Spaghetti Weston: McKennie at Juventus

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  1. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    how was his grade for the match?
     
  2. TheHoustonHoyaFan

    Oct 14, 2011
    Houston
    Club:
    FC Schalke 04
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Schalke is a bigger club than all those squads except for Dortmund.
     
  3. TheHoustonHoyaFan

    Oct 14, 2011
    Houston
    Club:
    FC Schalke 04
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My apologies if I misunderstood your point, we are not traditionally a bunker and counter team.

    If you exclude this year,Tedesco only has a single year of first division coaching experience and only 11 matches in BL2 prior to last year, that is it. Last year when we surprised our opponents, Tedesco played a low block, defensive 3-4-3 which defended just outside the box and bypassed the midfield with long ball counter attacks or a high block 3-1-4-2 (Meyer in the -1-) which was based on possession, high press, and quick 3-touch transition attack.. The latter is more in our dna.

    The problem is that Schalke have no quality after losing Meyer and Goretzka and Heidel our TD has spent > E150MM in 3 years with very disappointing results. Heidel is considered a great moneyball manager and has a great eye for developing young coaching talent (Klopp, Tuchel, Tedesco??). Folks are questioning his eye for top notch talent, our Chairman suggested publicly that we may need to bring in a person with more fotballing expertise to support Heidel.

    This is the lowest quality squad that I can remember in my 12+ years as a true-royal-blue 04 fan.
     
  4. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    Score are influenced by results. One of better players on a losing team? Will get 3, probably.
     
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  5. neems

    neems Member+

    Liverpool FC
    United States
    Apr 14, 2009
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    FotMob had him rated at 7.7 for the match. That was third highest for both teams. He won the most duels in the match at 14 and had the assist.
     
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  6. Real Corona

    Real Corona Member+

    Jan 19, 2008
    Colorado
    Club:
    FC Metalist Kharkiv
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This Schalke squad is not very good. I’d be kinda surprised if they finish top half of the table this year to be honest. They might, and hopefully will bounce back next year but they’ll need to either make some new signings or hope some youth players come up and change something.
     
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  7. Real Corona

    Real Corona Member+

    Jan 19, 2008
    Colorado
    Club:
    FC Metalist Kharkiv
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He’d probably get paid more at Everton
     
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  8. Midas Mulligan

    Midas Mulligan Member+

    Jul 24, 2013
    NYC
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So true. The ball is always late arriving or just a bit off, no matter who is attacking.

    Their lack of cohesiveness in their passing is as abysmal as I've ever seen.
     
  9. dd601

    dd601 Member

    Oct 21, 2004
    they desperately need wide players who can pass, shoot, and dribble
     
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  10. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    They won't be bouncing back any time soon, but they won't be relegated this season. That's something.
     
  11. ttrevett

    ttrevett Member+

    Apr 2, 2002
    Atlanta, GA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Weston has a pretty good aerial game. I wonder if Tedesco has seen that in practice and that's why he's playing an attacking role in this situation without true established strikers? Regardless, it's pretty GD cool to see a 1.BL team roll out a strike pair like Schalke 04 did yesterday.
     
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  12. y-lee-coyote

    y-lee-coyote Member+

    Dec 4, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    I think what Tedesco has seen in practice is a failed policy that lets very good players get away for very little to no money.

    Weston is a baller. He may not ever be a transcendent talent, but he is a good footballer who shows up every time and generally does good enough. When Tedesco has a hole in his line-up he writes WM in that spot. CB, RB, DM, CAM, B2B, SS, ... what's next ??
     
  13. truefan420

    truefan420 Member+

    May 30, 2010
    oakland
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    GK
     
  14. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You are talking about Pulisic's strengths :)
     
  15. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    All the better for Weston. He'll continue to start and get far more experience in a relegation battle. As well as those CL matches (he has left).
     
  16. uniteo

    uniteo Member+

    Sep 2, 2000
    Rockville, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    and a finisher who has some ability to create chances for himself
     
  17. dd601

    dd601 Member

    Oct 21, 2004
    Tim Weah would look good there
     
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  18. derek750

    derek750 Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  19. FirstStar

    FirstStar Hustlin' for the USA

    Fulham Football Club
    Feb 1, 2005
    Time's Arrow
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Schalke winning big- good result for them. Wes came on at 60, with the score 1-0. 3-1 now, Wes with a yellow. Can't tell if he was involved in either goal. Haji on the field as well at 87', listed as an injury substitution.
     
  20. dd601

    dd601 Member

    Oct 21, 2004
    wes came in and changed the game for schalke. controlled the midfield. sparked the possession that led to the corner that led to second goal.

    he and bentaleb are their best 2 cm. they need to stop playing serdar and rudy over him
     
  21. mace

    mace Member+

    Indy 11
    United States
    Jun 5, 2004
    USA
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    McKennie had two good headers today, but not good enough to score. His arial game is, as noted above, becoming a real positive in an all around positive player. Glad to see him help with the Schalke victory today.
     
  22. GiallorossiYank

    GiallorossiYank Member+

    Jan 20, 2011
    NJ/Roma/Napoli
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How the hell did he not start today? I cant believe it
     
  23. wixson7

    wixson7 Member+

    May 12, 2009
    boulder
    Side note... Just saw that max meyer plays for Palace.

    Ok, back to wes.
     
  24. WheezingUSASupport

    Dortmund
    United States
    Aug 28, 2017
    He went 90min Wed against Bayer.
     
  25. GiallorossiYank

    GiallorossiYank Member+

    Jan 20, 2011
    NJ/Roma/Napoli
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He can handle it
     
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