Post-match: The ABCs of TRASH With Óscar the Slouch - Crew v Orlando - Match 29 - 9/21/24 7:30 PM

DOOOOOOM!

 

They have a surprisingly good away record, and nearly identical to their home record.

Will be tough one, but one the good guys should win... 2-1

 

No pyro or fireworks. So no party.

 

I'm thinking this match might be golazo bonanza!!

Big number incoming.

 

I think the Crew are a good soccer team

 

In Columbus we have 4W 2D 2L (2019 &!2022) vrs Orlando

 

Mickey Mouse!

Soccer Team!

 

Not a good officials crew tonight

Columbus Crew vs Orlando City
Lower.com Field (7:30PM ET)
REF: Sergii Boiko
AR1: Corey Parker
AR2: Zach McWhorter
4TH: Fotis Bazakos
VAR: Kevin Stott
AVAR: Fabio Tovar

 

It's Game Day! Vamos Crew!

 

Year 3 plan?

#Crew96 Boss Wilfried Nancy tells me iterations from the “Year 3️⃣ Plan” will start to be introduced as the 🖤💛 work to keep opponents guessing in this final stretch of 2024.

— Chris Doran (@ChrisDoran18) September 20, 2024

 

An early preview of Nancyball 3.0?! I'm all for it.

 

The dude is beating the league by playing 4D chess. I wonder if this is what it was like watching John Wooden ply his craft.

 

Do we have a decent analysis of what Nancyball 2.0 included? To me, it's seemed to have been forced upon the club by a ridiculously packed schedule - resulting in a lot of roster rotation - and some teams adjusting their play to try and counter Nancyball 1.0 tactics. I'm having a hard time pinning down a specific style of play this year. Maybe 2.0 and 3.0 are really just advances on, the continuing evolution of 1.0. Even more positional and tactical flexibility than last year by having more players who are comfortable executing that style? I'm not sure I'm buying that, however. We've certanily seen some players further develop with a full year's experience playing in his system. But Morris' loss remains huge.

 

Good question.

Well, we have seen Camacho wide in the 3 man backline lately, and more of a 4-ish man backline a couple times. Mostly in the heavy rotation games, so it was hard to tell. Also more of Farsi as the highest player on the pitch, though Yeboah did it some last year.

Ramirez has certainly been for of a first choice guy this year, where Matan was past year (at the end, anyway). Arfsten supplanting Yeboah. And Morris' goodbye.

 

Do we know what unis we are wearing?

I freaking hate that we don't know ahead of time.

 

Yeah i never know where to look this up at

 

Boiko… oh no!!

Bazakos sucks too.

Who is Corey Parker?

 

I tried to do some analysis. It changes by game. Toronto we played a more of a 4-2-2-2 in the first half and then switched to the typical shape in the second half with a 4-3-3 look at times. Another game, we played a box midfield (3-2-2-3). And then, I think the Seattle game, we play a box defense almost 2-2 with the front 6 changing its shape.

Nagbe has struggled with that shift, and will make passes to where a guy used to be, but is no longer there. The give away leading to the red was because Matan was at the base of an M or Double-Upside down VV like shape with 2 people in the middle, as he was in Zone 14 with another player. It was almost like a 2-2-4-2. (I have a gif but it's too large.)

 

I could go into more detail, but the TL;DR version is that I feel we were more wingback dependent last year and probably played a little slower with shorter passes, and this year we use the middle to attack more while playing a little faster and with more medium/through balls up to the attackers into space.

 

He missed the ball going out in 2015 MLS Cup

 

Nancyball 3.0 involves cloning Sean Zawadzki so he can play all 11 positions simultaneously