Rodney was gassed at 70min and I kept waiting for Lewis to come in. He just doesn't have the stamina to be effective all game but PV never learns to sub him for fresh fast legsWe were missing 6 starters (Mata, Chanot, White, Ring, Herrera, and Villa) so it's probably not a matter of our B team playing bad but rather being bad. With that many crucial people out this is entirely Maxi's team, and as soon as he got tired we became very poor.
RJ, Sweat, Shelton, TMac are what they are. Pirlo is a tiny fraction of the player he once was, and his free kick today was almost cruel, the way it reminded us of all that we had expected from him and didn't get. Rodney first touch is pretty atrocious too, but what saves him is his imagination for the last pass. But I would not consider him anything more than serviceable. I'm starting to wonder if Mata wasn't the main component in the successful partnership they had early in the season that made Rodney look so good.
No reason that anybody can see for Shelton being ahead of JLew. Sands very good on the ball, but losing physically against Colorado. BTW Colorado the most talentless team I have seen this season. RSL had at least 2 players (Savarino and the other DP) who had talent. Colorado maybe Gatt.
We are 50/50 to lose the 2nd place
I also don't think Villa did much tonight and watching the replay it may have been him that lost the ball to Badji who scored the equalizer.
Something says to me Lewis or Shelton won't want to stay around if there not playing consistentlyRodney was gassed at 70min and I kept waiting for Lewis to come in. He just doesn't have the stamina to be effective all game but PV never learns to sub him for fresh fast legs
Something says to me Lewis or Shelton won't want to stay around if there not playing consistently
Something says to me Lewis or Shelton won't want to stay around if there not playing consistentlyRodney was gassed at 70min and I kept waiting for Lewis to come in. He just doesn't have the stamina to be effective all game but PV never learns to sub him for fresh fast legs
I don't know But I'm saying young players not playing enough who have talent wont want to sit around and not play.Where is JLew going, Jason? What's the trade talk for him?
I think RJ was supposed to move up,meaning he should have been pressing the ball there. At a minimum, I don't see how you can be okay with him releasing the player to no one.I tried to figure out what happened and can't tell. It was one of those annoying times where the camera is focused on a player who just came in while something important is happening elsewhere. It's hard to tell how that play got started and I tried watching it develop 2 dozen times.
Also not sure why so many in the shoutbox blamed RJ for it. He seemed pretty far from the play. He did pull up after chasing it but I don't think he could have made a play had he kept going, and there were about 3 players closer than him.
To be even more annoyingly contrary, I'm not sure you can say this is a case where adding a defender and bunkering cost us the game. We fell apart like 3 seconds in after the sub. There was no bunker. Half of the back line was still in midfield saying who's the new guy.
Which also doesn't mean I love RJ or the subs overall.
No one here cares about Shelton. He's awful. Him off the team is addition by subtraction.Something says to me Lewis or Shelton won't want to stay around if there not playing consistently
Something says to me Lewis or Shelton won't want to stay around if there not playing consistently
I don't know But I'm saying young players not playing enough who have talent wont want to sit around and not play.
Of course Lewis is talented enough to start on a lot of MLS teams I think he should play a lot more then hopefully moved to a starter next yearI don't see where either would demand to leave. Lewis is 20 years old and the organization is clearly bringing him along carefully. I'm sure this is being communicated to him and he seems nothing but giddy in every post game interview he's done. Shelton is staying as long as we'll have him, no way he gets the same money any place else. Based on his play he's USL bound at best when his contracts up.
Once again Johnson was huge.1 point good for all the lack of offense. CR knocked on the door much more.
Dude, be me for a decade and then try to talk about this shit. I see it over and over and over. So fucking predictable. I just want to be surprised occasionally.Where have I seen this before this season? Up by 1 late after having missed some great chances to go up more and then a defensive change and the end that fucks up everything. 2-2 New England comes to mind.
Are we seeing different plays? I see him 20 yards away laterally from Badji when the play starts. How could he release him? Am I looking at the wrong player? Are you?I think RJ was supposed to move up,meaning he should have been pressing the ball there. At a minimum, I don't see how you can be okay with him releasing the player to no one.
Maybe. I thought he was near the receiver of the ball on the throw in. Maybe it was someone else.Are we seeing different plays? I see him 20 yards away laterally from Badji when the play starts. How could he release him? Am I looking at the wrong player? Are you?