After watching Harris screw up for 60 minutes, it was a relief to see him sit down. He should never start again. I thought he looked good coming in late last week but when he's in for the long haul, he's useless and I can't understand all the big smiles when the camera zooms in? Does he really think he's doing well out there? Noonan on the other hand looks like a breath of fresh air. He doesn't try the crap Harris does (heel flicks ,,,) and basically does a good job. If he develops into a good backup and if the other guy (the developmental forward) turns out to be a player, I say send Harris back to the Island Mon. He's humg on longer then I thought possible and his run in the MLS is winding down.
But that's how he sent TnT through for the winner. You guys are just seeing the tip of what Noonan can do.
Wolde is good with his back to the goal, holding the ball and waiting for suport. Is Noonan a finisher? Perhaps attacking midfielder in place of Cullen would be a better position for him.
I thought Wolde played well.He was in the game when the Revs were dominating in the first half.Should Noonan replace him?Maybe, but Harris gives the Revs another big presence. On the other hand since TnT is a great finisher but not that fast, I feel like the Revs could really use a burner up top with Taylor.Is Noonan speedy?
Re: Re: Noonan for Harris [R] If your avatar is what I think it is, that's probably the most disgusting thing I've seen on BS, which is saying alot.
personally i thought harris did a lot of hard work last night, but youre right, noonan is confident in his abilities and makes things happen in attack - however, he might be served getting that final 30-35 minutes for now - you need some plumbers in the lineup, they cant all be painters of course what do i know? i just sold noonan from my fantasy team this week DOH!
I expect that Noonan will force himself into the lineup, just like Twellman and Kante did last year, and Joseph did this year. I like Wolde, but he has lost a step or two. He used to be able to challenge defenders and run at them or blast his way through them. Not any longer. I'm afraid it's time to let him go.
Noonan is obviously the better long term prospect. I love Joe-Max, hopfully he will be back next week and stay healthy and productive for the rest of the year. However it's nice to have some more youth in the attack. Wolde is doubtful to ever be more than a usefull back up in this league again, Noonan could potentially be a strong starter in the future. JMM wins over both if healthy at this point.
First impressions are misleading, but, from what I saw, Noonan may be a significantly better fit with Twellman in Nicol's system than JMM, not just Harris. He appears to be a better target player than Twellman, Harris, or Moore. With JMM, Twellman has been doing alot of front running for which he is ill equiped while Moore has been too deep in midfield to draw defenders away from Twellman. Noonan seems possibly better suited to receive and dish off entry passes to Twellman, rather than using JMM as a runner off of Twellman. It appears that Twellman and Moore may be too similar in style to mesh well together. Of course Noonan still has to establish himself as a shooting threat or teams will play off him. Still, it may well turn out that JMM's injury (like Hernandez's mouth and Joseph's emergence) ends up as a net positive.