Is Robbie Findley the "new" Conor Casey?

Him and Ricardo Clark need to sit next match. Start Buddle and someone else instead. Clark was a major liability. Way too much ball watching and not enough harassment of the ball today.

Rico's strength is supposedly being a "defensive" mid. Yet...BOOM...by the 4th minute Gerrard prances in unmarked for an early goal.


Yeah...frick Findley and Rico.

I think it's an unfair comparison. Findley could improve. I find it hard to ever imagine Casey competing at a level higher than MLS all star game.

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I don't understand the Findley hate.

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He's fast. A great asset if you're an attacking player. But his touch is horrid, as is his finishing.

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The problem is, though, he's a guy that needs to be brought in off the bench.

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Exactly...Robbie Findley is the guy who we bring on in the 75th minute to pressure Center Backs who may be worn out. I'd much rather 75 minutes of Edson Buddle's hustle because he has no one skill that is superb (but several that are above average) than 75 minutes of a guy who is fast for nothing. Just how I feel...

I'm not comparing Findley's skill set to Casey's...I'm comparing Bob's apparent love of Findley to that of his former love of Shrek.

Are we too afraid to lay any blame on Gooch for Stevie G's goal? As a center back he got caught too far out freeing up the space for Stevie G to run in behind him. Sure Clark could have done a better job of tracking him, but that space never should have been there.

Gooch completely vacated the area. But Clark is the rant's scapegoat so he gets all the blame. And he certainly deserved some of it, he didn't track his runner but if were going to go there we had a lot of guys that weren't always tracking their runners today.

I'm a Torres hugger and certainly no big fan of Findley but this board always thinks the backup QB is better. With Torres that's probably true but I just don't see the options there at striker. Well there is one but its not Landon's best position and we haven't played him there in a while.

Would Buddle and Jozy really work together? What Bob wants from each guy is kind of similar, its definitely not what Bob wants, he wants a quick guy playing off of Jozy like Davies.

I think Robbie is an asset...you can't teach speed. And if he improves his touch and finishing, then he can be very very dangerous. I like having him there for us. He's grown on me. Like I stated though, Findley is extremely useful in a 15 minute spurt late in a match when instant offense is required. Right now, I think that's where he'd be most effective. Then again, I'm not Bob. So I don't call the shot.

But really Mac, who the frick are you trying to kid by pulling out the David Villa comparison? Even people who don't know you know you're a Torres guy.

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Would Buddle and Jozy really work together? What Bob wants from each guy is kind of similar, its definitely not what Bob wants, he wants a quick guy playing off of Jozy like Davies.

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Unless Bob thinks Jozy's pace is enough? I mean, I don't know if it is, but didn't they play together for a bit during the game?

Honestly, with Donovan's recent form, playing him as a second striker would allow Stu to play on the right, and would give him more time on the ball.

And FWIW...I completely agree with the point about Bob wanting somebody as close to Davies as possible. The only player who is remotely similar is Findley...so yeah. Guess I'll have to live with it.