Originally Posted by
OgtheDim
All this attacking umph we are adding won't mean that much if our defence barely improves from last season.
If we only get 1 more CD, we are going to be relying upon the drafted kids + Hagglund at some point this season. That's not good enough.
I'd rather see us get the one signing everybody is talking about and either an MLS CD with some experience or an MLS DM who wants to be just a DM.
It seemed to me that last season we went into the season really relying upon Henry and Orr to work with Caldwell. That didn't work so well.
This season, we seem to be relying upon the probable new guy and Hagglund. That's still not good enough, especially if Caldwell gets injured again or slows down even more.
If we don't fix our defence, all this offensive firepower means nothing.
And don't get me started on how nobody but Bradley knows how to play central defensive midfield on this team - all the rest of the midfielders want to run forward like DeRo in his prime. Warner, Creavalle (I suspect Delgado too) - all of them prefer bombing forward. Osorio doesnt track back consistently enough and Bekker ball watches expecting the CD's to do the work.
I love what has happened so far. And the draft gives us potential for a few years from now.
But we are a LOOOONG way away from being a solid defensive team.
The goal this year is playoffs - this team, even with the expected changes, isn't good enough to get far in the playoffs - our defence just isn't that good.