P/I/P Season 27 Game 22: LA Galaxy vs Dallas, 7/30/2022, 8:00 PT on Spectrum Sportsnet

Time to see if we can get a back to back victory.
Let's Go Galaxy!!!​

 

Vanney and Costa Talk Dallas!!!

 

This is what I want to see out of the gate,...

--------DeJan---Chicha----Costa
-------------Rayan---Delgado
------------------Brugman
Edwards--Williams--Sega---Julian
---------------------Bond

Subs will be based on who is winded.
However for the midfield I want to try to go like for like as much as possible.

Subs:
Aguirre for Brugman
Grandsir for Costa
Cabral for Chicha only if he can't go 90

By the way,...has Dunbar gone down to G2? He has not even made the bench for at least 7 games

 

If the weather is going to be 90 degrees resting Chicha in the 2nd half might be required after all. Because of this I wouldn't even be surprised if Vanney made him a sub and started DeJan. Same with Costa making Grandsir the starter. Because Zaveleta was cramping up he might not start either. Vanney will likely be thinking Draw Draw Draw. We will see. I hope I'm wrong.

 

This is why I am so glad that Brugman is here now.
Edwards is a good defender and is excellent at advancing to midfield. Because of this however he wants to attack more than defend, which of course leaves his flank open to getting attacked on a counter. Araujo is better at getting back on defense than Edwards; but he also often gets caught out in the exact same way.
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The fix for this would be to either,...
1) Play with left and right midfielders that are willing to cover the left and rightback defensive spots upon a fullback overlap.

2) Play with fullbacks that prioritize defense over attack.

3) Play with a center midfielder willing to commit to central defensive cover so that a center back can slide over and cover the vacant fullback position.

Vanney rarely plays 4-4-2,...but when he does guys like Cabral, Grandsir and Efrain who get placed in the left and right midfielder spots, are not great defenders. I mean they are not garbage, but when they get overlapped I don't get my hopes high that they will win a ball back. Again Edwards and Araujo are able to get back and defend really well so this helps. However this is not always the case and eventually they will burn out and reduce their willingness to overlap. So this leaves option 3. Now the problem with that though is getting either Delgado or Rayan need to determine which one of the 2 will be the guy fully committed to playing as a number 6 style center defensive midfielder. They are both pretty much 8 style center mids and are good enough defensively to play that spot but like Edwards and Araujo they prefer to attack more than defend. Because they do this so often it leaves our midfield stretched and places our 2 center backs in crappy situations all the time. Defensive situations that are exacerbated if a fullback that has advanced all the way into a wide forward position hasn't gotten back on defense in time just before a turnover in the midfield.

However,...now that we have Brugman willing to commit to CDM when a fullback or central midfielder advances, this finally gives our center backs that much needed extra support and improves the team's overall defensive shape. In the last game the moment Brugman came out we reverted to the same defensive form issues we have struggled with all year. Vanney needs to be preparing Aguirre to be our fulltime CDM backup. He has shown that he is a much more willing defender than Rayan and Delgado and can very easily become that guy that feels that role off the bench.

 

Yep just as you asked

 

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