Quote Originally Posted by jloome View Post
I actually think MB has been better his season than the last two. He’s had a couple of games where his energy and pace have flagged badly by the 65th minute but for the most part he’s held his end up well.

His passing is not what it used to be, though. He’s really leaving his long efforts short this year, although his number eight-style shuttling, short link-up stuff has been really good, generally. His tackling has improved substantially although he’s still been slipped with embarrassing ease a couple of times (that Justin Meram goal being a prime example).
Still a big MB fan, one glaring thing i did notice on Saturday night. Seattle's forwards were ruthless on tracking back on him and at least three times snuck up from behind and won the ball back. It didn't appear anyone was hollering to him, telling him he was under pressure.

The other reality we need to deal with is that this is a significantly different team than last year and we have not gelled with familiarity as a team. Lets face it, this is a rebuild and not saying we cannot go on a solid run, we just need to temper it a little.