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#1443695 Is Vanzeir a bust?

Posted by ivo on 03 March 2024 - 10:06 AM

I do not understand the knocks on Vanzeir today. The ball he played to Manoel was fantastic and not the type of thing any forward we have had in years could do.  

Did you see the situation in the 47th minute?

Comparing favorably to Barlow and players who couldn't outplay Barlow is hardly a compliment.

I realize Vanzier is here to stay and will play a lot of minutes this season if healthy. He may still come through, perform well, and score a bunch of goals. I just think it's unlikely to happen based on some individual plays from last season and this one. I sure hope I'm wrong.


#1443434 Metro - Houston Game Thread

Posted by ivo on 29 February 2024 - 09:51 PM

 
Sean Nealis to LB maybe he's had a cultured left foot all along and we just never believed in him enough to use it

😄😄

Remember the game where Amro Tarek played as LB? He had one cross that was better than anything even John Tolkin's ever done. Never to be repeated again.  




#1443358 Metro - Houston Game Thread

Posted by ivo on 27 February 2024 - 03:49 PM

Ive seen this a lot but not sure why people are penciling Harper as a starting right back. Hes 3rd there for me. Also Dylan was good against Nashville are no reason not to start him again

 

Defense wasn't exactly tested much by Nashville, a wingback couldn't be bad defensively in that game if he tried. And Dylan didn't create much going forward - Harper would be a much bigger threat. 

 

I've reluctantly accepted DNealis on the roster as CB4 and WB3 on both wings, but I draw the line at him being promoted in the pecking order based on one match against toothless opposition. :)




#1443313 Dennis Gjengaar signed

Posted by ivo on 26 February 2024 - 06:27 PM

Good points all around. On Gjengaar, I am a bit more down than Eile. While admittedly only watching highlights, Eile managed to start for a team in Sweden, which it top 4 in fewest goal allowed. That at least gave some hope. Gjengaar had two goals and two assists last year in 29 games as attacking midfielder in weaker Norway League for a bottom half team. At best he is probably depth or just complete work in progress. I certainly want to see him asap to evaluate, but I doubt the cavalry is on the way. 

That's 2023 Luquinhas-level numbers


#1443213 Metro - Nashville Game Thread

Posted by ivo on 26 February 2024 - 07:32 AM

Red card or not on Davis?

I say clear Red
Dont know what the heck the commentator was talking about eye on the ball soccer move what?


Also Duncan was solid


[Yellow card] Reckless is when a player acts with disregard to the danger to, or consequences for, an opponent and must be cautioned

[Red Card] Using excessive force is when a player exceeds the necessary use of force and endangers the safety of an opponent and must be sent off

For me it was reckless, so yellow was fine.


#1442527 Do we have a forward?

Posted by ivo on 14 February 2024 - 02:51 PM

Have you seen Przyzblko the last two years?


I haven't much but 50 games/2,500 minutes/9 goals/3 assists tells me all I need to know. That's just surface box score, sure, but when it's only marginally better than Barlow (70/3,100/9/2), I have seen enough. Pass.


#1442459 Do we have a forward?

Posted by ivo on 11 February 2024 - 07:43 PM

Based on yesterdays match Dante & Manoel are still going to miss too many of them, but they should score more than last season.

"more than last season" is a very low bar and should be a given. They had 8 goals combined (Manoel 6, Vanzeir 2).


#1442456 Jamiro Monteiro to RBNY?

Posted by ivo on 11 February 2024 - 03:22 PM

we have a CB3

We didn't at the time, Eile was signed a few weeks after my post.


#1442362 Random Player Name Thread 2024

Posted by ivo on 09 February 2024 - 10:00 PM

Love how we've signed 1 proper DP in 10 years and people are "okay, maybe I'll take a superstar world class forward." LOL come on. These guys aren't coming here. 




#1442313 The 2023-24 Offseason Thread

Posted by ivo on 09 February 2024 - 12:48 AM

Thing is we werent actually that bad last year. Lessene was at a 1.5 points per game but Struber had dug a big hole. 1.5 for an entire season is 51 points and that was done starting ndam at times and with a ton of injuries in the attack. Forsberg Morgan back vanzeir with a full preseason Edelman a year older more established eile has to be an upgrade over ndam Tolkin back. We can be in the conversation for 1.7ish ppg and thats pushing you into to that top 3-4 conversation

Add a DP9 and we're in contention for another Shield




#1442059 Son of Angel linked

Posted by ivo on 01 February 2024 - 10:32 PM

Feels definitely underutilized

Based on the success rate... overutilized? 🤔


#1441892 The 2023-24 Offseason Thread

Posted by ivo on 27 January 2024 - 07:08 PM

Think of it from the coach POV. You're coming to a new country to coach a team you're not familiar with. The team underperformed by all counts last season, but the last thing you want is to blow up the entire team in the span of a few weeks.

So what do you do? Work with the front office to identify a few areas you need key signings. Bring in a star midfielder. Bring in a key depth piece in the back. Offload some deadweight.  Now you have the off-season to see which guys can hack it and which ones can't.

Count me in the "wait and see" camp. We've improved our squad already - let's see what the coach can cook up before we brand this off-season a failure.

Totally makes sense - until you get to the forward line, which was a nightmare last season,  and you've lost 2 of the 5 guys on it , with a third still not fit to pay (not that any of the three were any good in 2023). Do you think a coach is saying,  "no, I don't need a DP9, let me cook with Vanzeir and Manoel to see what we have here"?
Come on.


#1441707 The 2023-24 Offseason Thread

Posted by ivo on 22 January 2024 - 04:18 PM

Technically, Vanzier should be raking up Barlows starting minutes.

I hope he steps up to fill Big Tom Barlow's big boots.




#1441543 Sandro Schwarz in

Posted by ivo on 18 January 2024 - 12:33 PM

I like it...

https://twitter.com/...0123149774?s=19

The RB PR: "just say 'culture' a lot, people will love it. And don't mention energy drinks, they sure don't like that" 😄

Good luck to him. Hope our best players stay fit and perform, and another DP comes in.


#1441542 Random Player Name Thread 2024

Posted by ivo on 18 January 2024 - 12:25 PM

I'd guess that the attendance change would he measured in dozens (Giroud) or hundreds (Benzema), not thousands. Would love to see either at RBA and be proven wrong, but  neither is getting signed, so we'll never know.