Dario and Ricchetti are the players who have the personality to hold themselves and others responsible and accountable for what happens on the field. I do not see the team quitting on themselves yet – but each and every one of us needs to do every thing we can to build their confidence and support the team during the game.

How many of the FCD players who actually see the pitch would actually have a positive VORP? Another way to think of this is: how many of the players who actually see the pitch for FCD could start for any of the middle of the table teams?

My contention? Cooper, vdb, (healthy) Pablo, and (maybe) Moor. I’d like to extend this to Rocha and Ferreira, but I’m hard-pressed at this trying to justify subbing them into, say, the RSL or Dynapoo lineup.

(BTW, I know it’d be hard to compute meaningful VORPs based only on Goals and Assists (since the median player probably has 0 Gs, 0 As after 8 games), but if we looked at 50/50s won, passes intercepted, turnovers, foul-to-fouled ratio, we could probably get a good idea.)

It may sound crazy, but why not put Shea in there with Cooper at forward? No offense to Kenny, but it’d give FCD at least one guy up top with both size and the desire to go for headers off VDB’s crosses. Shea’s got great range, too, so you wouldn’t lose much pace by swapping an aging Cunningham for him.

It’s a risk because of the defensive weaknesses Dallas has, but I think the 3-5-2 is something Schellas should consider given the team’s current offensive struggles.

—COOPER— Another poor performance. Yes, he needs to mid field to give him the ball and make him more productive. However, he missed yet another point-blank scoring opportunity. Oh, and could Kenny stay on his feet for more than one second when he has the ball? He’s 6′3″, PLAY LIKE IT!

—CUNNINGHAM— We are sending the wrong type of balls to him. All night we were playing to his feet which isnt why he is in there. He is in their for speed and scoring only. It would be nice if we would send an accurate through ball every once in a while to utilize him.

—VANDENBERGH— His worst performance as a member of FCD in my opinion. He just wasnt himself. But, when the center of the midfield was getting dominated like it was, its hard to do much out wide.

—ROCHA— How much longer is he going to be starting? Once again playing for himself, being fancy, not getting back on defense, and not challenging attackers what so ever on the defensive 1/3 of the field. Availla needs to be playing instead of a guy who thinks he is better than he is.

—GNAT—Got dominated. I dont know where to play him. He cant control the middle because he isnt strong enough to get a solid touch on the ball and maintain possesion. The same for being a forward. I think he is at his best when we float him as a third forward with two center mids behind him. That way he has more space.

—DAX— Great game. He provided the jolt offensively. I felt that we might get dominated in the middle if he didnt get the start. He is a strong player for his size, can win the air balls, and can distribute and make plays; Which is exactly what he did when he came in the game. I am going to go out on a limb, but I am pretty sure Dax will be starting next weekend.

—SARAGOSA—ummmm…Were we playing with 3 CB’s? Seriously, does Saragosa know what a defensive mid-fielder is supposed to do? Absolutely terrible. He was the main reason the middle got toren to pieces. He left this HUGE GAP between him and Ferraira. I cant wait for Richetti to come back.

—WAGNER— Is the Black Wagner experiment done yet? He turns over the ball way too much, gets out of position way too much, and could he please send a pass/long ball to the right colored jerseys? But then again, he could be color blind. Put in Davies.

—George John— Solid effort by GJ. He was physical and won just about every 50-50 ball in the air. Cant wait to see how he looks 5 years from now.

—Purdy— Great job on defending that cross, wasnt it? The same mistakes every game by the defense. Arent you supposed to be closer than 10 yards from the opposing player on a cross? Purdy must have thought otherwise.

—Moore— Why do we keep switching him so much? He is best at CB!!!!! If you play him at RB, you will just get an average game like he played Saturday night. Is SH on drugs? Can he not see what we see?

—BURSE— Back to back solid performances. He made several nice saves and had no chance on the goal.

—S.H.— Could he start feeling the pressure? Does he know what he is doing? We need to do two things : 1.) Fire S.H. AND 2.) Start making statements whoever the new coach will be (Sooner rather than later). By statements I mean pulling Kenny Cooper or pulling Drew Moore or one of the stars and leaders on this team. Maybe that will wake this team up. I dont know, but something needs to be done.

Bottom line is this coach has had a year to “implement” his “system” (which seems to consist of bringing in below average players), he has proven himself to be totally clueless when it comes to the pro game. Hate to break it to everyone but he lost the respect of the team well before this season ever started.. Ask any of the players privately

This team looks berefit of any belief that they can win. You can see it in the body language of the players. Unfortunately, I think that they have lost confidence in SH and you can definitely see it in their performance.