I'm firmly in the RW must stay camp because of this week's episode of Post Game Quotes, with Robert Warzycha. The sentence in bold is so poetically poignant. It's as if Wallace Stevens were a soccer manager. I think whatever you want to say. Let be be finale of seem. The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.
You know, it's not as though RW has a history of benching superstar DP's from Argentina in pivotal . . . Oh, wait. Nevermind.
I think whatever you want to say. USA had a tremendous astronaut in Neil Armstrong. He walked on the moon. Obviously that giant step was something that he saw and he tried to do.
Come on Duka, your ankle is not that bad get out there. Balchan and Speas hernia's don't need time to heal. Concussion Chad, who cares, you won't in a while. Where your guys when our injury list was a mile long with your wonderfully super smarty advice? Playing injured players is good smart coaching. Now the real question was not why not start Vukovic? Williams is good as a CB and provides a good option on set pieces so play him there. Vukovic is better at crossing and distance shots. We need that with all our midfielders pinched in all the time. Anybody know what Vukovic has done to piss off the staff?
I think you are going for sarcasm in that statement, right? If not...what the heck are you talking about
I think whatever you want to say. The Emperor had a tremendous Sith Lord in Darth Vader. He was supposed to bring balance to the Force. Obviously leaving it in darkness was something that he saw and he tried to do.
C'mon, everybody knows the Emperor blew it with his gameplan... There he was playing away from home at Forest Moon Endor for the League Championship with the superior side and his strategy revolves around maintaining the bunker?!?!!? Who does that? On the flipside, you have General Solo with a weaker team and dealing with his star player, Skywalker, taking himself out of the game early. But instead of going into a bunker strategy of his own and looking for the draw that may save them from complete relegation, Solo clogs the midfield with Ewoks and looks to score through his 7'3" target forward Chewbacca and a bit of mis-direction. Solo's ability to properly use the players he had combined with his ability to adjust his strategy in answer to the Emperor's tactics allowed his side to capture the full three points that day. As a result, the Rebel team not only avoided relegation but shot to the top of the table where they would stay for quite some time (despite the Empire's attempts to reclaim the crown in the seasons that followed).
It is sarcasm. Why you want to fire the coach for sitting an injured player? There are plenty of other reasons to want to fire him but not that one.
I think whatever you want to say. You had a tremendous saying that I previously thought. I can read your mind and twice as fast as you. Obviously what you said is what I thought and tried to do.
I actually agree with not starting him. Here's my big mclargehuge mother effin' beef with him... He says that he knew Higs was good for a bout 15 mins. So where the hell was he in the 75th minute? You take the Andy injury out, and RW in essence subbed him in around the 83rd minute. Pathetic. He's a big joke. There is no more tactically ignorant coach in the MLS. The talent is keeping us in the playoff race, but sadly, it could very well not be enough. Vuko is in the doghouse. A few of us have been saying it for a while. RW has hated his guts since the road match against Montreal with Vuk's gaffe. Bottom line is though that he is a much better left back than Williams is a converted LB. There is no reason Vuko should not be playing. RW had a chance to win big with a 6-swing on NY and keep us in the running for a 1, 2 or 3 spot. We're now only gonna be hoping for 4 or 5. I think a first round bye is out of the question because RW has no ounce of a clue what he's doing.
I'll take the counter on this. I probably wouldn't have played him at all. Sure, at the point he was subbed in, we were only down 2-1, but in my mind, the risk outweighed the reward. At this point, the goal is making the playoffs (unfortunately, the bar is THAT low). I still have questions about when and how FH33 got hurt, but regardless I don't think I would have even dressed him. If a person is only available for 15, minutes, then why bother bringing him? And to CrewvMan's point, RW does have a history of playing guys who get immediately reinjured. Duka, O'Rourke, most notably off the top of my head.
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. I think there is a case to be made for "rehab" minutes, but those are generally to allow a guy to get back into game fitness. However, each injury is a unique situation. In this case, I'm not sure that the risk of FH33 reinjuring himself is worth the reward of salvaging a point in a game that you've already mangled from a tactical standpoint.
Nope, not being sarcastic. Anything can happen in a game and the bench should be used to cover any/every eventuality possible. Unless there is no other players in the squad available I don't see why one slot should be taken up by someone who can only do 15 mins. If a player is not fully fit he should not be on the bench.
I don't disagree with you, outside of the point that Higs is a game changer. That was why he was included in the 18, so that if it was needed, you could bring him in and he could make the difference. If it were any other player on this roster, I'm with you on that debate. But Higs is the exception IMO
We are also paying him a lot of money, and if there is a risk of further injury trying to get 1 point away to NYRB is not a risk worth taking. In the grand scheme of this season, a loss away to NYRB is not exactly a huge deal. We are not at the win at all costs...yet.
Until October and we needed that 1 point to overtake DC or Montreal. I am a Crew Optimist and a RW pessimist, it is tough to overcome the opposing team...and our own coach.
Opponents of the Crew love the smell of September in the match day morning 9/4/2010 @ DC WIN +1 1-0 9/11/2010 @ LA LOSS -2 1-3 9/18/2010 v SEA LOSS -4 0-4 9/25/2010 @ NE DRAW 0 2-2 9/10/2011 v TFC LOSS -2 2-4 9/14/2011 v HOU DRAW 0 2-2 9/17/2011 @ PHI LOSS -1 0-1 9/24/2011 v LA LOSS -1 0-1 9/28/2011 @ SKC LOSS -1 1-2 9/1/2012 v MON WIN +1 2-1 9/5/2012 @ NE LOSS -2 0-2 9/15/2012 @ NY LOSS -2 1-3 2-8-2 -13GD 12-25 FIRE WARZYCHA!