Comments on: Here’s My Brain After the 2nd Galaxy-FCD Viewing

By: Jeff Bull

Jeff Bull — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:19:54 +0000

Nice wrap, Laurie. And you’re clearly more devoted to your craft than me, seeing as I refuse to watch a game more than once (even with the archived feeds at my finger-tips).

That said, I’ve got only one quibble: I think Herculez Gomez might be the acquisition of the year – especially if/when he learns to cross with his left foot. I’ll support a campaign for Robbie Findley as Rookie of the Year; he’s an Oregon lad after all…

By: Laurie

Laurie — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:49:07 +0000

Doug, no offense taken. I was actually thinking about catching the middle half hour one more time.

I will be the first to admit that at this point I still have no baseline for judging the team and the players. I’m still figuring out who they are and what they bring to the team. So obviously I may be reading some of them incorrectly right now. Or there’s the possibility that you and I are looking at different aspects of play. So I’ll go back and watch again. (Because seriously, I love watching soccer, even replays. My France NT plays only about ten times a year, and I always watch those games at least twice apiece.)

So in a day or two, I may come back and say, “You’re right,” or I may say, “I disagree and here’s why.” Or somewhere in the middle. Check back.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:07:38 +0000

“Next up: A US Open Cup game vs. Columbus Crew on 4/24.
We really should win that one. Right?”

I sincerely hope so – for the good of the league, please, Crew, not another 0-0 draw.

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:10:26 +0000

Kyle Martino had a solid game? I mean this with the utmost respect when I say ‘please watch the game a third time’. He was the fundamental reason why we couldn’t go from defense to offense at more than a snail’s pace. I counted three time that his first touch put the ball about ten feet away from him and he consequently lost it. And why, every time the opposition tries to press him, does he turn around and play the ball back? I understand that sometimes that happens when you have no other option but he did it every time. We do have wingers and a central midfielder needs to be able to do more than distribute the ball backwards.

Martino is why Lalas is trying to get Zissou. We can’t afford someone like that in midfield when the whole world will be watching as soon as you know who gets to LA.