RSL vs. KC Wizards; Wed. 8/29; 7:00 p.m. [R]

brown over findley?

 

I have to say my motivation is betting, I bet for while (7 years). I found MLS very intersting cose in short words this leauge is very uniqe and all bookies calculate odds on same base like any onther world leauge and as results of that many times there is lot of mistakes.

What is uniqe about MLS:

- such busy schedules
- when team are going on toure they are on the road sometimes for a month (while in Europe in genneral you play one game at home other away and only one game per week)
- also refferies they do thiers job by the book (you have many penalty kicks and yellow cards)
- I have to say as many of you are aware MLS is in low techniqual level so singing players like Blanco, Beckham means whole lot of diference
- USA is hughe country and distance among citys are also relevant (my whole country have 4,5 mil ppl that is like medium size city in USA) so that result in almost no visiting fans (while in Europe you have ppl that are living fot theirs clubs and you have some times somthing like 5000 ppl going on away match on stadium that have capacity of 20 000)
- home advantage is relevant but also you have teams like Kanzas were you have 10 k per match and stadium capacity like 40 k so that is realy IMO not such home advantage

I could get on and on about this but if you follow it and calculate whole this in given odds from bookie often you found value.

To illustrate match L.A- Chivas bookies gave odds on Chivas 3.4 (for 1 dollar you get profit of 2.4) and that was pure value. First of all no home advantage both from same city, many key players for L.A had international games in Europe 24 hours before. It was 6 th game of L.A in 21 day etc....

I watch games on mlsnet I paid 14.99$ for video on demand.

I hope I didn`t abuse this forum with all this

 

No abuse; thanks for the commentary!

 

I do not want brown over findley but that is what I heard

 

C Brown is a joke. I would much rather have Atiba up front then him.

 

I've been saying the same thing, only replace "C Brown" with "Eskandarian."

 

Is C.Brown really an option over a healthy Esky and Findley? ... or is it a decision based on lingering health issues for those two?

I don't know but both have had early subs and seemed to have some minor injuries (Findley's hammy, and Esky's foot/achillies??) or something like that?

I will say this, I'm amazed how poor finishers many players in MLS are (and many on RSL are). It's like their great "athletes" but lack some technical soccer skills - i.e. they grew up relying on their athletic advantages that perhaps they didn't pay as much attention to develop solid technical skills.

I say this mostly but how surprised I am at times that SOME players struggle to trap the ball or complete passes or put shots on goal (or even near it).

It's like a little boy that's on my son's team - he's an unbelievable natural athlete, he's the fastest kid in the league and he does very well to expoit his speed and natural strength... unfortunately, it's almost like he doesn't care to learn how to properly develop basic soccer skills (dribbling, accurate passing, trapping, shooting) because he just outruns everyone and can slot the ball in the net. This is great until you reach a level where you physical skills no longer give you enough of an advantage to make up for weakness in technical skills.

Obviously, all of the players in MLS are very good technical players compared to me or non-professionals... but within their peer group, it just seems like that's one area where they aren't up to par overall yet. Don't get me wrong, they've improved leaps and bounds, but they still have a way to go.

 

You just lost all credibility with us. We are expected to believe that you have a date? JK!

 

Chris Brown is starting tonight in place of Findley. Blah. All three of the new guys are playing. Espindola is playing in the midfield instead of up top.

 

All three Argentines - sink or swim tonight!

Chris Brown in for Sturgis may be the only obvious starting choice that keeps this from being our best XI - Findley for one of the forwards is more a matter of preference than an obvious choice.

 

Goooaaaaallllll!!!!!!

 

Maybe these Argies might be good. Not only did they score early, but a goal off a corner as well.

 

Sure enjoyed the first minute )) and the first five minutes! We're pushing the tempo in a pretty encouraging way. Fun and promising, at least, even if the positive result doesn't hold up.