I'm not sure the subs injected life as much as NYC sat back & let their cruddy defence get exposed.
Bob definitely has a blind spot for Michael. This confirms it to me. He blames Pozuelo for Michael's giveaway that led to a NYCFC goal. I understand wanting to protect your player from criticism, but putting blame onto another player is an odd way to go about it.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/GlennCrooks/status/1518614642146390016?s=20&t=j5e1EuY_DpKfvERK6zersw
"Ali gave him the ball in a tight spot" wtf? Freeze frame that clip from the moment he touches it (33 seconds in is one spot), there's about 3-5 yards between him and the opposition player in front of him, meanwhile he has two open passes behind him to the left and in front of him to the left. It's hard to imagine a less tight spot it'd be realistic for a central mid fielder to receive a pass in. That is a frankly ridiculous statement for a manager to make. He doesn't have to publicly hang him out to dry but don't try to shift blame to another player who is 100% not to blame or make excuses, just say nothing.
EDIT - This is Bobs defintiion of Pozuelo giving Bradley a pass in a tight area
Last edited by JoesphNdo; 04-25-2022 at 11:54 AM.
We only really have 1 FB - Chung.
Petrasso could be one but BB seems to want to somehow make Shaff that sooo.....
I would switch Shaff and Petrasso. Neither is perfect defensively but Petrasso still seems to be able to open up passing lanes when pinned deep while Shaff is more likely to go route 1 just to relive pressure.
Shaff is super on the overlap and in the attacking 3rd.
That said, my perhaps dank assessment is neither should be playing directly behind LA at fullback and we should test the market
With Insigne coming, all attention is needed to go on fortifying the defense and the midfield.
In this exact order.
Anyhing else would be a terrible waste of resources.
IMO since it's existence, TFC never had a good enough defense excepting 2015-2017.