Tommy English
@tjenglish
Public health professional in STL. Human, dog, and plant dad. Probably thinking about #AllForCITY and crying about #COYS
The expanded World Cup has been a lot of fun. Round of 32 WAY over delivered and there’s a ton to look forward to in Round of 16 Only France v Paraguay feels like a mismatch. Morocco and Argentina are clear favorites but Canada and Egypt can make things interesting The rest feel like true toss ups
Yeah, I hope we see more rotation than this. Would prefer that no one who is going to start Tuesday and played 60+ on Wednesday start this game. Not sure we have a choice with Timo and Burki will probably start but there are options everywhere else
I think tonight is a good time to see how the team looks with Lowen at the 8 and Edelman playing as a true 6. Also a good opportunity to give Fall a start so Polvara can get some rest and provide CM depth. It’s a home game so I’m hoping to see us go for it and not start defensive #AllForCITY
Still wanting to see something closer to this lineup. Summer window priorities are becoming clear: Striker, Wingback, and CM/R10 (dependent on where they see Lowen long term) #AllForCITY
Dear god. Second game where they have just absolutely dismantled a team in a short period of time
I’m really hoping for a fully rotated lineup to start, but I’m assuming we won’t see it. Hoping to at least have all the CBs rotated
Yeah, this sums up how I think most #AllForCITY fans are feeling. Hopefully we finally get to see some of the current bench guys in USOC next week. Good chance for them to put pressure on Damet for starts and more minutes OR we will see them perform and understand why they’re on the bench
CITY are through 6 tough games and are close to having everyone available. The USOC match is well timed for guys to push for starts. For me, only Hartel, Burki, and Orozco are locked in starters. Lowen and Fallou will join them. Then there’s lots of guys who could push into the lineup #AllForCITY
#AllForCITY sit at 5th place in xPts and 29th in actual points. I’m going to take that as a reason to feel some hope, but you could just as easily argue it’s just another sign that we’re cursed to endless bad luck. Take your pick 😅
Putting in a prediction for what ends up being our best lineup by the end of this pre-World Cup part of the season #AllForCITY
This is from Timmerman’s article. Can’t say I fully understand this MLS word salad
The top 5 in the west feel like locks for the playoffs and SKC will be overachieving if they don’t finish last. But I have no idea how to predict 6 through 14. All of those teams are very capable of making or missing the playoffs #AllForCITY
Norwich City need to hurry up and let Sargent go to Toronto. The new striker they brought in has 4 goals in 2 games, and they’re well clear of relegation. #AllForCITY needs more GAM!!!
At this point, it seems like the defense and midfield are settled for the start of the season. Still expecting some new signings up top and hopefully Coachella will give us a better idea of how Damet wants to set up the attack #AllForCITY
My best guesses at first and second half lineups for #STLvTBR #AllForCITY
These are my best guesses with the potential for Pearce and Perez to be flipped in both.
That’s why I’d really like to see something like this lineup. Takes all the creating responsibilities away from Cedi and he can just be a poacher. Should work well for Becher as well
With a true left fullback/wingback on the roster and some added depth in the midfield, you can start putting together some lineups that look pretty strong. If we can get all the rumored deals over the line, I’d feel good about this offseason. #AllForCITY
With the injuries and roster moves, our match day 1 roster is still decent, but we are dangerously thin all over the field. Significantly better than some of the horror show lineups we put out last season (see LAG at home for an example), but it’s still not great at all. #AllForCITY
Now that we’ve got some #AllForCITY rumors it feels appropriate to start making lineups 😏 This is how I’d line up against Charlotte with current roster + rumored signings. Went with a 3CB lineup because we have no fullback depth and lack quality DM depth. We will see if that’s changes by 2/21