Im tired of him. I literally just screamed at the tv, pounded the coffee table in frustration with his horseshit. Not only does he refuse to acknowledge the Fort faithful for sticking around and watching this roller coaster (and thats the nicest thing I could come up with), but he then crushes a 19 year old's spirit? Did you see how much Diago wanted to take HIS penalty kick AFTER the game was already won? Did you see how upset Diago was when COACH Heaps demanded Lee take it? Also.... did anyone else notice Diago did NOT celebrate with Lee, nor did he celebrate the game win, just moped to the dressing room. When the man is not screaming at the referee constantly, or cowardly shying away from even making eye contact with the fort let alone walking over (AJ Soares came over, who is a MUCH better man), he is now destroying any confidence our supposed phenom had left. Come on guys, I am embarrassed to call him a coach. Disrespect me, fine, disrespect the Fort, fine (you ARE the coach), but disrespect sweet sweet Diago Fagundez.... now thats just a goddamn tragedy. (Paul Mariner for life)
Lee Nguyen scored the goal on the PK, right? For a Fagundez fan, you sure have difficulty spelling his name correctly.
Heaps wasn't disrespecting Diego and the game was not won at that point. Nguyen is the pk taker and so he should take pks. End of discussion. I have no problem with Diego wanting the pk and I have no problem with Heaps sticking with Nguyen.
There are specific roles and team rules for a reason. For Fagundez being a little brat not coming over to celebrate with the Lee and rest of the teammates, that's selfish of him in my book.
Lee is the designated PK taker, correct? If you are correct about Diego's response then I'm GLAD Heaps didn't let him take it. Diego needs to grow up and remener this isn't about him; it's a team game
That is not disrespect at all. In fact if Diego did mope that is a bigger sign disrespect than anything you mention Heaps doing. TEAMMATES should celebrate with each other.
Lee takes the penalties. Your boy Diego was the disgrace tonight bitching and moaning like a little girl.
I have no problem with him being upset for not getting the pk. He wanted a goal, he's not even twenty years old yet, it's normal. If he stays upset after the game then it's a problem.
He went beyond moping. He tossed the ball away from Nguyen and then did not join the celebration. I would bench him, or at least deal with it during the week and let him and everyone else know that that kind of me-first stuff is not okay. I'm sure Heaps was unhappy about Fagundez' reaction and I'm sure he'll deal with it. As for Heaps not coming over to the Fort, everyone is entitled to their own feelings about that. To me it is beyond ridiculous to care about whether a coach waves to me after the game. I expect a coach to put out a good team that is well prepared, and to deal with issues in game. The Revs were missing key players tonight and they played well against the best team in the league (SKC's possession and their high pressure are both really impressive), and when the Revs got a chance to play man up they handled it well. In my book the coach gets an A+ for his performance tonight.
Agreed. Poor choice of words. I'm not referring to penalty itself and his want to take it, I'm referring to his post goal antics.
just another note on this. very rarely will you ever see the person involved in the play take the PK. Many coaches feel that if they were just involved by getting fouled or like Diego by making a 40 yard sprint followed by the events in the box that the players head is not in the moment. Lee was calm and cool and took a great PK. No game is won at 1-0 with time left. Heaps was correct in this call. Would not surprise me if Diego rides the pine next game or at least a good portion of it
The easiest solution is don't flub the breakaway then it's no issue. Diego's stock is dropping fast this year (so far). I can't quite put my finger on it but he's not getting the chances he was and isn't making the ones he gets
Poor decision by Heaps. Fagundez was man of the match in my book. Had the assist on Teal (man of the match?) Bunbery's goal and drew the penalty. The team needs to get Diego off the snide. I'm not surprised he was unhappy. He's not a robot. So what he pouted? You want to bench him for that? It's Heaps who should be benched permanently.
Yeah he walked like halfway between midfield and the fort and definitely clapped. AJ Bobby Teal and I think 2 or so others came over. I thought the team as a whole did well acknowledging the fort yeatersay
As far as I am concerned, I want the players to acknowledge the supporters after the match. Who cares about the coach, he is not on the field, he did not run around for 90+ minutes, he scored no goals. How often do you see Jose Mourinho ackowledge supporters, in fact I have seen him go into the dressing room with as much as 2 minutes of play left numerous times. It the players job imo, not the coach.
Come on guys, the OP is taking the piss. But seriously, Fagundez has not been effective so far this season. Maybe some pine time could help him get his mind right.
I disagree. I don't think it's for lack if effort or focus, I think the teams just set up in a way Diego sees less benefit this year. Last year he really shined on counters and off ball movement. Without Agudelo and Rowe, teams have keyed in on him a lot more and he hasn't been able to get space to operate. I thought last night was similar to his performances last year, he'd be relatively quiet but he has the ability to create a scoring chance super quickly. IMO itd be bad form to bench the player that had a hand in both goals.
Thought Fagundez looked like a little high school kid wanting to take the PK. He is supposed to be a professional, though I can appreciate his youthful exuberance in the heat of the game. Perhaps Davies who won the 50-50 long ball setting up Fagundez should want to take the PK too. The coach has made this decision well before the game. Most likely the team prepared for Nguyen to take PK's. I would be more critical of Heaps if he let the emotion of the moment change his mind. In the end, it's a win.
Correctly said. I can never understand why some folks have the need to feel slighted at the most trivial of things. Oh, and that was not appropriate behavior by Fagundez. It's not enough to bench him, but very unprofessional.