Crew @ DC United :: PLAYOFFS :: 01 Nov 2018

Discussion in 'Columbus Crew' started by 110toyourleft, Oct 29, 2018.

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Choose your Grouchy point entry:

Poll closed Nov 1, 2018.
  1. Win by 2 or more

    14.8%
  2. Win by 1

    24.6%
  3. Lose by 1

    9.8%
  4. Lose by 2 or more

    19.7%
  5. Win in Extra Time

    1.6%
  6. Lose in Extra Time

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  7. Win a la Adam Jahn (Penalties, Shhh)

    11.5%
  8. Lose in Penalites

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Wayne Rooney Own Goal

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. Pedro Santos Goal (worth 2 Points)

    9.8%
  11. Gregggg with a clever sideline touch before a throw-in

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  12. Ben Olsen Ugly Cries at the 4th Official

    8.2%
  1. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You can e-mail them. I've done that a fair bit over the last few seasons.
     
  2. hangthadj

    hangthadj Member+

    A.S. Roma
    Mar 27, 2001
    Zone 14
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    It's no secret Ben Olsen is a horrible coach. It's almost like he doesn't even believe he's a coach, which is why he shows up to nationally televised playoff games wearing a pajama top or whatever he was wearing last night.

    This wasn't the sexy, attacking possession based football that the media tells you Berhalter brings. DC had the possession advantage. They had more completed passes in the attacking half. More in the attacking third. But they just couldn't find a way to unlock the door.

    I've expressed my frustration on numerous occasions about how the center of our midfield has offered nothing offensively. Trapp and Artur are almost attacking non-entities, and Pipa can go weeks without showing any end product. Pipa came through last night with two fortunate goals, but it was more than that. If all three work as hard defensively as they did last night, we have a chance against anyone. They busted their asses and were wonderful. Even Santos was doing great work tracking back before the injury.

    We all sorta rolled our eyes in the past at the "America's Hardest Working Team" moniker of the Crew in the MLS 1.0 era. It was cheesy. It never really fit. Last night Gregg's tactics required everyone to buy in 1000% and be willing to out work and out smart DC everywhere on the field. They did it. They all deserve credit.

    DC is probably the better team. They were out coached and out worked last night. And for someone who sat through too many games when we've been on the other side of that equation, this felt especially great. Especially against DC.
     
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  3. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wish I could rep this twice.... Solid post.
     
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  4. Smithsoccer1721

    Smithsoccer1721 Member+

    Feb 16, 2007
    Middle of the Table
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Our defensive has been our strength all season. Both of their goals came off sloppy set piece defending but in the run of play they didn’t create much for 120 mins. In years past it was can our defense be good enough for us to win. This year it’s can our offense score enough. Guess we are about to find out.
     
  5. KHT_Crew

    KHT_Crew Member+

    Mar 29, 2003
    Queen City, OH
    This is so much gold. It is like he is one step away from wearing a Snuggie down there...
    [​IMG]
     
  6. 110toyourleft

    110toyourleft Member+

    Jan 27, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  7. hangthadj

    hangthadj Member+

    A.S. Roma
    Mar 27, 2001
    Zone 14
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    I will say that while both their goals were sloppy, both ours sorta were as well. The first was off a scrum that Higuain put in. The second, didn't it come off his collarbone (some of last night is a blur). But again those things tend to happen when you are more engaged in all phases of the game like Pipa was last night.

    We do need Gyasi to get it going though. I was seriously bummed when he missed the pk. Last year Ola never really got going and our attack was very much neutralized. We need a confident Gyasi to beat NYRB.
     
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  8. chr1st

    chr1st Member+

    Jan 19, 2011
    Dayton
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  9. Draghignazzo

    Draghignazzo Member+

    Feb 24, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Yes, shortly after I posted that. But I raced home to bed to get 3 hours sleep before work today, so no follow up post. Mea culpa.

    It does help a little more when you think that (as you state later) we nuetralized Rooney, and also that we stuffed both Rooney and Acosta on PKs, and they their game-tying goal scorer pulled a Bradley. So, I'll say it makes up for 1997, but we've got two more dishes of revenge yet to serve.

    Excellent analysis.[/QUOTE]
     
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  10. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Good stuff tends to happen when everybody crashes the goal.

    But WTF is up with our corners? We must have had 50 and a good half of them never made it as far as the penalty area. And it didn't seemlike they were the dreaded short corners, it just looked like they were terrible kicks.

    What possible strategy are you attempting when you deliver a rocket shot about waist high to anybody, let alone a teammate who's not even in front of the goal.

    Put some air under it and see if Sauro, Mensah or Gyassi can get a head on the damn thing. Cut out the cutie pie crap.

    Gyassi was the one guy last night who never looked like he was in sync with everybody else. Whenever he did get the ball he was around the halfway and he'd dribble madly down the sideline until he felt some pressure and then launch a zero-hope ball in the direction of the stands.

    And several times he had 2 or 3 teammates in front of the goal, with space. He just wasn't bothering to look.

    And Meram, Jesus. I wish he'd score a goal so maybe he would stop pressuring himself so badly. He takes some stupid shots and you can see the frustration. He needs to let the game come to him.
     
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  11. zman31

    zman31 Member+

    May 5, 1999
    Columbus, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    @Flyer Fan suggested in a text last night that we didn't get Meram back from Orlando, that maybe he got mixed up in some sort of Freaky Friday shenanigans. That made me think of with whom might he have switched bodies? My immediate answer was Santos. Meram is playing like a past it Portuguese piece of shit and Santos is playing like a psyche shattered Orlando reject that regrets every decision he's made in the last 13 months.
     
  12. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I recall many many moons ago reading a book about coaching/playing (I think it was hockey) where the comment was made that when you are in a scoring drought, don't look to score but to find your teammates with passes for a time--and then let a shot or two go.
     
  13. Smithsoccer1721

    Smithsoccer1721 Member+

    Feb 16, 2007
    Middle of the Table
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The story of the season has been lack of production from our wide players. With only 5 games left to play we need some sort of quality from them. This team only has 1 real goal scorer maybe 2 if Higuain is engaged. We only go as far as the form of Meram and Santos/Hansen so that should be a worry.
     
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  14. jack sticker

    jack sticker Red Card

    Rangers
    United States
    Jun 5, 2018
    Hey guys I have an idea to burn through this workday. Lets go on the flight tracker and look for that PK ball.
     
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  15. 110toyourleft

    110toyourleft Member+

    Jan 27, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  16. Mrs Kyle Crew

    Mrs Kyle Crew Member

    Columbus Crew
    Nov 1, 2018
    Are they here yet?
     
  17. coachchris

    coachchris Member

    Feb 19, 2007
    Galloway, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Has there been any official word on Pedro's injury?

    EDIT - My bet was bone bruise or break in his calf. That looked pretty solid. It was a disgrace that Asad writhed around about half the night for imagined contact, and when he actually injures another player, he wanders around pleading his innocence. Douche deserves to be sitting at home for the rest of the playoffs.
     
  18. Mrs Kyle Crew

    Mrs Kyle Crew Member

    Columbus Crew
    Nov 1, 2018
    When did they arrive??
     
  19. TrueCrew

    TrueCrew Member+

    Dec 22, 2003
    Columbus, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Disagree with Bill on Zardes, he was darn good saved for that poor clearing header. Lots of times when he was wide we had no one in the box for him to cross it to. The 1 v3 70 yard run to won a corner was great.

    The corners need work. When you try near post every time it gets easy to defend. Valenzuela needs to take the keft footed ones if Santos is out.
     
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  20. chr1st

    chr1st Member+

    Jan 19, 2011
    Dayton
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #746 chr1st, Nov 2, 2018
    Last edited: Nov 2, 2018
    I'm kinda afraid to make one, @110toyourleft. Like, what if your threads are good luck? What if I'm the baddie?
     
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  21. coachchris

    coachchris Member

    Feb 19, 2007
    Galloway, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    When you send a stinger in about waist high, they're not that hard to solve, either.
     
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  22. chr1st

    chr1st Member+

    Jan 19, 2011
    Dayton
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oh, this was tasty...
    1058167552713613312 is not a valid tweet id

    Ignore the ending...
     
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  23. Beerking

    Beerking Member+

    Nov 14, 2000
    Humboldt County
    I love it when you guys win, because it's bound to make Garber a little nauseous.:D

    Who knew the DC fans were such enormous douchebags, booing and jeering a genuinely injured player is toxic douchebaggery indeed. :thumbsdown:
     
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  24. TrueCrew

    TrueCrew Member+

    Dec 22, 2003
    Columbus, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It is known.
     
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