Five Takes On The Five Stripes

FTOTFS 

8/29 OFYO

Recording the pod later tonight. 

1: We were on the front foot at the start. An incredible save kept it at 0-0 but Remedi had a great follow up effort. Eric has really stepped up his game and his role in this club since Nagbe’s departure. The middle of the park was not the issue for us tonight. 

2:. We had loads of defensive problems in the final third in the first half. We just looked totally disjointed and not in sync. Set piece defending was really poor. It could have been 3 or even 4-0 off of open headers on goal. There was utter confusion in the box on the first goal. Guzan probably should have had that, but it just looked like we weren’t set. You could see with the reaction off the first goal how serious Orlando took this. No major celebration. Straight to midfield and restarting play. The 2nd goal was a perfect example of the lack or organization. Yes, Lennon was off, but that’s no excuse. Someone has to drop back and cover. 

3: Orlando was the opposite of us on defense. They were solid and well organized for the entirety of the match. They didn’t have many egregious errors that we were able to take advantage of. Ultimately we gave them more than they gave us. We threw everything we had at them in the last 30 and they handled adversity very well. 

4: It was nice to see Adam Jahn be more involved. Honestly he probably saw more action tonight than he did all of his previous matches combined. Not only were we looking for him more but there a number of moments where he got stuck in. It was a much more aggressive and determined performance from him. 

5: Look it was never going to be Father’s Day without Daddy. Credit to Glassy, he was effective and aggressive with substitutions. He didn’t wait and made them early and they were impactful. I would have liked to see Damm come on a little earlier. He had an impact straight away. Clearly he’s been working on his crosses.