The Official Carlos Gruezo thread

Discussion in 'San Jose Earthquakes' started by Goodsport, Jan 31, 2023.

  1. SoccerMan94043

    SoccerMan94043 Member+

    May 29, 2003
    San Jose
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    If Gruezo can really be the destroyer (ala Alanso), it affords us the ability to play both Monteiro and Nico. However, I don't think our CBs are good enough to play with just one destroyer. We still need an empty bucket.
     
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  2. SoccerMan94043

    SoccerMan94043 Member+

    May 29, 2003
    San Jose
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    This is too much learnin' for one day.
     
  3. Beerking

    Beerking Member+

    Nov 14, 2000
    Humboldt County
    Cut me a break will ya? I was waiting in the ER for 3 hours last night with that stupid covid, God this sucks.
     
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  4. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    :(
     
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  5. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

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    Feb 28, 2004
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    Hope you’re feeling better soon, @Beerking.
     
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  6. TyffaneeSue

    TyffaneeSue moderator
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    Nov 15, 2003
    Upstairs
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    San Jose Earthquakes
    Oh no, hope you are feeling much better very soon.
     
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  7. Scott Rohde

    Scott Rohde Member+

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    Jul 28, 2018
    Oh damn. You got the ER version of covid. Sorry to hear.
     
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  8. Earthshaker

    Earthshaker BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 12, 2005
    The hills above town
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    Sorry, my crystal ball was malfunctioning, couldn't see that you were in the ER. Hope you feel better soon!
     
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  9. chris thebassplayer

    Feb 18, 2014
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    San Jose Earthquakes
    Ha! yeah, but why would you ever want Montiero's dead end ball hogging taking touches away from Nico...minimizing his effectiveness. I also think Luchi will value Yueill's game at the 8 and have him in the starting mix more often than not.

    My question is how long will it take Luchi to realize Niko at ACM makes the team function so much better than Montiero at ACM...and how long before we see the actual change...

    What's the over/under on that...mid-season?
     
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  10. Kaitlyn

    Kaitlyn Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 25, 2014
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    United States
    Probably June.

    I do warn everyone who will probably turn on Gruezo eventually. He is a very physical player. Card machine. He will miss games because of it.
     
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  11. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 28, 2004
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    I like my soccer players to have a middle linebacker alter ego. :)
     
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  12. mjlee22

    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    Get better soon, @Beerking! My fully vaxed son got it a couple of weeks ago, and it hit him hard for 5 days. And apparently with this variant, you stay positive for typically 10 days (son was 7 days pos)
     
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  13. TyffaneeSue

    TyffaneeSue moderator
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    Nov 15, 2003
    Upstairs
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    My kids were both sick a few months ago; they had not been eligible for the booster I got last spring and I didn't get sick, nor did my husband -- who also got the spring booster. Both took ten days for a negative test.

    My mother got covid in November; I'd insisted on her getting the bivalent booster a month earlier (her doctor hadn't even mentioned it!) and when she came back from a conference (where I'm sure she didn't wear a mask) she was sick. She refused to test for days "just a cold" and when she finally agreed to do a home test, she got the paxlovid but it was really too late -- you're supposed to start it within five days of testing positive and she'd probably been positive for over a week at that point.

    Anyway, for people who take paxlovid the way you're supposed to, ie early, it's very effective.
     
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  14. Kaitlyn

    Kaitlyn Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 25, 2014
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    Me too. I like a very physical team. I loved the days when we had Mulrooney and Ekelund smashing everyone in the midfield and a backline with guys like Robinson, Califf, Dayak, Agoos and Waibel.

    To be really honest and optimistic, I think we're very close to that level of physicality right now with Akapo, Gruezo, Tracuo and Rodrigues. Nathan is the pussiest of them physically. We're close I feel. I'm very very inspired by the back. Defense wins championships, and we're building a very good one with. I'm optimistic Nathan will be a lot better with Gruezo, Rodrigues and Daniel around.

    We need good depth though. Gruezo, Rodrigues and Akapo will miss games for yellow cards or reds. Nathan is always due for one too.
     
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  15. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    According to whoscored Gruezo is not that bad in terms of getting yellow cards. He had 26 in around 100 games, and only 1 red. Nathan has a higher yellow rate in MLS so far than Gruezo had in MLS. But a lot of it is knowing how to make a challenge, timing, etc. Remedi's was our highest rate yellow guy by a good margin the last 2 years.
     
  16. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
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  17. mjlee22

    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My unvaccinated QAnon nephew recently had all the symptoms, but he refused to get tested, because he said COVID was a hoax.
     
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  18. Kaitlyn

    Kaitlyn Member+

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    Feb 25, 2014
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    Its more or less a yellow card wait to happen. Ding Dong Hello. Step away from your math book for a minute and watch a soccer game.
     
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  19. chris thebassplayer

    Feb 18, 2014
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    San Jose Earthquakes
    #94 chris thebassplayer, Feb 3, 2023
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    Most of Remedi's were grab ass dumb yellows, stupid shirt tugs or clipping heels in low risk nothing situations...imo, the worst, because they're totally avoidable...but count the same in the disciplinary suspension total.
     
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  20. Earthshaker

    Earthshaker BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 12, 2005
    The hills above town
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    Most dictionaries show more than one way of pronouncing it. :)
     
  21. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 28, 2004
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    The right way and the wrong way? :)
     
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  22. nivla

    nivla Member+

    Jan 17, 2003
    Milpitas
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    Brazil
    Thanks. Both Leitch and Luchi mentioned that Gruezo should help securing the midfield and the backline and free up our attacking players. That is spot on diagnosis. Besides the ineffective backline, often our games were lost because our midfield (Remedi, Judson, Gregus, Yueill) could not defend and could not attack. That midfield could be easily played through or stopped.
     
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  23. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    Other than that it was fine!!

    I've been trying to figure out how the heck we scored 52 goals, tied for 5th in the west, when 1) we played lots of possession w/o purpose (tiki taka), 2) we were often behind, playing against a packed defense, 3) we generally lacked movement in the final 3rd, and 4) our midfield was not strong on the attack.

    Seriously, how were we even that competent? I guess the play from our front 4 was generally actually not bad (Jebo, 2 wide attackers, and Monteiro).
     
  24. chris thebassplayer

    Feb 18, 2014
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Yeah, all goals are equal on the stat sheet but in reality, you would need to look at game situation to really tell the story. How many goals were meaningful in tight games versus how many were scored when we were significantly down in garbage time...with the other team just playing it out with their foot off the gas.

    I think we had more than a few of those...and I'd say it was normally Jebo getting the late consolation goal.

    The stat sheet shows we were 5th in the west in scoring...but the eyeball field test was... Wow, how will ever put the ball in the net with this lack of attacking continuity.
     
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  25. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    I think in some ways it's harder to score when you're behind, and the other team is just hanging back. It's easier to score more when you're ahead. We came back to tie late I think twice in the 1st 7 games under Matias. Those weren't garbage goals really because they converted a win into a tie. Most of Jebo's goals were quality I think and not garbage goals I think, including the one or two braces he had, which were wins IIRC.

    I think somehow our attack just wasn't as bad as we thought, and I attribute that to good play by Jebo, Espinoza, Benji and Cade, and (sorry), but also Monteiro.
     

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