The day after hasn't brought a glowing shimmer of love to my opinion of yesterday's disappointment in Colorado.
Certainly I could whine about our finishing, but talk about a dead horse (fell to the ground last season, rotting in the rain of Washington's extended winter).
I could add to the babble concerning our depth at midfield having reared its ugly head due to a rash of injuries. (Am I the only one who is calling for a SERIOUS look at the training staff of the Sounders at this point?)
Nope, I'll join the small group (could be just me) demanding Freddie be benched. Let's take a look at the numbers shall we? Two assists from eleven matches. Assuming any number I've read is accurate (let's not, okay), FL10 is making $600,000+ per year on his two year contract. That would make his rate of pay per match, approximately 20k. We would then have shelled out, to date, $110k per assist from our Swede.
Is this too much for everything else he brings to the table? I say yes. Will benching him for one match make financial sense (upping his rate per assist to $120k)? Not really. But at this point, who cares?
But Jonathon, you may argue, he brings other things to the table. Yes, he does. He pulls three defenders to him and doesn't get rid of the ball soon enough to make the opposition's positioning pay for the triple team, he mostly loses the ball. He also whines at the referees. Manages to hit free kicks into a one man wall (two times, so far) or not on frame. Hasn't produced a corner kick that resulted in a goal (out of 55 attempts). These things he has done.
Thankfully I haven't been keeping track of unforced turnovers this season as I thought the practice was overkill last year (the whole one game I did it), but I am guessing (from the non-clinical data I have...my memory), the numbers would be unfavorable. Not solely from Mr. Llungberg, either. This problem has been plaguing Tyrone Marshall the entirety of this season, long balls from the back, straight to the other team.
I've said this on the podcast and for the three of you who don't listen, I say call this season a wash, bring on the young lads (ya know, the ones who ran around against Boca and looked like they were enjoying themselves), get them experience for next year so we can at least field decent teams against Portland and Vancouver.
In other news, there was some movement in our Prediction League, not much, as we all expected some sort of showing from the boys in Green.
Jonathon: 15
Troy: 13
KP: 11
Bocasounders: 4
Jason: 2
I'm going on record right now and saying we will lose to New England 1-0 in a sleeper of a match at Qwest. I don't know if any of the Revolution will actually be able to produce a goal all by themselves, so I am forced to predict an own goal by Parke. Most likely off the head.
I believe FL10 makes $1.25 million/season... and I agree that Seattle isn't getting a good return on that investment.
ReplyDeleteOK, I thought about this all week...we need a midfield, we need to put together passes (and not just ones backwards), we need to work the ball up from the back line to the midfield on to the forwards (novel concept I know). Folks need to play better: B-Rad, Marshal, whoever is up top, Vagina (when he is in). Why would we ever play Parke again...he fell over at least 4 times without contact and only made one good play (to make up for his bad one before that).
ReplyDeleteOther notes, the benching seems to have helped Montero as I think he and Riley had the best game of the field players vs Colorado. Maybe we should try that on F10, SERIOUSLY
Now that I got those thoughts out...predictions. Sounders 1 - 0. Cause I can't see the Revs scoring and I still believe in my heart the boys can muster a win. Noonan gets the goal.
Did I hear something about tailgating???