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Message: [QUOTE="Forza Azzurri, post: 4755550, member: 1452"] Oman Thoughts... We played much better against Oman although Oman was clearly a step down from Uzbekistan so was tough to say if it was the team or the opponent. Same formation, 4-3-3, but with a defensive trident with McKennie and Musah as dual 6s and Tillman as the 10. Once again, tough to say if formation or opponent but McKennie had a great game (although those long diagonals will not be there against better opponents). McKennie and Musah also look more comfortable playing a little deeper. Once again, was that them or just an opponent giving up much more space. Don't know. Once again, we looked much more fluid with Balogun. He is so comfortable dropping between the lines and receiving the ball, even with pressure. And, if there is no pressure, he can also pick out a pass. That basically gives us an extra guy in midfield to play through. Once again, the color guy mentioned how much better we looked in the first half but once again gave no reason as to why. I think Richards and Robinson are the centerback pairing of the future. Just my opinion. They, also my opinion, make playing with three centerbacks more feasible if we ever want to go to a 3-5-2. Dest has played wingback. Weah and McKennie are both playing wingback for Juve. Robinson could play wingback. Gives us formation options. Pulisic with another forgettable night. He is playing so well for Milan so I did not see these two performances coming. Perhaps a hint of tired legs getting 90 each game versus virtually no PT last year? Tillman did nothing to stand out but did not show that he did not belong. But it was Oman. Need to see him against better competition. I also really liked what they were able to do with Ortiz. She basically sat right next to bench and could hear everything GGG was saying so, as she passed along tidbits to the booth, one could try to compare what the team was doing with what GGG was asking and also gain at least some understanding of in-game tactics. Thought Lund did fine. Does a nice job getting forward and has better touch than Robinson. Horvath distribution so much better than Turner's. What I would like to see GGG do in the next two friendlies is do some experimentation in midfield. Get DLT the start to see if he can be effective against higher level competition. We know what MMA can do. We also know that you cannot go with MMA only in a tournament. So we need to figure out our options in midfield and what adjustments we will need to make if, for example, we start DLT as the regista. The problem with Oman and 'Stan is that they do not prepare you for Copa America. What works against them may not work against better sides. I don't care whether we win or lose these next two friendlies but I do want to see us try and learn some things. It would also be nice if Reyna were healthy so he could be slotted in so he could get some work with Balogun, DLT etc... [/QUOTE]

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