Grade our players. The scale is 1-10, worst to best. I'll average things in a few days. Perkins Namoff Boswell Wilson Gros Simms Carroll Gomez Kovalenko Moreno Adu Walker Olsen Prideaux
Perkins - 6.5 Great positioning and decisionmaking, so-so distribution. So, kind of like Rimando with lifts. Namoff - 5.0 Good defending, sh!tty giveaways. I want the old Brian back. Boswell - 7.0 Defense tightened up after about 10 minutes. Besides that, I don't know what else he really could have done to prove that he belongs on the field. Wilson - 5.0 Decent defending, decent attacking, sh!tty passing and decisionmaking. Show me more John. We have depth now. Gros - 6.0 A typical Gros game--hard worked, hard played, hard tackled. A little luck and he'd pad his goal sheet a bit. Simms - 6.5 Constantly in possession. Thought he had a solid game--I trust him out there now consistently. Carroll - 7.0 Bruce needs to call up more United players if it makes them play this good. Gomez - 7.0 What a foot. For Gomez do I absolve Hudson of most of his crimes. Kovalenko - 5.5 Wasn't much in the mix tonight, but no major screw-ups. Moreno - 5.5 Hard to tell after he got hurt, but made a few good plays before that. Adu - 7.0 Here's hoping those flashes of brilliance turn into a steady light. Walker - 7.0 Rocked the house. Am I the only one who's really digging on this guy? Olsen - 6.5 Got it done. Class act all the way. Prideaux - NR Not a great deal of time, did his job well. Still, needs to delete the word "offense" out of his vocabulary.
Perkins- 6.5 A little tentative at first then played very well. Namoff- 5.5 Worse than normal but did nothing damaging. Boswell- 6.5 Bozilla! Wilson- 5.5 No PK there and otherwise did good esp. in covering in the first half Gros- 6 Quiet but effective. Simms- 7 SOLID Carroll- 6.5 SOLID, PART 2 Gomez- 7.5 Beaut of a goal. Also the assist for Fred's goal was almost as spectacular as Fred's goal. Kovalenko- 6 Quiet. Moreno- 6 Adu- 7.5 Spectacular after a quiet first half Walker- 7 Supersub Olsen- 6.5 Prideaux- 6
Perkins 6 - Solid. Namoff 5 - I am liking him in midfield. *Boswell 7 (Bozilla): "Thamlin19... I'm coming to get YOU!" *Wilson 5 : "It's like someone invites you to a party and you don't show up. It doesn't really matter." Gros 6 - he is working real hard on the right side..his crosses are starting to hit his targets! Simms 6 - 1st half passes were kinda of scary. Carroll 6 - Working hard for the money...so hard for..((eek)). *Gomez 7 : "I want, what they want, and every other guy who came over here and spilt his guts and gave everything he had, wants! For our Fans to love us as much as we love Them! That's what I want!" *Kovalenko 5 : "Pressure? Let me just say that DEMA is the best combat vet I've ever seen. A pure fighting machine with only a desire - to win a war that someone else lost. And if winning means he has to die - he'll die. No fear, no regrets. And one more thing, what you choose to call hell, he calls home." *Moreno 6 : "Mission... accomplished. You know there's more goals out there and you know where they are. Find'em. Or I'll find you." *Adu 8 : "Wolf den this lone wolf, over." *Walker 7 : "Prepare for emergency landing, arriving with D.C. assists." *Olsen 6 : "Olsen, this is Murdock, we're glad you're alive. Where are ya? Give us your position and we'll come to pick you up!" Prideaux 5 - Came in and gave us an extra "D" to keep their forwards mute. * Are all Rambo II edited quotes for your pleasure.. Murdock: "And if I were you... I'd never make the mistake of bringing this subject up again." Trautman: "Oh you're the one who's making the mistake." Murdock: "Yeah? What mistake?" Trautman:........... "~Worm~"
Fred's goal was pretty much unassisted. Are you referring to his assist on Bowsell's header goal off of Gomez's free kick?
Perkins - 5. He was REALLY shaky until about the 30th minute or so. Namoff - 5.5. Pretty much average Boswell - 6. So that's 3 goals for and 3 goals against. Wilson - 6. That PK call was utter crap. Gros - 6.5. Does he ever get tired? Simms - 6. Solid. Carroll - 6.5. Showed everyone why Bruce called him into camp. Gomez - 7. I think that ball might've gone in without Boswell's help. Kovalenko - 5.5. Not a great game, but not a bad one either. Moreno - 6.5. The league is probably going to screw him over again. He deserves MVP. Adu - 7.5. That was one of the most incredible goals I've ever seen. Walker - 7. Olsen - 6. Prideaux - 6.
Perkins- 5 Namoff- 5.5 Boswell- 6 Wilson- 5.5 Gros- 6 Simms- 6.5 Carroll- 6.5 Gomez- 6.5 Kovalenko- 5.5 Moreno- 5 Adu- 7.5 Walker- 7 Olsen- 6.5 Prideaux- 6
Perkins - 4 first half sucked, second half was fine Namoff - 5 Boswell - 6 - solid game, showed he's still dangerous on set pieces Wilson - 4 - was crap even without giving up the crap penalty Gros - 6 - had a poor spell midseason, but he's back to being the good Gros again Simms - 6 - sometimes seems to wait too long to make decisions, but has enough skill to bail himself out Carroll - 7 - he's been a rock since playing poorly in the first Catolica match Gomez - 7 - beat the RSL defense like a drum Kovalenko - 5 Moreno - 5 Adu - 7 - some bad, lots of good, incredible goal. Walker - 7 - continues to be an impact sub Olsen - NR Prideaux - NR
Nowak goes with some fresh, speedy players on the Turf- a good idea Perkins - 6 excellent first half, gotta look out he doesn't give up a penalty Namoff - 5 Boswell - 5 he's great with his head on set pieces, Tarley got past him a couple times Wilson - 5 Gros - 5 Simms - 6 good ball winning, mostly good passing Carroll - 5 Gomez - 5 nice finish, otherwise quietish Kovalenko - 5 Moreno - 4 some good stuff, some walking, then got hurt Adu - 6 can change a game in a minute, but also had giveaways. and WHAT WAS UP WITH THAT SHOT? the lame duck attempt to chip the keeper- his head hadn't decided what to do but his leg went ahead anyway Walker - 5 nice assist. good passing. second good game in a row, whereas the old jamil couldn't pass or combine whatsoever- where have they stashed the old jamil?? Olsen - NR and a good thing as he came on more to waste time, disrupt momentum, and be a general pain, than to play soccer Prideaux - NR has decided to dribble more, didn't know he could
Perkins - 6 Namoff - 5 Boswell - 6 Wilson - 5.5 Gros - 6 Simms - 6 Carroll - 6 Gomez - 6.5 Kovalenko - 5.5 Moreno - 6 Adu - 7 Walker - 6.5 Olsen - 5.5 Prideaux - 5.5 Nowak - 6.5 for resting starters, rotating players and running out the reserve Team standouts
Perkins - 6 Namoff - 5 Boswell - 6 Wilson - 5 Gros - 5 Simms - 5 Carroll - 6 Gomez - 6 (if DC wins East, he could win League MVP) Kovalenko - 5 Moreno - 5 Adu - 7 (MOTM) Walker - 6 Olsen - 5 Prideaux - 5
Perkins- 5.5 Some hesitation Namoff- 6.0 solid. Boswell- 6.5 dominant in the air Wilson- 6.0 Strong Gros- 5 Quiet Simms- 6 very active Carroll- 6 Good passing for him, lots of ground covered Gomez- 7 -- great goal and good free kicks Kovalenko- 5.5 Quiet. Moreno- 5 Not really effective and flow really improved after he left. Adu- 7 Could have done even more Walker- 6.5 Olsen- 6 Got stuck in. Prideaux- 6 Not really his position
I didn't see the game, but saw Freddy's goal. You guys are spoiled. You're giving him 7s and 7.5s?!?! That goal itself gets him a 9.5 in my book. If he scored that goal in a major European league he'd be player of the month and orgasms would be had by all.
No wonder football is so popular over there... No, I know what Ursula was talking about...take a look at the pass that got the ball to Freddy. I was wondering who that masked man was...Gomez...of course! The ball comes back to Gomez on the right wing at the halfway line. Two defenders in front of him closing him down. He knows where Freddy is, and, with one touch with his right foot, sends a through ball to his left on a high trajectory directly to Freddy in the middle of the field (I've watched it enough that it's burned into my synapses). Freddy does the rest. Granted it isn't an assist...but what a beautiful pass illustrating not just skill, but also an incredible eye for the game. In terms of the team's passing, those two goals, a couple of minutes apart, were truely spectacular. As we've all said...I love this team. We do play the beautiful game.
If he scored that goal in a major European league, he'd have scored it against defenders who were a hell of a lot better, thus meriting a higher score. A 9.5 in a major European league is the game of one's life. Freddy was good last night, but it wasn't the game of his life.
Good point. Still, that was one sick goal. And his pass to the wing that lead to Gomez's goal wasn't half bad either. He's getting better!
<shrug> I dunno, I've never given anyone higher than an 8. It's all subjective, especially when you're talking about two people giving a very positive rating, only differing in just how very positive. It's the disputes between someone who thinks a player deserves a 6 and another who thinks the same player deserves a 3.5 that are interesting to me.
Understood. I agree to agree that young Freddy's goal was awesome and he deserved a high rating. DC has been playing some quality ball recently, including the loss in Chile (shoot Ben! shoot Dema! I'm not one of those interested in moral victories either). There could be a 5th Star added in Frisco.
