Post-match: Crew @ Earthquakes

Gonzalez drops that little twat Wondolowski like a bag of hammers. Wondo was going apeshit at the ref. Put on your Big Boy pants you sissy.

 

I thought the Crew dominated large portions of play over the final 30 minutes.

Wish we would have brought on Meram and Bedell (or Jairo) earlier. Meram is dangerous whenever he has the ball near the other team's box.

 

I'll take a point on the road.

 

Hopefully there isn't any additional discipline for Gonzalez after the altercation with Wando. Most disturbing part of the game with all of the half naked fat guys in the supporters section for SJ you'd think you were watching the NFL.

 

Finishing. From what I watched over the last 4 weeks, it's still the MLS Achilles heel.

 

Probably a fair result.

 

A good point on the road and could have been three had the crossbar been a bit kinder. Francis' ball back to Higuan on the goal was tremendous as was the finish. Meram continues to be a spark with Trapp and Parkhurst being pure class. Onto the next one.

I'll be interested to see how/if the MLS discipline folks come out on the Gonzalez-Wondo mess. What a dirty play the hit on Wondo was then to follow it up with an awful flop. The sooner we get that trash out of our game the better. It's happening too often in almost every game I watch. Hopefully the league cracking down will begin to curb this stuff.

 

I'll take it - certainly an improvement over last week.

 

I'll take the point.

Time for the Oduro as a starter thing to end. He hasn't done a thing to justify his role this season and Jario has looked much more dangerous when he gets on the field.

 

I'll take the point, although I hope 3G has the team work on marking corner kicks this week. Not sure what to make of Wondo/Gonzo, except I'm sorry that Gonzalez folded like a deck chair.

It's great that Parkhurst got some minutes outside, and all. But Wahl doesn't exactly create the lock down confidence in the middle. A game winner for either team wouldn't have been a big surprise.

 

A point on the road - acceptable. Still in first place. I see the Bedell-Lurch factor has now been recognized by 3G.

 

Gonzalez cheapened the shirt with a flop that would have embarrassed Sergio Busquets. I hope he get s a fine for that nonsense, and a talking to from Berhalter.

Oduro's poor form is disconcerting.

Good away point.

 

Strikers are streaky, most of the time. I'm not too worried about Dom. But I would like to see him come off the bench next time.

 

I'll take a point on the road, but I'm a little disappointed the Crew weren't able to put a bad team like that away.

The Crew have a bad habit of coming out slow in the first or second half. They need to work on that first 15 intensity.

 

I am not worried about Oduro. The goals will come he hit the bar on a splendid shot. I am a bit worried taht we still are trying to get our fbs forward to just cross the ball in the air. This game was better because they seemed to cut inside more and not just one time it into the box (Josh Williams seems like that is his only instinct). That might work with Bedell, but Oduro needs the through ball as service not the high cross. I do like this offense a whole lot more than anything we have seen in the last few years though. I can't believe I am going to say it but I see improvement in Tchani's game. He still makes the occasional bone headed give away, but he has gotten better. If you had offered me 10 points out of 15 at the beginning of the season I would have taken it without question.

 

It's too early to get really worried. But at the moment his performances are not quite good enough.

Incidentally, I thought I saw you (or someone who looks very much like your avatar) on the big screen during the home match against Philly. I was sitting in 103, it looked like you were in the Nordecke...

 

Crewster point standings thru this week's games


EAST
Columbus 4
Toronto 3
New England 1
Kansas City -1
Chicago -1
Philadelphia -2
New York -2
Houston -3
DC -5
Montreal -6
WEST
Salt Lake 4
Seattle 4
Colorado 4
Dallas 1
Los Angeles 1
Vancouver -1
Chivas -3
San Jose -7
Portland -8

 

Gonzo was an embarrassment at the end of the match. A dirty play off the ball and then a flop.

Worst part?

Had the referee seen the play, Gonzalez would've been sent off (he was already on a yellow) and San Jose, who innocently had the ball out wide with no real threat, would've been handed a free kick 19 yards away from goal in the 90th minute. Dumb, dumb, dumb dumb dumb play. I doubt he'll get suspended, but will likely be fined. I'd be shocked if Wondo was fined.

 

I thought Higuain had his best match since the opener. His passes mostly found their targets and he darted around the field with a lot of energy. Agree Giancarlo is probably looking at a fine. DC has won a couple in a row so next week is another 6 pointer.

 

Yes we will take one point on the road. SJ is a better team than I expected. I thought offensively we showed some improvement, better/less crosses. Higuain had a great match controlling the middle. Clark saved us a number of times, deserved the MOTM.

Maybe Bedell should get a start in the middle up front? We need a physical striker to match up with the bruising defenders that every opponent in MLS seems to have. Oduro needs to be out on the wing using his speed.

Meram should be in the starting lineup. When he entered the match we perked up on offense.

Gonzales needs to reprimanded by GB, totally unacceptable behavior.

 

The foul was bad enough, but the flop was laughable. That was a true embarrassment to the game.

 

I think I was on the screen for a second or two--but I was up in 124 with Mrs KG.