think a quality central defender might well be more urgent. What stings most of all today is Seattle scored all three goals without a decent challenge on Bruin or Roldan.
I fear MLSE have pulled a ball & cup trick on us this off season because whatever way you spin it we lost our best player and he hasn’t been replaced. Sure Pozuelo looks impressive but I he falls quiet for large stretches of the game and is incapable of dominating and changing a game the way Séba did. I see him more as a replacement for Vazquez which leaves us short on quality up top. I can see us making the playoffs this season, however any thoughts of a Supporters Sheild or MLS Cup is nothing but a dream unless that defence is fixed and we have reasonable quality in depth up top.
Vanney is also sending a message to Curtis and Manning, if they didn’t get it already. Can’t just rely on Morgan apart from CANCON requirements.
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