Comments on: Why Dave Sarachan should not be canned (yet): a debate with Peter Wilt

By: papa bear

papa bear — Sun, 20 May 2007 13:48:46 +0000

Dave’s had a chance for 3+ years. Time to go. Winning the USOC is nice, but that’s kinda ours to lose every year. He hasn’t done jack in the MLS Cup tournament and I can’t remember the last time we had a whiff of the supporter’s shield.
Gone baby, gone. Get rid of him.

By: lincoln

lincoln — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:06:18 +0000

Tom – I’m afraid Blanco will give Guppy enough rope to be hung. Yes, America are playing very good football at the moment, but remember its Mexico – not Europe (yes I realize my bias here).

Barret needs to be working into the midfielder. for some reason he has never struck me as a natural forward and even his goal at Colorado, though good, came from the ROP from the midfield.

At any rate, Curtain needs a stopper or 5h midfielder to connect he defense with the midfield. Calen Carr needs to either hit the gym or hit the road.

The Fire FO needs to be much better at finding talent in the University system. Barret is a good start… but putting together a team of battle hardened mid fielders who can and will run for 90+ is what we need – especially with Armas leaving at the end of the season.

Most teams need to start from the back… Chicago need to start with the midfield… which is in a bit of a state at the moment.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:30:47 +0000

Lincoln – I see where you’re coming from, but Guppy did make a big, bold move in signing Blanco. And the guy looks tremendous for America right now, from what I’ve seen and heard.

What other moves do you think he should make? I’ve heard they are considering a second DP, and that would be smart. Perhaps an upgrade from Barrett? Or a right-mid?

By: lincoln

lincoln — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:24:11 +0000

I can hardly believe my eyes when I read Wilt pinning his hopes on a player that should be headed for the showers not a second career. Blanco may indeed help Rolfe (who is finally coming into his own… ON HIS OWN) but this team needs a serious management shake up.

If Guppy won’t get of his hands and make the move, then we need to call for John’s head too.

Incidentally, or maybe not, the epidemic of inaction was evident during Guppy’s time at both Newcastle and Southampton…

History does teach us something… look where both of those clubs are today…

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 16 May 2007 01:25:57 +0000

I’m in total agreement, Coz, on all points. I do think the substitutions and formation in the second half didn’t really work, but you don’t fire a guy for that.

By: Coz

Coz — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:37:34 +0000

I’m going to add this on the Toronto match: Look at what happened on those two second half goals. In both cases, CJ Brown stepped into the middle somewhere, and on the first, Dasan Robinson — who had not been playing right mid in the first half — didn’t rotate down. On the second, Calen Carr was playing right mid, and was standing at midfield. If we had kept Logan Pause on the right side, for all his alleged shortcomings, I don’t think either of those goals happen.

My point being, what we did badly on Saturday was not adjust to playing with 10 men. Without out second-most experienced player holding down the defensive midfield. In a hostile environment. Against a team desperate for its first win that is already better than they were the first couple of weeks of the season. You can’t exactly train for all of that.

In my mind, that’s not an impeachable offense. Still (and I’ve decided to avoid BigSoccer altogether after games like this, for my own sanity, so I have no idea what the specific comments on the Deathwatch thread are), I think Dave probably needs four points out of the next three matches, or seven out of the next four, or he’s going to be in real jeopardy.