Quote:
Originally Posted by The Big Chill
Took us about 60 minutes to start playing, the first half especially was painful.
Klomp is such a massive loss for us, and with Kobza out we’re in a tough spot at CB. Montgomery is solid, but he is nowhere near as good on the ball as Klomp. Hopefully the new signing is good.
Baldisimo was a huge improvement over Myroniuk, and the new left back was very lively too.
|
It looks like Tommy has given Montgomery a bit of the Klomp license to get forward and roam a bit, he did it against Pumas, Forge, and tried last night, but it’s just not a good match for his skills. He needs to keep it simple and get rid of it by any means necessary when in trouble. Without Kobza I think you have to play him for his height and physicality. I’m hoping that once Baldisimo is fully in the team that he’ll take on a lot of the responsibilities with the ball at the back by dropping between the CBs like he did in the second half and that will free up the fullbacks to bomb forward. I hope the new CB is good on the ball as well, but replacing Klomp like for like is a tall order, most likely going to have to be a change in approach.
I still think most of our issues with Montgomery and Field in possession were the midfield and not having anyone to pass to. Vancouver sat two guys on Shome and no one else was dropping in consistently to provide an out. Love Myroniuk’s energy and his positional awareness seemed good but he very much looks like a guy still learning the position (for good reason). And his touch was awful, not just bad, awful.