Practice Observations: Short Bit
May 26th, 2009 . 7:45 pm . By: Buzz Carrick
It got warm eventually today but this morning it was nice. Started in the 70s and stayed there, my car reporting 77 as I left training. Mild wind helped keep the temps down, at least in Frisco. The list of injured is getting long and it might be a problem this weekend. News, Notes and Observations- Anthony Wallace, Kyle Davies, and Peri Marosevic are with the U20s. - Dario Sala is still out a couple more weeks away. - Pablo Ricchetti is inside working today. Calf problem. He a should be back by the weekend says Hyndman. - George John comes outside for the first time since his injury. He jogs and does cones. Usually that means a player is about a week out, but sometimes faster. - Purdy, still a couple weeks from return. - Bruno Guarda is also inside like Ricchetti. Like Ricchetti he also should be back. - Torres and van den Bergh have some minor dings but are fine to train. - Kyle Davies returns from the U20s tonight. - Joe Cooper is out training with FCD. Cooper Sr. tells me Joe went to England and trained with Blackburn and Blackpool recently. Instant Scouting Report (Just Add Water): Nice first touch, better than Kenny’s. His head isn’t up to the speed, but no college kid is. Tall, quick enough, can move fairly well and dribble better than some. Might make a better wide winger than striker. Not intimidated at this level. - Emerson Hyndman is around again today, but he doesn’t participate in training. - Dax McCarty is the best player in training this morning. Plays both ways, great possession, and as everyone else tires he maintains his level cause his fitness is superb. Afterward he talks to Ellinger, my guess is Dax was asking what he has to do to get on the field. I wonder the same thing. - Eric Avila also looks sharp as hell today. Super smooth on the ball and killing defenders. I get that he doesn’t start for the inconsistencies, but he’s the most dangerous player on the team right this minute. - Tom Sanchez must be settling in finally, for the last week or so there is a greater intensity to his play. He’s bringing it up a notch since he got here. Catching Up with Schellas HyndmanDid you think about keeping Anthony Wallace back from the U20s?
Buzz’s Coach Speak Translator: wRongen scares me. With eight guys injured or gone, will that effect the tactics? Will you stay 3-5-2 or go back 4-4-2?
Buzz’s Coach Speak Translator: I read what you wrote about why a 3-5-2 doesn’t work for us, and you were right. Ray Burse had a great game, do you have a real battle at the keeper spot?
Buzz’s Coach Speak Translator: No. But it’s closer. TrainingOut of warm ups the team does a possession drill. It’s a typical 5v5 with 5 neutrals on the outside of the box. Red: Avila, Moor, van den Bergh, Ferreira, Cooper From there it’s a 40x 40 field with full goals. The teams stay 5v5 but there are no neutrals. Two touch in the offensive third, Hyndman talks to them about playing quicker and getting to goal faster. Cunningham and the two Cooper do some finishing with crosses from Dello-Russo, Avila, and Wagner. Cooper, as almost always, is the last player out. Lineup PredictionI would say Avila and McCarty being paired with the groups they were would me they might be starting, but it’s to early and there are two many injuries at this point. Plus Hyndman talked about them as providing something off the bench, not they played so well this week they start. From Hyndman’s quote I’ll bet on the 4-4-2 again and with the Davies recall plus the loss of Saragosa, Kyle may be going to with Ricchetti. (Perhaps Wagner returns with Torres central, or Moor central and Dello out there?). Too bad Wally was gone, he deserves the start and then it would be easy to put Torres in the middle. Cooper and Shea seems to be on the cards, and we know Ferreira and VDB aren’t coming out. Rocha hasn’t played well but he seems to be untouchable. I would go with Avila, but I bet Hyndman won’t. If Guarda is healthy he will likely start, if not could it be McCarty?
Lots of questions marks this early in the week. Later on we may have more ideas. Thought of the DayI would have recalled Wallace. I still think he’s the player on this team most equipped to play that holding diamond role. And after the two weeks he’s had and the play last week I would be giving him the start in the middle behind Ferreira. Particularly since Guarda is injured. It couldn’t be all that much worse. 25 Comments Comments RSS TrackBack Identifier URI Leave a comment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
“If they had had any finishing ability…”
That part made me laugh. If nothing else, I like Hyndman’s honesty, even if he really shouldn’t openly discuss criticisms of his players.
Eugene, he was talking about LA not finishing.
The criticism of RayJ to the media is completely unwarranted, as well as not really delivering any new information. Whatever else, even if he wins us multiple MLS Cups, Schellas has pretty much zero class.
Rongen scares me too, but probably for different reasons than translated above.
Yeah tex, I got that. I was referring to his criticism of Burse later in the article. You know, “you’ve been costing us games and you’ve been costing us goals.”
cowtown knows what I’m talking about.
I just can’t figure out how Rocha stays on the field.. unreal
buzz, i was late on the last practice report, but i asked 2 questions. They still apply so I’ll ask again.
Do you think SH is regretting the trade of Pitch now?
Also, you’ve said for a long time that the 3-5-2 is the perfect formation for FCD as a club identity. i know this team isn’t equipped for it, but do you still believe its the right formation cuz it clogs the middle up & forces opponents to play thru so much traffic?
Maybe it’s something to do with him being a CAP player. Or maybe some of his dirty play is viewed as the oft-revered “bite”.
I’m not sure how Hyndman manages to talk so much to the media given that he seems to have a foot permanently wedged in his mouth. There’s absolutely no reason to criticize RayJ in public like that.
Keep that crap behind closed doors Schellas, putting it out there for everyone to see just makes you look unprofessional and disrespectful.
In my opinion, Hyndman wasn’t insulting Burse in front of the media. He was telling the media what he had told Ray about his recent play. Despite his brilliant showing against LA, he did have some blown saves that MAY have, indeed, cost FCD those matches.
Hyndman made an observation (which is part of his job), told Ray what those observations were, and then told the media WHAT HE TOLD Burse.
Doesn’t say “insulting”, “criticizing”, or “zero class” to me, but again, that’s only my opinion…
pffft..I have no problem with criticizing Ray in public as long as you are correct. And honestly, Ray has given up due to bad positioning some soft goals which were the difference between getting points and not getting points.
I would rather have a coach do that than not tell me at all. I know where I stand with a coach.
This is professional soccer not high school ball. Ray knows he screwed up some games and has not been stellar. From the looks of it, maybe criticism is his motivator. Coach may be playing some games to get the best out of his players.
Public criticism is often used by coaches as motivation, but it is generally done with a certain amount of delibrateness… this guy just spouts off at the mouth with little thought… his comments make me cringe at their thoughtlessness. I’m not sure he ever has a clue where he is going with a comment when he starts
“Ray’s been doing a great job, especially in this last game. Yes, we’re still working on things and Dario is still our #1, but we’re very glad to have Ray.”
I think in some ways we all appreciate that Schellas has diarrhea of the mouth, because we get an insight into the way his mind works, but too often, what we seem to be learning about the way his mind works is very troubling stuff, such as not having his players’ backs.
it must be a chore for players to be
criticised publicly. Professional players need able and constructive
leadership.What if SH were to be dealt the same treatment by the FO? I wonder how he would like that……..
Andrew, Paul – why does he need to tell the media exactly what he told Ray? Only the player needs to hear that, not everyone else.
TT, no I don’t think SH regrets the Pitch trade cause 1. Pitch asked for it and 2. SH didn’t think Pitch was good enough.
I still think in the summer heat here a 3-5-2 is a good formation for Dallas in general terms,which I have said for some time, but not for this group of players as they are now. There are two many pieces missing.
Rex, let’s just agree to disagree.
Hey Buzz, what if any rumblings ar there about player movement out there when the window opens up? It seems Schellas might believe the 3-5-2 is better if he could get the wingers to play it?
3-5-2 is our only chance. we dont have enough defenders for a 4-4-2. heck we need a CDM to play central defense when we only have a 3-man backline.
lets see something wild like:
——Shea——KCJ
———Ferreira
Wagner—————Rocha
—Wallace—-McCarty
VDB——Richetti—–Moor
Jon, SH is a 4-4-2 guy, he won’t make any moves that build toward a 3-5-2 only toward the diamond 4-4-2 he wants to play.
The really good (ie effective) coaches/managers pick and choose when to publicly criticize a player. I don’t think SH has learned that yet.
Today is a sad day. Oduro to the enemy..
Thanks for the answer buzz. I agree with you on the 3-5-2 being a good formation for TX & FCD as an identity.
I think he be able to play the preferred formation with Pitch still here, but you’re probably right in that its ineffective no matter who is playing cuz he doesnt have the right personnel. Its gonna take another couple of transfers to get that.
I have no problem with the comments SH made to Burse. The problem I have is he went public with what he said to Burse. Part of leadership is knowing when to talk and not to talk.
Isn’t that what I said?