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Originally Posted by |Zach|
I doubt they have a good day at the office in KC but I don't see them as struggling team long term. They will put it together and be right up there.
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If they can get healthy, I think you're right and they should be fine. But that a if has started a seed of nervousness with me. DRo is getting up there and the repeated injuries are starting to concern me. De Leon has a hammy...and you know how those can be. Thorrington is ahead of schedule, but has the same injury DRo had last year.
The biggest issue right now is that they really use Thorrington and DRo to build things through midfield. When DRo is out, they have trouble generating any sort of competent push.
Thorrington was
sort of figuring out how to be that guy buy himself in the RSL match before he got hurt. But now that both of them are out, I'm scuured to see what happens.
If there's any positive to the situation right now, it's that there may be a (very, very slight, I doubt Olsen does this) chance to see a 4-2-3-1 trotted out with this sort of front-end:
Rafael
Pontius - Agusto - Sanchez
Which I would be interested to see. That's a pretty inexperienced front that hasn't seen any actual game time together. It has potential on paper, but could be an abortion in actuality. The most life this team has shown this season has been when Sanchez is on the pitch.
This setup would allow DCU to match SKC's numbers in midfield, but I'm guessing it'll be the 4-1-3-2 they trotted out against Columbus with Pajoy and Raphael up top with Pontius, Sanchez, Porter underneath them. For the life of me I can't see Olsen imagining he can run the double pivot right now minus both DeRosario and Thorrington.
Of course my $0.02 is worth exactly jack and shit.
Anybody here not going? I'm planning on watching it and wouldn't mind some chatter.