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[QUOTE="Lax Mouse, post: 4747675, member: 8158"]
One of my biggest concerns when Atlas made the trade for Jones and added Molloy was that Pressler would approach those additions as some kind of cure-all for the offense - an offense whose biggest problem was ineffective ball movement from a schematically mismatched midfield unit. The addition of physical dodgers was not what they needed (which I believed then and is evident now). They needed players that, to points above, could initiate, get the defense moving, and either beat a man and/or move the ball quickly. The attack is built to feast off of that game plan. I worried that Pressler would sideline Curry (I'll admit my own bias here as well, but there really isn't any other emerging midfielder on this active roster who was vulnerable to such a move) in favor of these additions.

I've been out of the country and unable to watch the last few weeks, so I'm hoping you all can confirm my suspicions (you essentially have already), did Curry's playing time decrease the last few weeks?

He showed flashes of strong, initiating impact (the exact kind this offense needed) this season when he was given consistent playing time.

I have difficulty deciding between what was more detrimental to the Atlas this season: Pressler as a GM or Pressler as a coach.

I'll refrain from going on another rant about Dearth and his exclusion from the lineup for my own sanity
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