SEPops84@StephenPuopolo
Ream wasn’t the issue, actually Ream played well honestly. The first goal was on Adams, Dest and Freeman, who just stared at a bouncing ball in the box and didn’t clear it. The second goal again was in Dest and Freeman, they had perfect a double team and failed to pin Trousad, instead they just let him get to the end line and cross it. They attempted to close it out too late and by that time it was a one on one for the cross. Freese also didn’t react well to it.
As for the 3rd goal, that was entirely on Freese, he was in over his head after the first save he made it was an extremely bad showing for him. Overall, the entire team was terrible in the first half. They came out too amped up, which showed on offense, and translated on the defensive side into tentative play that lead to the first and second goal.
Overall, this was no one’s best game, including Poch. They adjusted well into the second half, came out strong, but again I thought they played too tentative and it showed by them trying to make the perfect pass rather than just playing. Once that third goal happened it was over because they had completely lost faith.
The next cycle will be interesting because Puli is going to hit his prime next season and the year after, then the inevitable fall for wingers starts and he’ll be 31 and starting to lose his speed, Cavan should be starting his ascent and Gigi should be playing full time somewhere as a keeper in Europe. That will solve two major issues for us, GKing and a solid 10 (hopefully he is a 10 and not a winger for this team).
