Interesting to see he's a One-Piece fan. Not sure what "pailladin" means in French. Is it something you say when your sick?
Interesting to see he's a One-Piece fan. Not sure what "pailladin" means in French. Is it something you say when your sick?
Well, certainly a bit of that.
My biggest observation was we struggled to move the ball through midfield the second they closed down Bradley. Once Pozuelo and Delgado were inserted into the game that opened things up. Didn’t think the front three we started was necessarily bad. Mullins for example had a heck of a hard time getting the ball. Difficult for him to be criticized when he’s not getting any opportunity.
We need to start thinking about this more. Especially in advance of next year when Bradley will be gone (in all likelihood).
Sure, they don’t find the pockets the same way Benezet or Pozuelo do for example. But I think regardless of whether they drifted inside or stayed linear the same problems would have occurred. 1v1 Gallardo and Shaffelburg both have the ability to be effective. The team never found them in those types of positions unfortunately.
The issue was the ball movement through the midfield. Bradley was blanketed (not much he can do). Osorio was too advanced. DeLeon couldn’t weight a good pass to save his life and doesn’t see the field well. Further to that Morrow’s passing range is limited. Moor and Ciman’s passing was decent. Not as good as Mavinga / Gonzalez, but good enough to keep the team running.
The only way the ball was getting to more advanced positions was when Laryea started to drift forward or walk into midfield taking advantage of an unbalanced Montreal defence that put several players in behind Bradley who was smart enough to switch the play when the defence collapsed around him.
But all-and-all DeLeon and Osorio need to provide better outlets and get the ball forward to our attackers. Those were the two primary culprits in my opinion.
We'll cream them at BMO. Not worried at all.
Piatti, Krkic and Urruti all staying home for Montreal for their match vs. LA Galaxy this weekend.
Yup, they're pushing all their chips into this hand intent on winning the VC. I *really* hope TFC can win so the Impact will have no bright spots to focus on this year. Joey cheese must be getting desperate looking at his renewal numbers. Reminds me of what TFC used to do each year...