I look at it this way. It's better for Preki to fool around with the line up and see how our newbies look against pretty much the starting 11 for NYRB in a pre season match then against them in a regular season match-up. Did we get spanked...yeah...but the last time I checked every club in the MLS was at 0-0-0 pts. 0.
I'm no Polly Anna Sunshine but you do have to take away from something like this is that Preki is looking to see not what gaps need to be filled but who will fill them and how this club works together. I'm sure he was pleased with the FCD match and saw alot to be happy about. The NYRB match was to see, 'what would happen if....'
It's best to expose these problems early before the season starts rather than come to terms with them in the middle of July.
Just saying.