There has been a lot of bitching about Nikolic being ineffective and missing "easy" scoring chances, despite being in the top-10 in scoring and leading the team in scoring (until Sapong's goal last night). There was a lot of bitching in the game thread about Katai's missing chance after chance, how his touch is so good, and if his finishing was better he would lead the league in scoring. Klopas was all "I'll tell you what..." regarding Katai. He said at one point, "The Fire should be up 3 or 4 goals". I would like to say, optimistically, that it is nice we are bitching about missing scoring chances, as opposed to 2014 and 2015 when the Fire would frequently go entire games with virtually no scoring chances.
This team isn't losing games. That's something I guess. A new coach before the end of the season could inspire them a bit I guess.
If we had a coach that knew what the fvck he was doing we would be playoffs team this year (top 3 in the east). We are 9 points below the line with 10 games to go, not sure even a new coach would get us over the line, but would would be nice to see if we can. #PaunoOut
Well, at least we don't have this to deal with. . . well, other than Cakes, Nrod & Pauno. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/02/colorado-rapids-plague-scare-commerce-city
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/08/03/houston-dynamo-0-chicago-fire-1-2019-mls-match-recap Playoffs!!! Playoffs!!! Playoffs!!!
Four points away from crossing the playoff line (need more points than Montreal, because they have the first tie breaker, wins).
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019...ave-chicago-fire-not-just-surviving-believing https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019...unchers-postseason-chance-after-beating-union https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/08/17/chicago-fire-2-philadelphia-union-0-2019-mls-match-recap This is the most love we've gotten from the league in a VERY long time. Now if they would only do something about Andi.
When there were at least 10 teams in the conference (2012-2018) the average points for the 7th place team is 44 points. I did some predictions about the rest of season and to finish 7th in conference we will need 12 points. We currently have 33 points, will need about 12 points. If we win our last two home games (6 points) we would have to go 2-0-2 or 1-3-0 (6 pts). That's 3-3-0 or 4-0-2 for the last 6 games. This is our remaining schedule and at min. what we have to do. I have to admit that's as easy of a schedule you could ask for. @ New England (T) @ Columbus (T) vs. FC Dallas (W) @ Cincinnati (W) vs. Toronto (W) @ Orlando (T) Is it even worth it to lose to the #2 seed in the conference, probably NYCFC. This only would get NRod an excuse to keep Pauno for another year.
A win on Sat agains NE could put the fire in 6th place given that - Orlando don't beat Atlanta on Friday - Montreal and Toronto tie on Sat That would leave the fire with 36 points and 4 teams behind them with 35/34 (NE,MTL, ORL,TOR) The most unlikely of these is a Fire road win of course.
The Fire only have 2 losses to play with in their last 6 games. This is probably the hardest game left. After Sat, the Fire have the easiest schedule in the league based on ppg. If they somehow win this, I'd bet they make the playoffs. My guess, however, is they lose.