I am on board with those who want to play this tourney but properly done with some sort of timely headsup. Had we been more consistent in play this season and been closer to the Goats pointwise, I definitely would have loved to play this with a fuller team and blow Cruz Azul out of the water. BoOm! I was watching a Mex sports show and they are embarrassed CA could not put the wood to us but they absolutely livid that Galaxy acted so dismissive of this tournament and feel absolutely sure next year MX will speak directly to MLS and its team owners to assure participation with at least 70 to 80 percent of team rosters.
Dismissive of this tournament? A couple of games with no qualification, no history, and while we are are struggling to get a decent position for playoffs? Or maybe GBS was just dismissive of Cruz Azul. And almost pulled it off.
Lampson was awesome in PKs last time. If he had shown a bit more in covering his goal in the run of play, we might have had a repeat B-team result (although maybe B+ this time with ~3.5-4 1st teamers)
I'm thinking we keep him around as a target forward off the bench if Ibra retires after this season. Our style of play works well with a big tall Zlatan Ibrahimović/Alan Gordon/Deidre Drogba Type. The fact that he can play CB is great as well. I really can't think of many Centerbacks that can convert to Forward. That's a heck of a superpower.
I know what you're saying and I agree. This is not the time to burn the candle at both ends. But I gotta say when Cuello tied the game I almost lost my stuff. I had to hog tie that part of me that was screaming yes, YES! Come on Guillermo, put all the starters in and help them. They are trying to win this. It was very hard.
It was a very good game for our bench and reserves - game them quality minutes against a tough opponent and I wanted them to play for the win (I just didn't really want our starters to have to play another game in September during our very congested schedule). Glad to see them perform well and literally come within a couple inches of taking that thing to penalties...
I can see it now, GBS switches to a 4-4-2 with Dupuy paired up front with Zlatan. The Galaxy's own version of the bash brothers. Open up the channels for Pavon and Antuna.
Honestly this is why it’s a shame that the galaxy couldn’t redirect Skjelvik salary and sign Kei Kamara. We play very direct especially when we’re down a goal. I’d love to see a 4-4-2 for the last fifteen minutes with both Kei and Zlatan attacking the goal. But more importantly it would’ve been nice to him start up top, when Zlatan is not playing, in games like the Leagues Cup and Open Cup (and not Pontius at FW).
Kamara would have changed our season drastically. He’s not technically gifted but his speed & strength made life difficult for defenders. Our current (non-Ibra) players are the opposite - technically skilled but not athletic enough to be very dangerous offensively.
I thought is was a good game. We got what we needed out of it. To be honest there was nothing at stake for us and we have bigger fish to fry on Saturday and some of our players needed the rest. We used the game to get some players some needed experience against a good team. All and all I thought we played well and on the plus side no injuries
We would have easily won that home match against Colorado if we had Kei. We had an insane amount of crosses in that match, most going to Boateng. Depth matters.
As far as I know, Kamara was never available for the Galaxy to sign, even if they had the money. He was under contract to Vancouver and not protected in the expansion draft. FC Cincinnati drafted him and then immediately traded him to Colorado for an international roster spot. He has started 24 games for the Rapids and scored 11 goals this season. The only way this would have been possible was if the Galaxy had traded Skjelvik before the expansion draft, but at that time they still had Ola Kamara under contract and were planning on keeping him.
Highlight Time Folks Nick Depuy Interview Hey GBS I don't know if you read these but please put him on the first team bench as a forward ahead of E. Alvarez for at least one game this year. This kid might be a diamond in the rough.
You’re 100% correct. He might not have even been okay with basically coming in only as a bench option and a fill in at forward when Zlatan isn’t starting. I’m just saying, IMO, it would have been a better use of cap space and TAM to have a legit FW option off the bench. It’s just the residual effects of signing Skjelvik in the first place.
I partially agree. The Galaxy front office of Pete, Jovan and possibly Sigi definitely could have done a better job of scouting him. However, I believe that the MLS rule limiting teams to only cutting one player in the off-season is to blame for the Galaxy keeping him this season. They had a choice per the rule, cut Gio and conform to the DP limit or cut Skjelvik. I think that they made the right choice.