Never liked the idea of trading Ricketts. I respect all that Saunders has done for the G's, but I always thought there was a drop off in quality from Ricketts to Saunders.
Again, a keeper is highly dependent upon the defense in front of him and whoever is behind the current G's defense will struggle...
Yup.
Defense in shambles.
Zero creativity in the attacking third.
No leadership.
No heart (as Cat pointed out).
The game plan looks stale and when it doesn't work out, the team automatically resorts to the default "hopeful long ball."
There is almost no desire to counter attack or switch the point of attack in transition.
Shit is real ugly right now...
I didn't like Ricketts leaving but I understood the business necessity of it. Were we in a league that didn't have a have a salary cap or rules regarding fx players or any of the other b.s. that euro leagues don't have to deal with, I'm sure we'd have kept them all.
That being said, we have what we have...
As far as defensive woes, I think they are pretty much solved as far as the backline goes. (POST RANT EDIT: There have been some shitty goals allowed by the defense, but they have looked much better than they did in week 1 is all I'm saying...) The break downs we've had over the last few game have all come from the midfield. OUR MIDFIELD SUCKS!!!!! They aren't dropping back to defend in time, they aren't creating any offense, and they aren't playing with any heart.
Maybe this is why Bex shouldn't ever stick around after winning his championships...
But no, fuck that nonesense! I blame LANDON!!! Landon needs to be the leader on this side. He was the one that gave the PK to Robbie. He is the one that I've not heard a peep from during this funk. Where is the Captain? I know we are all in love and up the guy's butt, but LD is a million dollar non perferformer on our roster as well.