Comments on: 120 Fahrenheit: Fist Impressions

By: Toffee

Toffee — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:15:54 +0000

Rocha’s work ethic, attitude and nationality are all pluses in Schellas’s book, so he will be a key piece.

Schellas usually makes the midfield work with the personnel he has. If there is one consistent strength in SMU teams, it is usually the midfield. Shuleva was much more of a destroyer than anyone in previous years, so it worked more as a one in front of the other set up. When Chun was in there, there was more balance.

By: Skeeter

Skeeter — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:28:08 +0000

Rocha will definitely not be relegated to the bench, and it has nothing to do with CAP. It might have something to do with the fact that he is the leading assist man on the team.

By: twotone

twotone — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:32:02 +0000

alot of you guys are predicting that Rocha and Saragosa will be dropped to the bench and Arturo will be traded.

methinks that wont happen for 2 reasons:
1. our international spots are too valuable to be rotting on the pine. they’ll play somewhere or move on to their next team. Saragosa/Richetti depends on what Schellas will value at that position, and you can throw Serioux in there to. Look for Rocha and Ricky to stay cuz of our CAP deal, though.

2. FCD doesnt wanna get burned by Artie like they’ve been burned by the Brad Davis trade. he may go to the pine for a bit until he gets in line and starts to play defense. if he doesnt, we’ll see Brek, Wallace, or even Wileman playing in front of him rather than him traded away.

By: JPB4

JPB4 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:06:11 +0000

“I would rather AA become the player he can be instead of shipping him away.

Coop-Oduro
Toja-Serioux-Richetti-Dax (Rocha can fit in there as well)
Wallace-Davino-Moor-Dello
GK”

??????

Rocha is our best attacking MF (he and Dax but Dax has been on the shelf), if anything you should be saying maybe Serioux can fit in in MF.

Rocha’s field vision and passing are excellent, he could easily have 3 to 5 more assists and as it is he is a great distributor of the ball and reads Cooper very well. BTW time for Rocha to get a goal himself.

Wallace as an outside defender? Uh, no. Serioux or Wagner would need to be there.

By: FCDALLAS96

FCDALLAS96 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:35:04 +0000

Buzz,
I do think it’s important to have a coach on the staff who can work with the players on their technique on a daily basis. I can tell you Manchester United has one such coach by the name of Rene Muelensteen who works with first team squad. You are never too old to work on the technical aspect of your game because that can always be improved.

By: Buzz Carrick

Buzz Carrick — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:03:46 +0000

Christian, Davids is a holding midfielder.

Aaron, Wags is three weeks away from his retest with Doc. We’ll see then.

3nout, going tomorrow.

By: big mike

big mike — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:04:41 +0000

arturo is worried more about the color of his new cleats then about starting.

By: 3nOut

3nOut — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:22:30 +0000

btw, buzz…

were you able to catch practice, or am i jumping the gun a little for tomorrow’s article?

By: 3nOut

3nOut — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:21:36 +0000

the backline of wagner-davino-serioux-moor seems to be most likely.

as far as the “diamond” MF, can somone inform me a little about how that works tactically? is it more offensive or defensive? i liked the MF texgator put up. seems to make most sense.

as far as being in schellas’s doghouse, artie needs to quit acting like a primadonna if he wants to be considered a true professsional.

By: ric

ric — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:55:16 +0000

FCd doesn’t have 4 good defenders so some personnel changes must be coming for 4-4-2. Look for a 40 % personnel change over before the end of the season.