PBP: DC - Me against the World - 2025 season game thread

Discussion in 'D.C. United' started by morrissey, Feb 15, 2025.

  1. Yowza

    Yowza Member+

    DC United
    United States
    Oct 23, 2019
    Arlington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I also like the idea of Peglow in the middle. He’s probably the second best player, maybe Herrera has an argument but it hasn’t been a great season for him so far, so it makes sense to try and get him on the ball more.
     
  2. The Ghost of Hamdi Salihi

    DC United, Brighton
    Scotland
    Jan 17, 2020
    Pleasant Plains, DC
    Nat'l Team:
    Scotland
    They're missing most of their starters, including three of their four defenders. The last two games they've been about as bad as we have, but Evander has bailed them out.
     
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  3. pr0ner

    pr0ner Member+

    Jan 13, 2007
    Alexandria, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The pitch at Audi looks really good considering there were a couple American football games played here since the last United home game.
     
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  4. pr0ner

    pr0ner Member+

    Jan 13, 2007
    Alexandria, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    DC goes with 3 CBs, a central midfield of Servania and Kijima, and no Pirani.

    Barazza gets the start in goal, too.

    No Barajas on the bench either.
     
  5. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
    I like Troy Lesesne as a coach and I hope he's here for years. But his subbing patterns are terrible. It just feels like he throws pasta at the wall to see what, if anything, sticks.

    This starting lineup feels like that too.
     
  6. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Cinci is a well drilled team. Not having their top players will hurt them but not much. We need to watch their speed.
     
  7. JRHokie

    JRHokie Member+

    Aug 23, 2001
    Fairfax, VA
    I like him as a person. But as a coach if you have a roster of players who can't play the style you want to play as demonstrated over more than 30 games and you keep trying to play that style, that's on you.
     
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  8. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Apparently it was or GK that caused the issues. Not the players that have a 3 on 2 and can’t figure out what to do.
     
  9. pr0ner

    pr0ner Member+

    Jan 13, 2007
    Alexandria, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This lineup isn't working.
     
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  10. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Pirani is costing us this game.
     
  11. JRHokie

    JRHokie Member+

    Aug 23, 2001
    Fairfax, VA
    It's inconceivable that the defense looks even worse than last week. Luckily Cincy b-team isnt making them pay
     
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  12. onefineesq

    onefineesq Member+

    Sep 16, 2003
    Laurel, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Embarrassing stuff from DC.
     
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  13. JRHokie

    JRHokie Member+

    Aug 23, 2001
    Fairfax, VA
    These are not professional level players at all.
     
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  14. onefineesq

    onefineesq Member+

    Sep 16, 2003
    Laurel, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Professional? Contemplating your use of that word makes me want to go on a Jim Mora-like rant.
     
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  15. Aconti2

    Aconti2 Member+

    Apr 10, 2011
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is bad...
     
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  16. Yowza

    Yowza Member+

    DC United
    United States
    Oct 23, 2019
    Arlington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Awful
     
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  17. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We are definitely playing worse than our players are capable of. The sum is worse than the parts.
     
  18. Yowza

    Yowza Member+

    DC United
    United States
    Oct 23, 2019
    Arlington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If this one gets ugly in the second half, that might be curtains for Lesesne. It’s terrible soccer, bottom line.
     
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  19. JRHokie

    JRHokie Member+

    Aug 23, 2001
    Fairfax, VA
    Terrible players and a bad coach

    They haven't done diddly-poo!
     
  20. shammypants

    shammypants Member+

    Oct 9, 2013
    Club:
    DC United
    They're actually both shit
     
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  21. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    better thus far
     
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  22. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    this is bennyball...grit over shit
     
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  23. DCU1984

    DCU1984 Member+

    Jan 15, 2009
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We need to upgrade Stroud, just nothing on the right. Peglow is pretty active.
     
  24. Freestyle2000

    Freestyle2000 Moderator

    Feb 6, 2000
    LA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    We're finding space over the top on the flanks, but I wonder how much of that is our cleverness and how much is FCC knowing that we can't do anything with it.
     
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  25. Yowza

    Yowza Member+

    DC United
    United States
    Oct 23, 2019
    Arlington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Heartened by the signs of life. They aren’t a good team, but this looks like a team I can root for.
     
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