This defense is putrid. Every time they get a chance to clear the ball, Rico passes the ball directly to the other team
Cubo, Boniek, and Leo Miranda coming in as subs are still not enough. Switching over to the Astros game.
I'd make some immediate changes heading into next week first, you gotta get Rico out of the lineup (I know we have been saying this for months, insane it hasn't happened yet). Put Boniek there, he will at least help with possession and won't give the ball away constantly, leading to attacks from the other team. Rico is terrible on both ends of field now, Boniek won't be any kind of downgrade at this point, in fact his on the ball defense is better I'd slide Raul R over to RB and put in 2 new starting center backs. Play Agus with one of the young guys (Ibeagha/Bourgeois) and just see how it goes.
Coyle is going to have to do something drastic quickly or he's going to be summering back in Scotland. This many poor results in should've forced lineup changes before this week. This was just the culmination of bad play that will finally force his hand. Get Bruin and Clark the f*** off of the field. The center backs are afraid of being aggressive because they know that Clark is just going to screw things up in front of them. They're forced to stay back and are allowing the opponents to run at them with space. I'm not sure of the stats but I'd be willing to bet we're near the bottom of Offside Forced (if that's a stat that's looked at) and fouls. 2 things you can consider if a defense is playing too soft. Not that they should be at the top of fouls committed...but 5 out of the 7 teams currently with more than 10 points are in the top 10 of FC. On the flip side, we're near the bottom of the league for being caught offside and corners taken. This tells me that the forwards are playing too deep into the midfield...not taking chances any more, as evidenced by only 2 goals in the last 3 games after 11 in the first 3. Way too many times I've seen Bruin near the defensive 1/3 to get the ball. Why? He can't dribble out of trouble. WTF is he doing there? Stay as deep as you can and live with the fact that all you are is a poacher. Quit clogging up the midfield and giving it away the moment you touch it. Jozy Altidore thinks Bruin has a bad first touch and no one would know better... These are correctable problems by putting in players that actually fit the system better. Get Madiana in a better position to run the midfield. Get Bruin and Clark off the field.
Good news, Bruin is on the bench. Bad news, Rico Clark is still starting. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="cy" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/GEICO">@GEICO</a> starting XI: Deric; Williams, Rodríguez, Agus, Beasley; Wenger, Clark, Warner, Alex, García; Barnes © <a href="https://t.co/cIcCTdCQw1">pic.twitter.com/cIcCTdCQw1</a></p>— Houston Dynamo (@HoustonDynamo) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonDynamo/status/724004028359692293">April 23, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Smh at Coyle's decisions on his substitutions. He brings in Horst, a defender, for the last 15 minutes instead of bringing another forward/striker when down by 2 goals. I know they're a man down but still at least try to take a risk and get Cubo, Miranda, or Maidana on the field and help Barnes and Wenger on the offensive end.
Link:http://www.houstondynamo.com/live http://www.houstondynamo.com/post/2016/04/22/houston-dynamo-offer-april-30-match-live-stream Tonight's Dynamo vs. Real Salt Lake match is to be aired via online stream. It's a one game experiment and a big risk for them. If this works successfully then there could be more games to air via the internet for next year. I think they need to have a better local TV deal with some type of multi-year agreement for next year and not settle for one-year deals with Root Sports.
Unfortunately, the biggest creator of chances maidana came out of the bench and the best striker /finisher Torres too. I hope brener steps in and makes coyle play them because they deserve to start. This lone striker deal is not working out; none of our forwards can excel in this formation. The subs were too late also.
I wonder how much leash Coyle has left. 1 season+ and there has been no signs of improvement...only signs that he cannot figure out a lineup that works. DP on the bench. Allegedly best creating midfielder on the bench. Meanwhile, Rico Clark continues to start. On another note, Brad Davis scored a beauty this week for SKC. I don't blame the Dynamo for letting him go based on his performance last season...but maybe some of it was due to coaching?
Didn't have another thread to put this in, so I'll just put it here Ran into Jermaine Jones last night in Denver. Chatted with us for a bit but kind of a dick
Finally. Dynamo win. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tIA5ToRecTg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZNpNS9wGDPo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Same old **** with this team You finally give Cubo a chance, he contributes to the win last week, and back on the bench today. Same culprits playing like crap again today: Rico, Bruin and for a couple weeks now Wenger as well Rico has a lucky ass cracker from the outside as I am typing this, but my comments still stand
Deric with ANOTHER red car, hard to blame him though, the defense has been sooooo bad, he has been coming to come out all game long No subs left, Jalil Anibaba in at goal now......
Nice red card by Deric with no more substitutions... Anibaba in goal and Dynamo down 1-3 and playing with 10 men