The Second Club Thread
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The keen-eyed amongst you will have noticed a lack of updates from me lately. Well, that would be because since @Tony Towner noted Dean Smith being the top of any league table seemed a poor reflection of said league... Well, he seems to have cursed the next (previous now) four weeks for CLT.
Our league record since Tony's moment of clairvoyance?
-- P5, W0, D0, L5, 5GF, 9GA --
And honestly, the -4GD in that time flatters us. We've been awful. Shout outs to Fulham for shipping us Tim Ream, who, frankly, has been a complete disaster. His presence in the team makes us significantly worse all over the park in ways that are difficult to parse, but it's now something like 9 matches we've started him at CB, either in a 2 or a 3, and we've lost every single match. Hate it for Tim, but the dropoff has been Ferdinand + Vidič levels of precipitous.
Anyway. I'm here today, which means...
Please forgive the commentary; I'd put up Spanish highlights if I knew where to find them.
Columbus play at a level of quality that MLS rarely sees, if it ever has (funnily enough, this year's Vancouver have come out of absolutely nowhere to enter that convo). Fully anticipate that Crew SC's manager, Wilf Nancy, will be in Europe sooner than later. Not sure how his tactics will survive the higher level, but man is it exhilarating to watch, even when you're on the receiving end. That is to say, I'm not too upset with the goals conceded, although Kristijan Kahlina has been significantly less composed this season than he did at any point last season (won GKotY).
Funny old game, football. But after coughing up an embarrassing 1-4 loss to visiting Chicago last time we played at the Bank, we’ve taken 3 points off of one of the big favorites for MLS Cup, I'm not going to get too caught up one way or the other. Long season ahead yet.
Oh, do stick around for the final goal from Biel that put us up 3-2. PL-level turn and finish, IMV (not saying Biel is a PL-level player, to be clear).
Our league record since Tony's moment of clairvoyance?
-- P5, W0, D0, L5, 5GF, 9GA --
And honestly, the -4GD in that time flatters us. We've been awful. Shout outs to Fulham for shipping us Tim Ream, who, frankly, has been a complete disaster. His presence in the team makes us significantly worse all over the park in ways that are difficult to parse, but it's now something like 9 matches we've started him at CB, either in a 2 or a 3, and we've lost every single match. Hate it for Tim, but the dropoff has been Ferdinand + Vidič levels of precipitous.
Anyway. I'm here today, which means...
Please forgive the commentary; I'd put up Spanish highlights if I knew where to find them.
Columbus play at a level of quality that MLS rarely sees, if it ever has (funnily enough, this year's Vancouver have come out of absolutely nowhere to enter that convo). Fully anticipate that Crew SC's manager, Wilf Nancy, will be in Europe sooner than later. Not sure how his tactics will survive the higher level, but man is it exhilarating to watch, even when you're on the receiving end. That is to say, I'm not too upset with the goals conceded, although Kristijan Kahlina has been significantly less composed this season than he did at any point last season (won GKotY).
Funny old game, football. But after coughing up an embarrassing 1-4 loss to visiting Chicago last time we played at the Bank, we’ve taken 3 points off of one of the big favorites for MLS Cup, I'm not going to get too caught up one way or the other. Long season ahead yet.
Oh, do stick around for the final goal from Biel that put us up 3-2. PL-level turn and finish, IMV (not saying Biel is a PL-level player, to be clear).
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That’s been the story of his time here, apart from maybe his first month with the club when he looked a class above for MLS. Don’t know if it’s confidence, the turf, the SPL being actually League Two level… I like him a lot and he at least affects how defenses orient themselves, but the moment he broke away I knew he wouldn’t score.
