LA Galaxy v New England Revolution [R] March 31
#136
Posted 02 April 2012 - 03:08 PM
#137
Posted 02 April 2012 - 03:28 PM
No, but I don't think the guys in the back line have as much confidence in Saunders as they did Ricketts. It's just an observation. Yes, I understand a goalkeeper is only as good as the defense in front of him, but I think Saunders has been a back up all these years for a reason.I don't know about the Ricketts trade, did you see his display against NYRB? Stellar...
Watch the highlights. Watch the first goal. You'll see Cardozo jog, yes, jog half assed at the Revs player who sent in the cross. No pressure. It was like a training session for the Revs player to lift his head and measure a perfect ball. Our backline could be the best ever and we will get beat every week with no pressure on the ball. Dunivant was smoking something as well but you can't let the other team size up a perfect ball and play it in uncontested.
Also, how many times did you see the Revs running freely through our midfield at our defense? Nobody in the middle was tracking back at all. I saw Juninho watch guys run by him into the box without tracking back.
Look at it this way. Omar cleaned up a lot of crap last year. Either he's a top notch organizer and the other teams didn't have as many chances or we were somewhat blinded by his ability to clean up a lot of messes.
Although subtle, I'm pretty sure I pointed out that the midfield was non-existent. Sarvas and Cardozo do not belong at either of the wide midfield positions. They are both attacking central midfielders by trade. Add in the already defensively liable Beckham and the badly out of form Juninho and it's a walk in the park through the midfield.
Omar cleaned up a lot of crap and organized the back line. That's clearly obvious, but the midfield last season was more dedicated to defending as a unit. It's just not happening this year for some reason.
Bruce needs to shake things up, change the formation and alter the approach. A player like Dema would really come in handy right now...
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#138
Posted 02 April 2012 - 10:33 PM
That's 'cause Sarvas and His Nibs were apparently yelling the harsh words at each other.There is no one issue here. There is a multitude of issues that has lead up to this disaster.
Off season loans are a contributing factor. That's obvious.
Rolling the dice on the hope that the combination of Boyens-Meyer-Leonardo would somehow equal Omar has proven to be an epic fail.
Trading Ricketts was not a good move.
I've said the once and I'll say it again... AJ is a good central defender. He is not a great one and he is trying to do too much out there. The guy has obvious limitations, but he is just doing what is being asked of him by the coach.
Having Sarvas, Beckham, and Cardozo in the midfield together was probably the stupidest thing I've seen Bruce try. It shouldn't be a surprise why New England was able to waltz through the midfield without so much as harsh word being yelled at them.
That seems like possibly a Bruceism. 2011:2012::2002:2006? We can hope it doesn't shake out like that.The roster has changed, but the approach and tactics have not.
Unless it does.It's going to get worse before it gets better.
Yep; a good keeper, or even a great one, is going to look distinctly less awesome if there's a train wreck in front of him.I don't know about the Ricketts trade, did you see his display against NYRB? Stellar...
As for said train wreck, Bruce did an absolutely masterful job down the stretch last fall. However, I don't know what he's been up to since then, but masterful it isn't. Luckily, it's a nice, looooooonnnng season, and he has time to figure it out. Granted, a coach can come up with a brilliant plan and it'll come to nothing if the players don't execute. But Saturday looked like he was just flailing.
Any word on when our real Captain will be back? Surely that'll help some.
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#139
Posted 02 April 2012 - 11:10 PM
Joe Cannon comes to mind.Yep; a good keeper, or even a great one, is going to look distinctly less awesome if there's a train wreck in front of him.
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#140
Posted 03 April 2012 - 12:53 AM
Wonder what's up.
#141
Posted 03 April 2012 - 01:07 AM
Let's Eat!
#142
Posted 03 April 2012 - 04:17 PM
It looked to me like the team was more dangerous attacking and that less pressure was on the backs/Saunders in the second half. Bruce's changes were positive ones.
Well, he said that the midfield needed to change. He wanted to sub all 11, but given 2, he chose Beckham and Sarvas. Why do you think they were subbed?
Nobody said it's all on the midfield. Replacing Omar with Boyens obviosly damages the backline significantly, that is a given. Given that, the backline will continue to fail until the midfield plays to help it, not expose it. I'd love a better centerback, so would Bruce. Your solution requires yet another new face to this team that will somehow play so well that the midfield can continue to play like Omar is there. Who is this mysterious CB that will do the same job as the MLS Defender of the Year?
Your solution is no solution. Again, what magical CB is going to step in and be Omar?
I'm not worried about the name on the jersey. Whoever is capable of playing the way the team needs them too is who needs to be in there. I'm not sure Beckham is able/willing at this point. Bruce took his band and benched him. For the G's sake I hope he can still contribute. That goes for everyone on the team, like Keane said.
you got me there... i'd really like for the system to stay the same but it's pretty obvious that it can't
really would like to see a personnel move ...but if not...why not try boyens/myers in the middle with AJ out wide.... can someone lead from a Dback position?
would this work?
keane/buddle
landon/becks/junhino/franklin
dunivant/meyer/boyens/AJ
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although like loney mentioned...what happened to our left back? where'd he go?
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where's catamount in all this?
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lobo's right...dema could help...
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sigh
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#143
Posted 03 April 2012 - 05:11 PM
Maybe Dunivant didn't like Becks' new commercialBeckham grabbed Dunivant by the sleeve walking into the tunnel vs. DC United. Beckham was yelling at him and Dunivant yelled back. Donovan got in between them as they walked into the tunnel.
Wonder what's up.
#144
Posted 03 April 2012 - 07:18 PM
One the one hand, in the middle you have a newbie paired up with a, um, is Boyens a has-been or a never-was? On the other hand, the last lineup we sent out there got worked over by the Revs; how much worse can it get (and why do I have the feeling we'll find out in the next few weeks)?would this work?
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dunivant/meyer/boyens/AJ
Well, the common element between this and Saturday's kerfuffle is Everyone Knows Who, who is also no longer the back-up captain. I'm gonna go with "the guys are sick of his shit, which he thinks smells like lilacs". Or is that projection?Beckham grabbed Dunivant by the sleeve walking into the tunnel vs. DC United. Beckham was yelling at him and Dunivant yelled back. Donovan got in between them as they walked into the tunnel.
Wonder what's up.
Also, any word on when Donovan might be able to play again? Any word at all?
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#145
Posted 03 April 2012 - 07:39 PM
Let's Eat!
#146
Posted 03 April 2012 - 09:01 PM
Yeah, where's Catamount?where's catamount in all this?
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#147
Posted 03 April 2012 - 10:25 PM
would this work?
keane/buddle
landon/becks/junhino/franklin
dunivant/meyer/boyens/AJ
No because bex is at best a 60 minute player. He should be used at the end of games at this point.
landon/junhino/savaras/franklin might be better...
our outside mids would track back and forth more which IMHO has been the real reason we suck...
I'd also like to see bruce start using buddle the way sigi has used johnson up in seattle...maybe mcgee keane or landon keane might have a better effect on our offense... maybe chad needs to see the minutes he earned by kicking some ass last season...
#148
Posted 03 April 2012 - 11:41 PM
No because bex is at best a 60 minute player. He should be used at the end of games at this point.
landon/junhino/savaras/franklin might be better...
our outside mids would track back and forth more which IMHO has been the real reason we suck...
I'd also like to see bruce start using buddle the way sigi has used johnson up in seattle...maybe mcgee keane or landon keane might have a better effect on our offense... maybe chad needs to see the minutes he earned by kicking some ass last season...
we'll probably see that during the olympics... might work....
anyway as this thread comes to a close here's a nice fired up keane...
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#149
Posted 04 April 2012 - 01:28 AM
we'll probably see that during the olympics... might work....
and that my friends is what this team was built for...the summer break
look we are going to be missing bex, keane, (insert potential US team members here) this summer, heck if Ricketts was here, we'd been missing him too and on his salary and the one saunders earned there was no way bruce could have kept a championship caliber team together during the dog days of summer. our hope is this, we aren't super packed like last season with games on the front end. Bruce needs to buy time and ties to keep the boys spirits high, keep buddle loosing weight, and gel a backline together. simple right?
well it all starts this weekend...
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#150
Posted 04 April 2012 - 11:02 AM
30th Anniversary. There is one person more important than LARS...you got me there... i'd really like for the system to stay the same but it's pretty obvious that it can't
really would like to see a personnel move ...but if not...why not try boyens/myers in the middle with AJ out wide.... can someone lead from a Dback position?
would this work?
keane/buddle
landon/becks/junhino/franklin
dunivant/meyer/boyens/AJ
...
although like loney mentioned...what happened to our left back? where'd he go?
...
where's catamount in all this?
...
lobo's right...dema could help...
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sigh
Not a tactical problem. Not a personnel problem. Chemistry problem me thinks. Looks like Bruce won't let Beckham and Sarvas carry their angst onto the field...I hope. This isn't Sarvas' or Beckham's team...I double hope. LD needs to step up...I triple hope. More thoughts later.
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