Comments on: Real Salt Lake’s 11 to protect http://blog.roguecavaliers.com/2008/11/19/real-salt-lake%e2%80%99s-11-to-protect/ The view from Section 8, Row A, Seats 1&2 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: f4denz http://blog.roguecavaliers.com/2008/11/19/real-salt-lake%e2%80%99s-11-to-protect/#comment-4206 f4denz Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:36:14 +0000 http://blog.roguecavaliers.com/2008/11/19/real-salt-lake%e2%80%99s-11-to-protect/#comment-4206 I would love to keep Dema, you simply have to look at RSL's performance during the time he was out injured to know what his impact is on the team. Clint made under $100K this year and provides a lot of grit on our team. Again, the numbers weren't there but rewatch the matches and you will see the workrate is first class and impressive. Borchers is solid, the communication issues are a two way street. I am not sure Robbie wants to be in Salt Lake, I have a feeling he would rather be in LA, or a bigger city, just a feeling. It will all be interesting. I would love to keep Dema, you simply have to look at RSL’s performance during the time he was out injured to know what his impact is on the team.

Clint made under $100K this year and provides a lot of grit on our team. Again, the numbers weren’t there but rewatch the matches and you will see the workrate is first class and impressive.

Borchers is solid, the communication issues are a two way street. I am not sure Robbie wants to be in Salt Lake, I have a feeling he would rather be in LA, or a bigger city, just a feeling.

It will all be interesting.

]]> By: bc http://blog.roguecavaliers.com/2008/11/19/real-salt-lake%e2%80%99s-11-to-protect/#comment-4205 bc Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:55:08 +0000 http://blog.roguecavaliers.com/2008/11/19/real-salt-lake%e2%80%99s-11-to-protect/#comment-4205 Love the list overall. I would put Findley higher up. I would love to see his scoring / assist ratio per minute when actually playing forward compared to other forwards in the league. Remember he spent some of the year playing wing (who knows why). He has enough speed, hops to compensate for any lack of touch. Also his touch is much better on grass. Our best forward pairing this year was Yura and Findley. Also I'm not a wingert fan and would gladly swap russell for him since he has speed to recover. Maybe centerback pairing of Russell and Olave next year with Beltran and Sturgis on the outside. Borchers made as many mistakes as the Argentine centerback that we shipped off. And has he ever scored on a header? I can't remember one. I want to see big salary players like Mathis and Dema leave. Stop playing with 2 d-mids (one as a wing) and 2 a-mids (one as a forward). It was painful to watch Javi get double teamed the first 60 minutes of a match until we put enough attacking players around him to free up some space for him to work his magic. Nobody was closing out mathis and dema (or wingert for that matter, there is a reason that wingert always had plenty of time on the ball.) One final thought will Seitz be happy sitting the bench next year? If he really as good as people say. Something may have to give there. Love the list overall. I would put Findley higher up. I would love to see his scoring / assist ratio per minute when actually playing forward compared to other forwards in the league. Remember he spent some of the year playing wing (who knows why). He has enough speed, hops to compensate for any lack of touch. Also his touch is much better on grass. Our best forward pairing this year was Yura and Findley.

Also I’m not a wingert fan and would gladly swap russell for him since he has speed to recover. Maybe centerback pairing of Russell and Olave next year with Beltran and Sturgis on the outside. Borchers made as many mistakes as the Argentine centerback that we shipped off. And has he ever scored on a header? I can’t remember one.

I want to see big salary players like Mathis and Dema leave. Stop playing with 2 d-mids (one as a wing) and 2 a-mids (one as a forward). It was painful to watch Javi get double teamed the first 60 minutes of a match until we put enough attacking players around him to free up some space for him to work his magic. Nobody was closing out mathis and dema (or wingert for that matter, there is a reason that wingert always had plenty of time on the ball.)

One final thought will Seitz be happy sitting the bench next year? If he really as good as people say. Something may have to give there.

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