Originally Posted by
jloome
That's not the only thing at all.
All of these already old players are a year older; when Pozuelo went down last season under Vanney we collapsed completely, went from first in the league to squeaking the odd win, and then lost in unceremonious style to Nashville in the playoffs.
We were shit for a good portion of last season, too. We were organized shit who were in every game, but we were still shit.
Yeah, the manager makes a big difference, I don't doubt it. But no one could win consistently with this dull turd of a lineup.
We have no defense. We're on pace for the worst GAA in league history and we're routinely starting a player we cut as not good enough six months ago.
As soon as we started the season without at least one, likely two, new center backs, the season was effectively over.
This is largely on the front office. Yeah, they also picked the wrong guy in Armas, but they could've hired Pineda and we'd still be losing most if not all of these games.
Comparing us to Atlanta is pointless; Atlanta's three wins all came since Josef Martinez' return and they are stronger than us in multiple positions. And they still sucked almost as badly as we do, they just have a consistent scorer, which is why they're eking out one-goal wins.
Seriously: ask yourself how much "authority" Pineda stamped on that game. We were terrible, they were equally fucking terrible. They scored on a deflected goal from our center half who doesn't know how to close a man down in the box.
No, this is largely a roster issue, first and foremost. Armas being an idiot is too easy an out for Manning and Curtis who have ridden 2017 into the dirt and the club's prospects with it.