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Message: [QUOTE="newmexicuse, post: 1720714, member: 57"] I am not super knowledgeable about LAX to say the least, but several things stand out to me. I agree with much of the post above. Here are some thoughts: 1. This is an "on the fence" team in terms of beating better or worse than most of our decent opponents. Frankly, when we have an edge it mostly seems to come from Williams getting us extra possessions. Not sure why he has faded at the end of the last two games, but clearly to me, we are pretty mundane wo those extra possessions. He has proven over two seasons that he can get the job done. Maybe, he has some nagging injury, but that aside we can't step it up without him being a keystone. 2. Donahue - he is ostensibly our star player, no disrespect intended, but he simply doesn't seem to create and open things up in the same way that some of our opponents stars seem to do. I love the kid - he is a terrific player, but he is more of a closer than a creator, and there is simply nobody getting him the ball in his favorite spots. He seems to always get his stats, but he doesn't seem to be able to take over games in crunchtime, and I believe it is because he is not playing to his strength. However, I am not sure that we have anybody who can handle & pass well enough for that to happen. 3. Hill - There are just times when the goalie has to step up and make the impossible save to get his team going. Haven't seen much of that from Warren. He seems to make most of the saves that he should make & he seem sto make very few of the really difficult saves. Adequate, but not a sparkplug IMHO. 4. One player who doesn't seem to get much run, but who intrigues me is Solomon. He looks very fast out there & also looks like he has some nice handling skills. Regardless, of whether it is Solomon or somebody else, we pretty clearly need somebody to make a mid-season jump to the next level & get this team going. 5. Lastly, I think it may be psychological, but once the team had nice leads in each of the last two games it seemed as if complacency set in. I just didn't see a full 60 minute effort. Just two pennies worth from an absolute lax novice. [/QUOTE]

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