What a difference in ball movement from our end to the opposing… we can move quick and then we can slow it down, we can go wide or now can even threaten in the middle. Such entertaining football…. The diff to me opposed to 2017 is the bench. Back then guys like Cheyrou (always a fan) and others could step in and we didn't miss a beat. But we will see … was a lot of fun. We score three and I want four, then I want five.
I guess the other note of caution is that its easy to look comfortable when you are up 2-0 after 10 minutes, and both those goals were pretty fluky (not too sure how many assists Fede has had sitting on his can like that!)
Last edited by ensco; 07-24-2022 at 11:36 AM.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
For anyone who attended the game, did the players do the viking clap and bang the drum in front of the south stands after the game?
My take on the first half of the season has been that we've been asking young players to play at a pace that they aren't ready for. The fast passing, fast pressing, quick counter attacking style Bob Bradley's been asking for has led to giveaways which have often left us vulnerable way too often. In the first half last night, in our front six we had four Bob Bradley signings ... Jimenez, Insigne, Bernadeschi and Kaye. The other two being Osorio and his son. All six of them are much more capable of playing at Bob's desired speed. There were way fewer giveaways which made our back four look much better. As for Michael, not only do I think he was man of the match, I think he's in serious contention for MLS Player of the Week with that performance last night.
One minor point:
Bradley won the toss - the team chose to play towards the south in the first half.
They KNEW the fans would help suck the ball into that end with the energy.
Mmmm...
BBradley leaning on Allegri?
A pagebook of a Juventini playbook?
Bono for Szczesny,
Criscito for Sandro,
MacNaughton for Bonucci,
O'Neill/Henry for Gatti,
Thompson for Cuadrado
Osorio for Pogba,
Bradley for Locatelli,
Kaye for McKennie,
Insigne for Pjaca,
Jimenez for Vlahovic,
and
Bernardeschi for Di Maria
?
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