08/26: Wrecking Crew: Columbus vs FCD [R]

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  1. burning247

    burning247 Member+

    Liverpool FC
    England
    Sep 16, 2000
    Dallas
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
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    Game: Columbus Crew SC vs FC Dallas
    Date: Saturday, August 26th
    Time: 6:30 PM [CST]
    Location: MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
    Weather Forecast: Clear; H 77, L 55
    Competition: Major League Soccer
    Last 5 for Opponent: W-D-W-L-L
    Record & Standing of Opponent: 12-12-3 | 39 pts | 4th in the East (7th overall)
    Live TV: KTXA-21 [DFW]; FCDallas.com [DFW]; Spectrum Sports Ohio [Ohio]; CW Columbus [Columbus]; BCSN2 [Columbus]; MLSLive/Direct Kick [Out of Market]
    Radio: KWRD 100.7 FM [English]; KFLC 1270 AM La Voz del Pueblo [Spanish]
     
  2. Cowtown Felipe

    Cowtown Felipe Member+

    Mar 12, 2012
    Fort Worth, TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Another delayed away game broadcast due to Cowboys exhibition football. As if I didn't already hate the Cowboys.
     
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  3. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Go watch it live with me! Why wait until later to watch a goal called back for asinine reasons when you become infuriated immediately!
     
  4. burning247

    burning247 Member+

    Liverpool FC
    England
    Sep 16, 2000
    Dallas
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    They need to put that on the damn website. I can't keep up with this f uckery.
     
  5. ivannomad

    ivannomad Member

    Aug 7, 2007
    Tyler, TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Poor form. Road game. Columbus has been decent. Most important thing to consider: VAR seems to like Columbus.

    This is an obvious loss to me.
     
  6. Sportsfan783

    Sportsfan783 Member

    FC Dallas
    Oct 8, 2010
    Midland, TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yep.

    What's the over/under on VAR being a story after this game?

    A draw is as optimistic as I can be.
     
  7. TheZo

    TheZo Member

    Apr 12, 2016
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Watching on direct kick. It's not going well...
     
  8. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I don't want to see Atiba Harris on the field anymore.
     
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  9. schlomo

    schlomo Red Card

    F.C. Dallas
    United States
    Apr 6, 2017
    MLS.com advertised this game as being broadcast on TXA 21, but apparently the LA Rams preseason football game usurps MLS in this market.

    No local broadcast, but that's probably for the better at this point. These guys are bums.
     
  10. Sportsfan783

    Sportsfan783 Member

    FC Dallas
    Oct 8, 2010
    Midland, TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Aw come on, he can't be the only one you don't want to see. I would go with Tesho as well. So many bad first touches, then slide tackling all over the place to try and make amends.

    The offense is out of ideas. The defense is porous. When do we see Reggie Cannon, Pomykal, or Ferreira?

    Lol at the Hedges yellow card. What happened to that guy on Columbus? Must have been a sniper.
     
  11. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's on tape delay, since CBS 11 is showing the Cowboys, and TXA 21 is showing what's on CBS... which is the Rams-Chargers game. Enjoy!

    My own HSO is that Acosta and Hedges need to spend a game or two on the bench. I don't know what happened at the Gold Cup, but they've been a bit poorer since then. In the case of Acosta, I don't want to blame all the transfer speculation, but I don't know that it's a coincidence that his form dropped right as the transfer window opened.

    I can harp on Atiba Harris, but it's clear at this point that he is to Papi what Bruno Guarda was to Hyndman: A player who sees far more of the field than his play warrants.
     
  12. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'd rather see Colmán out there instead of Tesho, but to his credit, he scores the occasional goal and earns the occasional penalty. Atiba Harris is neverending source of giveaways and ballwatching that result in Jesse Gonzalez pulling a ball out of his net.

    It's a damn good question. The last time we saw Ferreira, he scored a goal. Or maybe he played one other match. My only supposition is that we're getting closer to the end of the season and Papi is putting together a core for the playoffs, and the time for experimentation with young players is over.

    The funny thing, though, is this: FCD might not make the playoffs. Right now, the top eight teams in the West separated by nine points. Only six teams will make the playoffs. And the way FCD is headed at the moment makes you wonder if they'll find a way to be one of the two teams out.
     
  13. burning247

    burning247 Member+

    Liverpool FC
    England
    Sep 16, 2000
    Dallas
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Never thought I'd see us in this type of rut with Pareja at the helm.
     
  14. schlomo

    schlomo Red Card

    F.C. Dallas
    United States
    Apr 6, 2017
    It hasn't been a good year for him. Hopefully he turns it around.
     
  15. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Honestly, he needs to shake up a lot of the younger players to get their attention -- maybe a game or two out of the 18 -- and he's gonna have to let go more of his own security blankets named Atiba Harris and Tesho Akindele.
     
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  16. schlomo

    schlomo Red Card

    F.C. Dallas
    United States
    Apr 6, 2017
    They need to have to feel uncertainty.
     
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  17. burning247

    burning247 Member+

    Liverpool FC
    England
    Sep 16, 2000
    Dallas
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Feel like this team also has a major identity crisis. When Diaz was out at the beginning of the season, Acosta/Gruezo worked well in the middle. Now without Diaz still and Acosta taking a dump lately, we're seeing everything go wrong. Do they hold out that Diaz will return to his pre-injury form just in time for the playoffs (not likely)? Or do they totally change formation? One thing is for sure, Lamah, Atiba, Hedges and Kellyn probably need to ride the pine soon. When everyone pulls their head out of their ass, this is what I would start putting out there...

    -------------Colman--------------------
    -------Maxi------------------------------
    New Guy----------------------Barrios
    ------------------Acosta----------------
    ---------------Gruezo------------------
    Fig------------------------------Cannon
    ---------Hedges-----Zim---------------
    ----------Gonzalez---------------------

    Have Ferreira and Pomykal on the bench and ready to go on the wings/up front when need be. Run at the opposition. Run them to death. Simple passes. Back to basics. Stop playing panic ball.
     
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  18. Cowtown Felipe

    Cowtown Felipe Member+

    Mar 12, 2012
    Fort Worth, TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oh the thrill of the pre-season exhibition new NFL LA Dahhby!
    Anyone else notice on the first Columbus goal that Tesho failed to recognize the loose man on his side of the field and was casually cruising back on D? I also blame Jesse for that one. He should recognize early that there’s a loose runner and yell at someone to mark him.
    Again, not a terrible performance, but bad enough to lose the points.
    And now we lose 5 guys this weekend to national team duty. Good news, one of them is Tesho.
    The ray of hope I’m hanging onto is that IF we can win both the games we still have in hand, we’re tied for first.
     
  19. Cowtown Felipe

    Cowtown Felipe Member+

    Mar 12, 2012
    Fort Worth, TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    On the positive side we earned a 0-0 tie in this one vs. VAR.
     
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  20. burning247

    burning247 Member+

    Liverpool FC
    England
    Sep 16, 2000
    Dallas
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    1 win in the last 8 (in all comps).

    woof
     
  21. EricSunRa

    EricSunRa Member

    FC Dallas
    United States
    Sep 29, 2007
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    When I watch this FC Dallas team play, I can't help but think that the players are not training hard. I'm sure they run hard and sweat, but they don't look sharp. They look like a group of guys who chat about how they are underpaid and probably are.

    Another thing - yes the refs suck in the league, and VAR isn't helping that, but I'm fed up with seeing Barrios and Urruti complaining about the physicality. They are both super physical players, but are often diving and giving up on plays when they think a foul should be called. It happens too many times to count, and it's partially a reason that the refs don't give Dallas attackers the benefit of the doubt. Diaz is also guilty, but refs are less cynical about him.

    Last, I think Bruce Arena and the international game exposed our players, and they are struggling to deal with the consequences.
     
  22. Hitman

    Hitman Member+

    Mar 31, 1999
    1) Diaz, as predicted, is struggling to return from major injury
    2) off season signings have not made the team better
    3) the defensive strength which powered early season has evaporated
    4) Hedges & Acosta returned from Gold Cup w/ a case of the yips
    5) Urruti can only produce a "special moment" so many times

    I asked the question on Twitter if missing the playoffs would put OP's gig in danger. Did so wondering where the fan base sat, considering it is OP's job to sort these things out and so far has yet to see it happen. Happy to report the fan base, at least in this case, is not reactive and all seem to support Oscar. But, for those that want to put many of these failings at the feet of Clavijo and Hunt - it should not be forgotten that Oscar has publicly and privately been just as much a part of all of this decision making as those two, and probably more. OP is a critical supporter of "the FCD Way". He is not about big name/$$ signings, believes he can build this from within and do this another way.

    While there is no reason to think or want Oscar's seat to be warm, or even lukewarm, the undying love for OP shouldn't blind us to his culpability of the current roster situation.
     
  23. schlomo

    schlomo Red Card

    F.C. Dallas
    United States
    Apr 6, 2017
    Absolutely.

    Oscar is one of us. He's like family to us who have been around since the get-go. But when players routinely take games off (this goes through to last season) and then begin to take significant portions of the schedule off, you have a culture issue. Something is not right in the locker room, and when players don't want to work, it translates into losses with this group because it is allowed. OP is like a tio to these guys. He needs to be more like a father and sit them when they are not performing so that the rest of the guys understand that this is about form.
     
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  24. burning247

    burning247 Member+

    Liverpool FC
    England
    Sep 16, 2000
    Dallas
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Agreed 100%. It's no secret that I've given Pareja a pass because the man means as much to me as this club does but there comes a time when I have to wake up and smell the blood. I've been told numerous times in the last 3 years that everyone who plays for Pareja would walk through a wall for him. Well, let's see them do just that. These guys need to fight. They need to remove their heads from their asses. They also need to know that they don't get to play every game just because. That starts with Pareja. There are too many examples of what not to do in the last 6 games. Let's sort this shit out.

    The good news is this is completely saveable. We get a big win against the other Bulls on Saturday and we get that confidence back. We then win our games in hand and we're right back at the top. Some very winnable games to finish the season (2 against Colorado, 1 against LA, 1 against Minnesota) and some tough ones (Seattle, Atlanta, etc).
     
  25. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well the game didn't look any better in person even from a suite. Luckily I was hammered and the Columbus folks hosting were so nice I couldn't get as angry as usual.
    I too think something is different this year and think OP put aside his usual way to win MLS cup this year before a host of players leave. It's not working. Of course he gets more time. If it's bothering us it's killing him.
     
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