Re: [nas] Red Bull Barca observations

gee i know the score was bad but i thought it would be worse.

i actually didn't think they played that poorly.

o'rourke was defending?

On Aug 14, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Jeff Moore wrote:

>   First observation is that it was ugly and an over the knee spanking on the front porch
> in front of the whole neighborhood.  Only respect NY got was they did not cry in front
> of everyone after the spanking. ;-) 
>  
> Looked like the current US national basketball team against...
> well anyone right now.  To be expected, however.
>  
>  Ny weaknesses-   They have no midfield presence...in that
>                                  Nobody but O'Rourke could be bothered with
>                                 defending in the middle. 
>  
>                                   Gevara can be silky, but holds the ball too long, slows play, and could not tackle
>                                   to save his life. 
>                                   Djork could not be bothered to tackle and looks like another euro-weenie over
>                                   here to play "kick around" and see the sights in NY.
>  
>                                   No teeth in attack. Buddle is unimaginative and looks like a plodding
>                                   quarterhorse going up against Ky thoroughbreds.  Just take a step
>                                   and lop it toward goal. 35 yards out, no problem...... No vision, no sense of
>                                   game situations, etc.
>  
>                                 
> In short, what we would expect for a lower-mid table MLS side against one the top
> 2,3 club sides in the world.  It also looked like Barca turned it up a notch after looking
> rather ordinary a few other matches.
>  
>   Give Ny a player in the middle like Mastroeni, and that team would be an altogether
> different proposition; but still would have been beaten like a rented mule.
>  
> Juts my .02
>  
> Jeff
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