tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198732413882406269.post368424420251588642..comments2023-10-14T19:01:03.490-04:00Comments on The Fullback Files: Thanks, Tommy | a DC United Match ReactionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14548145598767127627noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198732413882406269.post-6878151471815631062009-10-05T11:52:02.998-04:002009-10-05T11:52:02.998-04:00Hi, Anon.
Did you read the comment above yours? I...Hi, Anon.<br /><br />Did you read the comment above yours? I don't know who or what you've been reading, but there's a fair amount of FO (Front Office, which includes Kasper) bashing going around my neck of the blogosphere.<br /><br />With that said, Soehn's tactical choices, team selection, substitution patterns, man management, and dealings with the media haven't exactly drawn the best out of the talent at his disposal, have they? The team that went out onto the RFK pitch on Saturday with its playoff life on the line gave a listless and uninspired performance. Regardless of their relative level of raw ability or skill, that <i>has</i> to fall on the coach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198732413882406269.post-11039711061808574842009-10-04T22:16:33.983-04:002009-10-04T22:16:33.983-04:00so how come no one is ripping Dave Casper didn'...so how come no one is ripping Dave Casper didn't he put this crap team together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198732413882406269.post-41645705178138733432009-10-04T14:08:51.164-04:002009-10-04T14:08:51.164-04:00Good-bye Emilio. Good-bye Fred. So-long Burch. Has...Good-bye Emilio. Good-bye Fred. So-long Burch. Hasta la Vista Gomito. Your Gold watches are ready Mr. Moreno and Mr. Olsen. Have a nice trip Mr. Soehn. Sorry to see you all go, but we need to try something new with younger, less expensive players and someone who can organize and inspire them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198732413882406269.post-82983771919338502452009-10-04T08:41:40.517-04:002009-10-04T08:41:40.517-04:00"DC hasn't produced nothing" since S..."DC hasn't produced nothing" since Soehn has taken charge. Well, technically, your double negative makes this a correct statement. Last I checked, Soehn won two Supporters' Shields and an Open Cup, which isn't a terrible return. Of course, you might argue that the Open Cup run was paved with home matches and USL sides, but it's a trophy. And winning the Supporters' Shield anywhere else in the world would have been two league titles, so...<br /><br />Still, the heart of your argument holds. It could be argued that those two Supporters' Shields were delivered by a talent cycle that was beginning to wane in the wake of its MLS Cup win and probably a better job could have been done to build up the side rather than rearranging the deck chairs around a set of old fixtures that were drifting slowly into decline. <br /><br />That's not entirely Tommy's fault. He hasn't been provided the proper tools by the FO, but presumably he had some input into who was signed. That said, he's been slow to make larger tactical adjustments and his personnel management has been awful (hanging players out to dry in the media, the first-half sub patterns, persisting with players who are clearly past it or who never had it).<br /><br />There are a few useful pieces here, but I can't see how this off-season won't bring a massive clear-out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198732413882406269.post-73754046825448804532009-10-03T23:21:00.821-04:002009-10-03T23:21:00.821-04:00Well... I must say... I predicted is outcome. And ...Well... I must say... I predicted is outcome. And Your right DC manage to stay unbeaten at home and when it most mattered they couldn't do it. Man!!! I don't understand? How much DC has fallen. This year was suppose to be an redemption year but it just continued... Everything is wrong in DC, to the staff to the technical to the owners down to the players... DC as a team can't play together. They say the best offense is the defense... But DC has neither... Not to mention no mid-field... No strikers no nothing... Personally, I think DC is getting destroyed internally... Within DC some one is holding DC back... DC has "TRADITION" in their jersey??? Why? What tradition? But yea... It's a official DC will not be making the playoffs again... Soehn has brought this team down... Since he's taken of DC, DC hasn't produced nothing...Rudynoreply@blogger.com