July 18th - Galaxy @ Caps

Discussion in 'Vancouver Whitecaps' started by ixadvent, Jul 19, 2012.

  1. ixadvent

    ixadvent Member

    Dec 8, 2011
    Club:
    Whitecaps
    Amazing atmosphere last night! But i was gutted walking out of the stadium with two less points.

    1. Its not the first time we let in shitters twice in a row within last 10 min.
    2. Putting Nano in for Camilo was a bad idea, Camilo was covering Harvey well during first half, knitting Beckham's ball away and getting pass Franklin on several occasion and he is a good possessor of the ball. Where Nano was killing plays, wasn't able to hold the ball up well, the defensive chemistry with Harvey was not there which lead to their equalizer.
    3. We have no bench players that wins games for us compare to other clubs we are chasing right now, Rennie is missing a few pieces here n there, but at this point its costing us points because we don't have a quality bench to kill the game off while Bruce Arena had players off the bench to earn the club points.
    4. We desperately need another CB, its ridiculous, we only have 3 CB registered in our roster. I brought this up because last night when Bonjour had an injury, we were forced to play with 10 men on the park. Luckily we did not concede during that spell. As a fan it's frustrating to see that it seems like there is no quality off the bench defensively to cover for either Demerit and Bonjour. Just hope our next CB is not Scottish.
     
  2. dewhitecapfan

    dewhitecapfan Member

    Jul 28, 2008
    I somewhat agree with you about the short bench, however I think we need to remember we were missing Rochat, Salgado and Hassli. Salgado easily would have interchanged with Camilo, or starting Rochat would have left Harvey for a defensive midfield sub.

    I haven't seen enough of our bench to really gauge their depth. I would like to see more Tiebert. I liked what I saw of Mitchell last season in centre back, although the few glimpses this season he has not been stellar. I liked seeing Davidson back in the line up, and thought he had a strong game.
     
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  4. ixadvent

    ixadvent Member

    Dec 8, 2011
    Club:
    Whitecaps
    For subs, I think its best to put Harvey in LB position and Rochat to move to DMF along side with JMD. Harvey's been solid for the past few games and I have to give him credits for stepping his games up.

    Just can't wait for another CB to be signed... Demerit and Bonjour can't play every game.
     
  5. dewhitecapfan

    dewhitecapfan Member

    Jul 28, 2008
    I thought Galaxy really started turning it on with Beckham staying wide right and lofting some great crosses in all second half. We needed a better midfielder or left back to shut him down and eliminate that option, which neither Nanchoff or Harvey were able to do.

    -Anyone heard of man marking a guy like Beckham when we're up 2-0? Sounds childish, but taking him out of the game would have been nice :p
     
  6. ixadvent

    ixadvent Member

    Dec 8, 2011
    Club:
    Whitecaps
    Camilo was backtracking in the first half to help out Harvey, he knitted a few balls of Becks and he was pissed at Camilo.
     

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